Local Brevities

Mrs. Alioe E. Mayhew, of Ann Arbor, bas been granted a widow's pension of $8 a montfa. The Ann Arbor Humane Society has deoided to institnte societies in Ypsilanti, Chelsea, Dexter, Saline and Manchester . The Gilt Edge Band gave a sooial on Miohael Sohneider's lawn, corner Feloh and Fountain sts., last evening, wbich was well attended. Max Wittlioger and Ed. Hoelzle, of the fire departrrient, are two of the new reeroits in Co. A who will leave for Camp Thomas at once. Mr. Warren W. Florer, an instraotor in Germán in the university, and Miss Jeanette Smith, a student, were married in this oity Wednesday afcernoon. Henry A. Conlin & Bros., have gone to Fargo, N. Dak., to practioe law. Sinoe leaving college H. A. Conlin had been in Lawrenoe,& Bntterfield's office. Sheriff Jndson revoked the appointment of Preston W. Ross, of Ypsilanti, as a depnty sheriff bright and early on Wednesday morning. Reason unknown. A new floor is to ba laid in the east apparatus room and barn of the engine house on E. Hurón st. A new wagon is also to be pnrohased for the use of the fire department. Dr. J. L. Rose has pnrohased the Margaret Clanoy property, corner of Maynard and William sts., and Wm. F. Rehfnss the Mary Mann property on Washington st. Mr. Fred Besimer and Mrs. Virginia B. Stabler were quietly married in the presenoe of a few friends at the boni6 of the bride, 217 S. Fonrth ave., on Tuesday morning by Rev. John Neumann. Marous Tullius Woodrnff, editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel, has been eleoted president of the Demooratic Press Association of Michigan. S. W. Beakes, editor of the Ann Arbor Argus, has been re-eleoted treasurer. The entertaiment for the benefit of the Y. P. S. C. E. of Trinity Lntheran ohnruh Thnrsday evening of last week was a great suooess both as an entertaining event and from a flnanoial standpoint. The net reoeipts were $26. Georgia Florence Olp, 8 years old, and daughter of Minnie Olp (Stevens), of this oity, is appearing at Wonderland in Detroit this week in a specialty made up of songs and danoes. She has been oontinnously on the stage for the past five years, bnt reoently entered the vandeville. She is a very bright little ohild artiste. The Elks initiated five candidatos last Tbursday evening. A oake walk was attended by 150 spectators in thia city last Friday evening. Engañe Oesterlin has been re-elected treasnrer of the Miohigan Arbeiter Bnnd. The sohool fnnds in the hands of the gohool treasurer were rednoed to $767 on Jnne 18. Mrs. Jfii1 )Lae Johnson, mother of George Johnson, of Brook st., died in Marine, Mioh., last week. Miss Iva Gregg feil from her wheel while going over to the Northside last Friday and dislooated a rib. The oase of the People vs. Haeuser for violation of the liquor laws before Justice Duffy, bas been adjourned until Angust 17. Edwin F. Maok bas resigned tbe oashiership of the Citizens bank, of Detroit. He will engage in other business in Detroit. Miss Kathleen L. Baird, of tbis oity, has been engaged to teach the grammar department in the Manchester schools nexc year. Among those who graduated from the Agricultural college, Lansing, on Friday last was Miss Anne C. Watkins, of Manobester, with the degree of bachelor of soience. Flag day was celebrated in the waid schools on Thnrsday of last week with appropirate and enthnsiastic exeroises. Flag drills, patriotio recitations and songs and great enthusiasru prevailed in all the schools. The ooroner's jury last Friday brought in a verdiot that Thomas P. Kennedy who was found dead at the Miller ave. orossing last week, was aocidentally killed by a switch engine on the Ann Arbor road. The most ignorant person in the world may have an idea that will benefit yon in your business, if yon keep yonr ears open and listen. - Ann Arbor Conrier. All right, go ahead ! - Grass Lake News. - We are all listening. Adrián Telegram : With all the soldiers in arms fretting to get at the enemy there doesn't seem to be muoh patriotism in having high officers sitting aronnd Washington fussing among themselves. There is room for a niighty lot of improvement. Owosso Argns: Glen V. Mills, of Ann Arbor, is working np a new city directory for Owosso. It will be a distinctly city directory. The new feature will be the addition of the names of every married woman in the oity. It will be completed in abouttwomonths. A dispatch from Lansing says: "It is stated on authority that the Lansing, Dexter & Ann Arbor R. R. is sure to be bnilt at once. A survey was 1 ed last Monday and oontraots have already been placed for all the needed material, rolling stook, etc. The estimated oost is $1,600,000." Sleeping car maids are the latest luxury provided by enterprising Amerioan railway companies for the oomfort of women travelers. Like stewardesses on ooean steamsbips, they will doubtless soon be so indispensable as to make railroad passengers wonder why the innovation was so long delayed. Grass Lake News: Postmaster Pond of Ann Arbor proposes to banquet the editors of bis town. No man in his right mind would ever set abont soch an undertaking. If be Bnooeeds in getting provender enongh tosetber to feed Jun Beal.Sel Moran and Charlie Ward, It will be after next falPs hog and hominy orop is harvested. You see, we know tbe men. The following Washtenaw oounty state banks secured the several amounts attached to their names of the seoond issue of Miohigan war bonda: Ann Arbor Savings Bank, $1,500; State Savings Bank, Ann Arbor, $5,000; Farmeis & Meohanics Bank, Ann Arbor, $2,000; Dexter Savings Bank, $1,000; Kempf Commercial & Savings Bank, Chelsea, $2,000. The Michigan Central Railroad Co. has already made some oonoessions from its status with regards to the Detroit st. bridge question. At the oounoil meeting Monday evening City Attorney Butterfield reported that tbe company had agreed that, whenever the bridge needs replanking it will ohange the strnoture so tbat the driveway will be on a level witb the top of the abntmects. Emancipation day will be celebrated at Relief Paik Angnst 1. Henry Richards is building some large ooal sbeds near Miller ave. A number of the Eastern Stars took a ride to Whitmore Lake Friday eveniDg. Alfred Davenport is a oandidate for the demooartio nomination for register of deeds. Sergeant C. L. Petrie, of Co. A, plies his trade as a barber dnring bis spare bonrs at Camp Thomas and makes $3 to $4 a day. Henry Matthews, of York, whose arrest on the charge of norse stealing by his formei employer, was told in last week's Argns has been released on $100 bail. Frederick Hoerz died at his home on W. Third st., last Friday morning of lung tronble, aged 30 years. He left a wife and three children. Thé funeral was held in Zion church Snnday afternoon. The Snnday evening serviues in St. Andrew's churoh will be held during the summer at 5 o'clock. The question of the bour was snbmitted to the oongregation and two-thirds of the ballots were for the 5 o'olook hour. The bakers of the oity have again reduced the price of bread to 5 oents a loaf and it is said that hereafter the price of bread will be regulated by the price of wheat. Now if they will flx the weight so tbat people may know how rouoh bread they really get for 5 cents it will be a great step in advance of present methods. Aocording to the Michigan monthly bulletin of vital statistics for May the total number of deaths in Washtenaw connty was 53. Of these Ann Arbor city had 16, Ypsilanti city 8, Chelsea 2, Ann Arbor town 2, Augusta 2, Bridgewater 2, Dexter 3, Freedom 2, Lima 1, Manobester 3, Northfield 2, Pittsfleld 2, Saline 2, Sharon 3, Webster 1, York 2. It is rumored that Postmaster Pond will give a banquet to tbe newspaper men of Washtenaw oounty in the near future. - Anu Arbor Argus. Enough of the Press items get Washtenaw oounty mention to make ub a brevet newspaper man of that county, espeoially abont tbe time of a banquet. We allus said Pond was tbe inan for the post offioe. - Adrián Press. George F. Rash died last Friday nigbt at his borne in Lodi, aged 77 vears. He was a pioneer of the oounty, his father ooming herewhen therewere no white men in tbe county west of Ann Arbor. At this time Mr. George F" Hash was but 3 years of age. For a number of years he lived at G-eddes, where he was buried on Monday afternoon. The cause of his death was dropsy. Two of tbe elegant new oars, the first of the installment of the 10 to be used on the Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor electrio railway have arrived. The cars are the handsomest in this seotion of the country and were constructed with a view to the comfort of patrons. They are 44 feet long by 8 feet 9 inohes in width. The seats are upholstered in plnsh. The woodwork is of quartered oak and the Windows fitted with French pJate glass. The new oars will go into commission at once. John Higgins, the murderer of Lafayette Ladd, of Adrián, was sentenced to Jaokson for life at Adrián last Friday. He made an eloquent speech deolaring his innooenoe in which he quoted Milton. Higgins is an old offender and bas been in prison a number of times. Nofc so very many montbs ago be spent some time in Ann Arbor selling door numbers. On tbis ocoasion he was inquiring for rich widows with a view of maniage, or at least marriage long enough to get their property . Ann Arbor Commandery, Golden Cross, was organized last Friday night in G-. A. R. hall with the following officers: Noble oommander, Dr. E. A. Clark; Vice noble commander, Mrs. Mary E. Switzer; worthy prelate, Lenora A. Sherburn; past noble commander, Ella Cnnningham ; wortby berald, Ella M. Phelan ; finanoial keeper of records, G-enevieve I. Carroll ; keeper of reoords, George A. Sherburn ; treasurer, Mrs. Crow; warder inner gate, Miss MoNaughton. The ceremony was oonducted by Distriot Deputy M. E. Shield, of Indianapolis, and Deputies Mary Harris and M. L. Holden, of Jaokson. The new oars on the D., Y. & A. A. road will be'painted a dark green color instead of a royal bine. Freddie, the six year oíd son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence WiJson, of W. Huron st., died Satorday of spinal meningitis. Panl Meyer had a wheel stolen from him Satnrday. It went to Detroit and Panl lost no time in going to Detroit to look after it. Rev. Henry H. Walker, formerly of this oity, who has boen spending the past two years in Germany, bas been called to the Congregational chnrob at Boulder, Colo. Jndge Newkirk has adjourned the hearing of tbe petition of the nephew of James JRiohards to annnl the decree of the oonrt giving the estáte to Richards' daughter and appoint a new administrator until Jnly ö. Letter Carriers Blnm and O'Kane, of the local civil service board, oonducted a special examination Monday and Tuesday for the position of fourth assistant inspector of patents in the Interior department. There was only one applioant examined. Elizabeth H. Bell, of Ypsilanti, has been granted a divorce from her husband, Absolom Bell, on the gronuds of drunkenness and non-support. The oomplainant was given the oare and ctistüdy of tbe two children, and was allowed $2 per week alimony. The fire department was oalled out Satnrday morning to extingnish a fire which had mysterionsly started in the cellar way of Frank Bigalke's house, 715 Twelfth et. Qniok nee of the chemical extinguishers extingnished it with slight loss, which was covered by insarance. A saored ooncert took the place of the nsoal services at Trinity Lntheran chnrch Snnday eveniDg. The program was a fine and eDJoyable one. Dnring the evening the pastor, Rev. W. L. Tedrow, took occasion to pay a well deserved tribute of praise to the choir and organist for their faithfnl and effioient services during the past year. Burt B. Johnson left Satorday evening for Camp Thomas, Chickamanga Park, with a large tent and other supplies to open a Y. M. C. A. tent Lioi the 31st Miohigan Volunteers. A reading room will be estabished and facilities for letter writing, etc. Some $225 in oash was raised here for tbis work. Tbe ladies of the Woman's Auxiliary of the local Y. M. CA. also sent $30 by Mr. Johnson to purebase supplies for CompanyA. Subsoriptions for this work may be left with Charles W. Wagner or with Jndge Viotor H. Lane. At the counoil meeting Monday evening City Attorney Butterfield reported that he had seonred options on tracts of land that would be embodied in the proposed city park on the banks of the Buron river as follows : On Wall st. northeasterly along the Huron, right of way across the land of George Rhodes for $500, whioh inolnded the island in the river; a right of way across tbe land of George Weeks, $100; the land between Cedar Bend ave. and ;he Huron river, oontaining 15 acres, for $1,000, on condition that the oity maintain the fences and keep order in the park. The city clerk was ordered to place these options on file and fnrher disoussion of the matter dropped right there. Two law studeuts named Gilchrist and Stofflet were tried in Justice Duf'y's court Monday on a charge of malioiuosly destroying some property beonging to Tbeodore B. Williams of 239 S. Twelfth st., on the night of June 3, jy breaking a door and a looking glass. The young men bad been very noisy during the evening and went out of the house at 11 :45 wheu Mrs. Williams tnrned the key on tbem. At 1 :30 a. m. the door was broken into and a ooking glass smaehed. Gilobrist and Stofflet claimed they entered their room ry climbing on the porch and getting n at the window and that anotber student named Page had broken the door by aocidentally running against it not knowing it to be locked. The delendants were discharged. At a meeting held in St. Thomas' school Sunday evening preliruiuary arrangements for the patriotio pionio to De held at Whitmore Lake, Monday, July 4, were made. The dinner table will be in charge of Mrs. John Baumgardner and Mrs. George Cropsey. The Sodality will take charge of the ice cream booth, and the refreshrnent stand will be looked after by Lawrence O'Toole. A speoial rate of 25 cents 'or tbe round trip has been made by the Ann Arbor railroad and the prioe of dinner tickets is also 25 cents eaoh. With a fine biight day Whitmore Lake will, as is usual on occasions of this dnd, be overflowing with people and St. Thomas' ohureb will reap a rioh benefit. Rev. L. P. Goldrick, of Nortbield, will be toastm aster. At a Masonio banqnet in Ypsilanti [ast winter Judge Newkirk responded to the toast, "Symbols," and he took ocoasion to give Fred Lamb and Ed Thompson some pretty hard jabs in nis obaraoteristio way. Monday Fred Lamb walked into the probate orfioe, and, pulling ont a gun that looked as big as one of Sampson's 13-inoh fort silencers, made the jndge hold np his hands and he then prooeeded to pay biin baok measure for measure. - Times. Tbe judge says be has no objection to that pistol being written np, bnt he wants it done properly. The weapon in question is an old U. S. A. oavalry pistol which was used in the Mexican war and has "U. S. 1847" stamped on the lock. It was found in an old house in Ypsilanti whioh was being torn down by O. E. Thompson, but who its former owner was is not known. It weighs three pounds, is 14 inobes long, and has a smooth bore three-quarters of an inch in diameter. It was presented to Jndge Newkirk by Ed. Thompson.