Local Brevities

There once was a man of Manila, In the morntns he liad a flotilla, But before the day's close, it lay In repose With the soft, oozy mud for a pillow. The foreign mission collection at the M. E. church, Sunday, amounted to $45. Betsy I. Sleator has been granted a decree of divorce from Robert Sleator by Judge Kinne. Miss Marie Turner, a student in the high school, was taken with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs while at school on Friday. A company of Ann Arbor capitalista vill put in a gas plant at Mt. Clemens. There is good money in gas stook and Ann Arbor men know it. Major Harrison Soule is drilling a company uf stnall boys frotn 9 to 14 years old and takes great pride in instructing his young oompany. The University homeopathie physicians will occupy all of tbe offices in tbe second story of Prof. B. M. Thompson 's block on S. Saté st. County Treasurer Rehf nss paid City Treasorer Seyler $7,920 Saturday, that being Ann Arbor's sbare of the liueuse tax froia tbe saloons and breweries in the oity. Mrs. Jane C. Hchryver has purebased two lots at the point of E. University and Washtenaw aves., and will erect a fine residence on the property. Jarues R. Bach manipulated the transfer. The W. O. T. U. will give a "Hygienic tea" during the eecond week in June in the parlors of tbe First M. E. church. All food served will be of a striotly healthful nature. This will be something new. Miss Brown's sewing school will close tomorrow. The teaoheis and children are all requested to be present. There are garments to be sold and it is hoped that parents will attend. and Beleot for their children. Thirty-three of the oldest residents of Spring st. will present a petition to the common ooancil at its next meeting to have the name of the street changed to Dewey ave., in honor of the hero of Manila. J. B. F. Miller, of St. Joseph, Mich., formerly a bookbinder in this city and a prominent G. A. R. man, being at present commander of his post, has some personal correspondence with Admiral Sampson that he prizes very higbly. Mr. Miller secured from the government a large condemned caunou whioh has been placed in the St. Joseph oity park on the bluff. The correspondence on the part of tbe government was oonducted by Admiral Sampson. ALL TOGETHER! We aln't a-huntiní trouble; But, bless you, now it's come We'll answer to the roll cali Of the Drum! Drum! Drum! We won't be under weRther Atthe pickln' of the plum. We'll answer all together To the Drum! Drum ! Drum! -Atlanta Constitution. The high sohool iDter-soholastio meet will be held on Regents' field today and tomorrow. Jadge Babbitt will act as prosecuting attorney in the cases against the six Ann Arbor saloon keepers whose hearing will oome off in Justice Duffy's conrt Tuesday. Mr J. F. Thomas, managing editor of the U. of M. Daily, bas been receiving the congratulations of bis friends latfily, it having leaked ont that he was married in Windsor, Out., in November last. A 100 foot flag pole is to be ereoted at tbe University bnilding at a cost of 1375. From it will be floated one of tbe two 40-foot flags seonred by the Chicago alumni at the close of the world's fair. Two hundred and sixty people from Ann Arbor took in the excursión to Detroit last Saturday. Only 33 tickets were sold from Dexter, which looks as thongh the Dexterites did not take much interest in the matter. The railway men of the oonntry propose to build and eguip a $4, 600, 000 battleship and present it to the governineut. The employees of tbe Ann Arbor road along the line are considering the proposition of subscribing to the fond. The 30th annual convention of the Arbeiter Bund of Miohigan will be , held in Saginaw e. s., June 14-16. Titus F. Hutzel and Michael Gauss are the delegates for the local verein. Eugene Oesterlin is treasurer of tbe state Band. Rev. Walter Hughson, of Detroit, who will make a short talk at the Y. M.. A. men's meeting next Sunday at 2 :45 is a very interesting speaker. Mr. Hughson will be one of the speakers at the patriotio service in University hall Snuday eveniug. N. J. Kyer, the well known miller, says this is the time of tbe year that the farmers should go through their wheat fields and cut off the heads of the rye that shows np above the wheat. If left to lipen the quality of the wheat is much lessened in value. The remains of Mrs. A. C. Roberts, who died in Fort Madison, Iowa, Thursday of last week, were brought to Ann Arbor Saturday and interred in Forest Hill cemetery. Mrs. Roberts formerly lived in this city and was the sister of Alanson B. and B. F. Cole. George Bullock, H. N. Boyer, C. A. Hancock and J. S. Abbott, four privates of Company C, Muskegon, Fifth Regiment, M. N. G., have had minor surgioal operations performed at tbe homeopathio hospital. They bave now returned to their regiment at Ieland Lake. The "Elite" cigar parlor on E. Haron st. , was olosed up Monday morning on a ohattel mortgage held by Flora M. Phelps. "Elite" cigar parlors do not seem to flourieh very well in Arm Arbor. This being tbe seoond oue to close up within a year. The Peninsular Oratorical League will hold its flrst annaal oontest in Newberry hall, Saturday evening, May 28. The contestants will be from the high school of Detroit, Bay City, Kalamazoo, East Saginaw, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor. León L. Barbour, of Detroit, will preside. The Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co. paid the amount of the insurance policy held by the late E. B. Pond immediately on recept of the proof of his death, without taking advantage of the 90 days which tbe law allows in suoh cases. Tbis is good, prompt payment and is to be commended. Just 35 of the Knights Templar of Ann Arbor Commandery turned out to the Ascension day services Sunday afternoon in Forest Hill cemetery. At the grave of tbeir deceased frater Hiram J. Beakes, a triangle was formed and Rev. Sir Knight Wm. Gardam, of Ypsilanti preached an impressive sermón. The graves of the deceased fraters in the cemetery were then decorated. Sunday, June o, will be observad as Cbildien's day at the Chnrch of Cbrist. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Sberk, of the Northside, Monday, a 10 pound boy. Cards are ont announcing tbe marriage next montb of Mr. L. L. Renwick, of this city, to Miss Mabel Allen, of Ypsilanti. A lodge of Daughters of Rebekah is to be organized in Dexter next week. Tbere will be 29 obarter members. Lois Lodge, No. 115, of this oity, will exemplify the work. The addresses are wanted of all the pnpils who attended the Misses Clark's school in Ann Arbor from the time of tbe opening of the school up to 1850. Send answers to Elizabeth Johnson, Giass Lake, Micb. Connty papers please copy. Coroner flarris Ball has resigned his position as deputy sheriff and it is stated will be a oandidata for the office of jnstice of the peace on the republian ticket when the special election to flll the vacsnoy oansed by Justio Pond's death comes off. Uarl Wnerthner's bilí of costs in his suit against tbe Manchester Workingmen's Society was $169.90. Hls claim was for 78. He has appealed the oase to tbe snpreme court which will raake more coste. Question : How much will he gain by this snit. On Friday Charles H. Manly took possession of Manly Bros.' restaurant un a chattel mortgage which was given to secare the money advanced to start the business. One of the firm is siok and the other an enlistad member of the reserves henee the actioo. Mr. Manly will dispose of the business. The ladies of tbe M. E. church will hold an "Apron and Tea Jacket Sale" next Thursday evening from 6 to 10 in the parlors of the church. At 8 o'clock a short program will be given. There will be no charge for admission but refresruents '.vill be eerved consisting of coffee, sandwiches, cake and ice cream. Mrs. Rosa Baessler Rodgers died Tuesday from the result of an operation, aged 42 years. Mrs. Rodgers was a daughter of the late Peter Baessler, of Ann Arbor towa, and bas lived in tbe northern part of the state for several years past. The funeral"services will be held at the old Baessler homestead and the remains will be interred in the Bethlehem cemetery in Scio. Detroit Tribune: "Health Officer Gibbes will not be fired until bis year is out with the help of Comrnissioner Moreley, the latest appointee on the board of health. At least so Dr. Morley took pains to teil Dr. Gibbes yesterday afternoon." Who would want to he health offioer of Detroit at any salaiy? With just aboot every doctor in the city after your scatp it is a most nnenviable position. Mr. Edward Roehm and Miss Rosa Hoffman were married Monday evening at their newly farnised home on S. Ashley st , by Rev. A. L. Nicklas. Only tbe immediate friends and relatives of the couple were present. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served to those present. Mr. and Mrs. Roehm have the best. wishes of many sincere friends for their future prosperity and happiness. At a meeting of the vestry of St. Andrew's Episcopal church last Friday evening, Henry ,T. Brown was ohosen senior warden, vioe Dr. Chas. B. Nancrede, resigned. Charles S. Millen was chosen vestryman to flll the vacancy thus created. The following were chosen as delegates to the animal convooation of the Detroit diocese, to be held at Flint, commencing Wednesday, June 8: Henry J. Brown, Prof. Chas. S. Denison and Geo. H. Pond ; alternates, Prof. B. M. Thompson, Prof. George W. Patterson, and S. W. Beakes. The annual inter-soholastic athletic oontest wil! be held on Regents' Field and iu the Waterman gymnasium under the auspices of the U. of M. Athletic Association today and tomorrow. Detroit, Lansing, Acrian, Mt. Clemens, Howell, Pontiac, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Ishpeming and Port Huron have entered teams. Jackson and Grand Rapids will not be represented owing to the number of athletes in the war. The object of tbe meet is to foster a love for the university atnong the high sobools of tbe state, binding tbem closer together. The democratie state oouventiun is to be beid in ü-rand Rapids, Jnne 22. Ida Twist has been gran.ted a divorca by the oircuit court from Enos E. Twist. Hod. A. J. Sawyer will deliver the Memorial day address at university hall Monday evening. The Eliza North farm in Salem, is to be sold by pnblic auction at the court house next Thursday ruoming. Samuel D. Williams, of Azalia, died in this oity Tuesday. His remains were taken faome for interment on Wednesday. There will be a baseball game between the Ann Arbor and Lansing bigh sohool teams at the Athletic field tbis afternoon. All SonB of Veterans in the oity are invited to join J. T. Jaoobs Camp.jS. of V., in the oelebration of Deooration Day next Monday. Conetrnction has commenoed on the Detroit, Plyraoutb & Northville eleetrio line. Tbis is tbe line wbich ia proposed to be ran tbroagh Salem and Dixboro aDd enter Ann Arbor tiy way of the Northside. A small bnt appreciative andienoe gathered in Germania hall Friday evening to listen to the final eonoert given by the Harugari Maennerohor, assisted by several soloists, nnder the direction of Frederio Dansingburg. Tbe High School Students' 1 tian Association has elected the following offioers for the first semester of the next sohool year : President. Mildred L. Ware; vice presidents, Louise Pardon and Luella Swift; seoretary, H. C. Moyer; treasnrer, R. D. Paxson ; Bulletin editor, H. H. Woodrow. It is said that the Ann Arbor Maccabees would like to rnn the firet excursion to Detroit over the D., Y. & A. A. elcetric line. By the way, cars are running over the road as far as Congress st. , Ypsilanti- that is to eay, oonstruetion cars. It is expeoted the road will be ready for operation in less than two weeks. The patriotio supper given by tbe Y. W. C. A. at their rooms over the post office Saturday evening was a very pretty afïair. The table decorations, menu cards, eto., all had tbe oolors which obtain in the national flag, and the rooms were also decorated in a like manner. The music furnished during the evening oonsisted largely of national airs. Fred H. Stimpson, of Saline has filed a bill for divorce from his wife Rose Stimpson. He charges her with having committed adultery with Edward C. Hinkley, of Milan, at the Stimpson home in Saline on April 25, 1896, and April 1, 1897, also at Hinkley's home in Milan, during the absence of Mrs. Hinkley, on June 25 and July 3, 1897. General Fitzhugh Lee, since returning from Havana, has written an arricie for the June number of McClure's MagaziDe giving a general review of recent Spanish rule in Cuba aB it pre sented itself to him in bis own observations, experiences, and iinpressions and in bis official labors as Consul-General at Havana. The article will be very fully illustrated from ppecial photographs, most of them hitherto unpublished. The Choral Union had its annual banqaet and dance at the gymnasium Saturday evening and a most enjoyable time was spent. After tbe banquet short speeches were made by Profs. A. A. Stanley and P. R. de Pont. A merry dance followed until about 12 o'clock. The attendance was restricted to members of tbe Choral Union although the ladies had the privilege of inviting a limited number of gentlemen to act as escorts. A circular issaed by the AnD Arbor Railroad Co. conveys the information tbat J. J Kirby has been appointed superintendent of the Ann Arbor railway's express 89rvioe, and bas entire charge of tbe package business on passenger trairts; agents and baggagemen will report to and receive iustruotions from him concerning their duties in connection witb this department of the oompany's service; he will report tothe general manager, H. W. Asbley. A Washington dispatoh to tbe Chicago Inter-Ocean recently said: "Prof. M. E. Cooley, son of Judge Thomas M. Cooley, who occupies the chair of steam engineering in the university at Ann Arbor was authorized to take the examination for obief engineer in tbe navy." This of course will be news in Ann Arbor, bnt after this ooming from Chioago, we oannot wonder that the Spanish papers say tbat tbe Americans are not abls to do rnuoh fighting as they export all their meat and eat only vegetables. Times: For years a oertain well knon professor here was in the habit of turning quickly into a side etreet with bis horse, whioh was afraid of eleotric oars, to avoid a runaway. Recently be aoqnired a wheel and wbile spinning along tbe railroad traok be beard an eleotrio car coming from behind. He prooeeded to soorob to the nearest orossing, when he turned off, dismounted and wiped bis face. In answer to a question be replied: "My horse is terribly afraid of street cars and I just reached this crossing in time tn turn off and avoid a runaway." Miss Lillian Doyle bas comrnenced suit in the circuit court against Philip Duffy, of Northfield, for a balance she claims to be due ber on 464 weeks' work. Miss Doyle claims her wages were to be $2.50 per week np to July 17, 1896, or 11,160 in all. Of this amount sbe admits the receipt of $613.80, leaving a balance witb interest of $606.26 in all. In contradiction of tbis claim Mr. Duffy says ber wages were to be $1.50 per week, which at this oomputation wonld leave a balance of $128.20 and interest dne. The case will oome on at next term of couit before a jury.