Local Brevities

Ann Arbor Cantón, No. 30, I. O. O. F., installed officers last evenng. There will be a May Party, May 2d, at Mrs. Kosters, given by the ladies. A number of shade trees are being planted on the court house square. The Ferguson Cart and Carriage Company yesterday loaded a car of its goods for St. Louis, Mo. A number of masons will go to Detroit this evening to attend a meeting of the Shrine. John Goetz, jr., was the first to pay his saloon license in the county treasurer's office this year. The concert which was to have been given last evening in Frieze Memorial hall has been postponed. Although the past winter has been comparatively a mild one, the coal dealer, E. B. Hall, has sold ten thousand tons of coal. Mrs. W. W. Beman, of E. Kingsley street, will entertain the Young People's Union of the First Baptist church on Saturday evening. A decree has been granted by Judge Kinne in the divorce proceedings of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Goodell against Frank Goodell, of Delhi. Robert Hunter, of the Ann Arbor engine and boiler works, is extending the lawn in front of his buildings, and proposes to put it in fine shape. School Commissioner Cavanaugh and Examiners Pond andWedemeyer held a special for candidates for school teachers in the court house today. The former residence of ex-Alderman Schairer is being moved to a ot of Mrs. Andrew Burk's on South Ashley street. Hiram Kitredge has the contract for moving it. On Wednesday, a young lady student of the high school, while gathsring wild flowers, feil into the rivernearthe second railroad bridge. She was completely drenched and covered with mud. Lew H. Clement, secretary of the Ann Arbor Organ comyany. yesterday received the sad news that his father, residing at Colon, had been :hrown out of a buggy and seriously njured about his head. Capt. Pat McCabe and Sheriff 3renner intecepted seven or eight 'bolters" of Coxey's Army, this morning south of the city, and es:orted them into town. They will bivouac with Sheriff Brenner for a :ew days. A pleasant dancing party was iven by Gottlob Teufel of South Second street, on Wednesday evenng. The program consisted of :ards, dancing and recitations by 2has. Esslinger and Eugene Hines, md a bountiful supper. Goethe Commandary, No. 28, Jnited Friends of Michigan will ;ive a dance in the Palace rink May 3. The wives of the members will upply the supper. Admission for gentlemen 25 cents, ladies free. Supper, 10 cents extra. C. W. Richardson, of Alpena,was 1 guest of the Cook house yesterday. He is the representative of the dyïamo invented by Mr. Thiel of his :ity, and came to Ann Arbor for the Durpose of having the machine test;d by Prof. Carhart, of the scientific iepartment. 1 J. Nelson Lewis has just returned from a trip to Texas and wil! write on the subject in next week's Argus. John H. Allman, of Jackson avenue, has set out over 500 trees this spring, and he says "it is not a good year for tree planting." An excursión will be given from Ypsilanti to Detroit, Tuesday, May ist. Round trip ticket 75 cents. Special train will leave Ypsilanti at 8 a. m. , leave Detroit to return at 5 p. m., standard time. Ann Arbor people can take the early motor in time to catch this excursión train. Augustus Fellows has been work ing for some time on an invention for holding twine. It has proven a great success and a great convenience in dry goods stores, groceries and meat markets. His latest is a devise by which a wholc barrell of twine may be used without replacing any balls of it. The Organ concert, to have been given by Prof. A. A. Stanley last evening in the Frieze Memorial hall of the University School of Music, was postponed on account of the great accumulation of work during his absence in the east. Next Thursday evening a faculty concert will be given. The case of the People vs. William and ChristianWeinman charged with an assault and battery on Christian Minz was tried before Justice Pond Wednesday. Much interest was developed in the case, the testimony being rather close. Justice Pond found them guilty and fined them $5 and$io.66 costs, which they paid.