Local Brevities

          From Friday's Daily Argus.

Mrs. Michael Sage, wife of Saline's ex-supervisor, was thrown out in a runaway Tuesday and suffered a sprained ankle.

Adolph G. Lentz. car inspector of the Michigan Central, is putting up a fine residence at 1501 Broadway. It is now nearly completed.

Weinberg's skating park on S. Fifth ave. has been flooded, and tomorrow the children will be privileged to sail their toy sail-boats on the water.

Sam Jones, of Hamburg, is dead. Word was received from Omaha. Neb., that he was found dead in his bed. His brother and Dr. Schwart have left for Omaha to bring his remains to Hamburg.

The insurance companies have settled the losses on the fire at the home of George J. Werner, who was burned out some few weeks ago. Mr. Werner gets $340 on the furniture and Horace Case receives $384 on the building.

George Mehringer at the University hospital, who recently fell from a load of hay on the Van Gieson farm in Pittsfield. is recovering slowly. He injured his neck very severly. He is much pleased with the care he is receiving in the hospital.

Miss Fredericka Klingmann, who has been teaching the Tuomy school in Scio, five miles west of the city, has accepted the position of teacher in the Island school in Augusta township. Her place at the Tuomy school will be taken by Miss Melita Hutzel. a graduate of the Ann Arbor high school of this year.

This morning a horse belonging to Ambrose Kearney and driven by Christopher Carey, became frightened at an electric car at Hanover square. The horse shied out and Mr. Carey attempted to pull him back into the road. The rein broke and he was thrown violently to the ground where an excavation was being made for a cement sidewalk. His shoulder and side were injured somewhat.

Mrs. John Swathel deserves to head the roll of honor of the subscribers to the Choral Union Record. She called on Secretary Colburn at the School of Music and not only subscribed for the proposed publication but laid down a dollar, its price, on his desk. She is the 111th subscriber, but the first one to pay the subscription price in advance. Now 189 more subscribers are wanted to insure its publication.

The funeral services of Henry Cook, who was found at Ypsilanti Nov. 2, were held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Funeral Director Dieterle's undertaking rooms on E. Liberty st., Ann Arbor. Rev. Mr. Young, of the First Baptits church officiated. The remains remains interred in the Fairview cemetery. The chief mourner was Mrs. Mary Pratt, of Coldwater, a sister. The deceased was 67 years old He was born in Sharon in this county He was married, his wife being dead. Four sons survive him, but their whereabouts is unknown. Mr. Cook was well educated, and for a number of years taught school.

Miss Christina Brodbeck, the only daughter of Mrs. Christina K. Brodbeck of S. Fifth st., and Albert Nordman were married yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride 's mother. The ceremony took place in the presence of some 50 invited guests, Rev. A. L. Nicklas, of Zion's Lutheran church, officiating. Gottlob Helber acted as best man and Miss Emma Kapp as bridesmaid. After the ceremony the guests sat down to a bountiful supper. A large number of elegant and costly presents were received. Mr. and Mrs. Nordman will make their future home with the bride's mother.

During the year ending June 30, 1899 1,218 patients were received at the Homeopathic hospital of the University of Michigan. Of this number 523 were in-patients and 695 out-patients. One thousand one hundred and fifty-three were from the state of Michigan and 65 from 2 states and foreign countries. A larger number came from the farm than from any other walk in life. The increase in the number of patients is illustrated by the fact that more patients were registered during the past year than during the five years from 1889 to 1894. In the eye and ear clinic alone, as many cases were treated this year as during the first six years following the organization of the chair. The receipts of the hospital for the year were $9,014.46, as against 5,335.81 for the preceding year.

               From Saturday's Daily.

The three bells of the Bethlehem Evangelical church are to be sent to Cincinnati to a bell foundry to be tuned. The old bell is a semi-tone too high and the next bell an eighth. It will be a great improvement when the bells are in accord.

The Lyra singing society will give heir third annual turkey raffle at their hall, No. 217 South Main street, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, at 8 p. m. Turkeys, ducks and wild game. An elaborate lunch will be served. The friends of the society are cordially invited.

             From Monday's Daily Argus

There are 40 men now taking studies in the Night School of the Young Men's Christian Association.

There were 144 in attendance at Trinity Lutheran Sunday school yesterday and their offering was $12.50.

There is another patient at the University hospital suffering with enlargement of the spleen, Miss Hattie Lawrence, of Owosso.

Rev. John Neumann on Saturday received a telegram that Rev. J. Lindenmayer, of Lansing, had died. The funeral services were held this afternoon.

Tom Cowan, of Superior, was in town Saturday night, accompanied by a very personal jag. He was landed in jail, and Justice Duffy sentenced him this morning to 10 days more with Sheriff Gillen.

Dr. C. E. Fisher, editor of the Medical Century and author of Homeopathic American Surgery, is expected to visit the department next week and address the students. He is a very able man and a good talk may be expected.

The ladies of Trinity Lutheran church are arranging for a fair to be held in a few weeks. They invite the co-operation of all their friends in preparing for it. The proceeds are to be applied in payment of the church debt.

Henry Spiegelberg, of Whitmore Lake, was in the city Saturday. He reports the fishing this year to have been better than ever before. He says that D. F. Smith, proprietor of the Clifton house, who has been very low, is reported a little better.

White John S. Schaible was pegging away at shoes at his shop on the corner of Ashley and Huron st., some time ago. he looked up suddenly and found that Robert Benz had built a barn around him. His shop had to be disintegated and taken out through the barn door. Now Mr. Schaible has commenced suit, claiming 1,000 damages.

J. J. Kirby, assistant general passenger agent of the Ann Arbor road, was in the city Saturday. He reports the increase in the passenger business of the road this year unprecedented. The company will next year issue a folder giving the addresses of all in Frankfort and Crystal Lake who will take roomers and boarders. This will enable many to secure accommodations with "little trouble and expense at these beautiful resorts.

Floyd Aiken, of Durand, will soon bb taken to the university to undergo an exceedingly painful and difficult surgical operation. Last summer a log rolled upon Mr. Aiken, breaking his leg, and the fracture never healed firmly, a cartilage forming instead of solid bone. This will have to be cut out before the bones will knit, and as the flesh is stripped away, and the diseased bone then cut out with a saw, the painful nature of the operation may be imagined. - Owosso Argus.

Since Saturday noon the drill in the campus well is cutting through a change in formation. At 805 feet, black shale was again encountered, which lasted until 815 feet, when for ten feet limestone was encountered. It contained indications of gas. At noon today the drill was down 825 feet in black shale. The limestone has been so hard that at the end of every screw, five feet. the drill had to be replaced, the rock battering it out of shape.