Local Brevities

C. A. Sauer & Co, have received a carload of fence posts.

C. A. Sauer & Co. are building a new house on the corner of Fifth avenue and Madison Street. 

Invitations are out for dancing party which will be given by Co. 1 at the Armory next Thursday evening.

Fred Ehnis is having a new house built by C. A. Sauer & Co., for him, on one of their lots on Madison street.

A marriage license has been issued to Henry Quackenboss, 22 years old, of Augusta, and Ella Throop, 24 years, of York.

E. V. Hangsterfer moved out of his down town store Wednesday. Hereafter he will run only his State street store.

Charles Campbell fell in his barn, Monday morning, and cut his face and head badly. He is able to get around today.

C. A. Sauer & Co. have moved the house on Hill street, which they purchased from the school board, to their lot on S. Fifth avenue.

Prof. H. E. King, who has traveled over a great part of the world and who spent a long time in China, will give a steropticon talk to the boys at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday afternoon.

Ex-Senator Charles A. Ward has built an addition to his house-boat on Zukey lake, which is nearly as large as the original boat. The new boat was launched Tuesday. A steam engine will be put in to run it.

The freight house at Lakeland, the name the station at Zukey lake is known by, was broken into Tuesday night and a number of bottles of beer taken. Entrance was effected by prying open the back door with a crowbar.

The banquet for the members of the Ladies' Union of the Unitarian church will be given Friday afternoon, May 9, at 1:30 o'clock in Harris hall. The banquet will be in charge of Mrs. Motley. A fine literary program will follow.

The King's Daughters of the Unitarian church will give an amateur theatrical performance for the benefit of the patients of the University hospital. "The Snowtop Sisters" is the title of the little play which will be given.

The last meeting of the Ladies' Union, which will be held Wednesday, April 30, will be under the direction of Mrs. Reighard. A large meeting is expected and it is hoped to form at that time a city improvement association. Dr. Vaughan, Prof. Spaulding and Prof. Lloyd will be among the speakers. Everyone is invited.

E. E. Calkins has returned from Detroit, where he has been attending a district convention of the Sunday schools. He conducted a conference on home department work at the meeting held in the Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian church. E. Knapp has given several addresses at the convention on "The Work of the Teacher."

A very pretty wedding took place at the home of M. Schaible, of S. Ashley street, Tuesday at 8 o'clock p.m., when Michael Mattimore was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Hollis, in the presence of forty guests, Rev. Nicklas officiating. Miss Hollis was attended by Miss Amelia Karcher, while the groom was supported by Robt. Nowak.

The Treble Clef club, assisted by Miss Minnie M. Davis, pianist, Miss Leila Farlin, soprano, Miss Rose Coffey, contralto, Miss Mae Clarken, harpist, and Mr. Charles Keeler, baritone, gave a fine concert in the Congregational church in Chelsea Tuesday night. A large crowd was in attendance and both soloists and club met with flattering success.

A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated at St. Thomas' church Monday morning for the late Mrs. Patrick Quinn, who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hewitt, of Ypsilanti, in February. The service was largely attended by her old neighbors and friends. She leaves, besides Mrs. Hewitt, of Ypsilanti, a daughter and son by a former husband--Mrs. Williams, of Omaha, Neb., and Dennis Cahill, of Pontiac, Mich.

Mack & Co. furnished the costumes for the amateur theatrical performance given by the King's Daughters on Monday evening.

Rev. Florence Kollock Crooker has gone to Chicago to visit a sister. She will also spend some days at the home of a brother in Madison, Wisconsin, where she attended college. Later she will officiate at a wedding in one of the leading families of her old parish in Chicago and preach in the pulpit of the Universalist church which she established and of which she was minister for over twelve years.

A new tenant arrived at 308 W. Huron street Monday. Though she came at most unseemly hour, five minutes after 3 o'clock in the morning, she was nevertheless warmly welcomed and has had many visitors since her arrival who say that she is the cutest little tot that ever made her appearance in the neighborhood. Her father is Fred D. Coats, an employee of the Michigan Furniture factory. Mother and baby are both doing well. 

Mischievous boys made the street car employees and police a good deal of trouble Wednesday by jumping on the rear end of the cars and pulling the trolley off the wire, putting planks on the track and other mischievous pranks. There are a number of boys between the ages of 14 and 16 years who make more trouble for the police here than do all of the students, and some day they are apt to go a little too far and find themselves in the clutches of the law.

It will interest the friends and parishioners of Rev. Dr. Charles H. Brigham, who founded the present Unitarian church in Ann Arbor, to know that the present minister, Mr. Crooker, will, in his sermon next Sunday morning, give a brief tribute to this eminent and learned divine, who made a deep impression upon hundreds of University students. Mr. Brigham is affectionately remembered today by men and women widely scattered throughout the world.