Local Brevities

Cakds- Circular. - Bill-Heads. _ T,etter-Heads. _ Shipping Tags. __ Printed at the Argus office. _ In the test style and cheap. _ Don't order elsewhere before callimT. .-Frank H. Kelley, Esq., of _Clevelam], is speuding a few days in our city. - lf you have a house to sell or rent now is hut the time to advertise it in the Aegus. _ Ve take it back : Phil. Bach and his half „.„te of ladies didn't get off for Lake Supeiior ■ist week. _- C. H. Milieu ia en route for New York aucl new goods, playing by the way at Cleveland, Saratoga Springa, etc. _ We let " Keason " have his say conceruing a recent order made by the Commou Couueil for the trimming of street shade trees. - The weather went on a bender (away up among the high 90a) on Sunday, Monday,„aud Tuesday : since which it has been drawn a littlo milder. _ E. Stiling, successor to Stiling & Brother, has removed into the old quarters on Huron ,treet, from which they were driven by the recent fire. _ Frotection Fire Company of this city, F. Sor, foreman, is eutered for the Fireniun's Tournament at Kalainazoo, to be held on the 26th and 27th inst. - Judge Cooley and wife left home on Tues,jav afternoon, for a short visit to Connecticut, soing via the Grand ïrunk Railroad, the St. Lawrence, Montreal and Quebec. _Irof. Maclean, of the Medical Department, has returned from his visit to Canada - his old home-and is negotiating fov the purchaae of a house, with a view to the making our city his permanent residence. _ Mr. Herrón, of the Detroit Evening News, was in our city on Tueaday, arranging to work the circulation of that paper here, by systematic canvass and regular delivery at busiuess places and residences. - Let every merchant, manufacture!', and master inechanic, of whatever name, look over and through the advertising columns of the Abous, and see if they fitly represent the business and enterprise of the city. That's all. - Company B, of this city, and the Ypsilanti Light Guards, have gone into camp at Yiuevard Lake in Jackson County, near the line of the Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Bailroad. CoBipany B loft home yesterday, goiug via Yü9ilanti. _D. M. Bristol, the Horso-Trainer who so astonialied our citizens in March last, by his skill an power in breaking and managing green colts or ugly horses, is again coming to our city lor a few duy's stay. He will give a free eshibition on Tuesday next, the 18th. - A long pending liquor suit agaiust Fred. Rettich came on for trial on Tuesday forenoon, before Justice McMahon,- tlie charge, we beheve, being selling to students. A large delegation from the Ladies' Temperance Union was present. The defense put in no evidence, but let judgment be taken on the case made out by the prosecution, with a view to appeal. Fine, iucluding costs, 145. - The residence of Mr. McYickar, corner of William and Mayuard streets, was burglared androbbed during last Friday night. About Í100 in money, several notes and a mortgage were secured and carried off. One note was payable to the order of Mary W. Mickles, now Jfre. McVickar, and others to Catherine Whitney. Mr. McVickar, who is connected with the Commercial Advertiser, was in Detroit at the time. - A young lad by the name of .Pond - son of C. E. Pond, of the Business College- came near meeting with a fatal accident at the railroad on Monday afternoon. He, with a number of boys, wis catching on the oars of a moving train, en route for an up river swiinming place, when he was hoisted from his feet, collided with a car next behind, and thrown to the grouud. At tirst it was feared that his back was brokeu, but he got off with only severe bruises. Boys are never safe in attempting to board moving trains, and this accident should prove a timely warning. - Miss Alexandrine D'Egsroff, of Wizntry, Kovogorod (a province of Russia), has taken up lier temporary residence in this city, with a view to graduation in the Medical Department of the XJniTersity. She has already attended lectures in both St. Petersburg and Paris, but being a woman could uot get a diploma by coinpletiug her medical education in eitber city. She speaks French fluently - the language with which she holds intercourse with the " "Western barbarians," and is fast acquiring English uuder the instruction of Miss Sarah D. Hamlin, a recent University gradúate. - Two locomotives and thirty-two cara brought the railroad excursionista from Detroit to our city on Saturday last. They were accoinpanied by the Fort Wayne band, and well laden with provisions and " refreshments." It is reported that there were a uumber oL free tights at the park, and from soine demonstrations we uotioed on the streets, towards night, we concluiled that all of the party were not strictly or totally abstinent, in fact that soine had put themselves outside oí too mach vicious whisky. The majority, however, conducted tliemsolves with propriety. At a regular meeting of Ann Arbor Lodge, Ko. 320, I. O. G. T., Aug. 4, the following nameü persons were installed as oflicers : O. Collier, W. C. T. Míbs Mary Sessions, W. V. T. J. C. Tucker, W. R S. ■ . Miss AUie Bentley, W. A. S. P. D. Woodrufi, W. F. S. Miss Lina Brown, E. H. S. Mrs. Jennie Fenton, L. H. S. E. M. Fenton, W. C. Jas. M. Cole, P. W. C. T. Miss Eliza Sessions, W. I. G. Miss Marión Brown, W. O. G. C. D. Goodrich, W. M. Miss Jessie Woodruif, W. D. M. N. Arksey, W. T.