Local Brevities

Ambrose Kearney opened np the ' ele store on K. Fonrth ave., Tnesday morning. A bright baby boy who will vote in 1918 has oome into the home of Mr. ; and Mrs. Ed. Hisoock. Chelsea bicycle riders are agitating , the qnestion of a bicyole pa'th between , that village and Ann Arbor. Mrs. Herman Krapf had the , tune to meet with anothei painful dent Thnrsday of last week and fractured her left leg for the fourth time. David Sohneider, of Ann Arbor, Charles C. Carter, of Ypsilanti, and ' John Straley, of Cbelsea, have eaoh been granted an increase of pension. Grand Chanoellor H. T. Tolliver has issned a cali for a meeting of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias (oolored) of Michigan to be held in Ypsilanti, July 20, 21 and 22. Maok & Co. announoe in their advertisement that they are about to close their store in Manchester in order to devote fcheir entire attention to their large business in this oity. Mrs. Snsan R. Davis had a number of cans of fruit taken from her cellar last Tuesday while she was away from home. Later on the fruit was found under the stoop where it had been hidden. The execntive committee of the Michigan Branoh of the King's Daughters met with the state secretary, Mrs. J. H. Mnrfln, Thursday of last week. Mrs. Wait was eleoted secretary, and a constitution and by-laws for the ensuing year were adopted. The state military board has deoided to ohange the date of the annual encampnaent at Island Lake from Aug. 3 to Ang. 10. The change is made beoanse many of the soldiers and offloers are business meu and the first of the month is a bnsy time sending out statements and bilis. Mrs. E. J. Storms entertained the "Don't-You-Wish-Yon-KBew" society at her home on Lawrence st., Thnrsday afternoon of last week. Boquets of pansies were presented to the gnests as a souvenir of the oooasion. All departed for home after partaking of a delicious supper. A little three-yearold, given to wandering about when parent eyes are not watohing, recently oame home and said: "Mamma, I seed a man dead, and he was in a big ohair, and his eyes shnt, anda man was greasing him." He had looked into a barber shop. - Ypsilanti Sentinel. Chelsea wheelmen are agitating the construction of a einder path between tbat village and Ann Arbor. The patriotio day exeroises at the public sohnol on Friday afternoon were vety interesting and ■were well attended. At a meeting of the officers of the Ano Arbor High School Alumni Assooiation Tuesday night, the date of the annual baronet was fixed for Friday evening, Judh 25. The Adu Arbor high school baseball team was deïeated Monday by the '99 medies in a six inning game ; score 9 to 2. Batteries: Norris, Donnelly andj Martin; Melhop and Wehrle. The annual free will offering meeting of the Congregational Home Missionary Society will be held in the parlors of the church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. An interesting program will be given and refreshments served. The two Italians who were in Ann Arbor one day last week with a hand organ and a monkey were treated to shower baths, thrown from roofs of stores, while they were in Chelsea a week ago Saturday. The lecture before theWesleyan Guild of the M. E. church by Dr. Charles. Thwing, president of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O., at the First M. E. church, Sunday evening, is spoken of in the bighest terms of praise by those who heard it. A benefit concert for the vested choir of St. Andrew's church will be given at Harris hall, Thursday eveuing, June 17. A good program will be given, among the nnmbers of wbich will be some by the U. of 'M. Glee Ciub and the Ann Arbor orchestra. Two young women, who are well known, invaded G. W. Weeks' garden at 96 Broadway, Thursday evening of last week, and next morning only two flowers could be seen of a whole bed of fine tulips. "Tulips" apiece do not seem to have been enough for those girls. At the meeting of the direotors of the Y. M. C. A., Tuesday evening, a oommittee, consisting of A. E. Mummery, Henry Richards, B. B. Johnson, A. C. Schairer and George S. Vandawarker, was appointed to arrange for and have charge of the annual Y. M. C. A. exoursion to Detroit. A Forty Hours' Devotion will begin at St. Patrick's churoh, Northfield, next Sunday morning. Rev. E. D. Kelly, of Ann Arbor, will open the services and bis pulpit will be occupied on that day by Rev. Fr. Goldrick, of Northfield. The priests in neighboring villages will oontinue the services which are to closed Tuesday. A little girl in the vicinity of Oakville was asked by her pastor if she did not want to join the church on proba;ion. She said she did not know. She hen told her mother that the preaoher wanted her to join the church on exbibition. The trouble is with our churches there are too many on exhibition already. - Milan Leader. Last week's Milan Leader says: "Eleven candidates were initiated into the order of the Eastern Star at Ann Arbor Monday evening. " A little off, there, Bro. Smith. The Ann Arbor Chapter meets Wednesday evenings not Monday evenings, and it has not initiated a class as large as that in a number of moons. The firm of Adarns & Ball has been dissolved by mutual consent and W. D. Adams has again assumed control as sole proprietor. Mr. E. D. Ball will still remain in the store. Mr. Adams' fainily have returned from Tiffin, Ohio, and will occupy their former home corner of Packard st. and S. Fourth ave. Fred Sohall will conduot the Adams' bazaar in Tiffin. An exhibition of the work in drawing of the public schools has been in progress at Supt. Perry'a offioe in the high sohool building sinoe Tuesday and will close this evening at 6 o'clock. This work represented the Ann Arbor sohools at the annnal meeting of the Western Drawing Teachers' Association at St. Louis, Mo., this spring. "How the House Does Business" is the title of an interesting artiole in the June number of the North American Review from the pen of the Hon. T. B. Reed, speaker for kthe House of Representative8. It is a full and carefully prepared description of how national legislation is oonduoted and the methods whereby the oountry's needs and neoeBsities are provided for. Probate Jndge Newkirk will not be in his office Monday, Tnesday or Wedneüday of next week aa business calis him to Buffalo, N. Y. F. J. Schleede will comruence Jnly 1 the ereotion of a uew brick store on the site at present ocoupied by him on S. State st. The Ann Arbor Browns played the fartest and best game of ball of the season Monday in Ypsilanti, when they defeated the Normals by a score of 3 to 2. The Ann Arbor high school baseball team was defeated. at NorthvMle Saturday by the looal nine. Score 19 to 13. Total numbe of errors for both teams 39. T. J. DeForest, admimstrator of the James D. MoMaster estáte on Monday sold the residence, livery barn and lots on E. Jeffer&on st. belonging to the estate for $5,626. Mr. Marcus L. Alley, of Marshall, and Miss Jennie L. Smith. of Ann Arbor, were married at the M. E. parsonage, in this city, on Wednesday evening of last week by Kev. B. L. McElroy. There was a good attendance at the Y. P. S. C. E. anniversary celebration Sunday night at the Bethlehem ohuroh. Rev. F. Mayer, of Jackson, preached the anniversary sermón. An excellent musical program was furnished. Arthnr Carroll, of Ann Arbor, was arrested Taesday on complaint of Bertha Allison, of Ypsilanti, who oharges him with bastardy. Carroll was taken before Justice Childs, and waived examination. He was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of $100 bail. Contractor Chapoton, of Detroit, pronounces the field stone work on the new St. Tbomas'church as about the best he ever saw. Koch Bros., the contractors, are to be congratnlated on snch a verdiot from so exoellent a judge. There is not likely to be any fair at Chelsea this f all, neither is there to be any in Washtenaw, Jaokson, Livingston or Ingbam cuunties except at Stockbridge. - Stockbridge Sun. Have you never lieard of the Washtenaw County Agricultural Society's fair which is to be held in Ann Arbor Tnesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2829-30 and Oct. 1, Mr. Editor? A small audience gathered in high school hall Friday eveuing to listen to the first program rendered under the auspices of the High School Oratorical Association. The stage was prettily decorated with a profusión of wild flowers. Music was fuinished by members of the High School orchestra, and was much appreciated by those present. The participante are said to have acquitted themselves well. Robert Leonard, janitor of the opera house, was pleasantly surprised by a party of 25 of his friends at his home in the opera house block Friday evening. It was Bob's 50th birthday and the visitors brought with tbem aud presented to him a handsome easy chair as a Bouvenir of the oocasiou. Games of different kinds, cards and a bountiful supper helped pass away the balanoe of the evening in a very sooiable manner. The remains of Rev. George Taylort who died in Lansing Thursday of las, week, were brought to Ann Arbor for interment Saturday morning. They were escorted by a detail of nine Sir Knights of Detroit Commandery, No. 1. At the M. C. depot 25 Ann Arbor Templars met thena and the funeral oortege proceeded to Forest Hill cernetery where the K. T. butial service was said. The remains were placed in the vault. A neighboring editor, on reading that a young lady in New York kneads bread with her gloves on, indulged in the following soliloquy: "It is said a New York girl kneads bread with her gloves on, but this is not strange to uk. We need bread with our boots on ; and we need bread with our pants on ; and if those subscirbers who are in arrears doo't pay up pretty soon we'll need bread withot anything on." A very small orowd was present Friday evening at the Shakespeare entertainment in University hall. That i those who did. attend enjoyed the views, and Prof. Demmon's remarks was shown by their close attention. Before showing the pictures Prof. Demmon ' made a short preliminary address. ! After outlining the series to be present ed, he sketched briefly the history cf book illustration as shown in different eiitions of Shakespeare's works. William A. Meier will tie reoommended by üongressman Spanlding to De the next posttnaster of Whittaker. Fifteen members of J. T. Jacobs Camp, Sons of Veterans, expect to at:end the S. of V. Btate encampent at Liansiug, June 15. The Detroit, Citizens Railway base Dall team will play the Ann Arbor Browns at the fair groonds tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'olock. Dr. W. B. Smith has removed his office from the Savings Bank blook to ais residence, 44 E. Harón st., where he will attend to all calis. JMr. and Mrs. Ross Granger will give a dancing party at the academy tomorrow evening, in whicb all former pnpils and friends are invited to participate. A Fourth of July meeting will be held this atteruoon at 4 o'olock at the connty clerk's office. All interested in a celebration of Independence Day shonld make it a point to attend. One fnll mile of the Ann ArborWhitmore Lake bioycle path is ready for its coat of einders. The work is being pnshed rapidly forward nnder the able. supervisión of W. E. Walker. Arbor Tent, No. 296, K. O. T. M., .vill oommemorate the organization of :he order in this.oity by a banqnet to be aeld Wednesday evening, June l(i. nite a nnmber of distinguished guests Erom various parts of the state will be present. Jndge V H. Lañe, of Adrián, has been appointed Fletcher professor oflaw in place of Levi T. Griffin, and will rbmove with his farnily to Ann Albor aext October. He is at present jndge of the eironifc and bas two years of his term yet unexpired. The question of the immediate payment of labor cbecks, by the city's bank will come op again before the oommon oouncil Monday nigbt. Some plan for paying the labnrers so that they du not have to discount their small bits of pay should be devised and that afc once. At the informal meeting of the common cooncil Wednesday night it was decided that the foot frontage rather than the assessed land values shonld be taxable in making the Main st. paving assessments. A motion that the city ghould pay one-fonrth of the cost of paving Main st. was lost. A motion fïxing the city's share at one-third was oarried by one vnte, the mayor voting. The meeting finally adjourned svithont other important action. Gorge M. Dewey. sr., of Owosso, former editor and proprietorof the Owosso Times, and who was well known throughout the state for bis prominence in I. O. O. F. ciioles as its grand master in 1888-92 and as apolitical speaker, died at his bome at midnight Thursday of last week aged 65 years. He was one of the delegates who organized the republican paity "nnder the oaks" at Jackson, July 6, 1854. He was also state senator from the 16th district of Michigan in 1873-4. Welch Post, No. 13, G A R., J. T. Jacobs Camp, No. 90, S. of V. the W. R. C, and Co. A, M. N. G. marched in a body to the First M. E. chnrob Snnday morning to attend Memorial Day services. A singularly appropriate sermón was preaohed by the pastor Rev. B. L. McElroy who took for his text the words contained in the 12ïth Psalm: "Tbey that sow in tears shall reap in joy. " At the conclnsion of the services the several bodies marched back to their headqnarters. M. C. Peterson went to Columbas, Ohio, Snnday, where he had sncceeded in locating H JU Cone, the medical student, who left Ann Arbor Sunday, May 16, abandoning his wife and taking with him their 15 montbs old child. Cone had taken the name of Cooley and was living in Columbas under that name. Mrs. Coce went to Colnmbns when sent for by Mr. Peterson and he turned the child over to her. She then went to Battle Creek, wbiob was her home before sbe waB married. Oone had made airangeraents to have the child taken into a foundling hospital. The Michigan State Interscholasuc meeting is being held in tbis city today and tomorrow under the anspioes of the University Athletic Associaiton. Tbe indoor met will be held in the Waterman Gymnasium tonight at 8 o'clock. The bicyole races will be run off at the fair grounds tomorrow rnoming, and the track and field meet will be held a the Athletic Field tomorrow afternoon A ball game between tbe Ann Arbor High School nine and that of Detroit or Grand Rapids will be played this after noon at the Athletic Field. Tickets ad mitting to all four events will be placee on sale at 75 cents eacb, single admis sions 25 cents.