Local Brevities

The next regular meeting of th8 board of regents will be held Weduesd (y. Fia'ernity Lodge, No. 262, F. & A. M., iaitiated flve candidatos on Weduesday eveuing. J. F. Stabler, clerk of Ann Arbor towD, will be at tbe county treasurer's offioe, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21, to receive woodchuck scalps. All candidates for office dnring tke recent electiou are reqnired by law to file affidavits of their election expenses before Tuesday, Nov. 24. Officers eleo'ed will have 20 days after receiv ing their election certificatea in which to file their bonds and oaths of offices George Grnner, an old resident of Lodi. died at tbe home of liis son-in law George Stollsteimer, in that town, Monday, aged 83 years. His fuñera] was held Thursday and the remains were interred in the cemetery at Lod Plains. Deoeased was a brother oi Audrew Grnner, of tbis city. E. W. Staebler will uext Tbursday go to Jacksou, aud in compauy with four other members of the League ol American Wheelmen, will count the vote for diiectors of the state league. The vote is made by mail and no vote bearing a later postmark than Nov. 15 will be counted. The aid of the board of public works bas been invoked by James L. Babcook, Martin Halier and Jaoob Laubengayer to compel the Arm Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co. to remove its cable from its present close proximity to tbe shade trees in front of their property on S. Main st. The city attorney was instrncted to take steps to protect the pvoperty owners rights. Artbnr Sweet's new drilling machine seems in a fair way to bring to its patentee and his partner, H. P. Glover, of Ypsilanti, both fame and ruoney. They are receiving letters from all over the country asking for information about it. The macniue is a time and labor saver as it will drill 74 boles an hour, while the best machine in use previously would only drill a hole in fonr minutes. Rev. W. L. Tedrow intioduoed a novel feature into his service at Trinity Lutheran churoh Sunday eveniug. The oburcb was darkened and a large number of excellent views illustrating the life and time of Luther, were thrown upon a screen, the speaker acoompanying the display with an interesting and helpful discourse. A good sized audience was present, and all were pleased an3 profited by the service. - Times. W. Q. Dieterle has brokeu ground for a new three story building adjoining the hlock at present occupied by W. G. & E. Dieterle. After May 1, 1897, the first floor of the building will be nsed by Mr. Dieterle as an undertakiug establishment whiie the two floors above will be connected with the present farniture store and the whole wil] e oocupiod by Martin Halier, who will ;hen vacate his present store on S. Uain st. The strike in the Gorman cigar facory, in Chelsea, has been settled and he men went back to work on Tueslay. The scale of prices adopted was he Jackson scale, Mr. Gorman having rom the first offered his men their hoice between the Jacksou and the Teumseh scale of prices. This strike bould have been euded weeks ago, the njustice ofrequiriDg higher pay in a 'illage like Chelsea than in a city like Jackson beiug too apparent. The semi-anuual apportionment of ;he primary school interest fund has een made by Supt . H. R. Patteugill, od the sum of $537,637.87 will be disributnd among the 84 counties of the tate on the basis of the nu nber of children of sohool age, bet ween five and 20 years, in eaoh, the rate being 77 cents per capita. The amount coming to Washtenaw connty is $9,496.41 to be apportioned on the basis of 12,233 sohool children in the different schools of the connty. The second entertainment in the Yonng Men's Christian Association lyceum conrse at the Prcsbyterian churoh last evening was largely attended, tbe chnrch being comfortably filled. The Temple Qnartette acquitted thsmsalves in fine style and were enthusiastically encored again and again. Miss Katherine Ridgeway, the elooutionist, was not present, owing to the death of a relative and her place was most ably filled by Miss Grace Eldsedge. Otis Skinner's impersonation of the chatacter of Hamlet, in Shakespeare's tragedy of that name at tbe opera house on Monday evening, showed him to be one of the foremost actors of the day, indeed it is claimed for him that be is a worthy successor of the late Edwin Booth. His rernarks, made in response to a curtain oall were highly complimentary to his andience. Miss Mande Dnrbin, as Ophelia, sbowed fine conoeption of the part she was enaoting. The rest of the support was only fair. Artbur M. Clark, of Lexington, grand lectnrer of F. & A. M. for Michigan, will hold a lodge of instruction in Ann Arbor, Monday, Nov. 23, for the different lodges in Washtenaw connty. In the afternoou Phoenix Lodge, of Ypsilariti, will work the first degree, aud Olive Lodge, of Chelsea, the seeond. In tbe evening one of the lornl lodges will exemplify the wnrk of the third degree. The sessions will be held in the Masonic temple and will bring a crowd of Masons from all parts of the connty. The after camp inspection of the Light Infantry held at the atmory, Wednesday evening, was witnessed by a large crowd of iuterested citizens. Tha inspeotion was made by the board of directors, Col. H S. Dean, Major Harrison Soule, Oapt. C. E. Hiscook, Major M. L. Belser, Edward Duffy and S. W. Beakes. After the inepeoion was over dancing was in order and a jolly time was enjoyed. Tlie chaperoues were M'rs. Artbnr Brown, Mrs. E. V. Haugsterfer, Mrs. Russ Granger and Mrs. Walter Seabolt. James H. Ryaa, a former resident of Anu Arbor, a charter ruember of Arbor Tent, K. O. T. M., and a member of the A. O. U. W., at Wayne, died in Wayne qnite snddenly last Friday night. His rernains were brought to Ann Arbor, Monday, and takon to the home of his sister, Miss Hannah Ryan, 13 N. Fifth ave. The funeral services were held in St. Thoinajs' church, Tuesday morning, interrnent in St. Thomas' cemetery. A number of his brothers of the A. O. ü. W. from Wayne attended tbe funeral. Manager Sawyer has sncceeded in getting reduoed fares on the railroad for parties who wish to avail themselves of the opportuuity of hearing Richard Mansfield and his New York Garrick Theater stock company, at the Grand opera house next Wpdnesday erening, Nov. 18. He also bas pre vailed upon the, Michigan Central nöcials to stop tho bb bonml special, which leaves Ann Arbor ut about 12 o'olook a. m., at Dexterand Chelsesf, to accommodate vbe thodtsr goers oí these places, who are desirous of reachiug home the same night.