Local Brevities

From Wednesday's Daily Argus

About 10,000 bushels of onions are said to have been sold at Whitmore Lake.

Capt. Schuh has the contract for putting steam heating in Frank Staffan's new block in Chelsea.

George Donahue will open a grocery store on Liberty st., in the Sager block near State st., next Saturday.

Some mischief loving persons removed the coal sign of Clark & Bassett last night and carried it away.

There will be an opossum supper at the A. M. E. church next Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock The opossum will be cooked in the southern style. Supper 25 cents.

The Ann Arbor city teachers will go to Ypsilanti on Friday to observe the work in the Normal training school with the object of getting the latest ideas in practice there.

At the meeting of Ann Arbor Commandery, No. 18, K. T., last evening, the Red Cross degree was conferred upon Dr. Claudius B. Kinyon, Royal A. Jenny and Chas. B. Davison.

Yesterday and this morning Supt. Slauson of the public schools sent out to the ward school 940 volumes of supplementary reading books. One hundred and seventy-five more will soon be added.

Among the letters dropped into the post office this week was one addressed to Santa Claus, Finland, North Russia. At least one child was bright enough to find out a local habitation for St. Nicholas.

Otseniugo Lodge, No. 295, I. O. O. F., last evening elected the following officers: Noble grand, Wm. H. Clancy; vice grand, Joseph Martin; recording secretary, Geo. H. Fischer; permanent secretary, John Wahr; treasurer, George H. Miller.

Edwin S. Pratt, of Traverse City, whose appointment, although a democrat, to the judgeship of the 13th circuit, left vacant by the tragic death of Judge Corbett is being urged upon the governor by his republican friends is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, having been graduated with the law class of '66.

The Columbian League elected the following officers last evening: Commander, Thomas O'Connor; provost, William Mack; warden, Charles Strong; chaplain, Jonh Baumgardner; notary, William Neithammer; treasurer, August Schoenewald; messenger, George Schlemmer; inside guardian, Adolph Schmid; outside guardian, Heury Schlemmer; medical examiner, Dr. D. M. Cowie.

Whitmore Lake Camp, No. 5,632, Modern Woodmen of America has elected the following officers: Venerable Consul, Frank Taylor; clerk, John W. Rune; worthy adviser, Wm. Cady; excellent banker, Joseph Kinsey; escort, Charles Moss; physician, John Lemon, watchman, Charles Munger; sentry, Wm. Lavender; managers, Joseph, Gast, Burt Mooreland, Delbert Todd.

Dr F. G. Novy has kindly consented to give a talk upon his trip to Russia, dwelling particularly upon his visit to the fair at Nijni Novgorod, at the Ladies' Library, on E. Huron st, Monday afternoon, Dec. 12, at 4 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. Dr. Novy's record as a lecturer, together with his peculiarly interesting subject, insures for us a most delightful hour. A cordial invitation is extended to all.

N. S. Phelps. of the Ellis Publishing Co., of Battle Creek, an old Washtenaw county boy and Robert T. Newberry, a Chicago architect, were in the city yesterday in consultation with Koch Bros., and looking over the fine stone buildings of the city. Mr. Phelps is about to build a large sanitarium in Battle Creek, starting the building in about two weeks. He and the architect, left here for New York to look over the sanitariums at Clifton Springs and Danville.

Among the postal cards exposed in the Ann Arbor post office because there was no address on them, is one signed Godfrey, informing an uncle that he is going to California Monday and would like to see him at the train in Jackson.

"Then this is the parlor, eh?" tentatively asked Wolcott H. Butler, who was looking over the house. "Yes," remarked the elderly owner, "but I usually call it the court room. I have seven daughters you know." Butler will be able to be around again in a few days.

The C. M. B. A. elected the following officer last evening: Spiritual adviser, Rev. E. D. Kelly ; chancellor, M. J. Cavanaugh; president, N. Camp; 1st vice president, H. C. Welch; 2nd vice president, H. Schwab; recording secretary, Geo. H. Fisher; assistant secretary, Wm. Caspary ; financial secretary, Bruno St. James; treasurer, Thos. Horen; marshal, James O'Connell; guard, M. Williams; trustees, Wm. H. Mclntyre, Morgan Williams, E. Hines, Wm. Exinger, Frank Camp.

At the animal business meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association last night the following members of the board of directors were elected: E. S. Gilmore, Geo. G. Stimson, F. M. Hamilton, W. B. Phillips and Fred C. Weinberg. These succeed Geo. H. Pond, Edw. J. Chapin, Eugene S. Gilmore and G. G. Stimson, whose terms of office expired at that time and A. A. Pearson, resigned. The new board will meet Thursday night, Dec. 8, at 9 p.m., for the election of officers for the ensuing year.

From Yesterday's Daily Argus.

The Bell Telephone exchange here has added 156 telephones to its list this year.

Dr. Frank S. Bourus, formerly of this city, is president of the board of health at Manila.

The building committee of the court house is planning to put steel shelving in the offices of the county clerk and register of deeds.

The trustees of the new Northside church last evening accepted the bid of Jacobus to enclose the building and finish off the basement for $1,115.

The L. A. W. Bulletin contains a half tone view of the Whitmore Lake bicycle path from a photograph taken by M. C. Wood-Allen, of this city.

A pair of bob sleds loaded with students dashed into the fence by the Michigan Central, compelling J. M. Baii, law "99, to keep his leg in a plaster cast.

Tickets for the Choral Union series will be placed on sale Friday, Dec. 9, at the following places : W. W. Wetmore's, Ann Arbor Music Co., Calkins' drug store, and University School of Music, Ann Arbor; Normal Conservatory and C. W. Rogers', Ypsilanti.

The petition of the Ypsilanti business men for the release of Thomas Ninde charged with shooting Mildred Young, mentioned in last evening's Argus, was signed by 55 prominent Ypsilantians. It stated their belief that Ninde was normally irresponsible when he did the shooting.

Two cars on the Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor collided between here and Ypsilanti last evening. The car on the switch had gone a little too far and was unable to get back as the trolley had slipped off, when the other car came sailing by knocking off the corners of both cars.

Lois Rebekah Lodge, No. 115, will give an entertainment Friday evening, Dec. 9, in I. O. O. F. hall. Among those who will take part are Mr. Frank Mclntyre, Mr. B. St. James, Miss Christman, Miss Lois Tickmor, Miss King, Miss Polhemus and Mr. Backhaus. Admission 10 cents.

Railroad Jack, the hammock riding tramp and nuisance, who has several times visited this city, has written the Hudson Gazette that he is coming to Ann Arbor to visit the student. He says: "Although I still enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, at 'reduced railway rates,' by means of my old and reliable hammock swung under passenger and freight trains, I must admit that the sudden drop in climatic conditions has somewhat lessened the amount of true comfort usually given while swinging in my perilous berth.'

Gen. Spalding arrived in Washington yesterday to attend the sessions of congress.

Joseph A. E. Sekora and L. M. Bartlett, of this city, have been granted patent on a wagon tongue.

Major John P. Kirk and Capt. Ross Granger have been detailed as members of a general court martial at Camp Poland.

Prof. J. M. B. Sill, recently minister to Corea, says that Michigan made stoves are the most popular kind of stoves in Corea.

An application has been made in the probate court for an appointment of a guardian for Charles Gardner, of the river road, and his wife Salome.

Henry A. Cornwell has erected a fine new windmill at his residence on N. Division st. to pump water from a deep well of fine water located there.

Pontiac is greatly favored by electric railway boomers, as five different companies are at present asking for franchises from the council there including the Detroit and Flint companies, and projected lines to Orion, Fenton and Rochester.

While the horticulturists were looking over the mechanical laboratory yesterday, many of them made a dive for the weighing machine to get their proper weights. One gentleman with a heavy ulster stepped up to be weighed. A friend suggested that he had better take off his ulster, if he wanted to get his proper weight. He struggled out of the coat slung it across his arm and stepped on the machine to be weighed, after which he carefully put it on again.