Local Brevities

Measles are prevalent in some parts of the city. Today is Arbor Day. Have yon planted your tree? R. F. Tinkham and family have moved into 13 Forest ave. Eugene Mutsohell bas broken gronnd fcr a new house on Oliiva ave. Fraternity Lodge, F. & A. M., wiJl work the third degree this evening. Dr. A. C. Nicbols has built a summer kitchen to his residenoe on Thayer st. A dramatic entertainment will take place this evening at the Unitarian churoh. Miss Mamie Hiñe has built an additiou to her house corner of Thayer and Ann sts. William Condón has built a very handsome porch to his residence on S. University ave. August DeFries is getting ready to build a new house on William st. adjoining his residence. Thomas D. Wilson is building a new house on Vinewood Boulevard on the College Hill addition. E. E. Beal has closed his branch store in Dexter and removed the stock to the store in tbis city. Quinoy A Turner, superintendent of the homeopathie hospital, has been granted an iocrease of pension. Dr. Paul C. Freer will build a new house this summer on Hill st. , directly opposite the residence of Prof. A. H. Pattengill. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Burke, of Norrthfield, are the proud paients of a baby girl born Sunday evening. Weight nine pounds. William Walsh and Christian Brenner have sold over a caiload of Deering machines since March 1. They will make a delivery at once. George A. Waidelich is moving his house on Detroit st. around so that it will faoe on Fuller st., immediately adjoining the residenoe of Henry Pipp. In spite of reporta to the contrary there are still a large number of seats to be sold for the Festival concerts May 13, 14 and 15. They can be obtained at the Sohool of Music, where the seats can be reserved. The Ann Arbor railroad will put newly painted and refurnished passenger coaohes on its road tomorrow. All the coaohes will be equipped with extensión steps thus doing away with the unsightly boxes now in use. The annual meeting of the Wastatenaw Baptist Association will be held in Saline next Wednesday. Wahr & Miller, the sboemen, sent three paiip of shoes to Anrora, 111., Priday, in response to mail orders. Tneeday's Free Press says that Regent George A. Farr will be appointed collector of customs at Grand Haveu. Joe Dett, ii drayman, paid Justice Gibson $3 fine and $4.70 costs Saturday for haiug been drunk and disorderly. The cellar for Prof. T. C. Trueblood's new $8,000 residence on the corner of E. University ave. and Hill st., has been exoavated. A. B. Wines and Cbrist Allmendinger have purohased the picture frame and art store business of M. W. Blake in the Washington block. Ninety canvassers are ont canvassing foi the money necessary to build a bicycle path to Whitmore Lake and are making good headway in their efforts. The Ann Arbor high school baseball team played the State Normal seoond oine at the fair grounds Saturday afternoon and were defeated by the soore of 12 to 7. Charles Balnss, a former Ann Arbor boy, met with a very serious accident the other day. While working in his father's sawmill at Temple, Mich., his left hand carne in contact with a saw and it was ent cö'. W. W. Wedemeyer has resigned the office of county sohool commissioner, having yet two months longer to serve. It is expected that Wm. N. Lister, of Saline, who was elected to the position at the spring election, will be appointed to fill ont the nnexpired term. Mr. Gottfried Paul, of Soio, was married Tuesday afteruoon at the bome of the bride's parents in Blomfleld, Saginaw county, to Miss Louise C. Jensen. The groom's mother and sister Mrs. Paul and Miss Rosa Paul, and Michael Staebler, of this oity, were present at the wedding. Oounty Clerk J. F. Sohuh has called a meeting of the cbairmen of the several township boards of school inspectors to be held at his office in the court house Tuesday nest, May 4, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of County School Commissioner W. W. Wedemeyer. F. G. Hoffman, of 41 W. Seventh st., bas taken the agency of the Aome dustless oil used for dressing floors of stores and other rooms and whioh is a sure preventative of tbe annnoyance caused by tlie raising of dust while sweeping. Sanford Bros., of Bridgewater, are the general agenta for the south half of the state. The Michigan circuit bicyole races will be held at Ypsilanti June 10 and 11. Ypsilanti belongs to the Michigan circuit whioh comprises the following ten cities: Dowagiac, Kalamazoo, Three Rivers, Charlotte, Ypsilanti, Flint, Jackson, Bay City, Mt. Pleasant and Grand Rapids. The prizes offred on the circuit will be $2,000 in gold and $2,200 in diamonds. A meeting was held at St. Thomas' school hall on Saturday evening which was presided over by Miss Viva Duffy and attended by a number of the ladies and gentlemen of the churoh. The purpose of tbe meeting was to organize a branch of the Catholio Knights of St. John Insurance Co. The matter was discussed quite freely, and another meeting will be held tomorrov.' evening. If you are in need of anything io the following lines cali and get our prices: Note heads, letter heads, bill heads, statements, envelopes, calling oards, posters, auotion bilis, dodgers, circulara, folders, leaflets, wedding and society invitations, labels, shipping tags, half-tone work, menu cards, blotters, receipts, order books, etc We can supply you with anytbing in the jot printing line and do it right The despioably small rninded persoc who scattered the tacks along the streel and sidewalk before the business blockf on S. State st., Friday evening, shonlc if caught, be tanght a severe lesson. Anyone wbo will deliberately attempt t( destroy hundreds of dollars worth o) personal property in this way, just be oause it does not happen to acoord with their partioular ideaa on the subject of means of looomotion, deserves all the punishment that the law allows to b meted out to him. The annual high sohool party takes place this evening. W. J. Gwinner will open a saloon in the uew building ereoted by J. D. Ryan, on W. Washington st., tomorrow. The classes at Granger's academy bave all olosed, bnt the Satnrday evening program parties will be continued throngh May and Onne. The Y. W. C. A. will give an elocutionary entertainment at high sohool hall next Friday evening at which a good program will be rendered. A beautiful program of mnsic has been arranged by Choirmaster R. H. Kempf for the song service at St. Andrew's churoh next Snnday evening. A May party will be given at Garnger's academy tomorrow eveniug to the pupils, former pupils and their friends. The f all Ubequamegon orchestra of 14 pieoes will furnish the musio. All saloon bonds mnst be in the hands of the city clerk bef ore 12 o'clock, ooon, today, in order to be approved by tbt) common oonnoil at a special meeting this evening at 8 o'olock. Mrs. Cnnningham has sold her honse at No. 12 S. Thayer st. to Mrs. Wilson, aud William Clancy has sold nis house at 39 Kingsley st. to Dr. Blair. Bach & Butler effected both sales. A civil sevrice examination will be held at the high school, Saturday, June 5, for the positions of carriers and olerks at the Ann Arbor post office. All applications raust be in by May 22. The Esperto club oonsisting of Ross Spence, violinist, Miss Alta Bach, vo calist, Miss Eunice White, pianist, and Charles M. Bash, reader, gives an entertainment in the Cbelsea opera house, this evening. The street committee of the oounoil has been making visits to several parts of the oity the past week. Here's hoping that the question '"How are our streets today? Muddy or dusty?" may soon be satisfactorily answered. Frank Martin, who has so long been conductor on the motor line, bas severed his oonnectiou with it. Charles Disbrow, formerly the nigbt conductor, bas been appointed to his place, and H. J. Moran has been put on as night condootor. Rev. Dr. L. F. Townsend, of Washington, D. C, will give the third lecture in the Wesleyan Guild conrse at the First M. E. churoh, Sunday evening, May 0. His subject will be "Man from the scriptural and scientifio points of view." Among those who will take part in the Lyra Maennerchor concert uext Thursday evening are the following soloists: Mr. Frank Siüith, violin; Master Fred Daley, soprano; Mrs. R. H. Kempf, coutralto, Mr. B. St. James, tenor; and Mr. Pease. baritone. The Choral Utiion, 300 voioes, will take part iu ooncerts I aud IV of the forthcouoing May Festival. In these ooucerts the Frieze Memorial organ will be used. In compliance with the request of rnany a short orgau reoital will be given after the symphony conoert, Friday afternoon. Joseph Wagner died at his home in the towuship of Scio ou Thursday of last week aged about 79 years. The funeral services were held Snnday morning. He was the father of Williaru and Emauuel Wagner, of tbis city, and was born in Germany, coming from that country to Ann Arbor in 1838. The Lyra Maennerchor concert next Thursday evening will be a good one to jndge from the program to be rendered and the preparations that have been made. The oonoert will be foll owed by a dance for whioh the musio will be furnished by the Ann Arbor orchestra. Tickets for sale at Schumacher & Miller, Mann Bros., George Haller's Jewelry, of the members of the Lyra and also of the orchustra boys. Prof. I. C. Rossell, of the Uuiversity, will lecture next Tuesday evening, May 3, before the Young Meu's Sunday Evening Clnb of the Congregational church, on "Mt. St. Elias." The lecture will be given in the Congregational ohurch and will be illustrated with fine stereoptioon views which have been loaned by the United States Geological tíurvey of Washington, D. C, expressly for this lecture. All lovers of nature will be interested in this desoription of one of the grandest bits of soenery on this continent. Adi mission, 25 cents, children 15 cents. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Legsr, Monday iuorning, a baby boy. Edward Simmons died at bis home in Ypsilanti, Wednesday, of a cancerons troubJe. Several engineering stndents went to Detroit Monday to take ciivl servioe examinations. A missionary entertainment, consisting of plantation melodies, reoitations and tableaus will be given at tbe A. M. E. cburch tbis evening at 8 o'olook. A part of the fair ground racing track is being put in condition by local wbeelmen for the pnrpose of bioyole training. C. 3. Snyder is doing the work on the traok. Th8 "English Mechanic, " of Maroh 26, published iu London, England, contaius au article on "A CorapressedAir Oil Buruer, " by VV. L. Miggett, of the engiueeriüg deüartiuent of the U. of M. Mrs. Katherine Weimer, widow of John Weimer, died at her home 44 Third st., yesterday morning at 12:30, after a lingering illness. The deceased leaves a large family of grown up children. Charles Binder, sr., bas sold ont his saloon business aud rented the bnilding to Michael Schaible. Mr. Binder's oontinned ill bealtb bas corupelled him to relinquish the business which he has conducted for the past 29 years. Dr. R. S. Copeland will address the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. rooms next Snnday at 2 :45 p. ru. He will speak on "The Secret of Panl's greatness" a very interesting and instruotive subject. Yon shonld not miss tbis meeting, and yon ought to bring a friend with you. A solo will be sung by Miss Vollanrl. A bont 300 persons attended the "Everybody's Social" at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Tuesday night, making it the best and the largest attended social the association has ever had. The program was praised by all. The sooial was potten np entirely by the boys, and they did certainly do themselvas credit. Over $10 was cleared. A lively blaze in the Michigan Table 3o. 's factory at the ooruer of S. Main and Madison sts., called out the fire üepartment on Tuesday evening abont i o'clock. Through the good work of the department the fire was got under jontrol, bnt not before it had done jbout $1,500 worth of damage to the building and contenta. The Loyal Temperanoe Leigun meetings will reopen on Friday, May 7, at i p. m. in the hall over Calkins' drug jtore on S. State st. The new leaders, Miss Faye Bodmer and Mies Hurry, will be pleased to welcome all the formar rnembers and their friends. Párente are requested to help their children to remember this announcment. The house committee at Lansing has reported in favor of appropriating %'A,000 to keep the University hospital open during the summer. The other appropriations asked for have been laid on the table and the committee will make another visit to the university to satisfy themselves as to what in their estimation the univeisity really needs. The oommítteeH in charge of the Oddfellows' dedication celebiation last Mouday were: Arrangements - H. P. Dauforth and Robert Staeblar; invitation - John C. Fisoher and Wm. Jacobus; receptiou - C. E. Godfrey and Lawrenoe Cnrtis; banquet - Mrs. George Scott, Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. E. E. Consins; music - Mrs. C. E. Godfrey and Miss Ida Garllnghouse. Married - on Wedneeday afteruoon, April 28, at the residencie of Mr. and Mrs. William Krapf, No. 41 Detroit st, by Rev. T. W. Young, Miss Mattie Nelson, of this oity, and Mr. George Brindle, of Lansing. They lef t the same afternoon for tbeir future home at Lansing. The bride has many friends in this oity who wisb her much joy and happiness in her joorney through life. The third anniversary of the Young Women's Christian Assooiatiou of this city will be held in the First M. E. church on Sunday eveuing, when au address will be delivered by Miss Eva Seevers, who is one of the international 8ecretaries and editor of the Iuternatonal Y. W. C. A. Magazine. Miss Seevers has as good an nnderstanding of Y. W. C. A. matters as anyone in the country and her address will be oi corresponding interest to thnse cóunected with Y. W. C. A. work. The sixth ward possesses a "holy terror" in the person of a little boy oí about six yenrs of age who a few days ago while palying with his little four years old sister in a neighbor's wooc shed chopped off the third finger ut the little girl's hand with an ax, so thal it bung simply by the skin, the bone being entirely severed Dr. Nancre' essayed to save the finger which is now healing nicely, the bone knitting together. The little girl can now move it slightly and will have the free use of it.