Local Brevities

Cases of mumps are very numerous about the city. E. V. Hangsterfer is having a new ice wagon built. William Wanzig has a fine bouncing boy at his house. Mrs. Mary G. Stark has been granted an original widow's pension. Enough sewer pipe is on the ground to complete the main sewer. The Acacia club give a Masquerade at Granger's, Wednesday evening. Miss Parke, of Detroit, addressed the Girls' Friendly society, Friday evening. Twenty-five cents will get twenty-six copies of the Argus, if paid in advance. Henry Spielberg, of Whitmore Lake, will cut 10,000 tons of ice this winter. The installation of the new officers of the L. O. T. M. will occur this evening. The sewer bills which were audited by the council last night amounted to $1,280. Emanuel Wagner has a very young cigarmaker at his house who weighs twelve pounds. A tea social at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening at six o'clock. All invited. H. M. Frost, who removed from this city to Ypsilanti, will reopen a grocery in this city. Miss Mary Henderson who has been visiting her sister in Cincinnati has returned home. Ald. Manly and Spencer D. Lennon have built hot-houses for the propagation of early vegetables. There is some talk of building a surface drainage sewer to carry off the surplus water on State street. Bishop Gillespie, of Grand Rapids, lectures before Prof. Adams' classes in the University tomorrow. Tramps attempted to break into the S. A. E. house Sunday night, but were driven away by pistol shots. A one armed tramp was arrested in the court house yesterday afternoon for being too presistent in his demands. George Vetter has purchased an interest in the meat market of Fred Gauss, 8 West Liberty. Success to the new firm. The young people's society of the Presbyterian church give a social at McMillan hall Saturday evening at eight o'clock. A pupils' recital will be held in Frieze Memorial Hall on Saturday at 2:30 p. m. All lovers of music are invited to be present. The Pachmann concert in the choral union series will be given January 30. The Thursday evening lecture has been postponed. Julius Feldkamp, one of the jurors in the Hand case, now feels equal to almost anything. He took out a marriage license yesterday. The morning services in the M. E. church next Sunday will be con-ducted by Rev. and Mrs. Ohlinger, returned missionaries from Corea. The anniversary meeting of the Ladies' Society of Zion church will be held with Mrs. F. Schmid on S. Fifth avenue next Thursday afternoon. The Argus gives 104 papers for $1.00. This is slrictly in advance. If not paid in advance $1.25 will be charged. Look at the date on your paper. Chris. Vogel, tinner for Sill & (uish, of Dexter, died this morning at 5 o'clock from injuries received from falling down stairs last evening. Ex-SherifL William Walsh has sold his saloon on Washington street to the Ann Arbor Brewing company, which has put Frank O'Hearn in charge of it. Mr. J. R. Suydana, of Dundee, was a caller at the Argus office last ■ Saturday, when he exhibited some of the tendejrst and best bleached celery we have ever seen. He is trying to work up a trade in this section and we wish him success, for he has a superior article. Past Cotnmander Sid W. Millard was presented with an elegant Maccabee ring at the meeting of Arbor : Tent No. 296, K. 0. t. M., Friday evening. The Argus and the Detroit Free' Press, both papers issued twice a week will be furnished for $1.75 a year. Two hundred and eight papers for $1.75. The Register came out last week in opposition to sewerage. It was about time for that paper to flop on this question as it has on nearly other one. Several of our subscribers have kindly sent us in new subscribers to show their appreciation of two papers a week at the price of one. Can you not do likewise? John Laidlaw, the artistic gardener of Ypsilanti, offers through the Times to beautify the grounds at Ann Arbor if the citizens will build a fence to keep dogs out. A young man, who gave his name as Morris Boroughs, of Ypsilanti, was arrested for firing firearms on the streets Sunday night and was yesterday fined $5 and $5.40 costs by Justice Bennett. The remains of Miss Eva Dillon, oldest daughter of S. F. Dillon, reached this city yesterday. She died in Escondido, California, January S. She left Petoskey last October with her mother. Sheriff Brenner went to London, Canada, Saturday to get Frank Jones, wanted on a charge of horse stealing. He found the man arrested as Jones to be three inches too short, many pounds too heavy and several shades too light. The Argus was the lïrst paper in the city to announce the highway robbery by which Kugath lost $34. It was the first to announce Prof. Sill's appointment. It was the first to announce the Hand verdict. Moral - Subscribe for the Argus for the j very latest news. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bach went to Howell recently to visit and was taken ill with scarlet fever, and her mother was summoned to care for her. For a time she was very ill, but is much better now. In the meantime James R. is keeping bachelor's h(e)all. The board of managers of the county fair will meet at the court house next Thursday at ten o'clock. It is announced that this is the time for people to make complaints and find fault and not next October, for the management is bound to have the biggest fair ever held in Washtenaw county. Harry A. Hammond, of Saline, is a read-hot democrat, an all-around good fellow, and a long-time subscriber to the Argus. His father, David Hammond, and himself have, we understand, taken the Argus for sixty years, or from the time it first started. This illustrates how the friends of the Argus stay by it. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Schulz are the happy possessors of a bran new daughter which arrived last Friday. Henry now considers himself worth another thousand dollars and we do not believe even that would tempt him to part with the youngster. Mother and child are doing well. The Argus congratulates. Christian Dieber was tried before Justice Bennett, Thursday, on the charge of stealing a ring from Joseph Parker. The people were represented by John L. Duffy, and the defense by Andrew Gikon, who made a hard fight to clear his man. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the court. Justice Bennett sentenced Dieber to sixty-five days in the Detroit house of correction. Newberry Hall was filled to its Eull capacity last .evening to listen to the addresü by Rev. Anna Shaw on the program of the annual convention of the Woman's Suffrage association of the 2nd district of Michigan. Judge Harriman delivered a brief address of welcome in the absence of the mayor. Miss Susan B. Anthony will take part in the proceedings this afternoon and this evening Rev. Caroline Bartlett, of Kalamazoo, will be the principal speaker. The Sunday afternoon meetings of the Young Men's Christian League at their hall over O. M. Martin's undertaking rooms on East Washington street are well attended, and from all indications the prospects are bright for the formation of a regular branch of the Y. M. C. A. in the near future. The furnishing of the rooms is nearly complete, and beginning this week it is expected to llave thein open every eveningl for the benefit of those who desire to spend their evenings down town. The league has about eighty ' bers, and is olflcered as follows: Chas. Wagner, pres.; Vernor Snau-i ble, ist vice pres.; E. E. Calkins, j 2nd vice pres.; Nathaniel Stangér, sec; Jra Severance, treas. The ! business meetings occur every j day evening.