Local Brevities
LOCAL BREVITIES
From Friday's Daily Argus
Arba Wilson, of Co. A, has hart his furlough extended 30 days.
Wm. Walsb purchased 600 turkeys at a cost of 700 for George Johnson, of Ypsilanti, this week.
The Ann Arbor road took in over $3,000 yesterday for passenger tickets at their depot in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Orie Lamphier, of Ashley st. , are the happy possessors of a new son who arrived last Wednesday.
August Arndt was arrested on complaint of Frank Ortman on the charge of assault and battery. He plead not guilty.
The schools of the country raised $50,000 for the LaFayette monument in Paris. Ann Arbor contributed even more than her share.
Maj. E. B. ,Winans, son of ex-Gov. Winans, has been relieved of duty at the Orchard Lake Military Academy, given three months leave of absence and then ordered to rejoin the Fourth cavalry.
John King and William Murphy, two tramps wanted a Christmas dinner at the hotel de Judson. They were drunk on the streets. When asked it one of them was very positive he was drank. The justice thought 5 days were sufficient.
Daniel F. Lyons, '94 lit, and president of his class in the senior year, was married in Bay City last evening to Miss M. Louise Adams. Prof. Lyons is superintendent of the Bloomington, Wis., schools. W. W. Wedenieyer was present at the wedding and acted as groomsman.
Balph H. Stone, of Grand Rapids, a graduate of the law department and managing editor of the U. of M. Daily in his senior year, has been appointed private secretary of Gov. Pingroe. Mr. Stone was a good newspaper man and will undoubtedly make an excellent private secretary.
Last evening at the Lutheran parsonage, Geo. Schaible and Miss Mary Pfeifle, both of this city, were united in marriage by Kev. A. L. Nicklas in the presence of Herman Graf and Miss Lizzie Schaible. Mr. and Mrs. Schaible will be at home to their friends at their residence on W. Washington st.
Samuel R. Crittenden, a prominent farmer living three miles east of Saline, died this morning, aged about 50 years. He leaves a wife and three children, Vin Crittenden, of this city, Ms. Prof. Walker, of Indiana, and Lloyd Crittenden, who lived at home. Mr. Crittenden is a man who will be greatly missed in his community.
Charles Hines and Frank Hill, better known as "Humpy Hill," were before Justice Duffy today on complaint of Peter Hines, charging that they stole a harness from him this week and sold it at a second-hand store. Charles Hines is the man who was to have been tried today on complaint of his wife for drunkenness. When arraigned on the charge of larceny Hill plead not guilty. Hines plead guilty of stealing the harness from his father and said that Hill had nothing to do with it. He was immediately sentenced to pay a fine of $15 and costs or 65 days in the house of correction. He will go to the house of correction. Under the circumstancs Hill will probably not be tried.
From Saturday's Daily Argus.
The business men generally looked happy last evening. A big day's business accounted for it.
About 150 Normal girls from Ypsilanti came up on the electric cars yesterday and took Ann Arbor trains to various destinations.
Little Tommy Kidd, of Thompson st. , met with a serious accident yesterday. While playing on a wagon he fell off and broke his leg.
In the divorce suit of Mrs Ella Miller vs. John Miller, Mrs. Miller was today allowed $2 a week temporary alimony and $30 solicitors' fee.
Charles Bassett, one of the older settlers of Ypsilanti, died yesterday, aged 82 years. Up to a few months ago he had been an active and energetic man.
Marriage licenses were granted this morning to Bert A. Logan and Miss Mary Taylor, of Manchester, and to John H Scott and Miss Nellie A. Morhons, of Ypsilanti.
Prof. Henry C. Adams' address on Economics and Jurisprudence before the American Economic Association in Feb. 1897, has recently been translated into German and published.
The state board of canvassers yesterday issued certificates of election as regents of the university to Eli R. Sutton and J. Byron Judkins. The matter will now go to the courts for settlement.
The street commissioner is engaged in placing stepping stones at the corner of Huron and Main which will ease the way of the pedestrian from the sidewalk to the pavement.
The divorce case of Bertha Beach vs. Frank W. Beach, -Louisa Beach, 'William Beach and Daniel B. Greene has been discontinued as to the defendants William Beach and Louisa Beach.
The Homeopathic Hospital is having a very prosperous season. The average daily number of patients is far in excess of a year ago. Very few if any vacant beds are to be found in the institution.
Prof. Paul C. Freer, of the general chemistry departmeut of the University of Michigan, will consider the subject, "Beet Sugar and Sugar Beet," at the Farmers' Institute to be held at Mt. Clemens during the second week in January.
The Sixth Ohio, which has been with the 31st Michigan at Camp Poland, has been ordered to Charleston to embark for Cuba. The officers believe that moving orders for the 31st Michigan will come by Jan. 1.
Dr. Heneage Gibbes has been stirring up Detroit since he has been health officer. He declared yesterday that he had found 20 kinds of bacilli in one drop of water from Conner's creek. from which ice for Detroit consumption is taken.
Mrs. Shanahan, an old pioneer of Northfield town, who for several years past has made her home with her daughter Mrs. Julia Moe, on E. Washington st. , is very seriously ill with heart failure. Mrs. Shanahan attained the good old age of 88 years on Monday last.
Prof. Andrew C. McLaughlin will attend the meeting in New Haven, Conn. , of the American Economical and Historical Association, Dec. 27-30, and make the report of the committee of seven on the study of history in the secondary schools, of which committee he is chairman.
The semi-monthly meeting of the Mozart club was held on Wednesday evening of this week at the home of Miss Elizabeth Campbell. A Mosziowski and Dudley Buck program was given in vocal and instrumental selections, which was declared most entertaining and instructive by all who were present to listen.
A chair made of horns of Texas steers and elegantly upholstered by W. D. Otis of South University ave. , was raffled at Johnston 's store on Forest ave. last night. Jas. E. Harkins and Ernest Eberbach distanced all competitors and when they alone remained in the ring Harkins weakened and gave Eberbach $5 for his chance. The chair is valued at $80.
Arthur Brown went to Dexter today to defend Ernest Elsasser, a saloon keeper arrested for keeping his saloon open after 11 o'clock. The case is before Justice Buchanan and is brought under a village ordinance, the fines gong into the village treasury. Mr. Brown produces a supreme court decision that the liquor law of 1 887 knocked out all provisions in the charters and ordinances then in force by repealing them. Consequently he is confident of clearing his client. Several arrests and $25 fines have already been imposed under the village ordinance.
A Washington special to the Detroit Evening News says: "The navy department says the Yosemite is liable to remain at Guam as a station ship for six months or a year. Prof. Cooley's friends therefore will do well to begin to collect files of the daily papers, boxes of magazines and smoking tobacco, and address them, "Guam, Ladrone Isands, U. S. A. " Guam is the place taken by the United States before it knew that war had broken out and where the governor thinking the U. S. war ship on a peaceful mission sent it an apology for not giving it a salute on the ground that he had no powder.