Local Brevities

% Dr. D. M. Tyler's office will in the future be adjoining his living rooms in the postoffice block. Parties who are going north to hunt deer this year must not forget to take out a lioense with the county clerk before leaving. Justice Pond sent Ladie LaVear to the Detroit house of correction Monday for ninety days on the charge of being a tippler and drunkard. Dr. Flemming Carrow was the flrst in Washtenaw county to take out a deer license in the county clerks' office. The deer in the north woods are forewarned what will happen. Frank Case, the head tuner of the Ann Arbor organ company, is rejoicing in the advent of a nine pound toy. He will now have to stay up nights to regúlate the baby tones. The fish editor of the Grass Lake News will will please note that Henry Paul and Fred Braun were at Independence Lake recently and in two and a half honrs caught. 41 perch, 2 black bass, 3 frogs and 1 tuvtle. The remains of Miss Vena Johnson, shot by Edward Hurst, were interred in the Dixboro cemetery Sunday afternoon. The services were held in the chucrh and were largely attended. Rev. Mr. Pope, of the Canadian A. M. E. conferrence officiated. Full rate members of the A. O. U. W. will have one dollar assessruent to pay this month and half rate members fifty cents. There are 13 deaths mentioned in the cali. Of these there is one case of drowning, two heart disease, one sunstroke and one suicide. Lindenschmitt & Apfel have struck a novel idea which will please the hearts of three lucky winners. They offer every farmer who will bring between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1, to their store flve ears of corn a chance of getting a nice prize. See their advertisement in this paper. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Meivin Gillespie deeply sympathize with them in their great affliction in losing their four year oíd son, Cari, of typho-cerebral f ever. Their little daughter is also ill with typhoid fever, and Mr. G-illespie is just recoering f rom the same disease. Among the illustrations published by the Detroit Tribune of the physicians in attendance at the meeting of the Mississippi Valley Medical association is the picture of William F. Barkley, of Ann Arobr. Who is the gentleman? The pioture does not resemble any known physician in Ann Arbor. The marriage of Mr. Wendell Phillips Moore of this city and Miss Myrtie Langsford, of Willamstown. isannounced to take place September 1 7. Af ter a short visit in Ann Arbor with Mr. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Moore, they will leave for the southwest, where Mr. Moore is to take charge of a coal mine. Rev. Conrad Boecklin, pastor of the Germán M. E. church, will preach his farewell sermón Sunday. His new pastorate will be Goshen, Ind. During Mr. Boecklin's stay in Ann Arbor he has gained by his quiet, conscientious work the respect of everyone who knew him and the congregation in Goshen can regard themselves fortúnate in receiving Mr. Boecklin. His friends in Ann Arbor wish him well. The funeral of John Jedele, the son of the late Joseph Jedele, of Lodi, were held Wednesday morning ,at his late residence, Rev. Julius Klingmann offi oiating. The remains were interred in the Salem chnrch yard. The deceased was about 44 years of age, and was bom on the farm on which he died. In the year 1880 he married his cousin, Mis Eliabeth Jedele, daughter of the late Joseph Jedele. His widow and six children, two sons and four daughters survive him, the oldest son being U years of age and the yougest 3 years He died after only a week's illnes caused by a stroke of paralysis. He hadalways been a very hard worke aad'had a large circle of friends wh loved and respected him for his sturdy upright character. John Jedelde's word was as good as his bond. The dry goods store of Will jam Goodyear & Co. is being improved by a cash ■ailway. James W. Green, the official city dog catcher, popularly known as "Toby,' wants to resign as soon as his successor can be appointed. Senator Sinith, of this district, has appointed Mrs.Lucy Stephens, of Chelea, as one of the two pupils at his disposal in the Normal school. Notice the advertieement of B. St. ternes. It makes good reading and is ;he opening announcement of the hustlng successor of the Bach dry goods tore. A new train has been put on the Michigan Central going west, leavinsg Detroit ai 2 a m., reaching Ann Arbor at 2 :53 a. m. and Grand Rapids at 6 :40 a. m. One of the horses used in J. A. Pol ïenxus' sprinkling cart feil dead in tont of the city offices Wednesday evenng. Ie is supposed the animal was overeóme by the heat. Joshua Leiand, son of Supervisor Emory Leiand, of Northfield, a gradúate of he Normal, has accepted a position as eacher of sciences at the Kirkwood military aoademy, Mo. The article entitled "How we Teach he Little Ones to Sing, " by Miss Lucy Colé, in last week's Argus, taken from Our County Fair News, is receiving universal commendation. The list of the prizes to be given by he Wolverine eyele club at the road ace September 18 is inoreasing daily. 0 that nearly every competitor may xpect to receive something. The seven year oíd son of Matthew Sehaible, the acting postmaster at Bckrt, in Freedom, fell from a wagon Saturday evening and broke his arni in ;wo places. Dr. Wessenger is attendng him. Stratton D. Brooks, on the democratc ticket last ycar as a candidato f or re;ent, will attend the University this winter. He has been an instructor in ?rof. C. F. R. Bellows mrmaï school n Mt. Pleasant. The new dry kiln of the Ann Arbor Organ Co. is beginning to assume orm and shape. The cellar is excavatd for the five story brick factory. The masons will be ready to commence work n a day or two. E. J. Smith, the well known pararapher of the Adrián Press, formerly with the Argns, has accepted a position n the Monroe Democrat. The Demorat i i to be congratulated on having Mr. Simth on its staff.. During Mr. mith's stay in Ann Arbor he made a lost of friends whose best wishes are with him, and who can heartily comnend him to the people of Monroe. le is a good citizen with a heart as ender as that of a child. There seems to be some misundertanding about the object of the adourned meeting of representativos of be Germán societies to be held in the ohwaebischen Unterstuetzungs verein all next Tuedsay evening, September 7. The matter of closiug up the bilis f the Germán -American day at Ypsianti will be considered. The arrangements for next year will be considered t the meeting held Friday evening, September 20, at D. O. H. hall. The following from the Ypsilanti Commercial will meet the approval of Ann Arbor's board of public works : "ne thrifty burdock has matured its ruit, and is ready for the harvest. Tiie corp is abundant. The burrs will lorm a beautiful fringe aorund the ower edge of garments. They are heap and ornamental, and you don 't need to go to the trouble of picking ;hem off the stalks and sewing them on your clothes ; they attach themselves to rou and stick closer than a brother. Captain Thomas Taylor snrprised his many friends in the city by being quiety marired to Miss Annie C. McCrow Fuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride, No. 36 South Thayer street, Rev. J. Mills Gelston offleiating. Only the immediate family friends wer.i present. The couple left for Lyndon to visit friends for a few days. Captain Taylor is the popular tyler of ;he masonic organizations in the .city. The best wishes of a large circle of 'riends will accompany them through life. 1 ' Yes, Boston is a great city, ' ' said Jeremiah T. Sullivan, of Ann Arobr, formerly a well known farmer of Scio. "I took in the excursión and hacTa splendid time. I have two brothers in the real estáte business. One of them was an appraiser for seven years. The asses-sed valuation oí Boston is n w a bülion dollars with a tax rate of $12.80 per thousand dollars. The improvernents being made in the way of parks, etc. are marvelous. They pay their policemen $1,200 a year. The mayor gets $10,000 a year salary and everything else is in propoiion. The policemen and all the minor offices are under civil service and must pass an exEmination bef ore being appointed. Dr. W. W. Nichols, the large peach grower, expresses hiniself as satisfied with his peach erop. On Monday he said he was in the middle of the season and had shipped 1,100 bushels. The price at first was a little low, but the quantity made up for the price. His pear erop looks well. "What we fruit growers have now to contend with is a little borer that eats its way right through the barrel of the apple," said the doctor. "It is going to give us much trouble to fight. In some places in my orchard the ground cannot be seen for fallen apples. I cannot spray my apples at this stage of their growth. 1 do not know how we can stop the ravages of this borer." The Hansfreund Post says the Bi ble forbids the wearing of blooruers by wonien and quotes Deuteronomy 22 : 5. Miss Libbie Kress, formerly with Mack & Schmid, has aocepted a position in B. St. James' dry goods store. Workmen hare commenced putting in a handsome front in the Ryan, block, formerly known as the Haagsterfer block. Fritz Krause, of Bay City, formerly corresponding secretary of the Allgemeiner Arbeiter Bund, and well known in Germán circles in this city, has opened a hotel in the property he recently purchased.
Dr. Conrad Georg is now "king of the sharpshooters. '" This means that in five consecntive shots last Sunday he succeeded in hitting 116 rings. In the past the best record in the shooting park was 112 rings. The ïoung Peoples society of the First Baptist chureh will give a social in the church parlors next Friday evening. All the high school stndents and all other students in the city are particularly invited to be present. Ex-Sheriff Michael Brenner has purchased the Franklin hotel property, corner of Ashley and West Huron streets. He proposes to improve the house internally and build a large barn on the rear. He has not decided if he will rúa the hotel himself after the expiration of the present lease or rent the propert.v. Aid. Jacob Laubengayer, of West Huron street, had the misfortune to sprain his ankle badly last Sunday evening. He is laid up in consequence and is under medical care. He had been informed that boys had opened the gates of his fish ponds back of the house and let the fish out. While trying to remedy the trouble he slipped. A clam bake was held in Haas' woods, in Northfield, Sunday, some 25 Ann Arbor gentlemn participating. Two hundred clams a pig weighing 57 pounds and green corn were some of the solid refreshments served. The city government was well represen ted among the guests. All unite in saying the pig was done to a turn and a more pleasant feast has not been had for a long time. T. J. Keech, superintendent of the telephone line, is not himself when he is not found trying to do something for somebody. This time it is the M. E. conference which is benefitted. He had a telephone put into the church parlors for the benefit of its members. Would it not be a great accommodation to themselves and everyone else if every congregation in the city would see that there was a telephone it its parsonage. Sears Eaton and Cortez Wheelei were arrested yesterday afternoon and brought before Justice Doyle charged with stealing peaches Wednesday night from Fredeick Heininger, of Pittsfield township. They pleaded not guilty, but afterwards changed the plea to guilty and were fined $10 each and costs or thirty days in jial. They paid $13.45 each for about four bushels of fifty-five cent peaches. The offioers went last night to arrest Harry