Local Brevities

E. E. Calkins added his f 100 check to the Y. M. C. A. building fnnd last Friday morning. Miss Minnie Steinbach has purchased the Utopia millinery parlors of Miss Florence Sterrett. During the month of June the Jackson prison was self sustaining, the receipts and expenditures being equal. The board of regents has ordered the construction of a sun room at the university hospital at a cost of a little over $100. Judge Kinne has denied the motion for a new trial in the case of August Mensing vs. the Michigan Central R. R. Co. The First Baptist church is undergoing a period of house cleaning and renovating. Among other things a new carpet will be laid. Mayor Hiscock has ordered the poundmaster to snoot all unmuzzled dogs in the Street after July 1, whetber lioensed or otherwise. The Ladies' Aid Society of Bethlehem church will bold a social on the chorch lawn this evening. Refreshments will be served. Admission 10 cents. ' The American house is now fitted throughout with electrical fans. Mr. Staebler is always making some good improvement fcr the comfort of his guests. Mr. William H. Shall and Mis Mary Kuhn, both of this city, were married at Trinity Lutheran parsonage Thursday evening of last week by Rev. W. L. Tedrow. Only five aldermen turned out to the regular meeting of the council Monday eveningt This was not a quorum se the meeting was adjourned until Wednesday evening. William H. Lay, of Ypsilanti, the well known necrologist of the Washtenaw County Pioneer Society, is suffering from a growth that is forming over his eye and which will necessitate an operation to remove it. The ice cream social and picnic given for the benefit of the north side ohuroh by the ladies, last Monday afternoon on the island, proved a success both financially and otherwise. The north sid mandolín and guitar olub furnished excellent music, and a good time was declared by everyone It is proposed to hold several of these picmo during the surnmer and it is also in tended to fis np the island for picni purposes. WHEN HIS MA QETS NEW. Aw, what's a feller a-goin' to do When his ma gets new? When she gets so full o' fits fln' fads he's got no time for little tadB; n' wears a sweater, roast or f reeze, n' a pair o' pants that bag at th' knees; n' scorehes, au' rows, an' spars, an' walks, n' goes t' fizzical culchertalks- Aw, what's a feller a-goin' t' do When his ma gets new? Say ! T'm in th' worst fix ever y' eaw- lcan'tteli ma fr'm pa! 'hey act allki' hu' ilressth' same n' ride a whc(jl wtth a dimoa' frame noke clgarettrs an' stay out nights 'o clubs an' t.tiobres" an' Woman's Rishts pend an cv'ry day a-punchin' a bag; alls kid's "caadles'1 an' a horse a "nag"- Darn, What's a feller a-goin to do When his ma gets new? l've been in one continual stew Since ma got new; don' tliink life'll be worth two dimes F I'm licked with a golf stick many more times a says she "will snrely puncture my tire f I don't keep baby out o' th' flre," While she makes a century run 'er so, An forgets all about her ligbt-bred dough- A w, what's a feller a-goin' t' do When kis ma get's new? - Hërbert Grissom in Truth. It is now Jus ice John L. Duiïy, ohn having assumed the reins of his fflce on Thursday, July 1. Mrs. Olivia B. Hall has seleoted gas xtures from J. F. Schnh's new stock or her house on Volland st. The Y. M. C. A. cleared $20 at its efreshmeut room Satnrday which will lelp along the building fnnd a little. Trinity Lutheran Sunday school has hanged the time for its meetings on Sunday morning from 11:45 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. By the burstiug of a toy cannon on Saturday last, a lad named Ernest Schneeberger had his eyes and face bady peppered with the powder. He was not serionsly hurt. Ann Arbor's colored citizens will go to Ypsilanti Monday, August 2, in speoial cars over the Anu Arbor-Ypsilanti line to help celébrate Emancipation Day. A large excorsion of Toledo colored people will also be in Yjsilanti on that day. Jos. E. Gage bas entered suit in the oirouit oourt against the township of Pittsfield to recover damages for injuries received un the highway east of Pittsfieild Junction. His wagon dropped into a rut in the road and threw him out. While playing with a revolver Wedlesday evening a son of Arthur Hewitt, Df Ypsilanti, shot his 13 year old jrother in the head, inflicting a painfnl out not serious wound. It was pnrely ioidental. The boys took the gun from j drawer. The new State Telephone Co. opened ap its exohange in Ypsilanti for service Thursday morning of last week Sixtyfive subscribers have been conneoted with the oentral office and the remainder will be provided with phones as soon as ppssible. The post offioe employees the other ay all donated to a fnnd to purchase eoorations for the 4th of July and as a onsequenoe the building was ene of the )est decorated in the oity and there is ow on hand there a lot of permanent ecorations for all public ocoasions. Miss Alice Snyder, who bas been intrnctor in athletics at the woman's ymnasium for haif her time during he past year, has been re-engaged for ihe same position during the coming -ear. Her salary will be $900 and she will devote her whole time to the work The Young Ladies' Sooiety of the Bethlehem ohurch celebrated its 25tl anniversary in the parlors of the church ast evening. Rev. Paul Irion, of Free dom, delivered the address and the pas tor, Rev. John Neumann. gave a redor of the work of the society since its or ganization. The hours during which the Ann ibor postoffloe will be opened on Sunlay have been ohanged to from 9 to 10 . m., looal time. This is half an hour jailier than for the past three years and .s cansed by the taking off of the mail ■rain whioh formerly reaehed here at about 10 o'elock. Mrs. W. E. Howe, of 106 W. Huron jt., has been more unfortunate than eommonly falls to the lot of one member of the human family. About three weeks ago she feil and dislolcated her tight shoulder. This hurt was rnending nicely wheii on Tueeday she went to walk down the steps froni the house and tripped on her shoeetrings, which were unloosened, and falling down she broke her right hip. Drs. Morton and Smith were summooed who put her under ohloroform and set the fracture. The poor lady is almost as badly off as if she were paralyzed on her right side. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arnold, jr., Weduesday evening, a danghter. Ou Saturday the big oar on the A. A. & Y. electrio liue carried 111 persons on one trip. The high school juniors of Dexter will have an ice oream social in the park toruorrow night. Miss Amelia Wagner, of Scio township, was so prostiated by the heat Monday that it resultad in her death. Roy Chester, an incorrigible, was sent to the Industrial Haiue for Boys, at Lansing, ou Taesóay, by Jnstice Pond. St. Andrew's ohoir boys are to have a week's outing at Whitmore Lake during the flrst week in August in charge of Prof. R. H. Kempf. The fiscal year for the state of Michigan closed June 80. Treasurer Steel reports a balance of $783, 888.04 on hand at the olose of the year. Train time on the Michigan Central svas changed on Sunday and the mail ?oing west now leaves here at 9 :18 a. qi. instead of 8 :48 a. m. as formerly. Chicago papers aie responsible for the statement that Tuesday, August 17, will be the date of the appearance of Barnnm & Bailey's great cirons in Ann Arbor. The university has ordered two K. W. generators and two 120 norse power engines with the Arnold connecting system for its electric lighting plant. The oost was 5,000. First Assistant Postmaster General Heath has annonnced the apportionment of tne appropriation for the onrrent fisoal year for horse hireand car fare for oarriers at free delivery offices. Among the appropriations is $500 for Ann Arbor and $200 for Ypsilanti. Bailroad Jack is traveling aronnd mong the neighboring towns, making peeohes. Jack shonld seek new fields. le has ceased to be a curiosity and is ecoming something of a chestnut. - )exter Leader. He cannot "becorne" a hestnnt, Mr. Leader, he was always bat. A tramp is not a new thing by ny ineans. Jnne 26, L. Whitney Watkins, acting nder instruotions for the state game ud fish warden, went to Bridgewater nd served warrants on Win. Westphal, r., Gottlob Benzier, JBenry Brass, Adam Hoerning and Insego Atnold for Ilegal flshing. They will be exatnined n Justioe Pond's's conrt in this city on Wednesday, July 28. Notice has been given the employees ( of the Geddes paper mili that it will be . hut down tomorrow and remain so ' aefinitely. The mili has been in opera;ion f or 17 years and the longest time ' ïeretofore tbat work has been discontinned has been two weeks, bnt the pro)rietois do not hold out any prospects of the industry ever starting up again. - Times. It is now proposed to authorize postmasters and deputies to open letters on which no postage stamps have been placed, to learn the name of the writer and avoid sending them to the deadletter office. If all wbo write wonld have their names and address printed on the envelopes they use, as the post office department requests, no such trouble would occur. At the meeting of the state board of pharmacy at Star Island last week, the officers eleoted were as follows : F. W. R. Perry, of Detroit, president; George Gundrum, of Ionia, secretary; A. C. Sohumacher, of Ann Arbor, treasurer. It was deoided to hold the next examination at the Soo, Aug. 4-5. Of the 24 pbarmaoists and assistants who were granted certifioates not one was from Washtenaw oounty. Mr. Charles Nicola and Miss Marie K. Byington, both of whom were gradnated from the medical department here Jnly 1, were married that evening at the Adventistchurch on S. División st. Both the yonng people are from Battle Creek and are prominent in Seventh Day Adventist oircles. They were given a reoeption at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Martin, 68 E. University ave., which was attended by Dr. and Mis. J. N. Martin and the senior medioal class as guests. Mr. and Mrs. Nicola had quite an exoiting time on the east bound train with some of their friends whom they had sought to avoid. They will spend a short time in Battle Creek, after whioh they will go to their new home which is a new sanitarium Dr. Kellogg has established naar Mexico city. Only two arre8ts were made all day Satnrday. The largest boy in America is said to be the 11 years oíd son of George Piper, of Williamston. He stands 6 feet 2 inches high and weighs 228 ponnds. Emil Golz was eleoted a member of the anditing oummitt.ee of the Landwehr society of the state, which held its llth annnal convention at Owosso last week. Ex-Connty Treasorer Panl G. Snekey is taking .special work at tbe snmruer school, and is putting in bis time in the chernioal laboraory where he is taking advanoed work. The Ann Arbor Light Infantry cominenaed tbis week te drill twice a week and it will bekept up nntil tbe encatupment begins, Ang. 10. The drills are held Wednesday and Friday nights. Air. John Gauss, of W. Seventh st., and Miss Josephine Heek, of Fort Wayne, Ind., were mairied at the groom's home on Tuesday evening, by Rev. A. L.'Nicklas, of Zion ohnreh. The Ypsilanti depot garden is nearly ready for the season's inspeotion. Mr. Laidlow's cbief work is a realistic log jabin with its accompaning well, wellsweep and buofcet - brie óf the greatest afieots Mr. L. has ever poducëd. Another novelty is thé reproöootidn of the Liberty Bëll Wbich ÍR jnst receiving the finishing touches. - Ypsilantian. In the Joly number of the North Ameiican Reivew, Elizabeth Bislund, discnsses very serionsly the peouliar qnestion "Are American Parents Selflsh?" Miss Bisland expresses the opiuion that thronghont all Europe, inolnding England. the responsibility of the parent is more broadly conceived tbau in this country. Unlike the Manchester celebiation last year when everything was f ree, the Ann Arbor folks intend to charge 25 cents adiiiission to see the bicycle races and sports at the fair grounds.- Manchester Enterprise. Everything the Pourth of July committee hadto do with was free, Bro. Blosser, but the bioyole races and baseball game were practically private enterprises. The people of Pinckney and btockbridge both, together with all other people of the county and vicinity are invited to come to Ann Arbor Jnly 3, and attend the monster celebration there. - Courier. If you had held a legal day celebration, and not a devil-toplease one some of ns would have gone. - Stookbridge Sun. Well, we got along very well without yon, Mr. Sun. The board of regenta has awarded the contract for the machinery for the new lighting plant to the Ridgeway Dynamo and EDgineCompany, of Ridgeway, Pa. Work will be begun at once. Prof. Carhart was made soientific superintendent of the work and he will have complete control of the wiring of the buildings. Engineering students in the nniversity will be given work on the plant whenever practicable. Pat McCabe is the owner of what may be pioperly designated "a happy family. " The members of it form a very unique colleotion and consist of two great-horned owls, a long-eared owl, a crow and a game rooster, all of which live togetber in the happiest rnanner in a cage about fonr by six feet in dimensions. A peculiar feature is that the birds in a wild Btate are naturally deadly enemies to each otber. - Dexter Leader. Kev. C. J. Deyo, of Britton, Lenawee jonnty, delivered a sermón to the Masons in which he said : "I have been told that the Masons killed Morgan. I don't believe it, bnt will give pou the benefit of the donbt. The catholies and protestants have killed thonsands, while the whole adasonio fraternity is accused of killing one man. " There are a great maiiy others wbo think as Mr. Deys does. The sermón has cansed considerable diecusBion. Geogre Schill, a veterau of the war of the rebellion, and a member of Welch Post, G. A. R., died at bis home on the north side, Wednesday morning, of heart tronble, aged 74 years. The funeral servioes will be held at the house this afternoou nnder the anspioes of tbe G. A. R. and the remains will be interred in the Fifth ward cemetery. Deoeased had no family and no relatives and what property he died possessed of he has willed to his housekeeper who had taken gnod oare of him in his life. They are telling a good story on the regenta of tbe nniversity. The members of the board brought their wives and dress suits preparatary to attending the senior reception Tnesday evening at the gymnasium, it having been customary for them to be honored guests on that evening. But the seniors had paid the $100 renta] for nse of the gymnasium and n'gnred that the regenta coald as easily and properly pay for their adniission. It was quite a joke on the regente and they did not enjoy it immensely. The seniors were short of regents at their reception in consequence.