Local Brevities

Caeds. - Circulara. _ Bill-Heails. - Letter-Heads. - Shipping Tags. _ Printed at the Aeous office. - In the best style aud chkap. - Don't order elsewhere before calling. - ürass and wheat and vegetation generally ;iro looking better since the rains . ■ - There was a slight frost on Tuesday morning: visible only to early risers. - The senior examination is in progress, and their vacation will commenco next week. H. L. James, oue of the Williamsburg suffcrers by the broken reservoir flood, is a son of the late Enoch James, of this city. - A broad cross-walk of stone and coal t.ir cement covering is beiug laid across State street in front of the main entrance to Uuiversity Hall. - Eev. Dr. Ingersoll, of Buffalo, N. Y., is tho guest, for a few days, of H. W. Rogers, Esq,, and will probably preach in St. Andrew's Church on Siinday. - We cannot give place to the communication of " A Temperance Lady " cnticising the ' Courier's Position." The article in last week's ABOUS must suffice. _ Tho State Congregational Association convened in annual sessiou at Adrián on Tuesday evening. The Bev. Mr. Hubbell, of this city was elected Moderator. - The long continued drouth happily came to an end in a glorious rain on Friday night last, since which occasional showers have given promise of late May flowers and ïresh June butter. - A contract has been let to Mr. Iorwick to build a gate-house at the entrance to Forest Hill Cemetery. for $4,000. It is to be of stone and after plans furnished by Mr. Lloyd of Detroit. - Dor Kellogg, City Treasurer elect, receipted for the funds due from the old treasurer on Monday (f580.17), and is now running the nuance machine. He will make a good and safe officer. - Hon. I. M. Crane, of Eaton Rapids, and Rev. C. H. Brigham, are to deliver addresses on the occasion of unveiling the Soldiere' Monument in the Fifth Ward Cemetery, decoration day, May 30. ps- Hon. E. C. Seaman was present at the nu'al meeting of the j ational Pnson Reformers in St. Louis last week, and on Thursday made a speech against the modern kid-glove theories of punishment. - We are indebted to Mrs. J. R. Bowers, of York, for a copy of the Michigan Argus, dated July 5, 1S37. It was then published by E. P. Oardner. We shall take occasion to extract from it hereafter. - A State Pharmaceutical Association was organized ai, Detroit on Weduesday. Dr. Douglas, Prof. Preseott, and Ottmar Eberbach, of this city, participated in the proceedings. Mr. Eberbach was elected Auditor. - The " Friend of the TJniversity " who wntes to the Chicago Times that the clergy and leadiug eitizens of this city sympathize with the disciplined students in the recent " onpleasantness" is either a literal know-nothing or a falsifier of the facts. Perhaps both. - Asking too much : that we give " two insertions" and "local notice" the subject besides, eveu though the matter in question be the coming annual meeting of the "Michigan State Sabbath School Association," to be held at Jacksou, June 2d, 3d and 4th. - At the public meeting of the Ladies' Temperamce Union, held in the M. E. Church on W'ednesday evening, Mrs. A. McBeynolds was the principal speaker and delivered an address which is highly spoken of. The Rev. Mr. Duftield followed with a few remarks. - Toyama (J apáñese student) has addressed "acard" to the faculty, asking that the notification of his suspension be changed so as to state that instead of being suspended for "hazïng" it was for acts of self-defense against and retaliation upon the " hazing scoundrels." He evidently don't think hazing the "innocent amusement " the boys would make the ignorant believe it. -The engineering section of the junior class have made preparations to make a practical application of some of their knowledge in the way of railroad-building. They will start to-morrow for Whitmore Lake, and, under the direction of Prof. Davis, will run a line of road two or three miles in length, setting the stakes and making it ready for grading. If the boys will go on and iron the road we promise them a good " puft." - If the " funeral oration " put in circulation in our city on Monday uight last was the work of suspended sophs. or f resh., or of their classmates lelt behind them, the " upper classes " should make haste to publish another " card." There is nothing like prompt and efficiënt encouragement to noble deeds,- whethor in the mental or physical " athletic " line ; and the scurrilous paper referred to is the legitiinate off8pring of tne tone of criticism students of al classes (well-meamng ones, perhaps), have too long indulged in toward the faculty a3 a whole or its individual members. Students like other people have but to " sow the wind to reap the whirlwind." Respect and subordination are not born of fault-finding with br ridicule and abuse of either parents or teachers. Ifit 18 not distinctly understood, we wish it to be so heucetorth and forever, that the publication of a communication in the Archjs, even without note or comment or with partial comment, is no indication cf editorial indorsement of the sentiments or statements oí the writer. This being invariable newspaper law, wedidnot criticise the reflections 'of " H. F.," in last week's Arous, upon Mayor Beakes and his administraron. We had too frequently and generally spoten in cominondatory terms of Mayor Beakes to thiuk for a singlo moment that we were parties to a charge that he had neglected to enforce the ordinances and laws of the city, or to consider it necessary to hasten to his defense. We did not, and do not, believe that the Mayor needed much defense. We clip the following paragraph f rom the Pree Prest of Tueaday : The numerous friends of Harry Cole Willcox will be deeply grieved to learn tliat he was drowned at L'anse on Saturday evening last. - Thedispatch which brought the intelligence gave no particulars of the sad event. Harry was the eldest sou of Eben N. Wilcox, of this city, a young man of more than ordinary promise. He was boni in Detroit, graduated from the Mich'gan University m the class of 1871 in the scientific course, and for moBt of the time since his graduation has been in the employment of the Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad Company. - At the time of his death he was a little more than twenty-five years of age. Beloved by all who knew hun and almost idolized by his parents, his death is indeed a heavy afftiction. Young Willcox hadmany friends in thi city whose sympathies are with his bereaved parents. i m i . We learn f rom the Albany and New York papers that the Forty-second annual convention of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity was held in the city of Albany on May 13th and 15th. The secret sesssons of the convention were held in the Senate Chamber of the capítol, the public exercises in Tweddle Hall, and the couvention supper was served at the Delavan. The orator was Moses Coit Tyler, and the reception which he received must have been very flattering to him the papers say that the audience was the tinest that had been brought together f or many a ■day. The next convention will be at Brown TJniverty, George William Curtis being the orator, and Mantón Marble of the New York World, the poet. The music at the Albany convention was furnished by Gilmore's Band. The delegates from the University of Michigan were Henry Wade fiogera and W. W. Smith.