Local Brevities

The Anu Arbor draymea are organiziug a draymen's union. The annual church fair of the A. M. E. cburch will begin Oot. 14. It will last three weeks. Miss Lydia VanTile, a relative of Jacob Polhemus, of this city, died at Clinton, Thursday of last week. Deputy Sheriff Fred Huhn is sruiling over the arrival of a good little McKinley boy at his home on Wednesday. "Tbe original Tenessee Jubilee Singers will give au entertainment in high school hall on Mouday evening next. The annual meeting of the Bethleheni congregation will take place on Tuesday, Oot. 6, at 7 p. m., in the parlors of tbe church. Wni. Jennings Bryau, the silver candidate for congress, will speak for a few minutes from the train on his way from Jackson to Detroit, Oot. 15. Examinations for adurissioa to the Choral Union will be held tomorrow morniug from 9 to 2 and Monday and Tuesday of next week at the same time. W. W. Wedemeyer won golden opinions of bis ability as a public speaker at Kalamazoo on Friday night, where he spoke to the republicana and otbers of that city in the Central Republican Club rooms. Charles Elmer had his exarnination in Justice Pond 's court Tueday on a charge of laroeny from the pecson of Miss Batterson, and was bonnd over to the circuit court. His bail bond was placed at $500. Miss Emma E. Bower entertained the members of Arbor Hive, No. 113, L. O. T. M., yesterday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock at her residence, 16 N. Ingalls st. It was a happy and sociable gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Granger will open their 14th dancing season at the academy, 6 Maynard st, next Thursday evening with a complimentary informal party to their new and old pupils and their friends. O. E. Butterfield and J. . Mays spoke at Lodi, Monday night. Their arguments were so conclnsive that after the republican meeting adjourned the silver men present got together and organized a silver club of 40 members Sixteen members of Aun Arbor Chapter, O. E. S., went to Ypsilanti, Monday night and witnesed the installation of the officers and the initiation of caudidates. They also stayed to the bauquet and were royally entertained during their stay in the twin city. At the Michigan Methodist Episcopal conference, just closed at Lansing, the question of adinitting women to ' cotifeience was voted upon Saturday. .There was no debate and the women won b.y a vote of 220 to 4. The aunouDCt-ment was received with applause Mr. Theodore Christmann, of Jokson, was married last evening to Miss May Waltz, of that city. Mr. Cbjjsfmann has many old friends ia Ann Arbor who will wish bim and his bride happiness anj prosperity in their new state of life. The Misses Bertha and Carrie Christinann went to Jackson yesterday moruing to attend the wedding, the first named acting as bridesmaid At the Plymouth races a feller who had dropped the bulge of his pocketbook on "Flashlight" charged tbe owuer of the horse with "putting up the race, " and the owner's arm shot out with the speed that beat Flashlight's. The accuser immediately "feil down" and a f ree fight deoorated with twenty smashed mugs followed. - Adrian Press. How is this Bro. Helber? We did not know you were such a disturber of tbe peace as this. Mr. George R. Kelly and Miss Florence Mitchell, of this city, formerly of Brantford, Ont. , were married Thursday evening of last week by Rev. T. W. Young, pastor of the Baptist church, at No. 33 South Fourth ave., where they will reside. Mr. A. A. Pearson was best man and Miss Merrill, of Brantford, Ont., was bridesmaid. Only a few iuvited guests from the city, together with friends from Detroit and Marine City, were present. The contract for tbe carpentering work in the new quarters of the Oddfellows in the Henning block has been let to Fred C. Weinberg and the job is to be completed by 3STov. 1 at the latest. The main hall will be 43 feet by 42 feet ; the dining hall, 23 feet by 28 feet, the kitchen 12 feet by 12 feet. There will be closets, property rooms and everything needed to rnake the combined quarters complete. The committee in charge hopes to have the rooms ready for occupation early in December. The family of John E. Hillman, who a few months since went to his old home in England, in the hope that a change of air would benefit his failing health, received word Monday that he was dead. His remains were interred in England. Mr. Hillman was janitor of Harris hall and sexton of St. Andrew's church for several years and by his kindly and courteous demeanor had earned for himself the sincere respect of those who attend each of these edificies. His widow and four children survive him. . Railroad Jack, the lazy blatherskite, who gets notoriety by professing to have beaten the railroads out of 37,000 miles of fare, by hammock riding under freight trains, publishes a letter thanking the proprietor of the Hawkins house, YpsilaDti, for filling his dirty carcass free of charge, with provender, his pocketbook having as he says been flattened by stringency, due to democratio This whelp probably has uot earned, or tried to earn a dollar in years. How it comes that death slays hundreds of good people in collisions each year aDd yet misses this bug-eaten tramp, paBses the common uuderstanding. - Adrián Press. James Beckwith, of Sylvan, who has been ill for souie time, is rapidly recovering bis health. Unity Club will give a studeuts' reoeption in the Unatarian ohurch parlors next Monday evening at 7 :30 o'clock. There will be music, readings, refreshments aod a good time for all. Liberal students of the Univeraity, Music School and High School are eapecially invited. The city stone orusher 'is running day and night. This fact, together with the faut that a doublé force of men is at work fixing the Street railway on Detroit st. should be taken as a good augury that the long drawn out job of macadamiziug that street will be completed tiefore snow flies.