Local Brevities

Charity ball tonight. The Caledonian society meets Febuary 13. Oranges have been sold in the city at $1.60 a bushel . Prof. B. A. Hinsdale delivered an address in Bay City, Friday. Dr. F. G. Novy rejoices over the advent of a son, a nine and a half pound boy. The Wolverine Cycle club give a masquerade this evening ir. Light Infantry hall. Scarlet fever has broken out at the Delta Gamma house and the girls are all moving out. The fire department was called out Sunday night by a chimney fire in H. Kittredge's house. A lamp exploded in George Spathelf's house last evening but the fire was promptly extinguished. The council last night audited bilis amounting to $5,983.19, of which $3,210.56 were orders on the sewer fund. Miss Harriet Lovell a former student in the literary department, has gone to Turkey to engage in missionary work. Frank Burg's little boy, five years old, was severely bitten by a large Shepherd dog, while the boy was riding down hill. Twelve of the draymen of the city petitioned the council last evening to have the license on drays raised to $10 a year. The cöuncil last night indulged in a long debate over paying rent for thé city offices. The bill lacked one vote of passing. Prof. F. A. Barbour, of Ypsilanti, addressed a large audience at Newberry hall, Sunday morning, on "Christian Manhood." The city marshal reports four arrests during January, twcf for violation of city ordinance, one drunk and one for assault and battery. A social will be given by the ladies of Bethlehem church, this evening, in the vacant store in the Weinman block on Washington street. The city had a balance of $70,000 in the bank the first of the raonth. Part of it has been paid over to the school district and county since. The balance in the city treasury belonging to the city on February 1 was $27,602.50. This includes what is left of the $30,000 sewer bonds sold. Dr. Heneage Gibbes read an interesting paper on the GibbesShirley Consumptive Treatment before the Medical society of Detroit last evening. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a tea and socia Thursday evening at six o'clock, i the lecture room of the church You are invited. A hundred and twenty residents of Packard and Main street petitioned the council last night not to let the Ypsilanti motor run over the Ann Arbor street railway lines. The Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich., have donated one of their best sweepers to the Y. M. C. A., of Ann Arbor. It works so well that the janitor says that sweeping the rooms is the most pleasant part of his day's work,next to eating his dinner. Rev. J. T. Sunderland preached in the church of Our Father's, in' Detroit, Sunday evening, on "Is ', quiry in Religion Safe?" He fined an idiot as a human animal ' that asks no questions. Ann Arbor encampment, No. 7, 1 installed the following ofticers on last Friday evening: G. P., A. C. Richards; S. VV., F. Eulér; J. W., E. 'S. Manly; Treasurer, H. Richards; Scribe, L. J. Damm. Rudolph Lutz, formerly boolckeeper in Bach & Roath's, and executive clerk in the secretary of state's office during the Winans' administration, has been called before the grand jury in Mason several ' times to testify concerning the canvassing frauds. The daily press dispatches state the truth, whèn j they cali him a straight forward young man. The question of lighting the city was up in the councii in an incidental way last evening, and Aid. Wood moved that the'lighting committee be requested to make a pioposition to the Ann Arbor Electric Light Co. for $65 a light on the moonlight schedule and $81 a light per year for lighting. all night and every night. The resolution was passed on a unanimous roll cali. Ann Arbor, Feb'y 5U1, 1894. A meeting of the Business Men's ssociation, and all others intersted in the welfare and prosperity f Ann Arbor, is called for Tuesay evening at 7:30, in the Councii loom at the Court House, to listen o a propoition from the Short 'urn Gear Wagon, company who are esirous of moving to our city. A. L. Noble, Pres't. At a meeting of Zion church soiety last evening plans for a new hurch were submitted from archiects in Detroit, Milwaukee, Jackon, Cleveland, O., Fort Wayne, nd., and Chas. Sauer, of this city. The plan of Mr. Sauer was acepted. Work will commence as oon as the weather permits and it s expected to have the new church ready for dedication and occupancy )y next fall. The amount of the poor relief exended by the city during the month f January was $347.69, divided mong the wards as follows: First ward, L20.40; second ward, $31.96; hird ward $131.82; fourth ward, 89.22; fifth ward, 57.93; sixth ward, 16.36. Of this amount $149.75 was spent for groceries, $148.50 for wood, $12.25 for coal, $1.75 for medicine, $11.54 for meat, $14.00 or a stove and $5.00 in cash. The number of families aided was 58.