Local Brevities

Ypsilanti has a Lime Kiln club. Christmas presents were numerous this year. Ten mük wagons come into Ann Arbor from Pittsfield. The Ann Arbor Rifles elect officers January 8 and arrange for their annual carnival. Over 500 packages were received by the American express company in this city, Christmas. The examination of Keck & Frítz for keeping their saloon open on Sunday has been adjourned to January 10. The postoffice forcé reports the number of packages received and sent out for Christmas as largerthan ever before. The ladies of St. Thomas chnrch netted $116 last Thursday night by their social for the benefit of the orphans' home in Detroit. A Young Men's meeting will be held over the First National bank on the third floor at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. You are invited. Twenty-three new hives of Ladies of the Maccabees have been organized since Miss Emma Bower took hold of the great record keeper's office. The Lyra Maennerchor has elected F. O. Martty, president; Simon Dieterle, secretary; Eugene Koch, treasurer, and Prof. R. Kempf, musical director. Louis F. Post, the well known New York editor and apostle of Henry George, will lecture beforè the political science students of the University, January 23. So many of the students took advantage of the cheap rates this year to go home or to go visiting that there is less than the usual number in the city during the holidays. One of the freight trains which passed through here yesterday had a flat car adorned with a big Christmas tree, finely decorated. Santa Claus neglected to inform us where he was shipping it to. A Caledonian society is to be organized in this city by the Scotchmen and descendants of the Scotch in this city. Dr. MacLachlan is chairman of the temporary organization and Robert Pliillips secretary. The AVebster literary society of the law department has elected the following officers: President, W. J. Landman; vice-president, R. Roning; secretary, H. M. Porter; treasurer, Mr. Turney; critic, V. J. Obenauer: marshal, F. E. Chamberlain. The Wolverine cycle club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Ernest Mast; vice-president,' Allen Smith; secretary, Florian Muehlig; treasurer, E. W. Staebler; captain, Allen Smith; ist lieut., Edward Schlanderer; aud., Sam. Henne. Anti Arbor has an editor who triumphantly announces that he has made but two misstatements during his journalistic career, and these were the result of insufficient information. It is understood that he received an offer tö edit the Heavenly Messenger. - Chicago Newspaper Union. lf the oíd saying be reliable, that "a green Christmas makes a fat grave-yard," then the weather we have experienced this holiday time will be responsible for many a "stiff," and much valuable time will be spent attending funerals. Still, as the Wrinkle advises, "Enjoy life while you're living for you will be a long time dead," or words to that! effect. The M. E. Sunday school on Tnesday evening elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Superintendent, E. E. Calkins; ass't supt, Prof. Springer; lady ass't, Miss Ella Bennett; secretary, Henry Bliton; ass't sec'y, Miss Nina M. Davison; treasurer, Miss Bessie Turner; librarians, Messrs. Palmer and Schlee; sup't of primary department, Mrs. Alice Haven; Orchestra leader, G. E. Collins. The Schwaejjischen Unterstuetzung Verein on Tuesday evening elected the following officers: President, Christian Lutz; vice-president, John Koch; secretary, Christian Weichtermann; cashier, Geo. Welker; treasurer, Fred Reimold; color bearer, Christian Stoll; fine collector, Gottlob Gross; steward, John C. Schneider; trustees, Christian Lutz, John Koch, Christian Schlenker, Fred Steeb and Enoch Dieterle. The tnain sewer is about half done. The Mand murder trial begins next Tuesday. A charity ball will be held in Ypsilanti New Year's evening. A poultry show will be given in Ypsilanti, january 8, 9 and 10. Over $4,000 taxes were paid to the city treasurer last Tuesday. Sc.hairer & Millen gave the Ladies' Charitable Union 15 cloaks. Sheriff Brenner is earning a great reputation as a horse thief catcher. "House-cleaning" is in progress this week at the offices of the county clerk. Monday evening's Chicago mail to this dity contained 6S registered letters. City Treasurer Pond delivered $13,000 of the sewer bonris to Spitzer & Co., of Toledo yesterday. The Argus most heartily wishes its large and intelligent constituency of readers a "Happy NewYear." Deubel Bros., of Ypsilanti, will jive away eighty sacks of flour to :he needy poor of Ypsilanti, New Year's. The Christmas entertainment of the M. Sunday school takes place in the church at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The digging of the sewer emptied a number of wells in the third ward. As the sewer was refilled the water came back in the wells. The attendance at the performance by Guy Brothers' minstrels, 'Saturday evening, was not as good as the troupe deserved. There was a serious cave-in of the sewer on West Huron street, this week, involving some danger to the residence of Mrs. Doig. Rev. Mr. Cobern will preach a New Year's sermón in the M. E. church next Sunday morning on the Drama of Life in five acts. Prof. B. A. Hinsdale was made a member of the executive board of the state teachers' association at the meeting in Lansing this week. James Watrous died near Ypsilanti, Wednesday, aged seventy-two years. He had been a resident of this county for nearly fifty years. The new turn-table of the Ann ' Arbor road has been completed and ! is transacting business at the location occupied by its predecessor. Henry Smith, of Belser street, died Sunday, aged twenty-seven years. He had been. in the employ of the Eberbach Hardware company for ten years. Arthur E. Hawkes and Miss Pauline Mogk were married Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride's mother on Packard street by Rev. John Neumann. Henry Matthews and Frank Dunlavey have united their meat markets and the firm of Matthews & Dunlavey are running the business at Matthews' old stand. The thermometer took a tumble to itself of over 30 degrees during Christmas night. It went down with such vehemence that it is a wonder it didn't do itself a fatal injury. Reginald Spokes, the engineer at the pumping station of the water works, had his face and hands burned by an oil explosión while he was cleaning the boiler, Saturday morning. - Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Benham, of South Fourth avenue, were nearly asphyxiated one night this week by gas escaping from a coal stove. Mrs. Benham was too ill to sit up the next day. Louis Heinzmann died yesterday aged twanty-eight years trom the effects of the grippe. Me was the son of Jacob Hein.mann. The funeral services will be held at two o'clock to-morrow. Janitor Davenport is moving his household effects into the court house this week, while Mrs. Stark is vacating the janitor's rooms. Mrs. Stark has not yet decided what business she will engage in. The covering of the sewer on Main street is giving the Board of Public Works considerable trouble by the continual settling of the dirt in the trench. Also where it crosses J. J. Robison's lot. That part of the sewer between Sumtnit and De! pot streets is now being put in. The Knights of Pythias have a íanquet, January 8. The Christmas trade in this city this year was very fair. Arbor Tent, K. O. T. M., will lold its annual election this evenng- Frederick Stearns, of Detroit, has sresented the University with a fine collection of fishes and pictures of fishes. Mrs. Henry T. Schulz slipped and ell on a sidewalk on Spring street ast Tuesday evening, and was quite severely injured. The item in last week's Democrat stating that a morning paper would soon be started in this city, seems to have no foundation in fact. Joseph A. Polhemus remembered lis employés of the livery with a dinner at his pleasant home on South Fourth avenue, on Christmas Day. It is said that Heinzmann iXc Laubengayer ask fifty dollars a day from the city while the sewer is being put down across their wood-yard, on the ground that the constructing of the sewer prevents them from using the yard and deprives them of access to their feed mili. The safe of Swathel, Kyer & Peterson was cracked again Friday night, and the sum of seventy cents stolen. The safe has several times been cracked and the burglars have always met with about the same luck for their pains. The principal damage done was to the safe. The burglars who broke into the mili office of Kyer & Peterson obtained the tools used in the job by breaking into the boiler shop of T. L. Sutter on North Main street and helping themselves to whatever they needed, but returned the tools when they had served the purpose for which they were taken. The annual meeting of the Washtenaw county Bible Society was held in Ypsilanti, December 17. The value of the books purchased during the year was $79.25. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Rev. M. W. Fairfield ; vice-president, W. H. Sweet; secretary, Frank McKinstry; treasurer, W. J. Clarke; depositary, D. B. Greene. The Register, of this city, has several times intimated that Mr. Beakes, of the Argus, would dispose of his interest in the Argus next spring. The Register knows that such is not the case. And the Argus desires publicly to state that no matter what happens, Mr. Beakes' interest in the Argus is not for sale, and that he expects to be editing the Argus long after the Register has ceased to exist. Arbor Hive, L. O. T. M., on Tuesday evening elected the following officers: Past commander, Mrs. jydia Mills; commander, Miss imma E. Bower; lieutenant commander, Mrs. Mary Ball; record ceeper, Mrs. Carrie Eldert; finance keeper, Mrs. V. J. Banfield; chapain, Mrs. Carrie E. Martin; physician, Dr. Charlotte Fitzgerald; sergeant, Mrs. Francis Rose; sentinel, Mrs. Sarah Kendall: picket, Mrs. Mary A. Stauch. Johnson Tent, No. 783, K. O. T. M., elected the following officers Wednesday evening: Past commander, B. Williams; commander, E. F. Johnson; lieut. coramander, B. F.Gerow: record keeper, C. F. Meyer; finance keeper, A. D. Seyler; chaplain, B. Frank Olinger; sergeant, E. A. Edraunds; masterat-arms, G. W. Stevenson; physician, Dr. E. A. Clarke; ist niaster of guards, John Conde; zd master of guard, W. H. Barrows; sentinel, C. C. Kerr; picket, Paris S. Banield. The n.ew sewer construction bonds have been issued and signed by the mayor and clerk, and were on Tuesday delivered by city clerk Miller to city treasurer, George H. Pond. The bonds are sixty in number of the denomination of $500 each and bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent, or $25 interest on each bond per year. The first installments of bonds fall due next December, and the last installment is due December 1, 1908. The total amount is $30,000 and constitutes the largest amount of bonds ever issued by the city of Ann Arbor at one time.