Local Brevities

                                  LOCAL BREVITIES

From Friday's Daily Argus

   Dr. Blair is busy at his home attending to a one day old.

   A Milan dispatch says that Hon. Benjamin E. Hammond, one of the oldest settlers of Milan township is dead, aged 80 years.

   Secretary Mills, of the Washtenaw fair, has employed five men to go through the county posting bills. It is to the interest of every citizen of the county to make the fair a big success. They can do it by not only attending the fair but making exhibits. A good exhibit of fruits and field products, horses and cattle, etc., means a higher price for farm lands.    Prof. Julius Schlotterbeck, Dr. Gordon and Ottmar Eberbach returned Wednesday evening from the annual meeting of the American Parmaceutical association at Put-in-Bay. Prof. A. B. Prescott was elected president of the association. Mr. Eberbach says the meeting as very satisfactory and much work was done. The islands are suffering as much from the drought as the main lands.

   The Jackson Press says: "Chas. H. Manly, of Ann Arbor, who has taken the contract to compile a set of abstract books for Jackson county, is in the city looking for a residence." It will take some years to complete the contract and Mr. Manly may be considered a permanent resident."

   A postal card last evening to the Daily Argus from L. E. Mills, of Meriden, Conn., says "I noticed in the Argus that you were agitating the raising of tobacco in and around Ann Arbor. I thought that it might interest you to know that it is raised with success here in Connecticut and Massachusetts, which, I think, are fully as far north as Ann Arbor. I have several large fields of it all through Massachusetts. "             

From Saturday's Daily Argus.

   Miss Mary Goddard will lead the meeting at the Y. W. C. A. at 3 :30 p. m. tomorrow. Mrs. Magdalina Kuenzler, widow of Rev. Gottieb Knenzler, is moving from Manchester to 420 W. Liberty.

  The Y. M. C. A. meeting tomorrow will be led by Henry Purfield, instructor in wood working in the University.

   William Neumann, of Romeo, son of Rev. John Neumann, engineer '98, has been appointed inspector of harbors at Pentwater, Mich.

   In the circuit court case of Fred Joerndt vs. William F. Rehfuss and Abram Wallace, the defendant's attorneys, Lehman Bros. & Stivers, have filed a motion for security for costs. Dr. Fred W. Palmer, of Jackson, a Washtenaw county boy and a U. of. M. graduate, who served in the 33d Michigan, has been offered a position as acting assistant surgeon for service in the Philippines.

   The engines on the Michigan Central will hereafter be run through from Detroit to Michigan City without change. The faster trains which have been taking water at Ann Arbor will take it at Jackson.

   John G. Fischer, the W. Huron St. butcher, has purchased a IQ months old steer from Mrs. Haines, of Scio, which he says will dress over 700 pounds. He think this is doing pretty well for Washtenaw county.

   Mrs. Catherine Eggers, aged 70, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William Goetz, on W. Liberty St. The cause of her death was old age. The remains will be taken to Philadelphia this evening for interment.

   John Southwick, an honest agrarian, of Milan, was in the city last evening and, not being used to the ways of a large city, became overcome with tangle foot. Marshal Gerstner gathered him in and today Justice Doty said $5.88 fine and costs or 10 days in jail. He will pay.

   The Grass Lake News, in writing up a marriage, speaks of "the fairy land where love cooeth and warbleth at the twilight hour, and the sky is arched with rainbows, and joy turns somersaults in horsy glee, and happiness fans herself with Cupid's wings.' That certainly can't be Grass Lake. It must be Chelsea.

   In the case in the circuit court of Catherine H. Fillmore vs. The Great Capm of the Knights of the Maccabees for Michigan, and ArborTent, No. 296, Knights of Maccabees, an amended answer has been filled. It is short and makes the point that after the case had been appealed to the executive committee their decision was final and could not be reviewed This is the well known case in which the Maccabees expelled Ald. Fillmore for owning stock in the Ann Arbor Brewing Co., and refused to pay his widow the amount of his certificate.

From Monday's Daily

  There are 337 children of school age in the Milan district.

The trolly road did an unusually large business yesterday, the Detroit business being very large.

   There will be a very important meeting of the Lyra Singing Society this evening in their rooms.

  Architect Falkinberg is in the city to superintended alterations and improvements on the Cook house.

  St. Thomas' Conservatory of Music opened up this morning. The attendance promises to be better than ever. A new teacher from Monroe, Mich., has been added to the staff.

   C A. Heath and family, of Milan have removed to this city. Their son,     George M. Heath, enters the university.

   Harris Ball left this morning for Dexter, Pinkney, Anderson, Gregory and Stockbridge to post bills for the Washtenaw fair. Harry Wallace has taken the place of J. Warren as assistant in the waiting room in this city of the Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor electric road.

   Prof. Davis starts his survey of he St. Clair Flats today. Messrs. Hannan and McNaughton are already on the ground, or rather water, to make the preliminary arrangements. Milton H. Guy has secured a position on the survey.

   The members of the Young Men's Christian association hold heir monthly business meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Reports of work done and plans for the coming be the order of the day. The night school and lyceum course especially will be subjects for discussion.       With today the Ann Arbor post office will run strictly on standard time. The government not recognize Podunc time. It would be a pleasing thing to chronicle that the university and public schools would have the courage to do away with the constant confusion of two standards of time.

   The death of Mrs. Augusta Barr occurred at her home, 910 E. Washington St., last night. She was 52 years of age and had been a sufferer with consumption, which was the cause of the demise. She was a member of the local hive, Ladies of the Maccabees. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 3 o'clock at the house.

   W. G. Doty has received word from the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Kansas that he and three others of the Grand Commandery, of Kansas will accompany the remains of the late Charles M. Jones to this city and they will take charge of the funeral,  the quota of grand officers from past commanders of Ann Arbor Commandery. Ann Arbor Commandery will act as an escort.

  The "Three Musketeers," under the direction of E. D. Stair, received a warm welcome in the Athens Theatre Saturday night. It was worthy opening of the cosy, pretty theatre for the season. The audience was not as large as the excellent company deserved but it was sympathetic and did not hesitate to express its appreciation. It was the first evening in many months that there was no annoyance from fresh youths in the gallery.

  J. B Steere reports that the celery blight which threatened the crop is disappearing on his Pittsfield fields, and the crop of flowing well celery will be very large. Three years ago this same blight almost destroyed the celery crop of Michigan Mr. Steere has this year planted a number of specialties such as , or, what the Germans term. root celery. These roots in the rich soil of Mr. Steere's lands are developing very finely.