Local Brevities
LOCAL BREVITIES
From Friday's Daily Argus.
All the Dexter teachers have been re-engaged for next year.
The Chelsea council has offered $100 reward for the detection of the Chelsea "fire bug."
Prof. I. N. Demmon will deliver the commencement address for the Dexter high school.
A party of people from Texas have arranged to be in Ann Arbor during the May Festival.
There is three month's work ahead for a large gang of men in the gravel beds of the Michigan Central near Dexter.
Mrs. Israel Hall commenced excavating Tuesday for a new house on the corner of Lincoln ave. and Israel st.
Koch Bros. have made 19 new building contracts this spring and have at present 44 men at work. They are busy men.
The idea of getting a mill tax for the Normal school this year has been abandoned and the specific appropriations asked of the legislature will be pushed.
Judge Kinne this afternoon made a decree granting a divorce in the case of Leona E Dobson vs. Arthur E Dobson. The wife is granted the custody of two children.
The front of the store occupied by Schumacher & Miller, on S. Main st., has received a fresh coat of paint. Their customers are carrying some of it off on their clothes.
The J. F. Miller saloon in Manchester, has been sold by Mrs. Miller the widow to Mat Wurster. Mr. Miller had during bis lifetime many friends and relatives in Ann Arbor.
The $100,000 damage suit by John F. Wilmot vs. the Lansing, Dexter & Ann Arbor electric railway because he did not get the contract for building the road has been withdrawn.
Ed. French, of Dexter, last week took a spoonful of aconite by mistake thinking he was taking a teaspoon of a cough medicine. Only prompt medical attention saved his life.
The case of Binder & Kearns, charged with keeping a gaming table was dismissed this morning by Justice Duffy upon paying costs. The tables are stored in Marshal Sweet's office.
Ottmar Eberbach is building the foundation for a frame dwelling house adjoining his handsome brick residence on the corner of William st. and Fourth ave. The new house is on Fourth ave.
Mrs. M. M. Vanderwerker has sold her residence, No. 620 Monroe st., to Jas. D. Murnan, of this city, for the sum of $5,000. The sale was made through the R. O. Kinney real estate exchange of Detroit.
All honor to Ann Arbor for trying to save the armory of her boys in blue. Nothing was too good for the boys when they went away. Nothing should be too good for them when they come marching home - Dexter Leader.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Henry Goltz, 27, Lodi, Kate Henzler, 25, Saline; George Cunningham, 20, Ypsilanti, Lottie Perrie, 20, Ypsilanti; John Aug. Klawitter, 56, Webster, Amelia Melka, 45, Ann Arbor.
A letter to the Monroe Democrat states that Company A, with its 54 parrots, leads all the companies in the number of parrots they bring home and the noise they make and laments the fact that there were no parrots to be had at Amaro.
The fire department was called out this afternoon to extinguish Nick Healey's tar kettle which was blazing away back of George Clarken's on Main st., and setting fire to some old sheds in the neighborhood. They extinguished it quickly with the chemical.
C. E. Godfrey is building another storage building on N. Fourth ave. of stone and brick. It is 63 feet square and the basement is now up. This was rendered necessary by the Sanitary Milk Co. taking the part of the Courier block now used by him for storage purposes.
Theodore A. Raab, of Bridgewater, who has been elected justice of the peace was in the city yesterday and qualified and filed his bond in the county clerk's office. Mr. Raab is a son of the late Jacob Raab, who was one of the most respected farmer of Bridgewater.
S. Lamb, of Adrian, agent for the Page Fence of Adrian, purchased 150 posts of Sauer Bros., which he says are the finest posts he has run against and he has been from Jackson to Detroit looking them up. The Page Fence company are making 50 miles of fence a day and have contracts ahead of their capacity.
St. Thomas hall was filled last evening with an appreciative audience. Raymod O. Riester, of New York, has a good voice and promises to be one of the great baritones of the country. He kindly responded to the encores. The Misses Caspary and LaVigne sang well and received encores. The proceeds of the concert will be used to place a memorial to the late Fr. Van Earp in St. Thomas church.
City Clerk Harkins is asked for all sorts of favors. This morning a good citizen called and demanded of Mr Harkins that he give a certificate that the citizen was able bodied and a fit man for the fire department. He said he had been told these papers were necessary before he could get an appointment. He was astonished when he learned that a little joke had been perpetrated upon him.
Township Clerk Every, of Bridgewater, was in the city yesterday on business. He reports that none of the constables of that township have qualified as yet, because they do not like to pay 50 cents for a revenue stamp on their bonds. He thinks that the township board will have to enforce the statute providing that all officers refusing to qualify be fined $10. This would astonish some of the good men.
Deputy Revenue Inspector Warner was in the city yesterday looking up the cigars manufactured by the Pennsylvania firm which was brought to time by the government. The firm manufactured about 50,000,000 of cigars in a year for several years and purchased stamps for about 5,000,000. The government soon discovered that most of their revenue stamps were made by themselves. The discovery was made when the government called in all the $100 U. S bills and it was then detected that some of the bills were counterfeits. The government agents ran down the counterfeiters and while doing this discovered that revenue stamps were being manufactured. Deputy Inspector Lemm, of Detroit, in one day got 10,000 of these cigars. At the same time he was running a cigar store. In looking over his stock he found that he himself had 3,000 of cigars bought from the firm. All of these were confiscated by the government as well as a great many more sold by the firm throughout this state and country.
From Saturday's Daily Argus.
A marriage license has been issued to William Fuhman, 21, Ypsilanti, and Miss Alta Van Husen, 18, Rochester, Mich.
The Ypsilanti Normal baseball club were in the city this morning to take the Ann Arbor train for Lansing where they played today.
The village jail and a good part of Bennett's plaining mill in Plymouth were destroyed by fire yesterday, including the stocks for 15,000 air guns.
The state senate has passed a bill prohibiting the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks of any city or village under penalty of $5 or 10 days imprisonment.
James L. Babcock, of N. Division st., is having his fine residence improved and remodeled. Carpenters, painters and paper hangers are now in possession of his house.
The stump of a hickory pole was used as a democratic flag pole in 1840 has been unearthed in Ypsilanti. It was found buried six feet under ground on a principal street corner.
The will of George Nelson was admitted to probate yesterday and, Ida, his wife was appointed executrix. Mary L. Schwikrath, of Chelsea, was appointed administratrix of the estate of her husband Mathis Schwikrath.
J. C. Watts experienced a peculiar happening the other day. Suddenly his left eye began to trouble him and he saw objects double. He consulted a physician and was informed that he had suffered a partial paralysis of the organ. It still bothers him.
Jacob Jedele, one of the prosperous farmers of Lodi, was in the city yesterday. He says he will be compelled to plow up 16 acres of wheat. That means that 32 bushels of seed wheat are gone. He has contracted to raise an acre of chicory for the Ann Arbor Chicory Co.
Miss Harriet Lee, of the Mason high school, won the first prize in the Michigan state high school oratorical contest held last evening in the Normal hall in Ypsilanti. Robert McKenzie, of Ludington, won the second prize. The prizes consisted of $25 and $15 respectively.
Efforts are being made to have the Ann Arbor road give daily excursion rates to Whitmore Lake. At the rates in force at present, a party of 10 can hire a rig and visit the lake as cheaply as going by rail. The present fare going and coming is 65 cents excepting on Sunday when the rate is one fare.
The farmers in the legislature are fighting the bill for the licensing and examination of horse shoers. It has however gone to its third reading amended so as to apply to cities of 10,000 and over. If it passes the horse shoers of Ann Arbor must pass a state examination while anybody can shoe horses in Ypsilanti.
John Jacob Buechler died yesterday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Buechler, No. 413 Third st. of consumption, aged 24 years. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in Zions' church. Mr. Buechler was a painter by trade. He formerly worked with Sid W. Millard and the Washtenaw Times. More recently he worked in Chicago.
Robert Stoll, of the Ann Arbor road, is around with a big plaster on the side of his head. He claims that the fireman of an engine hit him with a big chunk of coal. The trouble he says commenced in fooling, the fireman turning hot water on Baggageman Eldert and himself. He says he resented the hot water by throwing sand when the fireman heaved out of the engine the lump of coal. The matter is being investigated.
From Monday's Daily Argus.
C. Frye, of Emory, was in the city yesterday. He, with Mr. Zeeb, today will open a saloon at Whitmore Lake.
Ferdinand Kalmbach, of Northfield was today appointed administrator of the estate of Charles Kalmbach, his father.
Hugh M. Parish paid Justice Doty $3.45 costs for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk. He did not know that it was contrary to the ordinance.
Richard Storng, who was injured in the Ann Arbor yards in Toledo a month ago, is still in the hospital. He is reported as convalescing from his injuries.
Rev. Mr. Bryant, of Mt. Clemens, editor of the Michigan Presbyterian, yesterday filled the pulpit morning and evening in the First Presbyterian church in Saline.
The foundation walls are going up for a new residence for Mrs. Charlotte Brock at the corner of W. Washington and Third st. August Tessmer has the contract for the mason work.
The children of Judge of Probate Newkirk are enjoying the Shetland pony outfit of their grandfather Thomas Birkett. On Saturday he sent them the pony to Ann Arbor and it is now at Dr. Dell's stables.
Dora McGrath, by her solicitor Capt. E P. Allen, has commenced a suit for divorce by subpoena against her husband Henry McGrath. The subpoena has been returned without service being secured on the defendant.
Miss Laura Lindenschmitt, of S. Main st., on Saturday celebrated her 18th birthday anniversary by giving a delightful tea to a few friends, in honor of Miss Hannah Neumann who leaves on Thursday for Springfield, Ohio. Miss Neumann expects to visit Dr. Charles Ultes and family.
Anson Wright, of Broadway, was the first Ann Arbor saloonkeeper to pay County Treasurer Mann $500 for his red chromo. He was followed by Jacob Dupper, J. G. Schmid, Fred Brown, August Waidelich, John Goetz & Son, John Schaible, Fred Besimer, Louis Kurtz and John Goetz, jr.
Mrs. Reade, wife of Sir John Reade, of Webster, died today. Th is will bring to an issue the claims of the heirs and Sir. George Reade as to the disposition of a large English estate, which reference has been made in these columns.
James L. Stone and wife, who have been visiting old friends in the city left today for Detroit. They will have charge for the summer of the Grand Point club house on the St. Clair Flats. Mr. Stone has many friends in the county, who recollect him as landlord in Manchester and later of the Leonard house in Ann Arbor.
Walker & Co. gave an interesting exhibition on Saturday of Lowry's grass binding twine in actual use. They proved that it is what it is represented to be. It is made of wire grass, and as it will cost the farmers only two-thirds of ordinary twine it cannot help becoming popular. The manufacturer of this twine is the using of a waste product.
Addison Berdan, whose funeral services were held Monday at the home of Frank Whiting, at Macon, Lenawee county, was formerly a resident of this county. He was born in the township of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, Aug. 2, 1833, and came with his parents to Michigan the same year. For the past 14 years he resided in Saline where he was well known.
Mrs. William Dutcher, of Howell, who was buried last Thursday, was at one time a resident of Washtenaw county. She was born 78 years ago in Cayoga county, New York. Mrs. Dutcher removed with her husband to the village of Dexter in 1847. They afterwards purchased a farm in Dexter township where they resided until 1864, when they sold out and removed to Iosco township.
In the circuit court today Judge Kinne increased the alimony which H. W. Robbins must pay his wife who is seeking a divorce from him to $2.25 a week and ordered that he pay the solicitors fee at once. The court intimated that it was the policy of the courts to make the alimony small that the parties might hasten into court to decide the divorce cases one way or the other.
Mrs. Lillie May Leonard, wife of Chas. Leonard, died last night around 8:30 o'clock. She died of appendicitis. She was but 16 years old and had only been married about three or four months. The funeral will be held from the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and later at Trinity Lutheran church. Rev. Tedrow officiating. The interment will be in Forrest Hill cemetery.