Local Brevities

No. 516 1 drew the watch at Fred Brown's, Wednesday evening. F. Kraus, the auctioneer. Terms reasonable. Cali at Argus office, or at residence on Broadway. Mr. and Mrs. Manly Holbrook, of Ypsilanti, celebrated their 50U1 marriage anniversary, Wednesday. The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Taylor was held yesterday at the late residence, Rev. J. M. Gelston o fifi - ciating. The Sunday school room of the Second Baptist church has been repainted and otherwise recently improved. The "Augean stables" of the araying fraternity on the east side of court house square have been renovated for the season. The stafles need a new roof. The old one leaks. The University glee and banjo clubs are now fully organized and wl shortly be ready to attack the nerves of the public with a series of excellent selections. These clubs on fame and considerable cash last season. Regular jury term of court, November 19. I The sernlñarjTschool'will open tomorrow at 2 p. m., in the Courier I block. L The Ypsi ender of the Daily F j Times has a witty "interview" with I Vice-President Stevenson, in Tuesday's issue. Michael Staebler, of W. Washj ington street, has a chunk of an thracite coal weighing 2,250 pounds. i It carae from the Babyion, Pa., coal 1 mines. Edmund Crosby, colored, aged 71, of Detroit, is held, charged with embezzling $160 of his sister-injlaw's money, the Jatter living in I Ypsilanti. The University practice court now has a calendar of thirty different cases, and it is feared that night sessions must be held, to clear up the murder docket. Trinity Lutheran gentlemen gave a social at the parsonage, last evening. If any suppose the gentlemen do not know how to play the housewife they are in error. _ The first of the Choral Union series of entertainments will take place Nov. 22. Anton Seidel's Metropolitan opera house orchestra_ will appear on that date. There will be a special meeting of Ann Arbor Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, at Masonic Temple, tomorroiv evening at 7.30 o'clock, at which all members are requested to be present. R. S. Greenwood and Eugene Gilmore, of the Ann Arbor road, have purchased a private car which is now at Saginaw. It will be rebuilt and remodeled and will then be a hotel on wheels. The Athletic association board is now composed of Dr. Nancrede and Profs. Knowlton, Pattengill, Thomas and Rolfe, faculty members; and Messrs. E. C. Shields, C. E. Baird, J. C. Condón and E. C. Weeks, student members. The republicans of the city did their work over again in the matter of a justice of the peace. They have held caucuses and a city convention and claim everything is now straight. Andrew E. Gibson still holds his grip as the candidate. Miss dementia Bullis and H. P. Ball, D. D. S., were married Tuesday at 12:30 by Rev. J. D. Sunderland at the home of the bride. The wedding being private only the immediate relatives were present. The doctor and bride will reside in Jacksön. Married - Tuesday evening, by Rev. E. D. Kelly, at his residence, Miss Flora McMahon and Fred G. Haas, Miss Maggie Riley, of Monroe, acting as bridesmaid and Frank Tice as best man. The newly wedded and popular couple will reside at No. 49 Miller avenue The marriage of Miss Anna Dietz and Dr. E. A. Clark took place on Wednesday, at the home of the bride on South Fifth avenue, Rev. J. Neumann performing the ceremony. A splendid complement of wedding presents graced the occasion. The apiary department of the Michigan experiment station has just printed in pamphlet form "A Year with Bees." The architect of this item has no interest in it. A five minute interview with a single swarm whose members were feeling well, cured his curiosity some years ago. Mr. Sunderland's morning subject next Sunday at the Unitarian church will be, "A Living Church for Living Men." Mrs. Sunderland's bible class subject in the evening will be, "The Pessimism of Schopenhauer and von Hartmann, and its Influence upon Religious Thought." The Y. W. C. A. will give a musical and literary entertainm.ent at the Baptist church on Thursday evening, Nov. 8th, at 8 o'clock. The entertainment program is to be a very good one, as some of the best talent in the city has been secured to take part. The proceeds will be used for the purchase of an instru ment for their rooms. It is hoped it will be patronized for the benefit of the association. Admission, 10 cents. George Wilson, of the Cook hotel, while blacking a pair of shoes the other day, became about as much interested in his business as a candidate for a county office, when he slid his hand inside a shoe and feit something soft and spongy there and out popped a mouse, which had been caged where it was concealed for the express purpose of stirring up the nerve center of the young man. He had not had such a "start" since finding a lobster in his bed. These repeated shocks are slowly but surely "doing up" his nervous system.