Local Brevities

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LOCAL BREVITIES

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John J. Richmond will become a full fledged mail carrier Dec. 1.

Mrs. Goodale has been remodeling her house on N. Main st.

Lient. Johnson, of Chicago, is assisting Capt. Parker with the Salvation Army.

Charles W. Pullen, of Milan, has had his pension increased from $14 to $17 a month.

An incipient rush in which loaves of bread were thrown was quelled at the post office last Thursday night.

Several bicyclists have been obliged to pay fines for violating the bicycle ordinance during the past week.

Rushton Clark, of Green Oak, sold the university 300 frogs last week, to be used in scientific investigations.

The twentieth annual convention of the Washtenaw county W.C.T.U. will be held in Saline Nov. 2 and 3.

It yon wish to vote in the city of Ann Arbor at the coming election you must re-register next Tuesday or Wednesday.

The monthly social of the ladies of the Methodist church will hereafter be held on the first Thursday of each month.

Miss Martha E. Kauffman died at the home of her father Gottlieb Kaufman, of Freedom, Sunday, of consumption, aged 20 years.

The board of registration of Ann Arbor town will be at the town hall on Saturday, Nov. 5, to register new voters in that township.

Postmaster Pond has secured another mail carrier for Ann Arbor and John J. Richmond, the senior substitute carrier will be promoted to that position.

Harry Williams, the colored hostler at the jail, who was charged with the larceny of $200 from Kate Eberwein, was bound over to the circuit court last Friday.

The Ann Arbor Arbeiter Verein will hold its 32nd birthday anniversary next Monday, Nov. 2. The grand officers nave been invited to be present on this occasion.

Bert Derendinger, of Co I, 31st Michigan arrived at his home in Saline Tuesday on a 10 days furlough. While at Chickamauga, he lost 20 pounds but at Knoxville he gained 14 pounds.

The case against John Neff charged with stealing $11 from the house of George Wagner has been discontinued on payment of costs and arranging matters satisfactorily with Mr. Wagner.

Rev. George P. Coler will speak at the men"s gospel service at the Y.M.C.A. next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Herman D. Allmendinger will render a fine baritone solo. All men are welcomed.

M.F. Dowler and Miss Hattie Stebbins were married last Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Stebbins. After a wedding supper the new couple went to their future home 702 S. Thayer st.

Miss Octavia W. Bates, who attended the International Council of Women in London last summer, gives an account of the conferenoe at the next meeting of the Daughters of the Revolution, to be held at Mrs. E. B. Hall's, Nov. 10.

Deer hunting licenses have been issued by the county clerk to James M. Moore, of Brooklyn, Mich.; Clyde Merritt, of Salem; George E. Sanford, of York; James B. Bunton, of Augusta; Win. E. Mills, of Willis; B. Dobson and L.A. Wilcox, of Milan; and Leon Reynolds, of Augusta.

The Woman's League has made definite arrangement whereby Sousa's Band will give a concert for the benefit of the League in University hall, April 18, 1899. Owing to his great success here last year the mere mention of the fact that he is to appear again in Ann Arbor should be sufficient to fill the hall to its utmost capacity.

The first snow flurries of the year here came Wednesday.

A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Williams, of Ashley st., Wednesday.

Henry DaPue, of Pittsfield, is the first farmer in this section to report his corn as all husked.

Miss Winnie Bogle severely injured her spine by falling on the steps of Tappan hall, Tuesday.

A large number of the alumni of the university will be present at the alumni football game here tomorrow.

W. W. Wedemeyer is stumping the upper peninsula with Gov. Pingree. He spoke at Sault Ste. Marie Tuesday evening.

With the Fourth and Fifth wards to hear from, the schools of this city contributed $38.28 to the Lafayette Memorial fund.

Jacob Moegele was sent to jail by Justice Duffy last week for 15 days for being drunk, the complaint being made by his wife.

Frederic J. Dansingburg, formerly deputy county clerk is now a member of the choir of St. Bartholomew's, one of the leading churches of New York city.

Judge H. Wirt Newkirk exhibits a 3 1/2 pound potato in his office which he thought more of until be found a 4 1/2 pound potato at the Freeman house in Manchester.

This has been a most remarkable fall in the fact that we have had no frost to do serious damage until Oct. 26, when a slight snow was accompanied by a hard freeze.

Mrs. Nicholas Klein, whose husband is a clerk in St. James' dry goods store, died of blood poisoning last Thursday, leaving 10 children the youngest being only a week old. She was 34 years old.

The protracted moist and warm weather has produced some curious results in vegetation. At Norvell they had ripe tomatoes, green tomatoes and tomatoes blossoms on the same vine before Wednesday 's freeze.

Privates Arthur J. Herbert, Louis A. Kraus, Wesley J. Wilson, Noble E. Monroe and Frank W. Garlinghouse, of Co. A, 31st Michigan, have been promoted to corporals and Private Charles Lavear has been made lance corporal.

Frederio Schmid was presented with a gold headed cane last Sunday in honor of his 20 years of service as superintendent of the Zion Sunday school. The cane was made from the newel post of the stairway of the old Zion church which was saved for the purpose by George Haller.

Four of the six university graduates last June who were members of the students' volunteer band, are now for eign missionaries: William S. Lehmar, Lolodorf, Kaymeruns, West Africa, Jesse K. Marden, Aintab, Turkey; Sharon J. Thomas and Miss Marion Wells, Bushrah, Arabia.

Hubert Audette was arrested Friday on the charge of attempted. criminal assault upon the little 4 year old daughter of Alfred Leuch, whom he had lured into a cellar on pretense of showing her some rabbits. The boy is 15 years old. He is out on $500 bail, his examination being set for Nov. 16.

Jas. R. Bach has opened a real estate office at 120 N. Fourth ave., over the Ann Arbor Water Co. where he is prepared to look after the buying, selling or renting of real estate. Mr. Bach's long experience in the real estate business in Ann Arbor makes his judgement of especial value to those intending to buy or sell.

Monday night, Oct 31, the Y.M.C.A. boys will give a Hallowe'en social at their rooms. The Woman's Auxiliary will serve coffee, fried cakes, mince pie, pumpkin pie, apples, etc. A literary and musical program will be rendered and the rooms will be tastefully decorated for the occasion. Everybody is invited to come up and spend a pleasant evening. Admission free.

John Cropsey, a son of George Cropsey, of S. Fourth ave. died Sunday of typhoid fever after a long illness. He had been assisting James W. Robison at Island Lake in the care of horses since the war broke out and it was there that he contracted the dread disease. He came home sick seven weeks ago. The funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 o'clock at St. Thomas church.

The investigation of the Whitmore Lake ice house collapse cost the county $155.

Miss Grace F. Haven has sold her store on E. Huron st. to Ann W. Wilson for $4,000.

The Pontiac high school team play football with the Ann Arbor high school in this city this afternoon.

The Ladies' Union of the Unitarian churoh were entertained by Mrs. Murray White at her home in Ann Arbor town Wednesday afternoon.

The street railroad has laid off its conductors and is running its cars without them. This is a great annoyance to the public and will be a money losing scheme for the road.

The opening lecture of the Wesleyan Guild lecture course will be given Sunday evening at the M. E. church, when Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, of St. Louis, Mo., will speak on "The Great Miracle."

Wm. Grau, 22d United States Infantry, who saw service at Santiago and on his return was confined for several weeks at St. Catherine's hospital, Brooklyn, has arrived at his home in Chelsea.

Welch Crops, No. 218, W.R.C., was inspected Tuesday by Mrs. A. Russell, of Willis. Supper and a pleasant social time followed the meeting. Among the guests was Mrs. Mary McConnelly, of Flint, department president of the Michigan State Women's Relief Corps.

The initiation of five new members into Ann Arbor Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, on Wednesday evening. was followed by the serving of light refreshments and coffee. Afterwards a short time was spent in dancing by thos who felt disposed to do so. There were about 75 present at the meeting.

Times: Ann Arbor is certainly clannish in many respects, and everybody who comes here to live notices it, An Ypsilantian who recently annexed himself to this city, remarked: "The only trouble with Ann Arbor is that a man has to either belong to the University Athletic Association, the Arbeiter Verein or the Erin-go-Braghs."

Mrs. Elizabeth Moegle has entered suit for divorce from Jacob Moegle alleging non-support and her spouse's fondness for the flowing bowl as good and sufficient reasons therefore, she having supported herself and four children for two years past by her own labor. The couple have been married 10 years and have four children.

One of the city electric cars in charge of Motorman Arthur Woodard ran into the open switch at the Ann st. Y on Wednesday evening and before it could be stopped crashed into the Detroit car which was standing on Ann st. The front end of the city car was considerably smashed up, and Woodard was badly cut about the face and his wrist was broken. There was only one passenger in the car and he escaped without injury. The Detroit car stood the shock with scarcely a tremor.

The storm sewers on Washington st. will be put in this fall. The contract for the work was let to Clarken & Clancy by the board of public work for $1,100, their bid being the lowest. The idea is to have the ground settle through the winter preparatory to paving Washington st. next spring. The scales on Washington st. have been ordered removed, and a familiar land-mark will be missed. The contract calls for the completion of the storm sewers by Dec. 1.

The Milan Leader was sold this week to W. H. Hausman, of the Hanover Local. Mr. A. B. Smith, the retiring editor, started the Leader 17 years ago and has made an able and successful local paper out of it. The most startling thing in his editorial career in Milan was his famous fight against the Bohemian oat swindlers which saved the farmers of this county thousands of dollars. It was a brave and courageous fight against the heavy odds of money and brute strength and Smith won. Mr. Smith and his estimable wife will leave Milan in about a month for California and the best wishes of their brethren of the county press will go with them.

Mrs. Jacob E. Reighard, of Ann Arbor, delivered the principal address Tuesday evening before the Michigan Federation of Women's Clubs at Manistee, on the relation of women's clubs to the school and the physical, mental, artistic and moral progress of the children of the state. She deprecated the great tendency to arithmetical worship in public schools. Mathematics are drummed into a child all the way through the common school, high school and college, and she starts in life with no practical knowledge of home-making, of social economics, laws of health, etc. The result is many miserable homes and a terrible prevalence of lawlessness in large cities. She was emphatically in favor of manual training in public schools. Schools should be made home, giving scholars training which they may not be able to receive at their own homes.