Local Brevities

A number of Ypsilanti horses are entered for the Lansing, next week. The Rev. E. M. DufE will hold service and preach at Foster's on Sunday next at 3 p. m. Fire in the marsh on the farm of Chas. Begole, near Ypsilanti, prevented him from taking a water trip, last week. The fine new house erected for Mr. Wm. P. James at the corner of Packard and State streets, is ready for occupancy. Over $6,000 went "kerplunk" into the city treasury, Wednesday, getting under the wire just ahead of the 5 per cent penalty. . Mr. Gus. Peters was in the city Wednesday and denies that a Lazarine odor is any indication of the death of the populist party. The Ostrander dray team at Ypsilanti ran away last Saturdayand the speed made was admirable till one of the horses in its reckless enthusiasm, broke a leg. One of the finest jobs of paving to be found in the city is now nearly completed in front of the new stone walk from H. J. Brown's corner to the Franklin house. The stock of goods for Jacobs & Allmand's new boot and shoe store, on East Washington street, is being arranged on the shelves, and the store will be opened about August 20. Mrs. B. F. Baily, of Ypsilanti, started for Coldwater the other day, but her little one became so frightened at the big moustached conduc tor that she was obliged to get off at Manchester. The Ypsilanti light guard went away adorned with white sweaters with the monogram "G 1" marked in blue silk on the breast, thus affording a shining mark for the bullets of the sharp-shooters. F. G. McCaffery, of Ypsilanti, recently purchased in New York $3,000 worth of stage settings and scenery, and if the tenting season should hold out all winter Ypsilanti theatre goers will greatly enjoy the dramatic season. Those who are curious to observe the bloom of a lotus'may cali at the residence of D. F. Allmendinger, of W. Washington 'streel. In' the line of lotus blooms he has scored success where 'others have achieved only failure and vexation of spirit. One of the attractions of the Good Templars at their Whitniore Lake picnic today, will be Evangelist H. O. Wills, with his gospel wagon and a male quartette. Wills poses as about the greatest reformed sinner in existence. If half of what he says of his former life is true, he would have been too bad a man even for the sulphur pond, had he died in his iniquities. Oh, yes; city ownership of water works is a great thing. When water was first turned on one engineer was enough. Soon after two; and now three are appointed. A. S. Turnbull, formerly foreman at the mili at $80 per month; Henry Curts at $50 and Alonzo Edson at $45, a total of $175 per month, $2,100 a year, with more to come, and water scant at that. And cards of "For Sale," and "To Rent," are in demand. - Ypsilant Sentinel. Concerning the skeleton with boots on, recently "Gabrielized" from a trench in this city, the Adrián Press says: "Before they could reinter it, the skeleton rose up and demanded a sniff of the atmosphere containing republican victory, and also a nomination on the republican county ticket, declaring he was no more completely dead than would be those who took the nomination, and it might be a saving of life. Request denied." At the Farmers' Picnic at Whitmore lake on Saturday, August 25, each of the four candidates for governor will be present and uphold, in a half hour speech, more or less powerful and more or less convincing, the facts and points of his political Koran. It will be a jaw fight worth listening to. Each of the candidates will be sponged and led around the track to cool off, after his effort. This will afford every one an opportunity to observe his knee action. Taken altogether, this has been an unfortunate season for the Platt family. A few weeks ago Ex-State Oil Inspector Platt had his foot in a "frog" when Farmer Rich's Lansing special passed over the road and he was so severely mangled as to be unable to particípate in the state convention. Tuesday, during a game of baseball, Henry Platt, Jr., caught a baseball with the base of his ear, and fcpent some time afterward searchihg for his breath. Taking out accident insurance would be a good "pollcyi" The Wolverine Cycle club will give a road race in Ann Arbor, Sept. 6. The chess club of South Main street met Monday evening at the home of Gerhardt Josenhans. The military population ot Camp Rich, inclusive of rank and file, of high and low degree, is 2,294. Miss Donaldson, of Bay City, has j been appointed to the High School vacancy caused by the resignatlon of Mr. Eagan. Wednesday morning, being the date of the Feast of the Assumption, services were held in St. Thomas' church. Vespers and benediction were given at 2:30 p. m. The annual meeting of the Women's Home Mission Society of the M. E. church will be held Friday next at the residence of Mrs. Chas. Worden, 39 E. William street, at 3 m. Ostrander of Ypsilanti, while playing ball at Milan, recently, made a slide for third base and slid a bone out of joint at the knee, also straining and rupturing the tendons. At a meeting of Arbor Hive, No. 113, L. O. T. ML, held Tuesday evening, Mrs. Isadore Mills was selected as delégate to the Great Hive, at Lansing, Sept. 11. Mrs. Mary Ball was chosen altérnate. Advices are to the effect that the T. & A. A. road will have a new depot in Toledo, right of way, grounds, etc, having been secured. The Ashleys are among the liveliest "dead men" ever in business. The four barns on the Bert Moorman place, a short distance south of Ypsilanti, were burned on Thursday afternoon, from some unknown cause. Hay, grain, implements, etc, were destroyed. Loss about $3,000, and said to be protected by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. George Kingsley, of Paola, Kansas, are visiting Mrs. Chas. Chapin, sister of Mr. Kingsley, of this city. Mr. Kingsley is a son of the late Judge Kingsley, whose influence secured the Michigan Central for Ann Arbor. Judge Kingsley also took an active part in securing the location of the University here. C. H. Wharton, of Chicago, has been in the city this week with a view to establishing an office for Gray's Telautograph Co. The principie of the system is that the sender of a message may as he writes, have his handwriting or a picture drawn by him, reproduced at the destination of the dispatch. Several brave soldiers of the Jackson company, who came up town on their way to the "wah," were so fascinated with Ann Arbor and its pretty sights, thatwhentheyreturned to the depot "all out of breath" to take their train, all they took was a last lingering look at the rear car disappearing around the curve. War has many exciting features to drive away monotony and flies. The new boiler house, instead of being an ugly incubus on the campus, will be "a thing of beauty" and a reasonable, constant, moderate joy for an indefinite number of years. The stack will also accommodate a vast number of chimney swallows, who will organize a society to be known as the "Flutterwing Society of the Claw Delta Claw." The conduits are not yet covered. The work of placing the heating plant is going forward. At the meeting of the Ann Arbor Liquor Dealers' Protective Association, held Monday, Joe Parker, Fred Brown, M, Stabler, and Wm. Clancy were appointed delegates to attend a state convention to be held next week at Jackson, to take into consideration the interests of "bugjuice" in the state. The liquor dealers have never been credited with very fervid piety, still there are no more "spiritually" minded people in the state then they. Mayor Seymour, of Ypsilanti, has received the following hair-straightening communication from an anonymous writer, who has probably been crazed in his search for the Nesmith inter-urban railroad: "Do you in tend to do anything with this city if not say so and We will go Right to Work, the president of the united states tells us to go ahead and He will Balk us up With the Whole army of the united states if necessary, you are a murderer in the sight of God, he that knoweth of a crime and concealeth it is guilty of the same. If you are a coward you are not worthy of the name of a man." J. D. O'Brien, of Whittaker, had a two-year oíd heifer with a roving disposition, and in order that she should not "rive" any more, he caught her and fastened a rope to her horns, intending to tie her, while he attached ari anti-roving device on her; but the critter was so kind o' gentle üke, that O'Brien let go the other end of the rope, thinking she would stand. She did till he put his foot in the space between the strands of the untwisted rope, which had a knot at the end. Then the heifer shot ahead like a canon ball dragging O'Brien by the leg. He was bumped against trees, bushes and logs, his eyes being filled with sand, his mouth with mud, and when at last he got free he looked like a Chicago policeman after the riot.