Local Brevities

Matinee at the Athens Theater toraorrow afternoon. Attraction, Al G. Field's celebrated oolored minstrels. Mrs. Albrecnt Gwinner, of S. Ashley sfc., celebrated her oOth birthday Friday evening among a large party of relatives and friends. William Biggs, jr., ia now night operator at the Michigan telephone exchange in this oity, vice Ray Crawford, who has gone to Owosso. A sleigbing party of Ann Arbor Baptists went out to the home of Miss May Estee, in Lodi, Tbursday eveaing of last week and spent a most enjoyable eveüiug. A party of 15 married ladies enjoyed a merry sleighride to the home of Mrs. Charles Braon, on the Whitmore Lake road in Ann Arbor town, Thnrsday eveniug of last week. Mrs. Sunderland's bible olass, whioh for two months past bas been held in the evening, will next Snnday obange baok to its old time, 12 o'olock. From this time on it will be held regulaily at noon. Justice Pond gave three tramps, Wm. Hoy, aged 40, of Detroit, H. A. Shellon, of Chioago, and Jobn Thompson, 38, of Philadelpbia, five days eaoh in jail, on Saturday, for being drank. Rev. John M. Reid, D. D., pastor of the Fort st. Presbyterian ohnrob, Detioit, delivered the aunnal address to the ïonng People's Sooiety of Christian Endeavor at the First Presbyterian choroh on Snnday. A. O. Hiscock, law '78, a coosin of Mayor Charles E. Hiscock, died in Los Angeles, Cal., last week, of canoer, aged 42 years. He ,was well known to many in Ann Arbor dnring ■his ooilege oourse. The Ann Arbor oorrespondent of the Detroit Evening News says tbat the Anti-Saloon League is spying upon the saloon keepers, and that one nigbt ieoently the spies saw 500 young men enter different saloons. About 40 men aro now employed in the oonstruction of the power house of the Detroit, Ypslanti and Ann Aibor Railway Co. at Ypsilanti. Five foot solid concrete foundations are being put in íor the maohinery to rest cpon. The Detroit Free Press says: "Republioans who prevented Editor Moran's re-eleotion to the seoretaryship of the Ann Arbor Republioan Club have reoeived a blistering Pingreeing from the defeated aspirant in the columus of his paper." The Gilt Edge Minstrels will give an entertainment at Gerroania hall tbis evening. Born, Monday night, to Mr. aDd Mrs. Ed. Camp, of K. Pifth ave. a baby girl. A iiumber of men went from tbis city Wednesday to Whittuore Lake to help ia the ico harvest at tbat plaoe. Monday was "Spot" Pacquett's birthday anri hi friends presentad him with an of new olothes as a memento of the uuuasion. Mrs. Carolyu H. Trneblood has an instrnotive artiole on "Tbe Care of the Voice" in the Jannary and Febroary nombers of "Tbe Phono-Meter. " Dr. Heneage Gibbes, üetroit's new health offioer, bas bad all the telephones removed from his office, beoanse of the annoyance oaused by the freqent ringing np of tbe bealth offloer. The Ann Arbor Oddfellows did not go to Dexter last Monday evening as was expeoted. Tbey will, however, go next Monday evening and work tbe rat degree for Huron Lodge, I. O. O. F. Lorenzo Young, of N. Ashley st., died Saturday morning aged 77 years. Tbe funeral services were held at tbe bonse Monday and the remains weie interred in the Fifih ward oemetery. He leaves a wife and two children. The Yonng Men's Sunday Evening Clnb of the Congregational; charch has eleoted the following officers to serve for the quarter beginning Maroh 1 : C. W. Wagner, president; L. D. Carr, vice president; Edward McGee, secretary; Édwad Ö. Waples, treasnrer. Married at the residence of George Rhodes, on the Northside, Feb. 22, by Rev. Henry Tatlook, Mr. Frank E. Mathei to Miss Hattie V. Haviland, both of Bay City. The oeremony was performed in tbe presence of a nnmber of tbe relativos and friends of the oonple. It is said that the Detroit, Ypsilanti aud Ann Arbor Eleotiio Railway will put on a "tiyer" going into Detroit in the morning and returning in the evening. Tbe car will start from Ann Arbor aud make stops only at Ypsilanti, Dentón, Wayne, Dearborn and Detroit. Mrs. Ada Burroughs, of Ypsilanti, has filed a bilí for divorce frorn ber husband, Manrioe Bnrrougbs. Tbe oouple were married in Windsor, Onfc., in September, 1894, and have no cbildren. The bill alleges non-support, drunkenness and assooiating with questionable women as grounds for the divoroe asked for. George J. Nissly, of Saline, who met with a serious injury to his eye reoently by a obip of wood striking tbe ball witb great foroe, canie to the University hospital Thursday of last week to have the eye examinad by Dr. Flecoing Carrow. Tbo eye was healing up nicely, bot a film covered the sigbt whicb he was ansious to bave removed. The ,1. W. Bntler Paper Co, of I Chicago, have put on tbe market a new brand of wiiting paper whicb is meeting with great' favor. It ia called " University of Miohigan Liinen," and is as fine a sheet of paper and is obeaper in prioe than the Swan linen wbich has bad snch a great run in this city. The Argus, in common with other printers and stationers in Ann Arbor has the goods in stock. The tbird annnal conference for ministers aud cbri8tian workers will bold its sessionns in Chioago, at the Bible Institute, throughout the month of April. The object of the oonferenoe is to consider and discusn the vaiious lines of aggressive Cbristinn work, and to listen to the best Bible instmetors that oan be seoured. It is free, undenominational and open to all interester! in any line of Christian work. TheOwosso Argns of last Friday says : "Assistant Railroad Commis8ioner W. W. Wedemeyer made tbe Argus a pleasant cali this afternoon. He was ou bis return frorn Bad Axe, where he addressed a republioan club. Mr. Wedemeyer makes friends wherever be goes beoause he is nonest and frank and a man of marked ability. Tbose who know bim most intimately are the best pleasetl at his snooess in life. He deserves all and more tban he reoeives. He is a good living example of the erroneous statement tbat tbe stndents at the Univeisity of Miobigan were sons of opulent parents. Mr. Wedemeyer was a poor farmer boy who worked his way through the university." A sleigb load of Ann Arbor people went out to W. E. Boyden's iu Webster Monday night and had a jolly time. George Scott, the arobiteot, will fnrnish the plans for Prof. B. M. Thompson 's new business block on S. Statest., corner of M. University ave. It is to lie completad by Ang. 1. A speoial meeting of the common oouncil will be held tomorrow evening at 7 :30 o'olock, for the purpose of attending the Athens Theater on the invitation of Manager L. J. Lisemer. Jnstioe of the Peace Moss, of Wbitmore Lake, saysthat the Toledo loe Co. has settled with all the men who were injnted in the ioe house disaster, and that no damage suits will be brought. C. M. Hall, of Ypsilanti, has inventad a bioyole pump whioh is attachable and detaohable with very little ttonble and ha claims tbat the tire is quioker inflated than with any other pump on the market. A meeting of Court Anu Arbor, Independeut Order of Foresters, will be held at Dr. A. C. Nichols' uffioe nest Wednesday evening to eleot a finanoial seoretary to succeed John F. Hoelzle who bas resigned. John PhiJip Sousa was eleoted an honorary member of the Euterpe Musical Sooiety Saturday. After the concert at University hall Saturday eveuing, the members of tbe society held an informal reception in bis honor. A large proportion of the members of the Pastiine Pedro Club visitad YpsilciDti Monday evening, where they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Benry Schneider. Tbey made the ■journey in sleighs and were a very merry party. During the monthof February Superiutendent of Poor Sipley expended $341 for poor relief wbich was tbe largest amount it has cost any ruontb in four yeajs. In February, 1897, the expenditure was f294.05. Last month the poor relief was $271.39. A number of boys and girls were coasting on Miller ave. Saturday nigbc, wben one of the bobs loaded with boys aud girls ran into a team of horees. 3na young fellow, named Bert Root, iad to have a out on his leg sewed up and all tbe otbers were more or less jruised. It was a narrow escape. Milo Pulcipher, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co., has completed 29 years of service as manager of the office in this city and has just sent out his 348th monthly report. In all that time the company has never lost a cent througb him and the business has gone on steadily increasing all the while. The March number of McCluer's Magazine may be obaracterized in a sen;euoe as a literary and piotorial exposition of tbe heroio side of real life. The artioles offer excellent opportunity for illustration ; and the opportunity bas been made the most of. Some of them are illustrated from speoial photographs; others from speoial life dra wings. It is a fine number. An informal meeting of the sohool board was held at the home of the president Mrs. Anna B. Bach Monday eveniug. Over 40 applicatioos that have been received for the vacant supeiintendency of tbe city schools were looked nver and discussed, but no actiun whatever was taken and the matter will not be settled for at least a month. In the meantime the long list of names of applicants will not be made publio. The A. O. U. W. joint sooial entertainment at their hall on Friday eveniug was very well attended. Capt. C. H. Manly made an address of welcome in wbiob he referred to the ohange in the assessment plan of the order. Jobn F. C. fíollings, of Detroit, spoke of the institution and objects of tho order. Dancing followed and while that was going on the ladies of the Degree of Honor served a bountifnl snpper. It was a jolly, pleasaut time. Mrs. Emily P. White, aged 80 years, has commenoed snit in the oircuit court against the Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Raikoad, olaiining damages in the eum of $20,000. A. J. Sawyer is her attomey. The bill states tbat Oot. 27, 1897, the complainant while getting off aft, G. R. & W. train at Detroit feil and bioke her hip and otberwiso so badly injuied herself that she will be acripple for the rest of her natural life. The bill also alleges that the station was bo badly lighted that passengers conld not see where tbey were poing. Fonr persons were baptized at the First Baptist oharob Snuday evening. FraDk Bnrg is going to a grocery store on Twelftb st., near Monroe st. In two days last week the manager of the Argo milis, bonght abont 3,000 bushels of wheat. Allmendinger & Sohneider, of tbe Central milis, bave gent five barrels of flour to Detioit as a donation to the Cuban famine sufferers. Mrs. E. A. Cadienx is about to have a nnw house ereoted on her property on Lincoln ave. Kooh Bros. have the contraot for the mason worL. Thesandbank in the Hisoock addition whicb is said to oontain tbe best building sand in tbis seotion has been pnrchased by Koek Bros., the oontraotors and builders. Fred Besimei wil] ereot a new oottage at Strawberry Lake tbe coming spring. J. G. Pray, of Whitmore Lake, is already getting the material on the gronnd to bnild it Tomorrow evening tbe Ann Arbor Mnsic Co. will give a concert in its hall on E. Wasthington se, for tbe benefit of tbe eewing suhool. The Saline quartet will sing. Admission 10 cents. The challenge of Henry Merrithew and Henry Menth to play the U. of M. Whist Club cbarupioDs has Leen aocepted and the match will be played tbis evening at the University Whist Club rooms. Fred Britten well kuow in newspaper oircles as the' Washington correspondent of the Detroit Evening News, was married reoently to Miss Jessie M. Miller, of Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Britten will reside in Chicago. Glen V. Mills bas added to bis directory library for the nse of bis patrons the latest directories frorn the following : State of lowa, state of Kentnoky, Bay City, Menominee, We3t Bay City, Manistee, Saginaw, Toledo, O., and Marinette, Wis. Tbe case against Christian J. Seyfried obarged with allowing cock figbting on bis premisas was tried a seoond time before Jnstice Pond yesterday and tbe jury retnrned, a verdiot of Dot Kuilty. This verdiot will dispose of a nnmber of cases that would have been bronght against partioipants if Seyiried had been oonvicted. Guy W. Steevnosn, a well known printer employed in the Times offioe, was yesterday morning seized with a stioke of an apoplectic natnre, and haB since then been ín an nnconseious state with but blief lncid intervals. His friends are very axnions about bis oondition, but hope for tbe best. Tbis morning he was much improved. Tbe Royal Neighbors of Lombard Camp and the Modern Woodmen will give a joint banquet on the occasion of tneir first anniversary on Tuesday evening, Maren 15, at tbe hall over Wadbams, Ryan & Renle's store. Supper will be served at 8 o'clock, after wbicb a program of toasts and speeches will take place. E. S. Gilmore will officiate ae toastmaster. -■ The U. of M. Daily speaking of Sousa's ooncert Satorday night says: 'This concert should effeetually dispel the idea tbat notbing bnt 'classical' mnsio is wanted by Ann Arbor audiences. The notion tbat UniverBity hall s to be held sacred to the 'classios' has at last been given a qnietus. Let us jope that itwill never be resnsoitated." We are wid' you, friends, heart, soul and peu. William .Tennings Bryan will not be beard in Ann Arbor tbis season. It was expected that he wonld speak in be Studunts'Leoture Association conrse, jut his price of $1,000 is beyond tbe imit of tüe association's purse. He offered to lecture free if be could talk on "Bimetalism," but that is a politoal subjeot and politiual snbjects are abooed in University ball except when Chauncy M. Depew speaka. The Students' Christian Assooiatiun oelebrates its 4ütb anniversary today, omorrow and Snnday. Tonigbt the loard of trustees will give a reception, omorrow night tbere will be addresses and reminiscent remarks by a number af prominent out-of-town speakers, and Sunday devotioual meeting led by Rev. J. M. Gelston in the morning and tbe anniversary artdress in the evening by Rev. Dr. Barrows, of Chicago. At tbe meeting of the executive joard of tbe Great Hive Jj. O. T. SA. ïeld in tbis city last week several amfindments to the oonstitution were ocouimeuded to be presented to the binnial session of tbe Great Hive which s to be held next June in Detroit. Tbe 3ommittee approved death claims to tbe amount of $12,500. Several claims were beid for inveatigation and considerable routine business was transacted. Memorial services in honor of Miss b'rances E. Willard.tbe deceased nationalpreBidentof tbe W. C. T. ü.. were held t the M. E. church Sutiday evening. Addresses were delivered by Rev. B. j. MoElroy, Mrs. Jennie Voorheis, kliss Emma E. Bower and Dr. JVJary Wood-Allen, all ot whom spoke in words Df warmest eulogy of the life and work af the great temperanoe advocate. Tbe xeroises closed with a few remarks by Dr. Geo. W. Gary, of Evanston, UI., Dn tbe fnnnral of Miss Willard. The peeches wereinterspersed with singing of Miss Willavd's iavorite songs. Next Tuesday and Wednesday evenngs tbe A. A. L. I. Mammoth Miliary Minstrels comprising 70 ladies and gentlemen will make their appearanee at the Athens Theater. Among he attraotions will be a grand military irst part, embraoing military evoluious, bayouet exeroises and fancy arills, also speoialties, new songs and danoes, etc, by Jas. E. Harkins, Soss Granger, Dean M. Seabolt, Saua 31untach, Master Fred Daley, Frank Ryan, Frank Molntyre and others. A military band and orohestra will also take part and the boys should be well patronized. A typograpbical unión has been organized in the city of Flint. The Ann Arbor poet offloe is now eelling the new green one cent stamps. Michael HayeB, an old resident of this vicinity, died Friday aged 75 years. The receipts at tbe postoffice in Pebrnary were $330 greater than in Febrnary. 1897. A pawnbroker's shop has been opened in the store formerly occnpied by J. B. Fraser, on E. Ann st. Manly Bros. have their restaurant and confeotionery store on B. Hnron st. open and ready for busine&s. John Borg is abonfc to bnild a íído residenoe on the $2,500 lot recently pnrchased by him on Tappan st. Coroner fiarris Ball slipped on the icy sidewalk on Main st. last night and broke one of the bones of his left ankle. George Colé, a tramp from Alleghany, Pa., was given five days in jail for drunkenness Monday by Jnstice Pond. Severa! Ann Arbor parties lose small f amonnts of money by the failnre of tbe . branob baDk at Sonth Lyou owned by j the late JoBiah E. Just. The Lyra concert piograui priuted at tbe Argos is certainly one of the neatest programs ever seen at any entertainment in this oity. - Times. Hon. A. J. Sawyer bas been snbpenaed to address the Bar Assooiation of Saginaw connty at Saginaw this evening. He will be tbere. The course in political economy at tbe high scboo) has been dropped fur this semester on account of tbe large number in the oivil government classes. Edwin Cari Roedder, instrnctor in Germán in the aniversity, bas taken ont bis final naturalization papers and beoomes a full-fledged citizen of the United States. Prof. M. E. Cooley, who is a meinber of the naval reserve, says tbat altbongh the U. S. navy is snperior in nnmbers to that of Spain, in tbe event of war be thinks the Jatter would be fnlly as eft'ective as onrs. A party of 50 were entertained at jjrogressive pedro at the home of Herman Rayer, on tbe motor line in Pittsfield, Monday evening. Gilbert Howe and Miss Niobols took first prizes wbile Wilt Seymour took tbe bcoby prize. Munsey for March contains a fine j picture of Miss Una Abel!, tbe yonng ! actress wbo played tbe blind giil íd "Young Mrs. Winthrop" sorue years ago, and who is well known in Arm [ Arbor. Miss Abell is now with tbe j " Ward of France" oompany. Governor Pingree will deliver hi canned speeoh at tbe Athens Tbeatre this evening before the Stndents' He publican olnb. He has had it on ice to keep it from exploding sinoe Feb 17, the date he was to bave delivered it here at tbe Young Men's Repnblioanf Club banquet, when he got "put off atBuffalo." Henry Richards will tomorrow have a little show of his own. Two oarloads of Deering binders and mowers have been reoeived by him to be dietribnted aronnd the country among the farmers [ who have purcbased them. Preoisely at noon 40 teams will start out to make the delivery. Headed by Beekers Military Band tbe parade of machinery will pass throngh the principal streets of the oity and on ont to their destination throoghout the country.