Local Brevities

From Frlday's Daily Argus.

The Ann Arbor Locals defeated Saline at football yesterday by a score of 12 to 5.

The Saline Presbyterian church gave a Thanksgiving dinner yesterday which netted the new church about $50.

Wm. Remnant and Mrs. Anna Moran, both of Chelsea, were married by Rev. Wm. P. Considine last Tuesday.

The Philological Society of the university will hold a meeting, Dec. 8, in memory of the late Prof. Edward L. Walter.

Messrs. Stabler, Schmid and Mack have sold 100,000 pounds of their wool to Philadelphia parties and will ship it next week.

W. P. Doty, an old Ann Arbor boy of late years in Detroit, is an applicant for a position as member of the state board of pharmacy.

Company A. dined at a Knoxville hotel yesterday at $1 a plate, with the money forwarded from the citizens of this city by Mrs. Ross Granger.

A dog belonging to Mr. Jaeger bit a little child of Mrs. James M. Stafford yesterday and was taken in charge by Poundkeeper Blackburn and shot.

Married at Trinity Lutheran parsonage by Rev. W. L. Tedrow, "Wednesday evening, Nov. 23, William J. Thurston and Miss Ida Cobb, both of Dexter.

The prisoners at the county jail were given a chicken Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. There were 12 males and 1 female in durance, who gave thanks for the chicken.

The New State Telephone Co. has made connection with the Valley Co. and Ann Arbor subscribers can now reach any of the 1800 Valley subscribers in Flint, Bay City and Saginaw.

Material is being distributed by the New State Telephone Co. for its line from Detroit and Ann Arbor to Jackson. Work will be pushed rapidly and service given within a very short time.

The Duke of Lodi is making preparations to equip the ducal residence with gas for illuminating purposes. Being an ardent protectionist, the gas used will be of strictly home manufacture.

Twenty or more of the friends of Mr. and Mr's. George Johnson perpetrated a surprise upon them last evening at their pleasant home on Twelfth st. The occasion was the sixth anniversary of their wedding.

Evidently believing in the force of he czar 's recent peace proposition Judge Newkirk is the first power to disarm. The formidable arsenal which has been on exhibition in the probate office for the past year has disappeared and the other powers will probably follow his example.

The members of the catechetical class of Zion's Lutheran church kindly presented their pastor and teacher, Rev. Nicklas and Mr. Boes, each with a monster Thanksgiving turkey. As a result the boys of the class are being entertained this evening by Mr. and Mrs. Boes, while the girls are eating turkey at the parsonage.

The general library of the University of Michigan has just received 162 volumes from Paris. They are the History and Memoirs of the Academy of Science from 1666 to 1790. The books were purchased at a cost of $200 to complete the set already in the possession of the university. The volume will be useful in conducting research work along scientific lines.

Wednesday afternoon marriage licenses were issued to Burton Barnes, of St. Louis, Mo. , and Miss Emily Kichird, of Ann Arbor; Matthew Johnson, of Ypsilanti aud Miss Mary L. Deusor, of Sumpter ; Wm. J. Thurston and Miss Ida Cobb, both of Dexter; Michael Finkbeiner and Miss Flora Schumacher, both of Ann Arbor ; Wm. C. Andres and Miss Emma Vogel, both of Scio.

Among the fresh fish stories told by H. M. Bandall, of Saginaw, who is visiting his father here, is a catch the recently made in Saginaw Bay. He was fishing with a line with a frog for bait and pulled in a big pickerel and a good sized bass at the same time with one hook. The frog with the hook had gone in the pickerel's mouth and through his gill, being taken by a bass after passing through the gill. In the absence of later stories this will be given the first prize.

From Saturday's Daily Argus.

Frank B. Kearney has been honorably discharged from the 31st Michigan.

John C. Schmid, of First st. , found his family pony dead in its stall Thursday morning.

Herman Graf, one of the foremen of the Organ works, shot a fox at Cranson Lake on Thanksgiving day.

A marriage license was issued this morning to John A. Teall, of Milan, and Miss Etta Sykes, of this city.

Gottlob Luick today received two nice deer from his son, Oscar Luick, who is hunting in the north woods.

Charles Alling, '88 law, is now a full fledged reform alderman of Chicago. He is a cousin of the celebrated war correspondent, Sylvester Scovel.

Henry Harris and Warner Churchill have begun garnishment proceedings in the circuit court against William N Brown for $450, garnisheeing his account in the Ann Arbor Savings Bank.

George Dalton died in Chicago Wednesday night of quick consumption, aged 40 years. He was a cigar maker by trade and a former resident of this city, where his father Matthew Dalton still lives. He was unmarried. The funeral services were held in Chicago yesterday.

The Harugari masquerade party Thursday evening was a very pleasant  affair, about 30 masked couples dancing and everyone having a pleasant time.

Fred Hoelzle and Pusey Moore crossed the burning sands at the Mystic Shrine meeting in Detroit last evening. A number of Shriners from the city : were down.

Justice Duffy, with his most imposing judicial air made two hearts happy this morning, marrying John A. Teall, of Milan, to Miss Etta Sykes, of this city. The blushing bride was 18 years of age.

There were 74 sat down to the table at the big Lehman family reunion in Wterloo, previously mentioned in the Argus, Thursday. On retuning Peter and Courad Lehman stopped at their brother Will Lehman's in Chelsea over night. The Chelsea Band finding that Conrad, a veteran of Santiago, was in the village,serenaded him at 10 :30 p.m.

In the probate court this afternoon, a contest is being heard over the estate of the late Iserai Clark, of York. Willis Clark, an adopted son of the deceased, claims a share in the estate by virtue of his adoption. The widow is the only other heir and she contests Willis Clark's claim. The estate is valued at $2,000. Lawrence & Butterfield appear for Mrs. Clark and Lehman Bros. & Stivers for Willis Clark.

A bold thief robbed Miss Mary Dnffy of her purse on Ann st. , near Judge Newkirk's residence at about 7 o'clock last evening. Miss Duffy was with her sister and hearing a man walking rapidly behind them turned to one side to allow him to pass. Instead he brushed through between the sisters, striking Miss Duffy's hand which contained her purse, so that she dropped it. She stooped to pick it up but the thief was too quick for her and grabbing it, started on a run. The young ladies screamed and the neighbors ran out but were unable to catch the fellow. The purse contained a $5 bill, Miss Duflfy having just deposited a month's salary at the bank. This was bold work. Miss Duffy gives a good description of the thief and it is to be hoped that he will receive his just deserts.