Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Cushing are rejoiclng over a little baby girl.

The Ann Arbor Music Co. have a very pretty valentine window.

Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Saunders are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl.

Prof. G. P. Coler will speak to the downtown Y. M. C. A. Sunday at 2:45.

Mrs. Henry S. Dean of E. Liberty street, who has been quite iII, is convalescing.

The Y. W. C. A. are preparing a treat for their friends on the evening of Feb. 21.

John Mayer has gone to Toledo to measure lumber for the Michigan Furniture Co.

Chase L. Dow has made a shipment of some of his fine Leghorn poultry to parties In California.

A committee has been appointed by the Odd Fellows to make arrangements for a pedro party.

The Y. W. C. A. are planning for the annual meeting of the association, which will be held in March.

There will be a special meeting of all male members of Zion's church at Zion's hall tomorrow evening.

A novelty social will be given at the Trinity Lutheran church on Saturday evening. Admission one cent.

Robert Stoll has returned from the north. He worked for some weeks in the Ann Arbor shops at Owosso.

Sheriff Gillen has as yet received no tidings of the horse that was stolen of E. Brockaw of Northfield Thursday

W. W. Wedemeyer Wednesday was elected one of the delegates to the National League of Republican Clubs.

Mrs. Wm. Goodyear will give the next chocolatiere at her home on S. University avenue on Washington's Birthday.

Mrs. E. Allmendinger, of Packard street, entertained a number of friends Tuesday evening after an enjoyable sleighride.

Rev. Robert Schreiber of Grand Rapids arrived in Ann Arbor yesterday. He is the guest of his father-in-law, Rev. John Neumann.

Mrs. Hastreiter will sing a solo, with violin obligato by Mr. Hastreiter, at the morning service of the Congregational church next Sunday.

Gottlieb Schneeberger, of W. Fifth street, fell Wednesday, breaking his right arm above the wrist. Dr. Wessinger reduced the fracture.

The Young Ladies' card club were delightfully entertained by Miss Ethel Morris on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Zerna Harris won first prize.

The seat sale for the great religious drama, "The Volunteer Organist," opens at the Postal telegraph office Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.

Mrs. Michael Brenner pleasantly entertained the West side pedro club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Edward Staebler received the first prize.

The topic which will be discussed at the Y. W. C. A. rooms next Sunday will be "Divine Thanks in Hard Places." Leader, Miss Jennie Seeley.

The concert given last evening by the Bethlehem society in the parlors of the Bethlehem Evangelical church was largely attended. The program was much enjoyed.

Mrs. Caroline Sorg has sold the residence, 1020 Michigan avenue, through the real estate agency of Emmett Coon, to Frank Leverett, who buys the property as an investment.

Mr. and Mr. P. O'Niel. of Northfield, entertained about forty friendo Monday evening. The guests danced until an early hour in the morning and all join in saying they were well entertained.

The condition of the two senior medics, Mr. Moore and Mr. Heizer, who have been seriously ill with typhoid fever, is reported to be very satisfactory. The chances for their recovery are very good.

A. sleigh load of people from Packard street, drove out to the home of Chas. .Mills Tuesday evening enjoying a very pleasant evening. Cards and games were indulged in and an elaborate supper served.

Rev. Crooker will give, next Sunday morning at the Unitarian church, as announced some time ago, a sermon on "Miracles."

The will of Willlam Kretlow of Ann Arbor gives his entire estate to his wife, Bertha Kretlow. It is estimated at $1,000. The will is dated July 1 '01, and witnessed by Frederick and Rudolf Pistorious.

The boys who go to the Y. M. C. A. will be pleased to know that once more Rev. E. S. Ninde will speak to them at their gospel meeting next Sunday afternoon, at half past 4. Frank Wilkinson will sing for them.

Tuesday a company of the friends of Miss Florence Beach, of 613 S. Thayer street, helped the young lady to celebrate her eleventh birthday. Refreshments were served and the little folks had a most delightful time.

Louis Scliappacasse, the Ann Arbor boy, who played third base for the Tecumseh nine, has been signed for the same position on the Wheeling. W. Va., team. This is the club to which Archie McCarthy, of Detroit, goes this spring.

George C. Parker of Scio was in the city Wednesday to receive a pair of horses he had purchased which were delivered at Dr. C. E. Parker's barn in W. Huron street. They were a black team weighing about 2,500 pounds.

The Hobart guild gave another of their pleasant parties at Harris hall Tuesday evening. The music was furnished by Mrs. Tyler and was excellent. Dancing was indulged in until a late hour by an unusually large number of guests.

The marriage of Miss Tweety Kane, of Mt. Pleasant, and Mr., John Carroll took place last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll have gone to the Upper Peninsula where they will reside. Miss Kane has relatives and many friends in Ann Arbor.

The steel trusses for the new waiting room for the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson Railroad Co. have arrived and will soon be in position. They should have been here last October, when the building was ready for them.

The exhibit of the 20th century steel Laurel range at the Schumacher Hardware Co. on S. Main street is attracting much attention. A polite operator, by practical demonstration, shows the splendid cooking qualities of the range. The proofs are very appetizing.

Miss Gertrude Fischer entertained her classmates Tuesday with a sleighride. After driving about for some time the young people returned to Miss Fischer's home and spent a few pleasant hours playing games. Supper was served and was heartily enjoyed.

Whiting & Schoen, the Traverse City horse buyers today will ship a carload of horses that they purchased in the vicinity of Ann Arbor. Among the lot are J. O. Kane. sold to them by "Tommy" McNamara of Chelsea, and the pacer of Reuben Hoffstetter.

What is particularly noticeable at the exhibit of the 20th century ranges at the Schumacher Hardware Co.'s store on S. Main street is a paper stovepipe. It shows that so little heat escapes from the stove that it will not heat the paper. Every bit is utilized.

Pat Desmond, the faithful baggagemaster of the Ann Arbor railroad, at the station in this city, is laid up with a bad foot. He injured it some time ago, and in consequence by continuing to work it became worse. Robert Stoll is temporarily filling his place.

The A. .M. E. church yesterday paid off the judgment in favor of the Ft. Wayne Furniture Co. Great credit is due the pastor of the church for his efforts in raising the money. Murray & Storms represented the furniture company and Frank Jones the church.

T. Henry. an Ann Arbor railroad employe, who had his right arm broken in two places and right leg and hip cut. in a smashup at Sand Hill Sunday night was taken to the University hospital last evening. Martin's ambulance met the evenlng train going south.

Mrs. Katharine Reinhardt yesterday celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary. She was born in Haelberbronn, oberamt, Freudenstadt, Wuertemberg, and removed to Ann Arbor In 1852. Her maiden name was Klais. A number of ladies called to offer their congratulations.

The Charity Whist club was very pleasantly entertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Nickols, of Ann Arbor town. The ladies had a delightful sleighing party to Mrs. Nickols' home. which is about three miles out of the city. An enjoyable afternoon was spent.

A number of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Pipp Tuesday evening, it being the occasion of the former's birthday anniversary. The chief feature of the evening was dancing, after which an excellent supper was served. A very enjoyable time was had by both hosts and guests.

Miss Jane Bush of Howell and A. Riley Crittenden of this city were married in Howell yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden arrived in the city this noon and are residing temporarily at No. 401 Ball Street. Mr. Crittenden is an employe of the Evening Argus. Owosso Argus.

Mrs. Annie Schuholz of 504 Porter street, Detroit, died at 5 p. m. Tuesday of consumption. She was a daughter of John L. Lutz of Northfield, and her brother, Fred Lutz. lives in this city. She leaves three sons, all married. Mrs. Schuholz was well known in this city, having lived here many years.

The contract for the big bridge to be built by the Boland line at Albion has been awarded to the American Bridge Co. (the bridge trust) and the iron work will be prepared at its shops in Pittsburg. The bridge is made in three spans, 135, 30 and 75 feet in length and with the approaches will be 900 feet long.

The engineering department has received a beautiful water meter from the Pittsburg Meter Co. It measures the water by gallons. One side of it is cut out so that its mechanism can be studied. Prof. M. E. Cooley pronounces it very valuable for instruction, and it will be a help for the students.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Moose, of Cherry street, entertained very pleasantly a number of friends Tuesday evening. Progressive pedro was played. First prizes were won by Mrs. Amos and Mr. Jacobus. Mrs. Warren and Mr. H. Welsh carried off consolation prizes. Light refreshments were served.

During the month of January, 1902, the fire losses in Michigan were $800,000, which amount is equivalent to the premiums received by all the Michigan companies for three months.

At the meeting of the Michigan A. O. U. W.. Fed C. Wetmore, of Cadillac, was elected Grand Master Workman for the fourth time.

The Misses Rhode gave a sleighride party to a number of their friends Wednesday evening. They drove to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oversmith. where cards and dancing were indulged in till a late hour. A delicious supper was served. Everyone seemed to be of the same opinion that Mr. and Mrs. Oversmith are royal entertainers.

The girl's branch of the Y. W. C. A. gave a sleighride Monday evening. About eighteen enjoyed the fine sleighing, and took great delight in the enjoyable ride around town. After the ride the merry party returned to the association rooms and partook of a warm supper, which all pronounced fine. The young people returned home early.

William H. Bishop, of Augusta, has secured an injunction against his son, William S. Bishop, restraining him from selling off the personal property from the farm. The father leased the farm to his son. There was a clause in the lease that the stock, in number and quality, should be kept up. The lease expires in April and the father evidently thinks the son is about to dispose of the personal property.

The celebrated sextette from "Florodora" "Tell me Pretty Maiden," will be introduced between the first and second acts of Pinafore by the Misses Elsa Kempf, Lillian Whitman. Lulu Daly and Messrs. Fred Daley, Nelson Thompson and Clyde Elliot. Another specialty will be given by Miss Luella Granger, who takes the part of Hebe in Pinafore. She will introduce the song "The Language of Flowers.' from Toreador, with special arrangement for chorus, arranged by Prof. R. Kempf.

Fred Baldwin gave a very jolly sleighride party to about 20 friends Wednesday evening. They drove to the home of his parents on the Dexter road. Cards were the chief attraction of the evening. Some delightful music was furnished by the guests. Miss Wurster sang two delightful solos which were loudly applauded. The guests were the Misses Breugel, Shaffer, Gross, Wurster, Schlanderer, Lathrop. Kuehnle and Mrs. C. DeFries. Messrs. Baldwln, Fries, Ziefle, Wurster and Godfrey.

The citizens of Ann Arbor may not fully appreciate efforts of the Michigan Milling Co. to attract farmers to the city. According to the law of the state of Michigan millers are entitled to, one-tenth toll for grinding corn and oats for feed. This would amount to 14 cents at present prices on a good big bagful. Michigan Milling Co. only charge seven cents for this same grinding, although the mills around Ann Arbor charge eight cents. So altogether the Michigan Milling Co. is taking pretty good care of the farmers.

The attachment case of Burch F. Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus, plaintiffs. vs. Reuben D. Coy, Harry J. Van Tuyl, Albert E. Coy and Robert C. Coy, defendants, has been settled in the circuit court. The plaintiffs were students of Chicago and the defendants of Ypsilanti. A. J. Sawyer & Son were the plaintiffs' attorneys.

Mrs. N. L. Hoff gave a large reception at her home, 603 S. State street, Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. A fine musical program occupied about one hour. Mrs. Hoff sang in an excellent manner "Angel's Serenade" with violin obligato. Miss Young sang two numbers that were very much enjoyed. Mis Marian Smith acted as accompanist.

Dr. Eliza Mosher entertained a number of guests at her home on Volland street Tuesday night. Mr. Chas. H. Underhill, of New York, a well known impersonator, was the guest of honor. He added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening by giving a number of his the evening by reciting "The Rivals." The dining room, where refreshments were served, was daintily decorated in carnations and smilax.

C. H. Parker, Ann Arbor, according to the Lansing Journal, presented an able paper on "Feeding Dairy Stock" at the meeting of the State Dairymen's association held at the Agricultural College in Lansing last week. He strongly advocated individual rather than herd feeding. He said that a ration which should be best for one animal would not be adapted to another and hence the individual characteristic of each animal should be studied.

A jolly load of women went to Dexter Tuesday to visit Mrs. Will Vogel. They were Mesdames C. Helber, C. Rettick, W. Seybolt, M. Vogel, M. Pfisterer. M. Schlittler. H. Backus, J. Kuebler, T. Corbett, L. Canfield, W. Clancy. F. Gerstner, M. Gillespie and L. Winegar. They went to have a good time and made a success of it in every way. A very elaborate supper was enjoyed by all. There was a great deal of laughing done yesterday. the reason for which is best known to the ladies.

The horse and cutter of Mr. Brockaw of Northfield was stolen in Ann Arbor Wednesday. He came to the city between 11 o'clock and noon and tied his horse in front of Caspar Rinsey's store on E. Huron street. When he came to go home his horse and cutter was gone. He supposed the horse might have got loose and left for home and it was only at dusk after finding his horse had not gone home that he decided it was stolen and notified the officers. No trace of the horse and cutter was discovered last evening.

Mrs. Clemmy L. Hadzsits, daughter of the late David Depue, pioneer of Pittsfield, died in Ann Arbor on the 12th inst. The deceased is survived by her husband, Geo. Hadzsits, of Detroit, and her three children, Irma. George and Walter and also by her brother, Henry Depue, After long suffering, borne with marvellous fortitude, she at last yielded to the inevitable. She died, as she had lived, a noble example of patience and devotion, to be mourned by many. as she has always been honored and loved by all who knew her.

 D. J. Walker, a member of the cigarmakers' union, who has been a hopeless invalid from paralysis since last March, and since last September has been cared for by the sisters and nurses at the hospital out of sympathy, will leave the forepart of this week for Ann Arbor to undergo an operation on his spine as a last resort. Several Bay City physicians pronounce his case hopeless. The Trades Council has raised the money to defray his expenses to Ann Arbor. Mr. Walker is almost entirely helpless at; present. Bay City Tribune.