Local Brevities

The Michigan Furniture Co. 's f actory has been closed all this week and will be olosed next week. Charles H. Leonard s very low with consumption at bis home, corner of N. Fifth ave. and Beakes st. Mrs. Abe Wines has sold her house and lot, No. 17 Wilrnot st., through the Bach & Butler agency. Consideration $3,000. Dr. Jobn Kapp has removed his residence to the house he owns on Packard st, in the Miller addition. He will still have his office at 74 S. Main st. for the present. Glen V. Mills' directory library is still growing. On Monday he received copies of the directories of New Haven," Bridgeport, Meriden, Lenox, Dalton and Pittsfield, Conn. Two more shoe stores in Ann Arbor. We shall have enongh by and bye perhaps. Wbile competition is the life of trade, it is also sometimes death for some of those who are in it. A child overturned a lamp in the hallway of Oswald Dietz' saloon on Monday morning which brought the fire department out on the doublé quick. The blaze was extinguished before the boys got there, however. On a tree in front of 53 Washtenaw ave. can be seen a curious freak of nature. Abont ten feet from the ground there is a stalk of corn growing out of a decayed knot, It is perfeot in growth and will soon ear. - Times. The democrats of Washtenaw are assembled at the court house today in couuty convention to elect nineteen delegates to each of the state, congressional and senatorial conventions and to elect a new county committee. Charles Dwyer and Jesse H. Hand have contracted to paint the three bridges over the Huron river, and have filed a f 500 bond, with F. A. Howlett and Edward Duffy as sureties. The work done is guaranteed for a term of five years. The intense heat of Saturday was so great that the men working on the fourth floor of the Michigan Furniture Co. 's factory were so nearly bushed by it that they quit work at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The rest of the men stood it until 5 o'clock and then tbey quit also. The corn is looking fine; the beans are in line; the pastare givins; kine feed and feast on the sweet and tender grass that is left after the Arrny worm's repast through the night. - Willis correspondent of the Ypsilanti Commercial. Whoever heard of "pasture giving kine" before, we always thought cows gave ruilk. Gertrude A., the little infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.William Gerstner,of Detroit st, died Sunday evening of cholera infantum, aged 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. The funeral services were held at St. Thomas' ohurch, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and it was buried in the family lot in Forest Hill oemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Gerstner have the sincere sympathy of their many friends in this loss of another of their little ones. Thnrsday, August 27, German-ArnerToan day, an .excursión will be run from the following uamed places at the rates annexed, to Ann Arbor: Detroit $1, Dearbom 75 cents, Wayne 50 cents, Ypsilanti 25 cents. The train leaves Detroit at 9 a. in., and returning leaves Aun Arbor at 6 p. m. This is a good chance to have your friends visit you from any of these places on GerrnanAmerican day. Wriite to them and let them know of the excursión. Becker's Light Infantry Band gave a pleasaut concert on Tnesday evening, being conveyed around the city in a street car. Bach & Butler sold real estáte aggregating $48,000 in amonnt dnring the month of July. The dirt do move in Ann Arbor, for snre. Sunday, Ang. 23, will be observed as a missioü feast at the Zion Lutheran church and several of the leading ministers of the church will be present. Two balloon ascensions by E. D. Cole will be one of the attractions of German-Anierican Day. One will be made in the morning, the other in the afternoon. A. M. Beshner took $4. 74 out of the city treasury Monday morning for 237 sparrow scalps. It was the largest number on record ever paid for at one time. On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Pred T. Stowe, a clerk in Schairer & Millen's store, was married to Miss Charlotte A. Blanchard, of Brooklyn, Jackson, Mich. According to A. O. McDonald, an old Ann Arbor boy, who has just returned from Denver, the free silver movement has taken complete hold of the people of that section. David Henning is having fire proof vaults put into the Henning block for the nse of Miss Emma E. Bower, Great Record Keeper of the Michigan L. O. T. at.', and The Inland Press. A Masonio library is to be established in connectiou with the two lodges of the order in this city. There is a fund of $200 on hand already, which is to be expended on the best Masonic literature. There are over 100 pupils attending the Zion Lutheran parochial school. The teacher, Mr. Boes, is being assisted in bis work of instructing them, by Charles Kowalski, a student at the Lutheran seminary in St. Paul, Minn. The game batween the Young Men 's Christian Association and Lake Ridge Farmers' baseball nines at Athletic field Thursday afternoon of last week was so hotly contestad that it took ten innings to decide it. The score then stood 11 to 10 in favor of the Ann Arbor boys. Capt. Thomas Taylor, who is well known to almost every Mason in Washtenaw county, is receiving numerous congrahilations from nis Masonic and other friends these days on the advent iuto bis household on Monday evening of a bouncing baby boy. Even the Stars rejoice at his added respousibility. M. J. Pritz, assistant oashier of the Arm Arbor Savings Bank, has a copy of tbe first bnsiness directory ever pubised of Washtenaw counfcy. Of the 50 business men who used it as ao advertising médium, only three are now loing business here. C. Ebefbach & Co., drnggists and apothecaries, aud Frederick Wnrster, of Wnrtser & Kim, carriage makers. At that time the firm name of the latter was Lawson & Wurser. The firm of Hutzel & Co., dealers n paints, oils, glass and. groceries, is till in existence, but is carried on by he son of then head of the firm, M. C. Peterson is proudly exhibiting o his friends these days a bandsome olid gold medal presented to him by he Ann Arbor Humane Society. It jears on its face the inscription : "Preented to M. C. Petersou by Ann Arbor üumane Society." On the back are hewords: "Aug. S, 1896. For meriorious service. " The medal cost 20 and was furnished by George Halier, he jeweler. There are at the present irne over 200 families oonnected with he society, who have by their gift of ;his medal shown their appi-eoiation of Mr. Peterson 's efforts in the cause of ïumane treatni9nt of dumb animáis. An exchange says : "A New York clergyman said recently in public that no newspaper telling the truth and the whole truth can be a financial success. Ie was right, and he would not have een far wrong if he had said the same of his own profession. The preaoher vho at all times and under all oircumtances tells the whole truth about the members of his fiock will not be likely ;o occupy the pulpit more than one Sunday, and the chances are that he vill vacate it in a hurry. As a matter of fact, the press and the pulpit ara alike given to whitewashing. The pen, pulpit and gravestone are the great saint-making trium vírate. " A newspaper man received this letter 'rom a subscriber: "I notice that your iaper does not contain many death noices. I like to read death notices, and i f you caunot publish more of them will ïave to stop taking your paper." To which the editor immediately sent tbe 'ollowing letter : "In reply to your I etter I deaire to state that as we pubish the notices of all deatbs that occur, you should not hold this paper responsible for the insuffioient number. We desire, how7ever, to please our customers, and will therefore mention your request to some of our doctors, who clearly have this matter within their control, and see if we cannot publish a column at least of these notices in each issue hereafter. " An accident occurred upou the Wiliam st. sewer about 1 o'clock Monday which nearly cost Eobert Kempfert, of Maiden lane, his life. He and another uan were removing the braces and fillmg in the trench at the corner of Main and William sta., at the point to wbich the pipe had been laid. Kempfert began to remove a brace close to the manióle at the corner without any assistance.when suddenly the brace carne out and the planking carae together with i crack and crash and Kempfert was pinned in between it. His head was !ree or he would have been instantly nlled. Busy hands soon removed him 'rom his dangerous predicament and Drs. John Kapp and W.B. Smith exatuned him. It was found that his injuries were but slight although it was a c'os3 sbave. The park eotnurittee of the comtnon council is considering certain exteusive improvements iu Feloh park. ■Yilliam Coats, of Ypsilauri, rook out his flrst naturalizaron papers ar the county clerk's office Tuesday ïnorcing. ■John O. Wilson has soid his house and lot ou Walnutfit. ro Arthnr Brown Transfer through Bach & Butler agency; consideraron Y3,800. Prof. T. C. Trueblooa acted as one of rhe judges on tbought and ooniposition at the oratoncal coutest at the Michigan Agricultaral College Tuesday. Mrs. Carolyn H. Trueblood has resigned her position as teacher of elocntion in the high school, her salary having been reduced f rom $450 to $350 per year. A new front is to be pnt into the store occnpied by the American Ex press Co. on W. Huron st. The inside of the stur.e is also being renovated acd repapered which adds ruuch to its looks. E. B. Norris' name is prominently mentioned as a candidate for the office of judge of probate on the democratio ticket to be put iu nomination by the county convention to be called in toe near future for that purpose. About 500 of the 600 tents on the M N. G. camp ground, at Island Lake, which had been erected by Quarter master-General Kidd, where blown down twice by recent storms. Gen. Kidd and his staff on Sunday uight had to sleep in a box car. David A. Hammond, of this city, has tendered his resignation as a ruember of the state board of educatioa, to take effect tomorrow. It is expected that Gov. Rioh will appoint J W. Simmons, of Owosso, the republcan nominee for j state superintendent of schools, to fill the vacancy. A monster Maccabee picnic under the auspices of Acme Tent, No. 4G, Saline, will be held in the Arbeiter grove in that village on Tuesday, Aug. 2 5. Among those who will speak on the occasion are Mayor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit; D. D. Aitken, of Flint; Miss Emma E. Bower and J. Nelson Lewis, of Ann Arbor. Labor Day will be celebrated in Detroit, Sept. 7. Ann Arbor Typographical Union No. 154, will attend the gathering in a body If the union makes as good a showing as it did last year, wheu it carried off the silk flag for the largest uuion in line outside of Detroit, it will have good reason to be proud of its achievement. A republican rally will be held at the grand opera house in this city tomorrow evening whieh will be addressed by Col. John Atkinson, of Detroit, as prinoipal speaker, and V. VV. Wedemeyer and other local speakers who will rnake five minute speeches. ! F. N. A. Merchant, of Ypsilanti, will represent the colored republicans, and Congressman Spalding may put in an appearance. Dr. Frank Owen and Dr. F. M. Owen, Wm. H. Judd, S. H. Dodge, W. I. Feil and Milo Gage, of Ypsilanti, carne over to Ann Arbor, Saturday and engaged in an informal sbooting contest with Profs. Dean C. Worcester and Earle Dow, Dr. Frank L. Bournes, Maj. Harrison Soule, Ed. Edmunds and Ira BeeLe, mernbers of the Ann Avbor Gun Club, which resulted iu favor of Ann Arbor by a large score. Daniel Kent died at his home, 44 Wall st. , Weduesday morning, of general debility, at the advanced age of 92 years and 6 months. The funeral services were held at the house at 8 :30 o'clock yesterday morniug, Rev. J. W. Crippen officiatiug. The remaius were taken to Sylvan Center, where Mr. Kent formerly resided, for interment. He leaves two sous and two daughters, three of whom are Ed. Kent, Mrs. Maroney and Mrs. Wetherby, of this city. Tuesday afternoon at 4 :30 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents, Ypsilanti, occurred the marriage of Dr. Harry Van Tuyl and Miss Avonia Damon, daughter of B. M. Damon, local passenger agent on the Michigan Central Railroad, Rev. Henry Morey officiating. After an extended wedding journey the couple will settle in Chicago, where the doctor will practice medicine. Miss Damon is well kDown in Ann Arbor, where she has mauy warm friends. James A. LeRoy, it '96, has been elected to the principalship of the Pontiac schools Speakiug of the matter the Oakland County Post says: "The resignation of Principal L. C. Carson left a vacancy :n the Pontiac schools which has been sought after by a score of applications from many sources. The lucky applicant ie, huwever, James A. LeRoy, the well known Pontiacer who has made such a brilliaut record at the University during his conrse. Mr. LeRoy's formal eleotion to the place has not as yet been ratified by the board of education, but it is nnderstood he is to have the position. The choice is a good one. Mr. LeRoy's qualiflcations are uuquestioned and he will add credit and diguity to the schools." Senator Charles H. Smith, of this district, in company with Charles E. Townsend, register of deeds of Jackson county, who nominated James O'Donnell for governor at the receut republican state convention, and Charles A. Blair, son of the late war governor, who is at present prosecuting attorney of Jackson couuty, will be out of politics for the next four years. This comes about by the formation of a law partnership between the three gentlemen above named, to take effect Jan. 1, 1897, when the terms of office of all three will have expired. A s-tipulation of tb e articles is that no one shall accept a nomination of any kind without the consent of the other two, and they admit that ir. is verbaliy agreed that no one of them shall run for office during the term of the partnership, which is four yeare. The Y. M. C. A. boys are organizing a bami and had a meeting Tnesday uight. They are ready to receive prices on new or guod second-band instrumenta. Dr. Wm. Blair will address the men's meeting at the Yonug Men's Cbristian Association rooms on Sunday afternoon at 2 :45 o'clock. He will have for his subject "Heart and rnouth." Tovvn Clerk Staebler, of Ann Arbor, will pay for wood ohnck soalps captured iu the township, at the county treasurer's offioe in the conrt house, Saturday afternoon, Ang. 29. The Minhigan Central bas its detectives out on the trail of those who uaake a practice of stealing rides on their freigbc and passenger trains and will endeavor to put a stop to the practice. Tomorrow is the last day on which yon can pay your city tases. If you do not pay them then they will have to lie over until December and then five per cent additional will be the price you willpay for the acccornodation The Argus has received a copy of the Orchard Lake Military Academy calendar for 1896-7 with the oompliments of the comruander, Col. J. Sumner Rogers. It is one of the most artistic pieces of printing in that line that we have seen in some time. Mrs. Richard Kearns died at tbe family home, 52 N. Majn st,. on Snnday evening, aged 50 years, from the effects an operation for tbe removal of a tumor. The funeral services were held at St. Thomas' church on Wednesday morning and were attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the deceased lady. Her reraains were bnried in St. Thomas cemetery. TheMichigan aunual conference of the African M. E. churoh will meet in this city, Weduesday, Aug. 26, and continuo in session until Aug. 81. Bishop Benjamin Arnett, of Xenia, O., presides. On tbe evening before the oonfereiice opens the local colored Methodists will give an informal reception to the delegates in the basement of the church. About 80 out-oftown delegates are expected. The university summer school closed Friday but the law classes will continue two weeks longer. The attendanoe during the term bas been about 250, a laige increase over last year, aud the work bas been successful in every way. Over $6,000 has come in from tuition and fees, of which ainouat the university gets 15 per cent, or nearly $1,000. A conservative estímate places the amount of money brought into the city and spent here for board and rooms alone duriug the sis weeks just past at over 10,000. At the meeting of the Wayne Couuty Teachers' Instituto to be held in the opera house, Aug. 17-21, Prof. B. A. Hinsdale, of the U. of M., will sppak upon the following subjects: "Why teach history?" "The selection of historieal f acts. " "How to handle f acts. " "Aids and helps in history." "Methods in civics." "Teaching the langnage arts." "How to teach reading." "An influence that influences. " "Gen. ü-arfield as student and teacher." "Literature. " "Grammar. " Mr. Rice A. Beal and Miss Anna E. Muma were married at the home of the bride's pareuts. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Muna, 108 E. Huron st., on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a number of tbe immediate friends and relatives of tbe contracting parties. Rev. Camdn M. Cobern spoke tbe words tbat made the young people man aud wife. After the oeremony Mr. and Mrs. Beal went for a short wedding trip, keeping their destination a profound secret. Ou their return home they will go to housekeeping in a house which bas been already furnished for them in the second ward. The wedding of Prof. Ira L. Beddow, of Plyinouth, and Miss Elizabeth Irland, of this city, was celebrated at tbe Presbyterian cbnrch, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. J. Al. Gel3ton officiated and it was attended by a large number of invited guests. It was a very pretty wedding. After the ceremony many of tbe friends repaired to the home of the bride's mother on Washtenaw ave., where an informal reception was held. At a late hour tbe newly wedded couple started on their houeymoon trip along the St. Lawrence After Sept. . 15 they will be "atjhome" at Plymouth.