Local Brevities

The livery horses may now take a rest. There are three. cases of ineasles in Ypsilanti. The Lyra society spent Wednesday at Whitmore Lake. The town is fast resuruing its normal suminer quietude. Miss Miliie Treinper will teach the Geddes school next year. Mrs. Susan R. Davis has sold her line property in Gregory, Mich. The regular conncil meeting will be held next Monday evening. Quarterly meeting will be held in the M. E. church next Sunday. Packing and shipping goods carefully attended to at Martin Haller's. A West Detroit Sunday school held a picnic at Cedar Bend Wednesday. x Mrs. D. M. Tyler returned from a weeks visit in Lansing Tuesday night. The Aun Arbor Savings bank has declared. a five per cent. semi-annual dividend. I ,{ The United Friends gave ■ a lawn so ..oial at the residence . of A G. Schimdt last evening. Miss Lurene Seymour, of the University graduating class, teaches at Lake Linden next year. The mail boxes about the city have had the time each box is collecced placed upon them. William H. Morton, the peach grower, reports prospects of,, a ...big erop of peaches.this year. "Í L$ City locáis are scarce ■ this week, everything being over shadowed by thecommencement doings. Over three hundred Methodist clergyïüen are expected in the city during the Methodist conference in September. Miss Katharine. Bü'rns bas been given the free scholarship in the St. Thomas' Conservatory of Music next year for excellence in scholarship. The big redntcion sale at Martin Halr ler's is still going on with greater efforts and still greater reductions. The low prices make the goods move. Already more than half the time of several of the teachers in the School of Music have been engaged for next year. The attendance promises to show a roarked increase. ♦ . ■ ___ Cards are out annonncingjthe marriage on July 9, of Elmer ;-E! Beal, formerly money clerk in the postoffice, to Miss Minnie Angeline Boylan, daughter of John D'. Böylan. It does not look as if the city and county officials would play ball. There is a good deal of talk but noííhing else. It sounds like the talk of some pugilists who cannot be gotten together. Next Monday evening the Tennessee musical and literary concert company will give an entertainment at the first Baptist churoh. The troup consists of five singers and a phenomenal mathematician who gives an exhibition of his wonderful powers. They corae higijljy recommended and a good entertainment is assured. Lovell Harrison,of Northfield, recently sheared 21 sheep in one day and also tied the wool in proper shape for market. The fleeces averaged 11 pounds each He had no assistant. Mr. Harrison has made sheep shearing his business for nearly thirty years, and is ceituiulv au expert in his long-practiced calling. He is over sixty years of age. uid thinks he is vet good for many seasons of shearing. On Sunday night last three dogs got into the flock of fine wool sheep belonging to J. E. Rice, who livës on the road running from Geddes to Dixboro, or what is called the Dixboro road, about four miles east of the city, killed seven and wounded nineteen of them. The same night dogs attacked Henry Braun's flock on the Dixboro road. He heard them and got up and shot one of the dogs. The sheep lost are worth more than all the dogs in the town. - Courier. Many sparrows are being killed by boys about the city. Remember the Fourth of July picnic at Whitmore Lake. It is the place to have a good time. The Adrián Press calis Deputy State i Oil Inspector Gilbert, of Chelsea, the I 'oleagiuous Jim." Janitor Davenport found a pocket book full of gold on the court house steps yesterday niorning. J. E. Master and Miss Clara E.Gregg, of Milan, were married yesterüay at the Franklin house by Justice Gibson. The festivities of commencement week endeá last evening with a yery pleasant reception by President and Mrs. Angelí. A basket of carrier pigeons was received here Weduesday morning by express to be liberated to fly against time to their cots in Detroit. i B. O. Austin, of the graduating literary class, will be the superintendent of the Saline schools next year. Prof. Austin was a promient member of his class. After waiting in vain for some generous and patriotic citizen to present them with a flag, the Light Infantry have purohased one which will behoisted for the first time on the Fourth of July. Ex-Supervisor Charles Braun, of Aun Arbor town, has a cherry tree of which his friends may naturally be envious. He brought in a sprig of it yesterday seven inches long which had sixty-five cherries on it. Capt. John C. Fischer scored the "infants" without rnercy last Wednesday uight for not attending drills. His remarks were especially for the benefit of the noh-commissioned officers who have been negligent in this respect. Two "non-coms" will be appointed this evening to fill vacancy caused by terms of enlistment expiring. The company have accepted an invitation to assist in the Fourth of July celebration at Monrce. Emanuel H. Allmendinger was thro%vn down stairs yesterday by a law student named Harra G. Hadden to whom he preseuted a laundry bill for $1. 50. Allmendinger's arm was broken. The bill was a disputed one. Patrolman Collins arrested Hadden last night and he was released on bail. The trial for assault and battery before Justice Gibson was set for Saturday at 9 a. m. Attorney A. Brown has also begun suit against Hadden for civil damages.