Local Brevities

The A. O. U. W. held a box social Wednesday eveuiug. Hangsterfer does the catering for the animal high school alumni banquet this evening. Eev. O. A. Bom, of Hautzdale, Pa., will preach next Sunday at Zion Lutheran chuich. Mrs. J. C. Knowlton and Miss Knowlton gave a very pleasant "At Home" Wedaesday afternoon. The Stockbridge Sun says: "We have had some wet rains this ■week." Did the editor ever see a "dry" rain? Mrs. John M. Wheeler gave a delightful garden fete, Tuesday afternoon at her beautiful home on W. Huron st. , for Miss Christine Lilley and Miss Tuttle. McClure's Magazine for Jaly will contain a fine series of portraits of Longfellow, most of them from rare origináis furnished byMissAlice Longfellow, the poet's daughter. The entertainment given unaer tne anspices of the Young Wornen's Christian Associatiou at tho high school hall last Friday evening, is said to have been a snccess in every particular. Ypsilanti will have another bicycle meet next month under the anspices of the Ypsilanti bicycle club. The date bas not yet been set, but it will follow the Detroit or Battle Creek races. At least, so says N. B. Harding, of the twin oity. The merry trolley party which wound np its festivities at Hangsterfer's on Tuesday evening, was given by the Misses Middleton and Berry, of Olivia place, to a party of friends. The horns carried by some of the party were used to good effect during the evening. Frank Wise, of Ypsilanti, wbose name was brought into great prominance sonie months ago by reason of bis having been deputy olerk for C. P. McKinstry when the funds of the City of Ypsilanti disappeared so mysteriously, was in Ann Arbor od Saturday last. Qnery : What bearing on the case will his return have? Pingree & Smith, the Detroit shoe manufacturers, bave just received the bronze medal and diploma awardeü them as highest premium for their exhibit of shoes at the World's Colum bian Exposition. This is the only shoe rnannfaoturing firm in Michigan to be so honored. Their exhibition was one of the flnest in the Shoe and Leather Building. Mrs. Elizabeth Ludlow, nee Center, of New York City, niother of iMrs. Blauchard, formerly Mrs. Col. Barleigh, of this city, bas given $150,000 for a chair of music in Colombia College in memory of her son Robert Centpr whn was killed last fall by a lision between his bicycle and a coal track. He left all his property to his mother. Mr. Center was a prominent New York clubmau and had the distinotiou of being the first man to introduce the bicycle in New York city. A very pretty wedding occurred in St. Andrew's church last evening when Miss Rose Demmon, daughter of Prof. I. N. Demmon, was married to Daniel Benjamin Ninde, an attorney of Fort Wayne, Ind. The service was never more imposingly rendered After the wedding, a reception was given at the home of the bride's parents on Washtenaw avenue. Mr. Ninde is a graduate of the law department of last year and his bride member i this year's graduating claes of the literary department.. , Six Ann Arbor Masons took the degrees in Union Coancil, R. &. A. M., at Ypsilanti, lase evening. Edwin W. Groves has b9en appointed assistant city engineer to have full charge of the sewer work. The interior oL the Farmers and Mechanios' Bank is having extensiva iruprovements made to it. Teachers' examinations have been in progress at the supervisors' room at the oourt house yesterday and today. The Unitaiian Society will give a lawn social on the grounds of Emmet Coon, on Washtenaw ave., toinorrow evening from 4 to 6. Program party at Granger's Academy tomorrow evening. The closing party will take place Monday evening, 9 to 12 o'clock. All former pupils and friends are invited. Foster Key, the 3 years and 9 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Key, sang a solo at the First M. E. church Sunday rnorning, every word of which could be distinctly heard in all parts of the building. Miss Mary Elizabeth MoPherson, of Washington, D. C, a medical student, was married in the M. E. church Wednesday evening to Ludwig T. A. Schaper, a professor in Harvard. They sail for Europe next Monday. The council has purchased the east 44 feet of the lot on which L. Rohde's coal office is looated oorner of E. Huron st. and S. Pifth ave. from the Morgan estáte and got the deed and abstract of the title Tuesday morning. A nnraber of young people from B)exter attended the St. Thomas' Conservatory of Musió June Festival on Friday evening. Miss Lizzie Fitohel who took the leading part in the drama "Endora" was teacher of Latin in the Dexter schools last year. The Ann Arbor high school baseball team defeated the Detroit high sohool team in the game played Saturday afternoon last by the score of 17 to 9. Twenty-flve students from Detroit carne up to see the game which was played on the fair groand. Dr. D. A. MacLachlan has sold the house erected by him less than two years ago on Madison st. , to Prof. R. M. Wenley, the new h'ead of the philosophical department of the U. of M. The transfer -vas made through Bach & Butler and the consideration was 9,000. The annual Sunday school rally will be held in Detroit this year, Tuesday, June 30. A special traiu on the M. C. will leave Ann Arbor ón that day to enable Washtenaw county people to attend. The rare will be 85 cents full fare, and 65 cents half fare. The Ypsilanti Commercial says : "The editor of the Ann Arbor Coutier is somethiag of an antiquarian, and he says that the joke abont a locomotive 'choo cbooing to back'er, ' which Tully inflicteri upoa the readers of last week's Sentinel, is of ths vintage of 1792. At this rate we may expect that there will be some nineteenth cenfciry jokes in the Sentinel in a few years. " Alfred Ulp, of this city, won the mile novice race at Clayton, Lanibert & Co. 's bicycle meet in Ypsilanti last Friday against a field of 14 starters. In tbe five mile handicap race the same day, when 200 yards from the wire he feil from his machine and was run over by three or four other wheels coming along behind him. He was badly cut about the head and face. It is expected that Ann Arbor will send a good sized crowd of cycle cranks down to Battle Creek to the natinnal ircuit races, July 13 and 14. They will have all of the noted racing stars in the country there and will eolipse their big state meet of last year. Torn Cooper, the Detroit lad who has made such a wonderful showing this year, will be there. The children's day exercises at the Presbyterian church last Sunday were very fine. Fine addresses were given by the pastor, Superintendent R. C. McAllaster and E. F. Mills. There was a profusión of flowers and excellent musió. A large collection was taken up. Just befoie the close of the meeting the superintendent preirented about 25 of the cbildren in the infant class (Mrs. Wetmore's) with beautiful little nntR of bloomins flowers. The annual memorial day of the K. O. T. M. was celsbrated in a most ap)ropriate rnanner by the members of he local tents and Atbor Hive, No. 113, L.O. T. JV1., last Snnday. In the moming they proceeded in a body to Trinity Lntheran churcb, where Rev. W. L. Tedrow preaohed a fitting and mpressve sermón. In the afternoou eaded by Becker's Military Band, they marohed to Forest Hill cemetery and decorated the graves of their deceased brothers. Engene S. Gilmore received his official appointment as station agent of ;hn Ann Arbor road in this city on Monday afternoon. Mr. Gilmore was ntimately associated with Mr. Greenwood in the management of the business of the Ann Arbor road at thispoint during the last four years and this, arided to the good knowledge of railroad affairs that he already possessed prior to that time.should make him the rigbt man in the right place and a worthy successor to Mr. Greenwood. According to picnic tickets uow in circulation, the people of St. Patriok's parish, Northfieid, are to give their grand final celebration at Whitmore Lake, July 4. The Ann Arbor Railroad Co. has agreed to convey people from Ann Arbor to the Lake and return for 25 cents. Children only 15 cents for the round trip. No one could expect more reasonable rates, giving a 26 mile ride for less than a cent a mile. A good time is asnred all who go to the Lake on the Fonrth. It is reported on good authority that several of the military companies will be at the Lake on the Fourtb and remain there until Monday, tbe 6th. McKinley and Hobart is tbe republican ticket this year. Both were nominated on the first ballot. Justice Andrew E. Gibson was married to Miss Ada Geeding, at Lebanon, O., yesterday. They will reside at 28 N. State st. C. J. Snyder's son Howard, aged 11 years, received a severe injury to his leg on Monday by the explosión of a brass cartridge of which he had made a toy cannon. Artbur Van Duran, a law student from Holland, Mioh., and Miss Daisy Shetterly, daughter of Mrs. Clara Shetterly, of Maynard st., were married in Detroit, Wednesday of last week. A horse attached to a bnggy became frightened at a street oar on Taesday afternoon near the street car barn and ran away, tbrowiug two laJies and a child out. Luokily none of theni were seriously injuted. W. F. Harsen, wbo has been clerking for the Eberbach Drug and Chemical Co. for some month6 past, skipped Monday night and took with him about $200 belonging to the firra. No clue to his whereabouts is known. Miss Bertha. J Rose, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Bose, of this city, is to be married Thursday next to Cassius E. Wakefield, of Morenci, Mich., in Golden, Col., at the residence of Mrs. HilJs, sister of the bricie. The ladies' aid society of the German M. E. church are trying to raise money for a bell in their new church. They have made a quilt of bells in which donor's narnes are to be put. Yon will no doubt be called upon as it is desired to raise $125. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning Rev. Henry Tatlock solemnized in St. ; Andrew's church the marriage of George E. Bilger, of Cbicago, and Miss Coia A. Fox, of tbis city. The bride was given away by her brother and was attended by her sister as bridesmaid. Rev. C. M. Cobern received a telegram on Tuesday from Trinity church, Denver, Colo., asking him to assutne his pastorate there July 1. He prornptly answered that it was impossilbe. Mr. Cobern says there is no ohurch that could tempt him to leave the one here if it were not for the five year limit forcing him to do so. James Goodhew, the Observatory street florist, has leased the greenhouses on Miller ave., kuown for mauy vears as Toms' greenhouses and will opérate both these and his own. Id the hands of as experienced a florist as Mr. Goodhew, these gardens aud greenhouses will uDdoubtedly sooq be restored to their former glory. Charles L. Eddy, a professional'gambler, and an ex-student naiaed Farrell, were arrested by Marshal Pecerson Sunday for "skinning" Joe Parker out of $100 iu cash and a watch, ohain and scarf pin, which he put up as seourity for 70 more that he lost. Eddy was released on 400 bail furnished by Gus Brehm and skipped. On Monday night sorue wantonly destructiva person or persons went onto Hanover park and broke off hvo fine healthy trees, one a horsechestnut, the other a basswood. It took considerable trouble to do this as the marks of the soles of their shoes, where they had swung on them in their endeayor to break them off indícate. Snob, acts as these deserve severe punishment. Charles B. Davison was agreeably surprised Saturday eveniug, as he was about to take the train for Hamburg Junction, at receiving from the hands of M. J. Pritz a bandeóme fishing rod with the oompliments and best wishes of three of his friends. Engraved on the rnounting of the rod is the following: "Presented to C. B. Davison by A. Schumacherl Tirus F. Hutzel, M. J. Fritz, June 6, 1896." St. Andrew's branch of the G. F. S. A. will give an entertainment in Harris hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clook, consisting of recitations illastrated by "Living Piotnres," music and song. The society will be assisted in the entertainment by competent artiets. The admission fee is 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for all uuder 12 years of age. The proceeds will be devoted to help on Cbristian work. An inspection lecently made of the flush tanks in the Ann Arbor sewers revealed that 37 of the 43 Üush tanks were in operation, some dumping every honr and some once in tvsenty foor bolus. A careful estímate indioatpd that the 37 tanks iu use dumped 274 times per day. Ah each tank holds 30 gallon of water, thi would meau that in these 37 tanks 30,000,000 gallons of water is used per year, which would oost 2,174 to pump. Wadhams, Ryan & Reule's clothing store was burglarized Sunday night before 12 o'clock. The thieves gained entrance by breaking in at the back door. J. D. Ryan and T. ü. Kearney were in the store at the time the burglar was and heard hisfootsteps.but supposing the noise made by someone walking in the offices in the second story paid no attention to it. It is uot known how much was taken from the store and there is no clue as to wbo did the job. Speaking of the determinaiton of G. B. Shetterly, tbe landlord of the new St. James' hotel, in this city. to still continue the managemeüt of the Hotel Arlington, at Streator, 111.. the Daily Monitor, of that placp, says of hini: "He (Mr. Shetterly) has leased the Arlington again for a term of years, and will continue it on the same general lines that has made this neat and comfortable house so popular under his management. Next Monday he will go to Ann Arbor and ruake arangements to open up the new St. James', which he has also leased. Mr. Shetterly is a competent hotel man and excellent oitizen. The St. James under bis management will no doubt be as anccessful as the Arlington bas been."