Local Brevities

Ann Arbor Commandery Knights Templar drill this evening. P. W. Shute is still talking up his opera house project in this city. Special meetings are being held at the Methodist church this week. J. A. Brown has opened a grocery store in the Sager block on State street. Golden Rule lodge, F. & A. M., had work on the third degree last night. Rev. Reed Stuart, of Detroit, lectured before the Unity club last night on "Literature and Life." An invitación dance will be held at the residence of Dr. J. A. Wessinger, on División street, this evening. Miss Benbow gave a talk on her work among the Indians at the social at the Y. W. C. A. Saturday evening. The Wolverine Cycle club give their fifth annual masquerade ball in Light Infantry hall on Thursday evening of next week. A sleigh load of young people went out to the home of Mr. Wm. Campbell, in Pittsfield, last Friday night, and enjoyed a pleasant evening. The Wolverine Cyclers will give their annual ball in Light Infantry hall on the evening of January 31. The Chequamegons will furnish the music. Dr. G. C. Huber will lecture on "The Struóture of the Body" at the Y. M. C. A. rooms tonight. Admission free to everone, and the young men are especially urged to attend. The Light Infantry members are making elabórate arrangements for their grand military ball, which is to be held on Jan. 24, There is little doubt that the event will prove a successful one in every way. Wm. A. Stocking returned Saturday evening from Lansing, where he is engaged as one of the house janitors. He will return a week from Monday to be ready for business when the legislature again assernbles. Miss Florence Mann left for Lansing, Mich., this mortfiing to await the arrival of the body of her brother, who died in San Francisco on his way home from Honolulú. The deceased was a nephew of Superintendent Clark, 'of the University hospital. Rev. J. VV. Bradahaw preached in I Detroit, Sunday. A boy gladdens the home of John Looker, of Geddes avenue. The Good Templars and the El Astro club were Whitmore Lake visitors Saturday night. Mrs. Angell is to answer "Ouestions of Etiquette" before the Woman's League tomorrow. The S. C. A. will give a reception for Mr. Tracy McGregor, of Detroit, at Newberry hall Saturday evening. The hardware stores of the city are now closed at 6 p. m., and will continue to close at this hour until April i. Mrs. Abbie ü'Reilly died Sunday at the age of 87 years. The funeral services were held at St. Thomas' church, at 9 o'clock, this morning. The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will give a tea at the parsonage on Friday evening, the proceeds to go to the Nebraska sufferers. There will be a faculty concert given in Friese Memorial hall.Thursday evening, January 24, at 8 o'clock. There will not be any lecture on Wednesday of this week. Joseph Sill, son of United States minister to Corea, John M. B. Sill, has returned from the other side of the world and will enter the medical department of the University next semester. The Mystic Shriners of this city SI particípate in an initiation and 1 to be given at the Moslem temple in Detroit, Feb. 1. The wives of the Shriners will accompany them on the pilgrimage. Dr. Talmage, president of the University of Utah, will deliver his lecture in the S. L. A. course on Feb. 16, instead of Feb. 8, as printed on the tickets. This change was made to accomodate Mr. Talmage, who will thus be saved an extra trip of 3,000 miles, as he is to lecture in Cincinnati, Feb. 18. The Y. W. C. A. will give a social at their rooms over the First National bank on Friday evening. A short program will be arranged for the evening and light refreshments served. Everybody is invited. Each one is requested to bring a slip of paper with his name and i address or a calling card with ths I same. , Rev. C. M. Cobern preached at the Congregational church on Sunday evening, when the Young Men's Sunday Evening club carried out an excellent program. The Lyra singing society, under the direction of Prof. R. H. Kempf, furnished splendid music, which was thoroughly appreciated by all present. The Alpha Xu gave an interesting program Saturday evening. The main feature of the meeting was the preliminary contest, while the wellrendered zither solos by Mr. Borchedt broke the sameness of continuous speaking. The judges, Profs. Demnion, Scott, and Instructor Luten awarded the first place to Mr. Sadler, junior lit, and second place to Mr. Block, senior lit. Rev. Reed Stuart spoke before the Unity club last evening on "Literature and Life." Mr. Stuart is an eloquent and scholarly man, and succeeded both in pleasing and instructing his hearers. He was the guest of Prof. Mecham while in the city, and a reception was given him at the latters residence from 3 to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Gradúate club will hold a meeting at the residence of Prof. H. C. Adams tomorrow evening. An address will be made by Prof. George H.' Palmer, of Harvard, who delivered the commencement oration last June. His wife, Mrs. Alice Freeman Palnier, will also be present. All students of the gradúate school as well as members of the faculty are invited to present at this meeting. The Germán Workingmen's Aid society last evening elected officers as follows: President, John Mayer; first vice-president, T. F. Hutzel; second vice-president, E. C. Spring; secretary, Geo. Lutz, Jr.; corresponding secretary, E. Oesterlin, Sr.; treasurer, H. Schumacher; collector, C. Staeb; trustees, W. Feldheuser, J. Trojanowski, C. Schlenker, L. Walz, C. Martin, W. Hiller; color bearer, A. Birk. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry drill corps had another rehearsal last evening. The rehearsal was broken up about 10 o'clock owing to the fact that a delicious odor of coffee floated in as a door of one of the adjoining rooms was opened. Dancing was then indulged in while some of the boys with other help made preparations for an oyster supper. Oysters were served in every style. The girls were very much pleased and were very thankful that they did not stay home on account of the stormy night. J. E. Beal spoke before the Inaud League last evening on "The j White Czar's Realm." Frank Briscoe, '95 lit, lias 1 signed his position as leader of the Glee club and A. G. Cummer has Deen chosen to take his place. Frank Kearney was the moving spirit in getting a number of Ann Arbor young people to take a sleighride to Whitmore Lake last Friday evening. Dancing was indulged in until morning, at the Stevens Lake house. Rumor has it that the morning hour was well advanced when the happy dancers returned to the city. George E. Dawson, instructor in English in the universitv, delivered the second of a series of lectures before the University Bible class, of' the Methodist church, Sunday noon, taking as his subject "Temptation as Treated in the Book of Job. " Mr. Dawson is a pleasing speaker, and his lecture was listened to with the greatest interest. The special committee appointed to consider the matter of amendments to the city charter held a meeting yesterday afternoon. A number of citizens were present and there was a discussion of proposed amendments giving the mayor increased power in the appointment of city officials and pólice; also an amendment proposing that the board of public works be abolished. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer will deliver an address before the Women's League in Newberry hall on Wednesday afternoon January 23d at tour o'clock. To those not members of the League an admission of twenty-five cents will be charged. Mrs. Palmer graduated from the U. of M. in '76 with the degree of A. B. and afterward received the A. M. degree. Kor some years she was president of Wellesly college until her marriage to Prof. Palmer, of Harvard, in 1888, and is now dean of the women's department in Chicago University.