Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES.

From Friday's Daily Argus.

Private Charles Eaton, of Co. A, has received his discharge for physical disability.

Yesterday 11 cars of wood were received on the Ann Arbor road from the north.

Judge Kinne today granted a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty, to Bertha Schuon vs. Gottfried Schuon.

Mrs. Sophie Spring, of W. Washington st , this morning while going to church had a severe fall on the sidewalk on S. Fourth ave.

Giles Shear, of Saline, was received at the hotel de Gillen today on the charge of drunkenness. He will enjoy the sheriff's board for 10 days.

Martin Wackenhut, of Ann Arbor, deputy sheriff under Sheriff Judson, has been appointed fourth assistant janitor of the senate at Lansing.

The prohibitionists will hold their county convention in this city Jan. 14, to elect delegates to the state convention to be held in Jackson May 1.

At the Epiphany services held in the Bethlehem church this morning the pastor, Rev. John Neumann, reported that during the past year, the members of the congregation had contributed over $900 for home and foreign missions.

The Michigan Furniture Co. held a meeting last night and arranged and fixed the date for the annual election of directors. The meeting will be held the third Wednesday of January and at the office of the president, W. D. Harriman.

Governor Pingree in his message says of the university: "This university, the pride of its own citizens, is also the pride of the country at large, and constitutes a lasting monument to the state's devotion to learning, to art, and the sciences."

Last evening Golden Rule Lodge, No. 159, F. & A. M., presented Warren W. Wadhams, the master of the body for the past year, with a very handsome diamond ring. It is unusually tasteful and will be highly valued by the respected past master.

The annual statement of the Ypsilanti Dairy Association shows as follows: Milk received 6,734,649, pounds; average test 4.02 per cent; average price per hundred pounds of milk 77 cents; butter made in year 1898, 298,066 pounds; cash received for butter $54,173.92.

The holiday season brought a very happy family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Britten, of 308 Maynard st. Their children, Rev. F. E. Britten, of Albion; Miss Carrie Britten, of Jackson, and Deward A. Britten, of Chelsea, and three grandchildren were all present to cheer and gladden the hearts of the parents.

Mrs. Wm. Tilton, mother of Mrs. L. E. Cheever, of this city, died at her home in Tecumseh Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, aged 89 years. She bad been ailing for some time although a remarkably vigorous woman for her age. The funeral was held this afternoon. Besides Mrs. Cheever she leaves one daughter and one son.

Adolph Covert, the taxidermist, has a fine piece of work at Allmendinger & Wines' art store, on Washington st. It is called "Calling her kittens," an old red lynx on a moss covered log, a front paw on a ruffed ground. She stands with head thrown back and mouth open as if calling her kittens to a meal. She was killed in north Michigan by Oscar Luick of this city.

Patrick McIntyre one of the substantial farmers, of Northfield, was in the city today. He proposes next week to leave for his winter vacation which he will spend in Grand Rapids and Chicago. Mr. Mclntyre thinks the snow today will produce good sleighing. He says the January thaw is now over and the roads are in splendid condition for sleighing, four inches of snow being sufficient to give good slipping.

Fremont S. Pattison, a well known Ypsilanti character and proprietor of an east side grocery and bakery in Ypsilanti, was taken violently insane Wednesday evening and will have to be confined in an asylum. For the past 15 years he has labored night and day in his efforts to perfect a unicycle. During this period he several times believed he had attained his object, but the trial trips always resulted in failure.

From Saturday's Daily Argus.

Marvin Davenport has been appointed deputy sheriff for the court house by Sheriff Gillen.

The State Farmers' Institute for this county will be held in Ann Arbor Feb. 15 and 16.

Louis H. Boes, teacher of the Zion church school and wife, are the happy possessors of a fine new eight pound boy which arrived last night.

The republican state central committee will meet in Detroit, Jan. 18, to fix the time for holding the convention to nominate a judge and two regents.

Paul Schall has been appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Gillen. He was the choice of the democratic leaders of the Second ward for the position.

The soldiers of the 31st Michigan, it is said, do not yet feel sure of going to Cuba, as many of them expect the order to that effect to be countermanded.

The Northwestern Washtenaw Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., with headquarters in Chelsea, have 254 members and $498,659 of outstanding insurance.

The ice at Whitmore Lake was yesterday reported to be seven and one half inches thick. The Toledo Ice Co. will commence cutting ice as soon as it is 12 inches thick.

The Christian Endeavor Society of the Bethlehem church held a meeting last evening at which was discussed a proposition to change the society into a Young People's Society of the church.

Charles R. Mains, who is being tried for perjury in the Calhoun circuit court in one of the most sensational suits on record in the state, was admitted to the bar in Washtenaw county in 1887.

The Washtenaw Mutual Fire Insurance Co., which holds its annual meeting here next week has 2,891 members and $4,817.795 of insurance outstanding. The losses during the past year amounted to $15,057.

Dr. John Kapp has at his office a beautiful deer's skin which he took while on his annual hunt in Osceola county last fall. The skin was prepared by Conrad Schmit, of Northfield, and is a good piece of work.

James L. Babcock today re-assigned the bond given to Patrick Sheehey by Edward Cahill and which had been assigned to Luther James to secure a note of Sheehey 's, Oct. 22, 1879. It will be remembered that the mortgage which went with this bond, had been foreclosed to pay the Sheehey note by the James executors. M. J. Cavanaugh attorney for Sheehey commenced suit on the bond today in the circuit court against Edward Cahill for $4,000.

Four little squirrels made considerable trouble for an Ann Arbor man to day. He had them on his hands and was called up in court in consequence thereof and the four squirrels are at present resting on Justice Duffy's table. Deputy Game Warden Eastlich, of Park Lake, was in the city Saturday and made complaint against David M. Willits, proprietor of a Huron st. meat market for having in his possession four fox squirrels, past the season when the squirrels were allowed to be shot.

From Monday's Daily Argus.

The fire department was called out at 6:45 o'clock this morning by a burning chimney on the residence of John Steinke, 711 W. Jefferson.

A marriage license was granted to Samuel Taylor and Mrs. Eleanor Edmunds today. They are both of this city and have both been married before.

Elsie Marie, infant daughter of Erich Thews, of 549 W. Third st., died Sunday of pneumonia aged one year and seven months. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:15 at the house.

The Presbyterians are contemplating extensive repairs on the church edifice, exteriorly, in the near future. Their success in raising more than enough to pay off all indebtedness at the rally last week from a few members, encourages them to suppose the members who have not paid, will pay voluntarily or when called upon so as to meet the expense of said repairs.

As George C aig was walking down the street last Thursday, a friend heard him soliloquize, "It's better late than never." "What is it, George?" asked Mr. X. "It's a girl," said George. Baby and mother are doing well.

Edward Bevoir, a tailor who was taken to Jackson on the charge of stealing a $50 ladies gold watch, worked in a tailor shop there for just one day two months ago, and it was during that day he is said to have taken the watch.

The board of public works held a meeting this morning and adopted a resolution offered by Mr. Mclntyre giving the Ann Arbor Water Co. thanks for the use of the water in flushing Main st. They also passed the weekly labor bills.

The fire department was called out at six o'clock Saturday evening by a smudge in the kitchen of D. B. Brown's house on S. Main st., which was put out before much damage was done other than blackening the walls. The fire had originated in some ashes.

A horse belonging to George Spathelf, jr., of Broadway, was found in the stable Sunday morning with his leg broken. The horse was shot by Torn Poland and buried near the boulevard. It was Mr. Spathelf 's best horse and it is not known just how it broke its leg.

Car No. 11 on D., Y. & A. A. line collided in Detroit at 9 o'clock this morning with a Myrtle ave. car, reducing the vestibule of the Myrtle ave. car to kindling wood and nearly killing the motorman. His left foot was broken and his right arm very badly bruised.

Don't fail to hear Dr. Vaughan on "The Campaign in Santiago," Friday evening, Jan. 13 at 8 p. m., at Harris hall. This is Dr. Vaughans' first talk since his return from the war. It will be given for the benefit of the Ladies library Association. Admission 25 cents.

The plan for building a French flat on the Wilcoxson property on N. Division st., may be given up as the lots are offered for sale without any building upon them. The flat scheme certainly seemed a very feasible one, but it would require the investment of a considerable amount of money.

A Jackson dispatch to the Evening News says: Andrew Campbell, of Washenaw, is in the city. He says Bill Judson gave away all the Pingree plans before the ballot at Lansing, and that Campbell put the Burrows managers "on," thus cinching Burrows fight. Mr. Campbell says that when Pingree finds out how Judson was pumped for Burrows' benefit he will not be so anxious to hand him the wardenship of the prison.