Local Brevities

The first hop of the El Astro club occurred Friday evening at Granger's hall. Dr. Samuel A. Jones spoke last evening before the Unity club on "Roadside Rhymes by a Wayfarer." A building boom has struck Fountain street. A brick and a frame house are recent additions to architectural monuments in that quarter. George Ely, while driving over Wall street biidge, Friday, "took a drop," the bridge giving way. The shafts of the wagon were brken and the horse received severe bruises. A rush of about twenty students to force the opera house doors to witness the last act of "The Tornado," Friday night, failed. The students were "rushed" down stairs. The Argus bindery has just completed a very superior job of binding, Schiller's Marie Stuart. The Argus bindery is steadily acquiring an increased reputation and business. The entertainment given by the Heberlein concert corapany, before the Inland League, Friday evening, was one of the most finished entertainments of the musical season thus far in Ann Arbor. The M. E. church congregation, at the Wednesday evening meeting last week, voted 62 against 7 in favor of women being admitted to the general conference ot the church. We feel awfully sorry for the 7. Carlton B. Hutchins, formerly of Ann Arbor, died recently in Detroit, aged 80 years. $He was the father of Prof. Henry B. Hutchins, of Cornell, who has been chosen dean of the law faculty of the U. of M. for the next year. The subject of Rev. J.M.Gelston's be glad to hear that he will sermón tomorrow evening in the Presbyterian church is "The Natural Consequence. "-Times, Saturday. This jumble was the "natural consequence" of a misplaced line of type A meeting of the committees on subscription to clear the Columbian organ of debt, and concert Decemqcr 14, has been called for this evening at 8 o'clock in the council chamber in the court house. Every member of the committee and every citizen interested is requested to consider this a personal invitation to be present. Justice Gibson has sent Charles Hines, drunk, to jail for 20 days. Guy Mullison, street car conductor, pays the same justice $3 and costs for running his car faster than the law allows. Walter Henry and Mike Moloney have been bound over by Justice Pond for car breaking. Moses La Joie cashes over $35 to Justice Pond for running a house of ill "frame." Miss Celia Gilbert has become pianist in Prof. Granger's acadeniy. Don't forget the closing sale at the Chicago cut price shoe house. 20 Fourth Ave. M. J. Lehman, last week, argued the case of Brighton vs. the Lake Shore railroad, before the supreme court. Special services were held in the Second Baptist church last Sunday Rev. R. E. Gillard, of Adrián, conducting them. Now is your chance to buy goods cheap. This stock must be solcl. Chicago cut price shoe house, No. 20 Fourth Ave. Chas. Collins, for stealing a blanket worth $7, was taken to Detroit for the winter, last Friday, by Deputy Brenner. A young lady from Dexter, Friday morning, sprang from the train before it stopped and landed face downward. Dexter people are aways in such a hurry! The fïrst annual meeting of the I Xeedlework Guild will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. Perry, 61 Washington Street, on Tuesday, December 4. C. P. McKinstry has taken the oath that he will register all deeds properly and not cheat on the number of folios, but conduct all things with the honesty of a democrat. The gymnasium was opened Thursday of last week. There was no oratorical send-off and no "ginger-bread" ceremonies. The class simply went in and proceeded to business. Prof. B. M. Thompson will lecture next Monday evening, at the Church of Christ, in the Inland League course. Subject, "Tried by Ordeal and by Battle." Admission 15 cents. Boys, it won't do to bring merely a leg or the head of a sparrow to the city clerk. To receive the bounty you must carry the entire bird to him. A fat goose or duck, or Thanksgiving turkey will also secure you the three cents bounty. Try it. The U. of M. students jollified in tha jolliest manner last night. The celebration had something to do with a football game that took place Saturday in Detroit. Bonfires, lanterns, guns, crackers, "ru-rahs", huzzahs and fun galore ruled the campus. In familiarizing himself with his coming duties as county clerk, the first thing Mr. Dansingberg did was to tackle a marriage license. He feit awfully awkward at the business, but the prospective groom feit awkward, also, and didn't notice it. In fact neither of the two novices noticed the embarassment of the other. Nelson E. Freer, attorney, is now located with C. R. Whitman, in the practice of law. Mr. Freer is a gradúate of the law department of the University, and has done an extensive collection business for the McCormick Machine Company. He is a young man who appears to have in him the stuff of which good lawyers are composed. [. J. Findlay, of Oxford, England, who is investigating the common school system in America, lectured in Tappan hall last week, and made the remarkable confession that the English system of common schools was practically that of 500 years ago. England's great mistake was in putting technical schools ahead of secondary education. He finds the American common school system immeasurably in advance of that of England. A portrait of ex-Gov. Alpheus Felch, painted in 1S46, when the now memorable ex-governor was 42 years oíd, will be hung in the supreme court room in the state capitol at Lansing, during the January term of court. The portrait was painted by Joseph A. Haskall, an artist of considerable prominence, and much real merit, and who met with reverses in his oíd age, and recently died in the poor house at Syracuse, N. Y. For many years the painting has hung upon the walls of the Calhoun county court house at Marshal. - Courier. The Ann Arbor Argus prints a touching obituary of an old oak, that for half a century has stood in the middle of one of the sidewalks in the city, and says that " for years it has stood as a silent witness to the growth of the city." Yes, blamed if it hasn't, and it's been a silent witness to some of the noisiest swearing ever provoked by unexpected contact with pedestrians on dark nights, whereby noses have been skinned, shins barked, and belladonna shocks received. But is it the man-bruiser that stood in front of Judge Kinne's residence ? If so, we shall believe that electric railroads have more backbone than Ann Arbor councils. - Adrián Press. Banquet of Oriental Maccabees, ! tomorrow night. The Castalian will offer prizes for literary contributions of mcrit. The loser of a fine blue overcoat can find one on exhibition at the sheriff's office. The Wolverine Cyclers' party, postponed from last week, will occur this evening. Wantf.d:- 50 girls at once for an elabórate operetta of dancing and singing. Enquire at Ann Arbor Organ Co. The Womens's Auxiliary of the Y . M. C. A. will give a Thanksgiving supper this evening at 7 o'clock, to members and invited guests. At the recent session of the board of regents E. D. Brooks was elected assistant in ophthalmology at the homeopathie medical school. Goethe Commandery, No. 28, i United Friends of Michigan, have dedicated their new hall over Bach &"Roath's store. A literary and musical program was given. Philip Bach, of the firm of Bach & Roath, contemplates closing out the dry goods trade and retiring from business. The death of his lamented partner, Zachary Roath, and his own advanced years constrain him to this course. It seems as though the marshal ought not to have made a fuss with street car conductor Mullison for running his car faster than the law al'ows. The cars are often run much slower than the law allows, especially if one is in a hurry for the car. Then it is quite likely not to run at all. "The Tornado" Friday night, at the Grand opera house, drew a fair ly good house. The tornado scène was thrilling and realistic as also was the shipwreck at sea. Those magnificent stormy scènes brought on another storm - a storm of applause. Some excellent dramatic talent was also exhibited. "On the Bowery" Saturday night could have been bettered by better actors. There was but one really worthy impersonation, and that by an old gentleman who took the part of the farmer seeing the sights of New York. Steve Brody, who jumped from Brooklyn bridge, owns the show and was with it.