Local Brevities

Do not fail to read Jacobs & Allmand's ohange of adv. The lightiug committee of the '00111mon council will meet to night. Dexter will have a big horse i-aoe tomovrow and several froru here will atttnd it. C. A. Maynard is erecting a new barn in the place of the one recently barued. Josie King, oí' Detroit, served a two days' seutence in jail this week for being druuk. About forty couple partioipated in the hop given by the Light Infantry Wednesday eve. Ann Arbor high school dofeated Grand Rapids high school at foot ball last Saturday by a score of 10 to 0. Miss Franc Dorr and Frank Legg were united in marriage last Thursday even ing, Rev. Henry Tatlock ofliciating- The last subscriptioa has been made for the Hay & Todd branch factory aud the concern will very likely start into operation by Jannary 1. A frame house, 22 x 30, with kitchen annesed, will be erected as a parsonage to the Germán M. E. church. Fred Weinberg will do the work. The next lecture before the Unity club will be given next Monday evening by Prof. Chas. E. Green npoa Eagineers and Engineering Schools. Miss Flora Krauss, of West Fifth street, was surprised by twenty of her young friends Tucsday evening, who came to assist her celébrate her nineteenth birtbday. Professor Cooley is one of three engineers ohosen to represent Engineer Thompson in the examination of the boiler and connections as they are being unearfhed at the Larned street rnins in Detroit. The trial of Erastus and Dodson Webster for blowDg up the residence of George L. Huil, neav Hamburg, occurred this week at Howell. The men were fonnd guilty of the charge Tuesday afternoou. Mrs. A. L. Woi-den, of Detroit, in her singing at the M. E. church concert Friday evening and at the church Sunday evening, made a very fiue impression.and was heard by a large audience on both occasions. The examination of Geo. Jewett and Lyman Norris, the two Anu Arbor young men held in our courts to answer serious charges, has been adjourned over until November 30. They are both out on bail. - Howell Dernocrat. Col. Michael Shoemaker, of Jackson, K-ell known in tbis commnnity and the state at large, died last Mouday. He was a life long demoorat and had accompJished yeotnan service for hie party. He was a masón iii high rank and the funeral services Wedneday were cnndncted by the offlcers of the Grand Lodgc F. & A. M. Past Grand High Pripst B. F. Watts attended the fnneral, officiating as one of tb offlcers of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M. Blliott K. Herdman, oon of Dr. W. J. Herdman, went to New York about fcwo weeks ago without advising his parents of lus plan. A Snnday dispatch from New York announced that search was being made for him there by an uncle who resided in Washington. On Monday word was received by the family that the lad had been located in New York and was ready for the killDg of the fatted calf. Dr. Herdman went east Snnday night and must have been greatly relieved to find his son safe there upon his arrival. There were upwards of 300 brothers in attendauce upon the school of instrnction held this week &t the Masonio Temple, by Fraternity lodge, F. and A. M. The third degree was conferred and the work was fotmd very satisfactory to Grand Lecturer Arthur M. Clark, who was present. He complimented the members of the lodge very highly and fonnd little to criticise. Worshipful Master C. B. Davison presented Mr. Clark with a handsomely insci-ibed silver trowel, giving the date of his election as honorary member of Fraternity Lodge. Two tramps Wednesday night stolo a pair of shoes fromjin'front of the Chicago shoe honse. They endeavored to sell the boots to a student who suspected that tbey were stolen and enlisted the aid of Deputies Sweet and Ball. Tho officers apprehended the men but Sweot's prisoner broke away. Sweet grabbed Ball 's prisoner and Ball set out on the chase. He feil and barked his shm and the tramp stuck his finger to the end of his nose and was soon out of sight. The other theif was arraigned yesterday moruing before JusHce Pond and he wiU remain 65 days in the Detroit House of Corrección. A ohurch fair will be held at the parlors of the English Luthoran chnrch this evening.the prooeeds to be used for the furnishiug of the auditorium of the ehurch, which is soun to be completed. The ladies have on hand a large nnraber of useful and ornamental articles, among them being an autograph quilt oontaining over five hundred narnes, which will be offered for sale. Refreshments will be served, and entertainments of variouf) kinds provided. The object in view is a good one aud they shonld have a large and liberal patronage The congregation is growing bofh in numbers and inflnence and it needs the com pietion of its ehurch building to carry forward its work successfully. The county clerk issned 38 marri ige liceuses last month. Dr. W. B. Sinith invested in 23 bnilding lots in Detroit the first of the week. A. T. Mogk has been grauted a registered pharinacist diploma. A brick cross walk has been laid across Ehiron street at the Couk house coruor. The Ferguson Cart Co. fllled au order this week from Minneapolis for 132 carts. The third ward Record Breakers will play the Ypsilanti high school a game of footbali Thanksgiving day at Ypsilauti. Readers of the Argus will confor a favor upon the publishers by paying up delinquent subscriptions as early as possible. The Light Infantry was inspected Wednesday evening by Capt. John P. Kirk, of Co. G., Ypsilanti Light Guards. The sample room in the Arlington block will be opened next week by New York parties, one of whom is a former Ann Arbor boy. Hugh McGuire desires to run a foot race with any man iu Michigan, or the United States for that matter, 100 yards f oi from $10 to $50. The Sfiyler store 6 N.Main street, has become the property of Julins V. and Edward L. Seyler, Mrs. Edith P. Fowlêr,of Detroit, disposing of her share to theni Tuesday. Miss Anna Henry.daughter of George Henry, who wás killed by the cave-in of a sewer two years ago.died Thursday from the effects of an operation to remove an ab.cess. "The Ministry of Song" musically illustraterl, in the M. E. church noxt Sunday evening. Dr. Coberii will speak in the nioruing on "The Saint Paul of the 19th Centnry. " South State street has been torn up all the week with the digging of the big sewer. The dirt was nearly all piled on the sidewalk, much to the annoyanco of pedestrians. Pauline Oesterle wants fl,000 damages from the village of Chelsea for injuries received laat winter from a tve sidewalk. Suit was instituted Mouday in the circuit court. A Japanese bazaar store is a i ity. Peter Cwrton, of Flint, would have oharge of it. He is no Celestial but a good shrewd business man, and if he comes Ann Arbor will gain a good citizen. On Monday John Baumgardner of Ann Arbor erected a handsome monument on the Schieferstein lot in Forest Lavvn Cemetery. The monument is of Missouri granite and weighs five tons. - Dexter Leader. Citizens of Washtenaw coanty will pxtend their sympathies to ex-Senator Barkworth, of Jackson, in his recent family affliction. Two weeks ago he lost his only son by diphtheria and on Suuday, Irene, his youngest daughter, died with the sume dispase. The reception given their friends at Granger's last Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Burg and Clinton Handy Woodruff was a great snccess. Tbe dining table, chandeliers and hallway were all draped in flowers and the ball room was uü exquisite bit of furnishiug. "Grandpa" Bailey of the oounty house wandered into town Saturday and proceeded to look long upon the bowl tbat mixeth and dumbfounds. Deputy Canfield locked hini up and he had to remain two days in ja.il in accordance with a justice court sentence. Judge C. B. Grant, of the Michigan suprema court, addressed the annual meeting of the Christian Union of the Presbyterian church last Suuday night. Judge Grant is a very warm supporter of temperance and is talk indicated that at least one meUbor of the Michigan jndiciary does uflt take his toddy. J. George Graf, aged 32 years, died Sunday moruing of pneumonía, after a two days' iilness. He leaves a widow and two children. Mr. Graf was employed by G. H. Wild and up to Thursday night of last week was at work and íd good health. Tbe remains were bnried in Forest Hill nemetery Tuesday morning after services at the house, 40 West Secoud street, conducted by Rev. John Neumanu. Miss Mary Anderson died Sunday morning at the famijy homestead iu i Pittsfield, two miles south of the city, aged 80 years. The deceased was bom in Middletown, Orange county, N. Y., and settlod with her father's family on the Pittsfield farm in 1832. Two brothcrs survive her, Lewis S., of this city, aud George M., of Albion. The funeral services occurred Tuesday afjteruoon and interment was made in Forest Hill cemetery.