Local Brevities

Ottmar H. Lutz, of Ann Arbor, receives a patent for a jeweler's anvil. Prof. and Mrs. Sunih and Prof. Loderman, of Ypstfar.ti, w: 11 soon sail for Europe. It cost a tobáceo advertiscr a $3 bilí, last monday to tack a notice on an Ypsilanti telegraph pole, contrary to the city '-statoot." As the result of the Monday morning raid of the "Long Brick" at Ypsilanti, two parties were arrested, and will be fried, Monday. The web of matrioxotiy, Weddingsdav evening caught attorney Joseph F. Webb, of Ypsilanti, and Miss Cynthia Hurd, of Saline. On the last Saturday in June (3oth) the town clerk of Ann Arbor will be in the basement of the court house to receive woodchuck scalps, etc. The faifest time made on the fair ground track thus rar this season, was on Tuesday, by Fred Johnson's Fred C, of Ypsilanti. Time, 2:28. Another of Ypsilanti's sinks of sin was sacked in tlie south part of the city Sunday morning. The police do not snurc the wiiole night through: Walter Carroll o: Ypsilanti, was j arrested last Saturday for that favorite trick, breaking into a tfight car, and looting the contents. He was taken to Jackson. A sai 1 boat loaded wth Normal students went over in the blow of Sunday, and the occupants' recollection of the Sabbath daycommand seceived a severe rinsing. Ypsilanti's pest house is a tent, pitched on the flats below the city. The authorities have exercised sleepless vigilance in preventing the furtber spread of the small-pox. Dr. Sunderland, Monday, assisted at the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new Unitarian church at Kalamazoo, the cost of the edifice being about 30,000. A children's service will be given at Newberry hall next Sunday morning by the Sunday school of Trinity Lutheran church, at 10:30. An interesting program has been arranged. The Dixboro baseball team defeated the Salem high school nine last Saturday by a score of 15 to 6. The former nine will play the Northville high school at Whitmore Lake July 4th. At the recent convention of the National association of Masters of Dancing at St. Paul, Prof. Ross Granger was elected district supervisor for the states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The Ypsilanti Sentinel announces the convalescence of the small-pox patiënt and adds: "One physician insists that the disease is only chicken-pox. " Just as likely as not - caught it in a hen coop. The editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel intimates that Bro. Pond of the Courier is crazy. - Register. Why, what an insane idea in Mr. Woodruff. Were we Mr. Pond, we would tie knots in our pedigree and knout him with it. John Laidlow, the Michigan Central gardener, at Ypsilanti, will construct a floral locomotive, which it is said will be one of the most difficult pieces of work of the kind, ever attempted. But the locomotive will be "a daisy." The public will be pleased to have the assurance of the Ypsilanti health board that the ambulance pilot who drove the small pox patiënt to the pest house was placed in a hot bleacher and fumigated four hours with brimstone and is now perfectly safe to encounter. The terriffic blow of last Sunday had the effect of bringing many wicked Ypsilantians to their knees as the wreek of the cyclone came whizzing in upon their memories. But as soon as the storm ceased they forgot themselves and were soon swearing around as usual. John W. Hodge, gradúate from the Normal Conservatory of Music, has already received an engagement as tenor soloist in a professional musical organization. He is said to possess a fine stage presence and a voice as clear as a squirt-gun. Success is predicted for his musical career. The date of the Farmers' Picnic has been fixed for August i8th. At a recent meeting of the executive committee, it was decided to invite each of the four candidates for governor to a two hour quadrangular iaw-contest on the issues of the day, half an hour being allotted to each to show cause why he should be elected. Mr. Joe Preston, many years a resident of this city and proprietor of the rink, died this morning of kidney complaint. Mr. Preston was 75 years of age. Funeral tomorrow afternoon at the Episcopal churph at 3 o'clock. The native American patriotism of Ann Arborwill have to be packed in salt to keep during the hot weather, but there will still be a Fourth of July. A parade will take place under the auspices of Schwaebischen Unterstuetzungs.Verein and entertainment at Relief Park in the afternoon. Ia regard to the use of money for Mr. Pingree, two years ago, the Times does not speak from hearsay, but from knowledge. - Washtenaw Times. This reads like a hint that Brown has considerable wealth concealed in his straw tick, and perhaps explains why he is opposed to an income tax. A cow, owned by Ditmus Harris, of Ypsilanti, falsely suspecting that the young son of John Burkheiser was plotting injury to her calf, gave tii e lad an "Irish hist" and followed it up by walking on his neck and trying to break it. He was one of the busie.st little boys in getting out of the field that there was around there. His neck has a bad wound. Friends of Adolph Diehl, 1 erly of Ann Arbor, will be glad to know that the young manisdoing! a thrifty trade in the shoe business, ( at Richmond, Indiana. He is in partnership with Mr. Goodspeed of; this city, the firm name being Diehl & Co. The Richmond Daily 1 ladiura in a recent issue devotes considerable space to a description of the store. At the Light Infantry drill, Wednesday evening, Capt. Fischer was sick and First Lieutenant Armstrong was in command, and marched the company to Finnegan's corners for an hour's maneuvering. Corporal Cooper took charge of the recruits and gave them half an hour's exercise on Main street, and afterwards massed them with the main body, then in charge of Lieut. Granger. The exercises culminated in a grand assault on the home of Lieut. Armstrong, where refreshments were served. A Ypsilanti correspondent of the Daily Times, takes a seat astride the neck of the school board and puts up the accusation that the board appears determined to rebuild the seminary on the old plan, which plan is claimed to be far from satisfactor, and charges the board with having a deeper interest in rebuilding for the cost of the insurance money, than in the introduction of improvement. Well, what is a school board for, except to be "roasted ? " Let it put up a building on a modern plan, well lighted and properly ventilated though it may rob the doctors and opticians of some business.