Local Brevities
The approaching marriage of Kate. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Leonard, of Northfield, and William Balden of the same place is announced. It will be solemnized in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Northfield, Nov. 8, at 9 o'clock a.m.
Dr. Lesuer held his weekly clinic this afternoon. One of the important operations was one of gastronomy, which is a radical stomach operation. It was for the purpose of discovery, to see if a further operation for cancer would be necessary or not.
Louis F. Lutz, of Byron. Shiawassee county, formerly with Joe T. Jacobs, yesterday sold out his stock of clothing. Mr. Lutz will devote his time to looking after his real estate investments. His friends in this county wish him success in whatever he may undertake.
The remains of Daniel Tilden were taken to Port Huron this morning on a special funeral car of the trolley road. In Detroit, they will be transferred to the Grand Trunk road. Members of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 139, F. & A. M. acted as pallbearers in Ann Arbor.
During the college year, 1898-99 8,000 patients were treated in the operating clinic in the dental department of the University of Michigan. The number of operations performed -was 12,382; the number of cleanings 594, and extractions 800. Six thousand nine hundred and eight-nine gold fillings were made, 1,935 plastic fillings, and 1,919 treatments. The number crowns made was 129.
Secretary Childs. of the Washtenaw farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., says their policyholders are promptly paying up their assessments. The prospects for this year are favorable for the company, the losses so far, from August 30, when the assessment was declared, are only 26 cents, as against last year for the same time $2.10. What made the increase last year were five losses by lightning which occurred in September.
From Saturday's Daily.
The Delhi school closed yesterday for a week's vacation. The scholars are happy.
The registration in the medical department Nov. 1 was 493, and it will undoubtedly go over 500. This is by far the largest registration in the history of the department.
The son of Danel Barry, of Northfield,.recently cut by a circular saw, died of his injuries this morning. The parents of the young man have the sympathy of the community.
Tlie Rebeccas of Lois Lodge gave a delightful social last evening. From 6 to 8 o'clock supper was served, and from-8 to 10 o'clock the young people danced. The Y. M. C. A. Band furnished the music.
Ex-Senator Richard Mason, of Gladstone, has located here for a permanent residence. He is living at the Mrs. Halleck house on S. State st. He was state senator during the sessions of '95 and '97.
The reception given to students at the Bethlehem Evangelical church last evening, in spite of the bad weather, was well attended, and everybody had a good time. Prof. J. A. C. Hildner's talk on Germany and its customs was very interesting. Refreshments were served.
The funeral services of William Brainerd, of Saline, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late residence. They will be conducted by the Masons, Mr. Brainerd being one of the oldest members of the fraternity in the village. He died on Thursday.
There is a "magnetic healer'' in Detroit who is doing a great amount of advertising under the flaring headlines "The Talk of Ann Arbor, Is Mrs. Lydia Whitford, Who Was so Quickly Restored to Health by Magnetic Treatment. ' ' The latest directory gives no such name as Lydia Whitford, and nobody can be found who has heard of the "wonderful" cure.
The widow of the late Edward Moore, of Scio, died this morning aged 75 years, 6 months, and 1 day. The funeral services will be held at her late home on Monday morning at 10 o'clock and at St Andrew's Episcopal church at 11:30 o'clock. Mrs. Moore was born at or near Gedney, Lincolnshire, England, and was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Stevenson Read. She emigrated with her husband to his country in 1847. Their union was blessed with seven children, of whom four - two sons, George and John. of Scio, and two daughters, Emma, wife of John Butters of Polaska, Jackson county, and Clara, wife of Charles Knight, of Scio - survive her. Mrs. Moore was a kind neighbor and had many friends.
Last Wednesday afternoon at the Congregational and Methodist church at Newport, was solemnized the marriage of Rev. H. G. Pearce, of Carleton, and Miss Emma Buhl, of Newport. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. E. Pearce, of Whitmore Lake, father of the groom. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the bridal party was driven to the home of the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Buhl where a reception was held from 3 -.30 until 5 o'clock, at which the happy couple received the congratulations of over 300 friends. Rev. Pearce is the pastor of the Carleton circuit, and one of the brightest and most promisine young ministers in the Detroit conference, and the bride is one of the most popular and accomplished young ladies in the county. Their countless friends unite in wishing the happy couple a line of continuous happiness. - Monroe Democrat.
From Monday's Daily Argus.
The treasury of the university was replenished Saturday with 50 cents paid by a law student for marring a seat.
F. Staebler, an extra man on the American Express wagon, was injured at the Michigan Central depot on Saturday. He was handling a box, when the handle came off. He fell over backward and will be laid up for a couple of weeks.
George Haupt. carver of the Michigan Furniture Co., who was injured Oct.25, had the index finger of his left hand amputated by Dr. John Kapp, Saturday. The doctor tried to save it, but the bone was too badly hurt, and the finger would have remained stiff.
The many friends of Miss Daisy Burke will be pleased to learn that she has been selected as solo soprano for the Point Breeze Presbyterian church, Pittsburg, Pa., at a fine salary. The Point Breeze Presbyterian church is one of the wealthiest in Pittsburg, and Miss Burke was selected in preference to one of the most popular concert sopranos in that city. It is a fine appreciation of one of Ann Arbor's most artistic musicians.