Local Brevities

The Argus acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the Michigan Manual for 1897. The U. of M. Masonic Club will have a banquet at Prettyraan's toinorrow evening. Co. A, M. N. G., bas not yet decided whether it wil] have a Mid-winter Cirous tbis year. It will be settled in two weeks. The 44th sanitary convention tiuder the auspices of the state board of health is announced to ocotirat Detroit, Thursday and Friday, Deo. 9 and 10. Mr. Gustave A. Weimer and Miss Isaphine B. Salyer were quietly married at the bride's bome, 554 Elizabeth st., on Wednesday evening, by her brother, Rev. C. A. Salyer. The officers of the Congregational church Sunday Evening Club for this quarter are: President, N. S. Hoff; vice president, C. W.Wagner; treasurer, E. H. Waples; seoretary, J. M. Rich. Mre. Belle Bowen died at the home of her sister Mrs. Ben Barker, 507 Elm st. , aged 27 years. The remains were taken to South Rickwell for interment Satnrday, where the funeral was held. Saturday night the house at the corner of E. Madison and Thompson st. wsa entered by burglars after 1 o'clook and a student named Grumbine was robbed of $9. His chum lost a gold watch at the same time. The post office last month did the largest month bnsiness in its history by several hundred dollars. In spite of the fact that there were five Sundays in the month, the reoeipts from the sale of stamps were $3,600.82, an increase of nearly $500 over the month of Ootober last year. A small fire in the roof of the oourt house yesterday afternoon was promptly extinguished by the flre department with the chemical apparatus. The tinners were repairing the roof and it is supposed the fire was communioated from their stoves or irons to the boards beneath the iron roof. Rev. Francis Asbury Soule, fatber of Mrs. H. S. Carhart, died at his daughter's homo on Monroe st. , yesterday, aged 80 years, 6 months and 8 days. The funeral will take place tomorrow. Mr. Soule was a superannuated Methodist minister. His aged wife is also quite low and is not expected to live. Mrs. Sophia Armbruster, celebrated her 78th birthday anniversary on Wednesday among her ohüdren and grandchildren at her home on W. Liberty st. A bountiful dinner was served which all enjoyed. As a memento of the occason Mrs. Armbruster was presented with a pair of gold bowed spectacles. The balance in the state treasury at the i-lose of business Oqt. 31, was 1872.489. Of this total, $678,432 was in the primary school interest fund, and $630,000 of this amount will be distributed among the various counties of the state next week on the basis of 90 oents for every child of school age, between 5 and 20 years, in the county. Mrs. Martha Stoll, of Saline, who has been employed in this city for some time as a domestic, died at the hospital Wednesday from the effects of an operatioa to remove a tumor, aged 25 yeais. The remains were taken to the home of her fatber J. F. Stierle, at Saline, where the funeral was held this inorn ing. The first of the series of lectures to be Jelivered in connection with Triuity Lutheran uhurch will be that given on Thursday evening next by Junius E. Beal, editor of the Ann Arbor Courier, on "Mexico, the home of the Aztecs." It will be illustrated with a number of fine stereopticon views and will be an interesting description of that interesting country. The local lodge, tfífcar of Bethlehem, will give a "Motto Badge Party" ac the UTnited Friends' hall, Tbanksgiving evening, Thursday, Nov. 25. Admission 25 oents. Ladies who attend will bring baskets properly filled and containing a motto badge. Gentlemen will receive motto badges on entering and must search for the companion badge. It is a new and novel écheme. The foot ball game between the Ann Arbor and Detroit high sobool elevens Friday afternoon on the fair grounds, ended in a row. In the first half Ann Arbor kicked goal on a touohdown and the score stood 6-0. In the second half Detroit made a touchdown which was not allowed by the referee and then the jangle commenced and was kept. up till it was too dark to see to play and the Detroiters left the field. Edward I. Taylor, who has been mailing olerk in tbe Ann Arbor pose office for several years, has been appointed to the railway mail service, witti route on the Miohigan Central between Detroit and Chicago. George Sanzi, who has been stamping olerk, will take Mr. Taylor's place. When Mr. Taylor took his examination for the postion he passed with a percentage of 99.95, within one-twentieth of 1 per cent of being absolutely perfeot. A beautiful set of silk vestments has been given to St. Thomas' fair by a well known clergyman, It will go either to Fr. Kelly, of Ann Arbor, or to Fr. Goldirck, of Northfield, whichever one is considered the more popular. It will be deoided by vote. A vote will cost 10 cents and the vestments will go to the one who gets the most votes. The contest promises to be very exciting for it is not at all probable that Northfie'd will allow its popular pastor to suffer defeat. About as unique an entertainment as has been afforded in this city for some time will be the exhibition and sale of valuable works of art accompanied by an appetizing beefsteak aud oyster supper, cooked and served by the experienced "chefs de cuisine"" and "garoons" who are embödied in tbe male portion of the oongregation. In order that there may be no deception about it the oooks wiíl prepare the dishes in tbe presence of all present. Tonight aud tomorrow night at the First M. E. church. Charles H. Manly, of Ann Arbor, adrninistrator of the E. W. Morgan estate, has filed a bilí in the circuit court at Kalaraazoo, asking that the judgruent given Wilfred Eames, of that oity, last winter against the estáte for $147,000 be set aside. Eames recently levied upon sorue of the most valuable property in Ann Arbor to collect the judgmeut. Mauly sets forth that it has been impossible to secure any vnoney to turn in as assets of the estáte, except about $200, which bas been paid out in thfl artiiiinistration. and about $75 as compensation to himself -