Local Brevities

C. W. Miller, of Dexter, has accepted a position as clerk in Caspar Rinsey's. , ; The Merchant H. Goodrich will has been upheld by the state supreme court. ■ Miss Yale, state seoretary Y. W. C. ■ A., visited the local association on Sunday last. The'Ladies' Aid society of the 1 odist church held its annual meeting '. last evening. C. H. St. Clair would like to forru the acquaintance of the man who is wearing his $18 overcoat. George Hazelwood will run a billiard hall in the Sager block on E. Liberty street, near State. The next county teachers' examination for second and third grade oertificates will take place October 17. Nearly all the city churches gave receptions for the students on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Granger will open their dancing academy tomorrow with a complimentary hop in the eveniug. Washtenaw has sixteen daily and weekly newspapers, being third on the list of counties, Wayne and Kent leading. When Professor Zeitz retnrned from Germany last week he brought with him a fine new violin, which cost him 2,000. Wahr & Miller's prize ot a pair of $5.00 shoes for the best chocolate cake at the fair was won by Miss East, of Pittsfield. ___ Daniel Pierce, of this city, beats the record by sending to the Argus office a bunch of fragrant lilaos. Rather late in the season, but welcome just the same. James McFadden, of Saline, will have occasion to remember the last day of the fair for some time. White riding a vicious horse around the track, the animal bolted the fence, leaving McFadden in the air. When he carne down he was seriously hurt. The meeting of the Anti -Tramp society last week was adjourned, on account of small attendance, to tbis evening, at eight p. m. , in the council room of the court house. All oitizens are invited to come. It is especially desired that all women interested in this question may be present. Several Ann Arbor names appear on the list of committees of the Michigan Pharmaceutical association. Ottrnar Eberbach is a member of the coruinittee on trade interests. A. B. Stevens is chairrnan of the cominittee on pharmacy and queries. A. O. Schuinacher is on the cornmittee on legislation. Dr. A. B. Prescott has a place on the adulterations coramittee. The iiext regular meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held next Thursday at three o'clock in the Young Woman's Christian Assooiation rooms, over the postoffice. These rooms have been olïered for the use of the sooiety during the coming year and one meeting will be held in them that a decisión may be reached as to their desirability for the purpose, oompared with those previously ocoupied. The Ann Arbor Savings bank kas declared a dividend of five per cent. Albert J. Valentine, of Webster, died on Monday last at the age of thirty five years. Charlotte's "Greatest Fair on Earth" is favored today with the presence of W. H. Harvey, of Coin fame. Work has been conimenced on O. M. Martin's new store on South Fonrth avenue, uear Robisoii's livery. George H. Wild, the merchant tailor, invites your attention to his fall stock, through the columns of the Argus. Furniture buyers will do well to read the new advertisement of W. G. and E. Dieterle. They bave a new store and a new stock. Miss Alice Douglass has been elected president of the Ladies' Aid society of the Episcopal church in place of Mrs. V. C. Vaughan, who resigned. The regular meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary will taue plaoe Monday at three p. m. , in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. It is hoped every member will make an effort to attend. Dr. V.C. Vaughan was called to Howell last Saturday to attend Judge Montague. A special Ann Arbor train took him there and brought him baok on Sunday. Arthur E. Mummery, the Washington street druggist,has been made agent in Ann Arbor for Gunther's candies. His advertisement on local page is well worth reading. Marshal Peterson lessened Ann Arbor'spopulation in a commendable manj ner on Monday by giving f our or five women notice to leave town inside of twenty-four hours. Norman K.Towner, of Ypsilanti, one of that city's pioneers, died Tuesday morning from the effect of an attack of inflammation of the bowels. He was bom in Batavia, N. Y., in 1816. Wallace G. Palmer, the new State street druggist, asks the readers of the Argus to look over his store and stock. He is in the old Bassett & Mason store. See his advertisement on the local page. During fair week there wasnot an arrest rnade in the city for drunkenness or for larceny, and no cases of either were reported to the offioeis. Marshal Peterson says there were no drunken men on the fair gruunds. F. C. Shrine, of Toledo, who was ohallenged to a race by Harvey Stofflet, has corrió to the Fcratch and says the only objection he has to the proposition is that the money consideration is too low. He wants a $100 prize. The educational reoeption at the Y. M. C. A. rooms on Monday evening brought out about a hundred members. Refreshments were served, after which the instrnctors outlined their courses in brief speeches. Each of the classes starts out with good membership. The services of the M. E. church were disturbed by some unregenerate small boys last Sunday eveniug and Patrolrnan Isbell took them in tow. Marshal Peterson preached them a sermón Monday morning and the youngsters were excused from further penalty. The Michigan Central sent a fast train from Buffalo to Chicago Tuesday, the train being a special, carrying J. Pierpont Morgan, the Wall street king. The train made the time between Detroit and Chcago, 285.5 miles, in five hours and fifty one minutes, beating the best previous record by f our minutes. Some parts of the run were made at the rate of seventy-two miles an hour, while sixty miles an hour was ordinary speed The Aun Arbor Railway has been having trouble with the authorities at Howell this week. On Monday a railroad gang appeared and began setting the fences back ten feet each side of the Howell tunnel. The people to whom the land belongs entered a protest, the authorities took a hand in the proceedings and eight men were locked up in the county jail. Manager Ashley carne and took charge of matters in person, with the result that an armistice was arranged and the men were let out of jail. The tunnel is said to be in a dangerous condition. The armistice is still in force. The Oakland Excelsior : On Thursday evening last a large party of guests weie invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton to witness the marriage of their daughter Carrie to Mr. Adelbert Walker, of Ann Arbor. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Shannon, after which the company sat down to a very bountiful repast. The bride, received a large number of beautiful and costly presents, among which was a handsome clock presented by the members of the Pebbles church choir of whioh Miss Hamilton has been organist for a number of years. Tuesday night was a busy one f or the 3ity pólice. Early in the eveniug, J. D. Smalley and his father were arrested by Patrolman O'Mara for ínaking too inuch disturbance on the street. A little later several sewer laborers in Schaible's saloon began to flourish knives aud a fight began which the pólice stopped in short order, arresting James O'Brien for causing the trouble. Still later in the evening ,there was a more serious fight in Polhemus' saloon, Bert Stark, a farmer, getting into trouble with his brother-in-law, Herbert Monroe. Mouroe took a billiard cue and rapped Stark on the head, outting open the scalp to the bone.so that he bied profusely. Dr. Kapp had to sew np the wound. This case was settled out of court, bnt Smalley paid a fine of $9.70 and O'Brien one of $4.70. Conrt convenes on Monday. The Ann Arbor Art School will hereafter be in charge of Francia Paulus. Cntting, Reyer & Co. have a tasty new sign on their store to show their patrons the right direction. The marriage of Harry K. White, of this city, and Eliza J. Freeman. of Jackson, took place in the latter city last Satnrday evening. W. A. Moore has been eleoted senior warden of Ann Arbor Commandery, No. 13, K. T., J. F. Hoelzle, junior warden and W. H. Gaerin, standard bearer. The second meeting of the Story olnb, under the direction of Miss Finley,will be held at the residence of Mrs. Babcock, on North División street, Monday afternoon at four o'clock. There is a movement on foot, which has taken the form of a petition, to have a street opened between the Episcopal churoh and J. W.Maynard's residence, connecting Catberine street with State street. The U. S. Board of Indian Commissioners, of which Joe T. Jacob, of this city, is a member, will hold a regular meeting next week at Mohawk Lake, N. Y. Mr. Jacobs expects to be in attendance. Mary Schneiter has begnn snit for divorce from her husband, Jacob Schneiter, on the ground of cruelty. They were married on May 23 last, anc evidently have not found married life the snap they thought they would. Irving Beech has sued for divorce from his wife Laura, alleging adultery Prosecuting Attorney Randall has entered a notice of contest, on the ground that the interest of the children of the pair deruand that the petition be de nied. The perfume prizes offered by the Eberbach drug company at the county fair were won as follows : First prize No. 29, held by Miss Susie J. Dorrance; second prize, No. 823, held by Mrs. H. Braun; third prize, No. 844, held by Miss Tillie Wagner. The Ann Arbor high school foot ball team won'the first game of the season last Saturday, going to Howell and defeating the high school team there by a score of 24 to 0. O. Li.Davis, of the high school, acted as umpire and Prof. D. W. Springer as referee. The annual meeting of Bethlehem church was held Tuesday evening. Adam Miller was re-elected deacon and Adam Schlee and G. F. Stein were elected trustees. The report of Treasurer August DeFries showed that there is still $683.15 in the treasury. George Clarken missed a new fifty foot hose a few nights since. He threw out a vigorons hint as to what dire things he would do if any meohanio or laboring man had taken the hose to a couple of laboring men and to his great surprise the next morning the hose was back in its place on his lawn. . F. G. Osgood, formerly of this city, now has a lucrativo position with a large retail grocery house in Chicago. The Daily Calumet, of South Chicago, records the following concerning him : "Mr. F. G. Osgood, the well known marine hnstler for Schnell's market, met with a painful accident this morning, when a thirty-potind horse weight feil on his hand. A doctor dressed the injured hand and it will soon be all right again." We pause in our journalistic duties to pay a tribute to the memory of Ann Arbor's newspaper baby, the Daily Courier, which passed peacefully away last Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock, at its home on Nortb. Main street, attended in its last hours by only a few immediate friends. The age of the infant was 291 numbers. lts brief life had been a seiies of ups and downs - chiefly downs. Since its birth into the local journalistic family, the sweet harmony hitherto prevailing f rom time to time, has been occasionally disturbed by the two youngsters of the family, who constantly refused each other admittance to their respective back yards. Now that the baby has gone, the youngest child is silent in her great grief. As we throw a last lingering look at the attenuated and abbreviated grave of the little one, the chili autnmn winds mournfully wbisper as tbey rattle down the sere and yellow leaves from the dying trees. reminding man of allprevalent mortality anl of the ubiquitons hand of Death - we repeat, the chili autumn winds mournfully whisper "Requiescat ex pocket."