Local Brevities

University fall field day is checked for Saturday, Oct. 27. Daniel A. Pettibone died at Bridgewater, Saturday. The Wrinkle is out to-day. Very funny; i. e., the contents. The Normals defeated the U. of M. Reserves, Saturday, by a score of iS to 4. The U. of M. won the football game of Albion, 26 to 10, last Saturday. No casualties of note. Fifteen students frorn Ypsilanti attend the University and go home each night over the motor line. An enthusiastic rrfeeting in Ann Arbor town was addressed last evening by W. G. Doty and F. G. Campbell. The opening reception of the Epworth League, of the M. E. Church, will take place Saturday evening, October 20. The junior laws have brought forth the following: "Ski-u! Ski-u! Ski-u Rah! Michigan, Michigan, Ninety-six Law!" The practice court of the University laws, and dog dissection among the medies, are about neckand-neck in the work of mutilation. At Ypsilanti, Friday, Elmer Stofflet won the 2-mile bicycle race and the silver cup. He was also second in the five mile and fifth in the special race. Members and friends of Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Moon, of the Second Baptist church, were given a surprise and donation, Friday evening, last week. An elocutionary recitation will be given at High School hall, Friday evening, by Mrs. Wm. C. Trueblood. The exercises will be diversified with music. Miss Agnes G. Hall, traveling secretary of the Students' Volunteer association, spoke in Newberry hall last evening. Miss Hall will soon sail to Madras, India, for missionary work. Miss Anna M. Thumm, of West Huron street, died of consumption, Thursday last week, aged 41 years. The funeral was held at the late residence Sunday, Rev. Max Hein officiating. Gymnasium hours at the University are for the present as follows : Ladies - 9 to 12 in the morning. Gentlemen - 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. The gymnasium will be ready for service in a few days. J. V. Lewis spoke last night at Jerusalem. Gapt. Schuh was there with brass band and fireworks. Mr. Schuh states that his rockets shot three miles high, and each as it came down killed a republican. The ladies of St. Luke's Parish Aid Society, of Ypsilanti, have inaugurated Saturday sales of bread, cakes and pies. It is written "man shall not live by bread alone," henee the cakes and pies. Martin Ryan comes into the circuit court and alleges assault and battery against Fred Boos and Fred Boos jr., and has engaged C. H. Kline and W. B. Voorheis to make it appear that has sustained damages that are in need of cash repairs. Complaint having been made against Wm. F. Nagel and Moses Laioie for selling liquor without the legal "warrant and inventory," at the park, Sept. 23, the defendants were last week arraigned before Justice Pond, and waived examination to the circuit conrt. The speech of Hon. Thomas E. Barkworth at Ypsilanti, is spoken of there as a magnetic effort and masterly presentation of the issues of the campaign. The Times' Ypsilanti correspondent says: " One old line democrat, who thought that George L. Yaple was about the only good speaker in Michigan, now worjships another Joss." The representation ot "Faust" in this city, Friday eveaing, afforded to Ann Arbor the first entertainment of the season of high artistic merit. The presentation of the leading characters is committed to interpreters of rare talent. Off the stage the members of the company, from the chief to the least, are ladies and gentlemen in every particular. Rev. Minot J. Savage appeared -Monday evening in the first of the Unity Club course of lectures. He is a brilliant speaker, a noted writer and delivers a lumnious discourse bristling with bright thoughts, and full of instruction. His subject was 'What o'clock is it in Religión." Season tickets admitting to courses of thirty or more, are sold forSi. Single adrnission, 25 cents. The board of review sitting in judgment to hear taxpayers discuss grievances, and " cuss " in return, was in session yesterday. The assessor said the levy was made on the Henry George plan - without regard to improvements. A small raise of Mack & Schmid's wool house property and some reduction of Aid. Prettyman's assessment was made. 1 The local Y. M. C. A. have engaged instructors in elocution Monday evenings; Germán, Thursday evenings; voice culture, Tuesday evenings; muscular science, Friday evenings; common branches in English, Thursday afternoons and Satday evenings. Ten lesons to members for 25 cents. To those who are not members 50 cents. Meetings are in the rooms over the First National Bank. Saturday, two young sons of Robert Leonard, of this city, were in the woods nutting, wheri one of them received a ball in the arm. A story is to the effect that one of the boys had broken some windows in the house of a colored family, and had been threatened. The brother of this boy was shot, and the claim is made that the ball was intended for the other. Good authority, however, says this is not so. Dr. Smith extracted the ball. The reopening at the Methodist church last Sunday was a fine success. Next Sunday morning the largest class will be received into f uil connection which has ever been received at one time in the history of the society. At the close of the sermón Professor Trueblood wil lecture betore the University bible class on St. Paul. At the close o the lecture he will read "St Paul's Defense before King Agrippa." Christ Weinmann is strutting around in a $30 suit, won Monday evening, at a raffle at Burchfield's Some are lucky, others plucky But between luck and pluck there is no consanguinity. The lucky are seldom plucky, or the plucky lucky. Lucky pluck and plucky luck are so much strangers that they do not recognize each other when they meet, and their meetings are a seldom as the reunions of the oppo site extremities, or the truths of a lightning-rod agent. However,that's far from a snide suit, won by Wein mann.