Local Brevities.

There are about 175 PuPils in the University School of Music. , George Sexton died at Ypsilanti, ' Monday, aged seventy-eight years. Christian Frank, of West Liberty street, has a new son at his house. j Uncle's rom's Cabin drew a big crowd at the opera house last 1 1 ing. A rough surface has been put on the hitherto slippery walk in front j of Tinkers' store. , A special examination of teachers ' will be held in the court house today and tomorrow. James Wood paid $5 fine and costs into Justice Fond's court, for drunkenness, on VVednesday. David Mayer, of North field, was raarried to Miss Caroline Wild, of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Rev. John Neumann married Miss Pauline Rauschenbergerand Mr. John Zeeb, of Northfield. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society, of the M. E. church, meet at Mrs. R. A. Beal's, this afternoon. Henry Lodholz will open a confectionery and státionery store on Broadway, adjoining William F. Lodholz's store. The Ann Arbor Commandery Knights Templar have decided to give a reception in Masonic hall, Tuesday evening, April 16. Prof. F. R. Mechem will give a lecture before Unity club next Monday evening upon "The Origin of Some Familiar Institutions." Mr. O. B. Schaffer has been very successful in obtaining a fine rock well of soft water, at 94 feet, for Mrs. M. J. Furnum, 28 North State street. The ladies of the M. E. church made over $150 out of the February 22nd edition of the Daily Courier, the most that has been made out of any paper in the county in many a day. The prohibitionists of the city hold a conference this evening at Good Templar hall, for the purpose of exchanging views on the question of nominating a city ticket this spring. At i2 M., next Sunday, Prof. E. 1'. Johnson, of the law department, will speak before the University Bible class of the M. E. church on "Modes of Trial Among the Israel' ites." Mrs. D. F. Schairer will give a dime social at her residence, 78 South División street, for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.; on Friday evening, March 8th, from 7 to 11. Light refreshments will be served. The Woman's Auxillary and Y. M. C. A. with their friends are cordially invited. Mr. O. Gooding, of Vork, who lias been visiiting for the past two months in Ontario County, New Vork, returned home Wednsday. He is in the best of health, is at peace with all the world and glad to get back to oíd Washtenaw which he regards as the best county in this or any other state. The number of local special delivery letters is rapidly increasing. The average time elapsing between the handing in of these letters and their delivery by the special messenger boy is about fifteen minutes, and an increasing number of people are taking advantage of this method of getting quick delivery of their messages. Prof Mechem lectures befure the Unity Club, Monday evening. W. J. Booth lectured last evening : in one of the Detroit churches. Mrs. AnnaJ. De Hazen died in 'psilanti Wednesday, aged 4,5 years. Mrs. Ernest Hirth, of Lodi, died Tuesday afternoon, aged twentythree years. The Ann Arbor Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar, go to Howell, Marth 19. The annual S. C. A. election will be held in Newberry hall 011 the afternoon of March 27. Fourteen new members were voted into the Eastern Stars at their meeting Wednesday night. William O'Brien, aged twentythree, died in Ypsilanti Wednesday night, of congestión of the brain. Master Fred Ellis, the boy soprano of Ypsilanti, sings in the Congregational church this evening. The first faculty concert of the second semester will be given Thursday evening, March 14, in Frieze Memorial hall. Rev. J. M. Gelston addresses the Students' Christian Association, Sunday afternoon, in Newberry hall, on "Knowing God." It is expected that two new trains ivith sleeping coaches will be added to the T. A. A. & N. M. R. K. squipment early in the summer. Mrs. Harriet Viall, of Ypsilanti, died at her home in that city, Tuesday, of paralysis, aged fïfty-seven years. She had resided in Augusta many years. Dr. C. M. Cobern dehvers the first lecture in the Epworth League course at the M. E. church this evening on "An Afternoon With Great Men. Miss Anna Catherine Miller, of this city, was married to Edward Leigh Gadney, of Winnebago, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. John G. Miller, on Packard street, Wednesday evening, by the Rev. Max Hein. Mr. and Mrs. Gadney left the same evening for their future home in Winnebago, Minnesota. The two tickets before the elect)rs of Chelsea at the charter elec:ion to be held Monday are as folows: People's ticket - President, iVm. Bacon; trustees, Frank Staffan, ]. Schumacher, Clarence Maroney; treasurer, John W. Bissel; clerk, bed Rhoedel; assessor, Edward Williams. Workingmen's ticket - President, George Beckwith; trustees, August Mensing, Geo. P. Gla?.ier, John Foster; treasurer, L. F. Freeman; clerk, J. Cole, assessor, Albert YVimans. The Rev. Henry Tatlock will deliver a course of confirmation lectures at the half-past ten o'clock service in St. Andrew's church, beginning with next Sunday and continuing until the Sunday before Easter. The confirmation lectures to the class will also be given, as before announced. In the sermons subjects of interest to all, both church members and others, will be treated. The subject of the sermón next Sunday morning will be, "What Church Membership Means and What it Does Not Mean." The Courier gives the democratie candidate for senator the following mented compliment: "John A. McDougall, of Superior, who was nominated by the democrats for senator in this district at their convention today is an able-bodied, strongminded, free-trade farmer, well read, believes in common schools, and if electedwill make a fair member of that body. He is very conservative, believes that all salaries should be reduced and that the country should run down to hard pan, on a free trade basis, as at present." In case hieut. Gov. Milnes is elected to congress in the Burrows district, Senator MacLaughlin, of Detroit, will become lieutenant governor. The senator will be remembered as one of the builders of the Ann Arbor street railway. In this connection, the question comes up, is building street railways conducive to political advancement? Charles Haines built the motor line and was immediately elected to congress trom a New York district. John B. Corliss, who with Senator McLaughlin, built the Ann Arbor line is now congressman from Detroit. The senator was sent to the state senate soon after his selling out the Ann Arbor line, and in all probability will soon be lieutenant governor. Let all aspiring politicians buile street railways. F. Krause, the well known auct ioneer, will attend to all sales ir city or county. Orders may be lefi with him on Broadway or at th Argus office. tt: