Local Brevities

oxruijTjTrinJTJTnjTJTjTjTjTjTrLru txltutj tjttd Today is Arbor Day. Are yon plautii)H n tree. Fteádie Daley wiJl sins; "The Star Spaugled Banner" at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Snnday afternoon at 2:45. .The University Soboo! of Dancing ■will have dancing partiea eaob Wednesday and Haturday evening during May. Married - Wednesday afternoon, at the borne of tbe groom's mother on S. Maia st., Mr. John fit. Bross and Miss Auna M. Gappa, of Manchester, Rev. A. L Nioklas officiating. The board of publiu works bas ordered the eleotrio railway management to comply at once with the orders of last Janaary regarding iron poles, oew ties and rails in tbe Main st, paving district. The dooket for the May term of oourt, whicn opens Moaday, contaius 76 oases. Of the66 9 are criminal. "30 issues of fact, 6 issues of law, 12 cbaocery first olass, 1 chancery tbird olass, 18 chancery fourth class. The ordinanoe oommittee of the coroluon cüunoil is preparing a street sprinkling ordinance. It divides the oity into distriots. A majority of the property owners petitioning for sprinkling it will be ordered and tased against tbe property. The street oommittee of the oommon oonnoil has deoided to recommead the putting down of macadam on Divisiun st. het ween Kingsley and Detroit sts., W. Liberty st. between tbe Ann Arbor railroad and Seventh st. and N. Main st. between Catherino and Depot sts. Tbe attorneys for the plaiutiff in the oase of Howard Stockwell vs. Josepb Doane, William Judson, et al., have filed a petition before the circuit judge for a cbatige of venue. Tbe petition says that for many reasons it would be impossible to hold an impartial trial in thie county. , Bienuer Bios., looal agents for the MoOormiok harvestiug machiuery will b,ave a JMoCorrniok day bere Saturday, May 7, when they will deliver aboat tbree carloads of macbiner? to farmers ïp the surrounding country. There .will bu a parade with a band, a dinnei to the pnrohasers of tbe machinery, eto. Letters fronTthe, meinbers of Co. A indícate tbat everythiug is moving along smootbly. The nights have been oopi and some of tbe men feit the cold pretty eeverely tbefirBt nigbt, bnt sinoe than tnongh clotbing bas been furnished tbem to keep fairly comfortable. No examination has jet taken place and it is not expeoted bef ore sext week. St. Thomas' Dramatio Ulnb wbicb piayed "Robert.Emmetf' at the Grand opera house, Ypsiïaati, Wednesday oight, was greeted witb a very slim -bouse. At tbe Valentine theater, Toledo, last evening, tbey had a mucb larger house. The play was well put on at bütb places so fai as the oompany wa concerued. Tbe excursión to Toledo yasterday carried about tbree oaaqb loads of people. , . . .-- '