Local Brevities

STTB3CBIBE FOB THE AEOUS. _- A slight shower of rain yesterday. - Thanksgiving : Thursday, Nov. 25th. - A lively place of business : the postoflice, betweeu 6 and 7 o'olock p. M. - The " beautif ui snow" maJe its first appearRnce iu this locality on Friday last. - The Boari of Supervisors adjourned on Friday last, to meet again Monday, Dec. Hth. - Ajubilantman - T. Cramer ; cause: he won }jO of Beal'8 money on the election. - The Rector of the Episcopal Church having rcturned will officiate on Sunday noxt. _- The appearance of St. Thomas' Church has been materially ïraproved by being painted and iicncilod. - John and Fred Bross, of this city, havegone to the northern part of tlie State on a huuting expedition. - The Supreme Court finislied its business and adjourned on Friday last. No decisión was rendered in the Beal-Chase case. - The ladies of St. Thomas' Church are making extensivo preparations for their coming fair, which will be held commencing Nov. 15th. - The residence of T. W. Root on Huron street, is undergoing extensivo alterations, the mai part of which is being raised to two stories. - The Rev. J. E Davis, of Macomb county, and' father of L. Davis, of Ann Arbor, now 87 vears of age, joined the Masonic fraternity in 1818. _ A new ordinance has been adopted by the Common Couucil, prohibiting the sale of liquors to minors and studeuts, which we publish in another column. -The Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad Co. held its annual election on Thursday of last week. D. L. Quirk and E. F. Uhl, of Ypsilanti, were among the directors chosen. - We learn that A. G. DeForest, of Ann Ar" bortown, who was injured by his carriage ben? npset while returning from Ypsilanti some four weeks since, still lies in a critical condition. _ Prof. Tyler will deliver the next discourse at Unlversity Hall, on Suuday afternoon next, aud will be a continuation of his last Sunday's discourse- The Liie and Character of Thomas. - Míbs Lulla Love, daughter of the editor of the Northeru Chnstian Advocate, and a gradúate of the Medical Department of the Michigan University, has been appointed a Medical Misíionary to Moradabad, India. - A few days since a satohel was stolen from the office of the Gregory House. The supposed tliief has been arrested at Three Rivers, with the satchel in his possession, and brought back to this city and lodged in jail. - The Democracy held a jollification meetieg last eveuiug at the Court House, the room being filled to overflowing. Speeches were made btfov. Felch, R. E. Krazer, E. F. Uhl, of Ypsilanti, D. Cramer, and others. The greatest enthusiasin prevailed. - Albert Sorg, while engaged in painting on the Catholic church in this city, Thursday last, met with a severe accident. The ladder on which he was standing was overturned by a sudden gust of wind, and he feil over twenty feet, seriously iujunng his foot. - The Common Council on Monday evening allowed bilis, payable from the several funds, in the following amounts : General fund, $420 82 ; general street fund, f 80 88 ; First ward $90 88 ; Second ward, $37 91 ; Third ward, $30 75 ; Fourth ward, $26 85 ; Fifth ward, $5 75 ; Siith ward, $4 58. -The Supreme Court on Friday last, in the case of The People vs. The Board of Re. gnents : application for mandamus for the appointment of two homeopathie professors in the Medical Department of the University, was disposed of by the following decisión : " The very able argument in this case has not brought any member of the court to any different views from those heretofore sufficiently expressed, and we therefore make uo order." The report of Marshal Loveland shows the number of arrests made, for the quarter ending Nov. lst, as follows : Drunk and disorderly, 22 Common drunkards, 6 Indecent exposure of person, 1 Assault and battery, 8 Breach of the peace and disorderly conduct, 11 Trespass, 2 Keeping saloon open on Sunday, 3 Breach of Ordinance at the depot, 3 Selling intoxiuating liquor to drunkards and tiplers, 3 Larceny, 3 Uslng profane language, 1 Saloon opeu after eleven o'clock p. M., Perjury, 1 Keeping a disorderly house, 2 Vagrancy, Total, 68 At the meeting of the Common Council, held on Monday evening, the following sums for the purposes named, were ordered levied and collected by tax the present year : For principal of Medical College bond?, $6,500 Interest on Medical College bonds, and amount paid for forbearance thereof, 65 General fund for general purposes, 6,000 General street fund, 2,00 Pay oí Firemen, voted by tax-paying electors in 1874, 400 In lst Ward for ward fund. 700 2dWard " " " 1.00 3dWard " " " 1.000 4th Ward " " " 1,000 5th Ward " " " 350 6thWard " " " 500 The following are the receipts and expenditures of the Couuty treasury for the past year : BECEIPTS. To Balance on last year's settlement, $ 4,241 08 Beceived State tax, 49,111 52 County tax, 46,432 82 Eejected tax, 1.098 52 Ditch tax, lo 78 Miscellaneous receipts, 10b 9o Fine money, 94 75 Primary school money, 6,240 50 Eedemption taxes, 639 76 Delinquent taxes, 1,218 5o Superintendents ef Poor. 14,546 86 Total, 1124,997 09 EXPEND1TURES. On account oi State tax, ï 44,000 00 County Orders, 14.576 60 Contingent fund orders, 10,511 2b Poor Orders, 30,462 32 Jurors and witnesses fees, 4,bl7 y House of Correction, 766 97 Insaue Asylum, 1,52o 40 Ditch orders, 554 81 Delinquent taxes returned, 3,44 i9 Pnmary School money to Town Treasurers, 6,240 60 Fine money to Town Treasurers, 7ol,b Balauce on hand, 7,541 lc Total, 124,997 09 The balance yet remaining in the County Treasury belongs to the various fund as speoified below : Poor Fund, 2,537 44 Salary of Couuty Officera, 1,933 7o Stenographer, ó i House of Correction, á8 V" Insane Asylum, W Fine Money, f' i Ditch, l3 "' Building and repairing. 659 91 Due State for taxes and redemption, 1,100 UU Total, 7,541 13 A hunting match occurred in Lodi, on Saturday, October 24, 1874, between the following named gentlemen, ot which the following is the result : D.Hunt, 100. J. Drake, 120 A.Wilsey, 116. B. P. Harpcr, 120 A. Mevers, 105. George Johnson, 45 L. B Wood, 65. C. C. Warner, 245 H. G. Voorhies, 215. George Sperry, 45 John Lowry, 105. E. E. Sheldon, 165 Total, 705. Total, 740 In the evening the party, with their ladies, assembled at Mr. John Lowry's residence and partook ol an oyster eupper at the expense oí the defeated ones, and paBsed the evening in social enjoyment.-