Local Brevities

D. Tyler has put ir. telephone No. 56. ________ William Stiegelmaier has a twelve pound boy at his house.. Cut out your coupons for a trip around the world for ten cents. The Wolverine Cycle club admit three new membersj this evening. Hon. R. Rempf will bui Id a fine barn on his premises on Ingalls street. The HarugariMaennerchor give a concert in the A. O. U. W. hall, March ist. Remember the Max Heinrich concert in the Choral Union series next Friday evening. There were two candidates for the postal service examined by the civil service board here Saturday. Five new members will be initiated in the Geothe Commandery No. 28, U. F. of M., Thursday evening. W.F.Bird reads a paper on "The Apple Question," before the Charlotte Farmers' Institute this week. John Laughlin will build a $4,000 house on the corner of Washington and Twelfth streets,this summer. The Young Ladies' Missionary society of the Presbyterian church meet at the parsonage Thursday afternoon. The Knights of Honor will hereafter meet in the hall of Johnson Tent, K. O. T. M., over Seyler & Son's store. Prof. Lockhart begins a series of lectures in Newberry hall at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon in Methods of Christian Work. Prof. J. B. Steere has presented the Ann Arbor high school with a large number of valuable coral specimens from the Phillipine Islands. The name of the Morgan Alcohol Time Signal Co., of Ypsilanti, has been changed to the Morgan Alcohol Time and Block Signal company. One of the flues in the boiler which furnishes the steam to heat the Germania hotel, burst Sunday morning,but was repaired in a few hours. W. E. Walker has been working all winter on a new boat for Zukey lake. It has been suggested that the boat should be named the "Opossum." The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congregational church will give a social at the church, Saturday evening, Feb. 17, at 7:30, to which all are cordially invited. B. F. Watts and J. Q. A. Sessions have been elected by the Ann Arbor lodge, representatives to the Grand Lodge Knights of Honor, which holds its sessions in Lansing this week. The Ann Arbor Sporting club have elected the following officers: President, W. E. Walker; vice-pres., Ernest Eberbach; secretary and treasurer, Frank Vanctewarker; steward, W. F. Lodholz. George E. Osborne has been granted an injunction against Randolph K. and Emily Fellows, restraining them from cutting the timber on the land owned by Fellows and mortgaged to Osborne, on which a decree was taken requiring the payment of $4,793-33 on July 31, 1894. The property is located in Sharon. Al. I). Seyler receivctl a telegram Saturday from Taii)a. KIn , stating i that his son John was very luw Dr. VV B Smith has gone to Tam na for , the purpose of brjnging him hotne. The ladies society of Bethlthtrn church meet at two o'clock Thursday at the parsonage and the young ladies' society meet Thursday evening with Miss Lydia Mayer, ot West Seventh street. Part No. 2 of the Photographs of the World, which may be had at tiiis office by cutting out coupon and bringing ten cents, are pronounced better ven than part No. i. Cali and see them. Samuel Brickford, of Superior, i died of oíd age, Saturday, aged eighty-three years and ten months. The funeral services will be held at two o'clock this afternoon 'at his residence in Superior. Mrs. Christian Schalt, mother of' Deputy-sheriff Paul Schall, died Friday evening, aged eighty-one years and nine months. The funeral services were held in Bethlehem church, Sunday afternoon. Baumgartner's bakery had a narrow escape from fire early yesterday morning. When his bakers got there for work at one o'clock in the morning they found the bakery uil of smoke. The fire department was called out and put out the fire with the chemical. The floor uner the stove had taken fire. The amage was very slight. Lyman H. Phillips died of old age Saturday, at his residence 37 ïast University avenue, having eached the advanced age of eighty:our years and six mouths. He came to this city from Grand Rapds about five years ago. The funeral services were held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon from the house, the burial being in the Dixboro cemetery. Seven children survive him. Mrs. William Goetz, of 101 South Main street, died Saturday of consumption, aged twenty-seven years. Her maiden name was Miss Anna Haas. She leaves a husband and three children, the youngest being only four months oíd. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o'clock at the house, followed by the funeral sermon by Rev. John Neumann at Bethlehem church. Miss Flora G. Morrison, whq it will be remembered, sang at the social entertainment given by the Sons of Veterans last November, sang three beautiful solos at the installation of officers of the Foresters oi St. Clair, recently. In commenting on her singing in the presence oi one of our reporters, High Chiei Ranger Collins, of Detroit, said: "I have heard many so-called sweet singers in Detroit, but have yet to hear of one who can come up to Miss Morrison." She will he here in June. According to the erop report sent out from the office of the Secretary of State, Michigan farmers marketed during the month of January, i,350,601 bushels of wheat, and in the six months from August to January inclusive, 9, 249, 636 bushels, or 107,108 less than the reported amount during the same months last year. No wheat was marketed during the month at twenty-six elevators, making reports. Correspondents are about evenly divided as to whether wheat on the ground has been injured during the month. Solomon Zebbs, colored, is again in limbo, having just been sent up for the fourth time. This time he was arrested for assault with intent to do great bodily harm upon J. E. Stillson, of thesteam carpet beating works on Detroit street, Friday night. The assault grew out of the refusal to give Zebbs a chew of tobáceo. Zebbs tried to use a knife. His sentence was sixty-five days in the Detroit House of Correction, whither he has been taken. Zebbs was first before the court 011 the charge of an assault on Will Jones, the second time he answered to the charge of stealing coal from the Michigan Central and the third time for stealing cigars from the Cook House.