Local Brevities

The Crescent Clasp works employ twenty-five hands. The next Acacia club dance will be February 14U1. The Church of Christ now has over one hundred members. There were 322 applicants for aid in this city during December. Christian Helber is building a nevv house on West Washington street. The ladies of the Presbyterian church had a pleasant social last evening. t William Burke has sold his farm on the south Ypsilanti road to S. E. Sheldon. Rev. Mr. Cobern begins a series of lectures to probationers next Monday. T. C. McClure has leased a hotel in St. Joseph, Michigan, which has 150 rooms. Remember that the Pachman concert will be given on the evening of January 30. The Church of Christ gave a reception to nevv members, Wednesday evening. Rev. Mr. Tatlock will preách next Sunday morning on Christianïty in Society. Forty-fïve seats for che Marteau concert in Detroit were reserved for Anti Arbor citizens. Seventeen probationers joined the M. E. church last Sunday and four joined by letter. The Ferguson Cart company shipped a large carload of carts to St. Louis this week. A recital was given by Prof. Trueblood's pupils in Frieze Memorial hall last evening. A pupils' recital will be given at the School of Music at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Fifty-dollars worth of new books have been added to the Methodist Sunday-school library. Bowdish & House have purchased the Ann Arbor Star Steam Laundry of Mr. Robert Hunter. Quite a number of converts were made by the Equal Suttrage meetings in this city this week. The A. T. O. society of the high school gives a dancing party in Granger's hall this evening. Sneak thieves stole $3.50 worth of handkerchiefs from the clothes line on W. K. Childs' premises. The Young People's society of the Presbyterian church give a social in McMillan hall tomorrow evening. Gottlieb Knapp has purchased the interest of his partner in the saloon of Walter & Knapp on Washington street. Rev. F. W. ('runsaulus' lecture before the Students' Christian Association has been postponed to February. The latest rumor has it that instead of reducing passenger rates, the Michigan Central will reduce the wages of their employees ten per cent. Mrs. Christian Hieberwill sell her personal property at public auction at her home in the township of Freedom, at 10 o'clock, Monday, Jan. 2()th. Judge Kinne has not yet rendered his decisión in the case of Fillmore vs. the Maccabees. The case involves two or three fine points which the Judge is carefully considering. The Young Mefit's Christian League invite all young men to attend the meeting at three o'clock next Sunday afternoon to be held in their rooms at 12 East Washington street. Two officers from Chatham, Ontario, arrived in the city last evening. They are here to identify the two colored men who endeavored to dispose of a stolen horse in Chatham. The masquerade given by the Acacia social club Wednesday evening wasoneof themarked sociable e vents of the season. The characters were all well represented, in particular the originality of the two tramps, who played their parts to perfection. The next assembly will beTield on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The father of young Harry VV. Munt, the former junior law who was arrested last Sunday,has settled up matters and taken his son home to Chicago, let us hope a wiser and better boy. The Michigan Furniture corripany elected dlrectors Tuesday evening as follows: VV. D. Harriman, Charles E. Hiscock, Leonard Gruner, Moses Seabolt, Paul Snaubie, Eugene E. Beal, Martin Haller. The Unitarian church was crowded to its utmost capacity last Sunday evening to hear Mrs. Sunderland's Parliamentof Religions paper on "The Value of a Comparative Study of Religions." The Knight Templars' reception to Rev. M. M. Goodman, of Ypsilanti, will be held on the evening of January 29 instead of January 30, on account of the postponement of the Pachmann concert. At the Young People's Vresper in St. Andrew's chapel on Sunday evening next, Mr. Leonard Fiske, law '94, will read a paper on the topic, "Is the Young Man' of Today Religious or Irreligious?" The Detroit Journal, Monday evening, printed a portrait of Mrs. L. A. Stone and labled it Miss Susan B. Anthony. Tuesday they püblished a portrait of Miss Anthony and labeled it Mrs. Stone. Mrs. Olivia B. Hall gave a very brilliant reception in honor of Miss Anthony, on Wednesday evening. From eight until eleven the spacious rooms were thronged with guests. The Chequamegon's furnished the music. Thomas F. Moran, of Manchester, a gradúate of the University of Michigan and at present pursuing postgraduate work in Johns Hopkins university, has been awarded a scholarship in history in that institution. The Ann Arbor Savings Association reports receipts during the year of 1893 of $54,862.26 and a balance at the end of the year $2,480.50. The dues for the year were $20,502.88 and the net profits $3,172.85: A Germán club has been organized, with the following officers: President, Mrs. James N. Martin; vice president, Dr. George Clark; secretary, Mrs. John Burg; treasurer, Miss Helen Ames; director, Prof. C. Leutwein. W. W, Wedemayer, a Lima boy, and at present one of the two presidents of the Students' Lecture Assbciation, has been designated as the member of the senior class to address the high school students of Chicago on Washington's birthday. Upon the four coming Sundays, at the morning service, the Rev. Henry Tatlock will preach a course of sermons on the four following topics: ''Christianity in Society;" "Christianity in Business;" Christianity in College;" "Christianity in Church." The Scotch Society has organized for the year, electing Dr. D. A. MacLachlan, president : Robert Campbell and Clinton McAllaster, vice presidents; Robert Phillips, secretary; and Harris Ball, treasurer. A constitution and by-laws is in process of construction. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will speak next Sunday morning on "Lucy Stone. or the New Day Coming to Women." In the evening Mrs. Sunderland will repeat by request the address which she gave in the Woman's building of the World's Fair on "The Influence of Higher Edueation of Women on Domestic Life." Amos Wilbur died in Superior Monday evening, aged eighty-five years. He was one of the pioneers of the country, settling on unimproved land in Superior in 1834 and reclaiming one of the'finest farms in the county. He is survived by three sons, George, Ward and James, and by one daughter, Mrs. William A. Collins, all residing in this country. At the Unity Club on next Monday evening the Rev. Lee McCollister, of Detroit, will give an illustrated lecture upon the "Cathedrals of Northern Europe." Mr. McCollister is well known in Detroit and always attracts good audiences. This lecture is sure to please every one, and we hope that as many of the public as possible will avail themselves of this opportunity to hear Mr. McCollister. The Jackson Farmers' Mutual Insurance company contains just 95 more members tlian the Washtenaw company, which has 2713, and has T97357 more insurance a' risk. lts asssessment this year was jTüñ three times as heavy as the Washtenaw company, being $3 on the $1,000. The expenses ot the 'ackson company outside of the losses paid were $708.88 higher than the Washtenavv company. The Arbeiter Verein On Monday eening elected the follow ng officers: President, Eugéne Oesterlin; lirst vice-president, John Mayer; second vice-presideiu, ritus HuUel; recording secretary, George Luu; corresponding secretary, Christian Martin; treasurer, Albert C. Schamacher; cashier, Fred Steib; trustees, William tFeldhauser, Christian Lutz, Louis Schneider, Emanuel Spring, Julius Trojanowski, Christian Schlenkerand William Dieterle. The assets of the society are $3,370.31 while the number of members is 148. A pair óf young sorrel horses were takeu up by Mr. A. W. Cocaran, Chubb street, near reservoir, last l'riday, Jan. 12. Ovner can secure same by proving property and paying all expenses.