Local Brevities

Born to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kettle, of Pontiac street, a baby boy.

A conference of local health officers and the State Board of Health will be held in this city this fall.

The students of St. Thomas church organized a dancing club at the social which was held last Friday evening.

The Hobart Guild will give their opening party on Saturday evening. Mrs. Tyler's orchestra will furnish the music.

Next Sunday evening there will be a baptismal service at the First Baptist church. Special music will also be provided.

The old fence, which for many years has stood guard around Relief park, was blown down by the wind early Monday morning.

A civil service examination will be held on Oct. 19, which will be conducted by the secretary of the local board, Elmer E. Beal.

A large number of people were admitted to membership, by letter and on probation, at the First M. E. church Sunday morning.

Miss Blanch Anspach has been installed as a deputy organizer for the L. O. T. M. and will go to Morenci this week to organize a lodge in that town.

There will be no early service at St. Andrew's church next Sunday morning. The other regular services will be conducted by Rev. Henry Robinson.

It cost $7,640 to remodel the U. of M. library. The mosaic and heat and ventilation made the largest expense, these two alone amounting to $5,095.

Julius Staebler, who was charged with throwing a stone at Conductor Coon, of the D., Y., A. A. & J. road, was discharged Wednesday on payment of costs.

The Ann Arbor Dramatic club have fitted up the rooms on the third floor of the Nickels building on State street and will use them for club rooms during the winter.

The State Board of Health has requested Dr. Vaughan to prepare a pamphlet on the prevention and treatment of lockjaw and another pamphlet on hydrophobia.

A street car ran off the track on the corner of State and Monroe streets Sunday and was very badly ditched in the canal which the paving company have dug at that point.

The annual meeting of the Michigan Unitarian conference will be held in this city next Thursday and Friday. Rev. Chas. E. St. John, of Boston, will give an address on Thursday evening.

A surprise party of 60 guests visited Mr. and Mrs. John Staebler, of Broadway, Wednesday evening, the occasion being Mrs. Staebler's birthday. A good time was had, with dancing, cards and games.

Announcements are out for the marriage of Miss Florence Saunder and John Stimson, of Elgin, Ill. A receiption will be given for the bride and groom on Oct. 16 at the home of the bride's parents, on N. Main street.

Daniel Sackett, jr., who is charged with breaking into the James cottage at Portage lake about two years ago, had his examination before Justice Doty yesterday and was bound over to the December term of the circuit court.

Last Sunday was Rally Day at the First Union church, on the North Side. There was an attendance of 101 and the collection amounted to over $4. Special music was furnished by the newly organized choir.

The many friends of Miss Florence L. Saunders and John Stimpson, '04L., were surprised to learn that the two had been married since last August. They had successfully kept secret the marriage until Wednesday when announcements were given out. Mrs. Stimpson was one of Ann Arbor's popular girls, and Mr. Stimpson is a prominent member of the '04L class. The Argus wishes Mr. and Mrs. Stimpson all happiness and prosperity.

The Zion Lutheran church choir went to Lodi Wednesday night and serenaded the wedding party at the Jedele-Nissle wedding. They were invited into the house and an elaborate upper was served to them. Everyone pronounced the evening a very Jolly one.

Clarence E. McQuillan, who has been employed at the office of the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson railway, in Jackson, has been transferred to care for the sub-station here as electrician and ticket agent on the night shift.

The new state executive committee of the King's Daughters consists of Mrs. Laura Thomas of Ann Arbor, Mrs. B. C. Whitney of Detroit, Mrs. R. M. Steel of St. Johns, Mrs. F. N. Coon of Durand and Mrs. Joseph E. Murfin of Ann Arbor.

The remains of J. Cotant were brought here from Detroit on the 1:38 M. C. train Monday afternoon and were itnerred in Fair View cemetery. Mr. Cotant was a brother of the late Hiram Cotant, of this city, and had many friends and acquaintances here.

Mrs. Ann Fraser, of Ypsilanti, who was brought to the Homeopathic hospital Monday morning suffering from a serious attack of appendicitis, died the same afternoon. She has a large circle of friends in this city who will be grieved to hear of her sudden death.

The Hospital Circle of the King's Daughters met at Harris hall Monday afternoon and elected the following officers: Pres., Mrs. D'Ooge; vice pres., Mrs. V. C. Vaughan; recording secretary, Mrs. W. W. Wait; corresponding sec'y, Miss E. Dean; treas., Mrs. L. P. Hall.

John Davidson, brother of the Misses Davidson, of 338 Kingsley street, died in Grand Rapids on Saturday morning. The cause of the demise was paralysis. The remains were brought to this city on the 3:30 M. C. train Monday and were interred in Forest Hill cemetery.

William Kiltz, who was confined to the county jail for stealing a horse and William Pickard, jr., who was confined in the same place lately for resisting an officer, were taken to Ionia Monday morning. They each will serve a term of eighteen months in the state house of correction.

The Woman's Home missionary met at the Baptist church Friday afternoon and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Pres., Mrs. W. Goodyear; vice pres., Mrs. J. H. Eaton; secretary, Mrs. W. Dorrance; treas., Mrs. P. Snauble; assist. treas., Mrs. Haund.

At the next meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Current Topic club, Monday evening, Oct. 20, Prof. B. M. Thompson, of the University law faculty, will discuss the legal aspects of the coal strike. The committee on topics and speakers for this club consists of Horatio Abbott,. Dr. O. A. Griffin and Frank A. Stivers.

The new residence of Dr. James B. Pollock on Church street, near Oakland avenue, was damaged about $100 by fire Wednesday shortly after 6 a. m. The fire department reached the scene of the fire quickly and the flames, which were caused by building a fire in an unfinished grate, were extinguished by chemicals.

Mrs. Fredricka Ditz, widow of the late Jos. Ditz, died very suddenly at her home, 450 S. Fifth avenue, Monday of heart disease. Mrs. Ditz has not been feeling well for a couple of days, but nothing serious was apprehended as the result until Monday morning, when she suddenly died. ing when she suddenly died.

There was a small fire at the home of Wm. Gwinner at 423 Thompson street Monday, caused by a couch in a student's room which in some way caught fire. The cause of the blaze was thrown out of the window and the flames were subdued before they did further damage. This is the first burned couch of the year. More will probably follow in short orner.

The Sewing school has received a donation of a bolt of factory from Mrs. J. E. Beal and money from Mesdames Litchfield, Bowman, Mee and Hall and the King's Daughters of the Congregational church. We still need more money lo warrant us to open the school. Please remember it is our silver anniversary and assist us promptly. Do not wait to be asked personally, but send to the superintendent, M. S. Brown, 527 Church street.

Henry N. Tefft, democratic nominee for senator from the tenth district, has appointed his committee as follows: E. H. Howell, chairman; Arthur Brown, member for Washtenaw county; J. N. Rockwell, secretary. Mr. Tefft will wage a vigorous campaign, and his friends believe that the strong record which he made in the lower house of the Michigan legislature in 1896 will make his election to the state senate an assured success. --Jackson Press.

The Ladies' Foreign Missionary society of the M. E. church held its meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rose M. Bodmer, of 1011 N. University avenue. Miss Tel Morita, the Japanese lady attending the literary department of the University, gave an interesting talk on foreign missions. Miss Morita comes from one of the families of Japan and when her education is completed she intends to return to Japan and convert the higher classes to christianity. Miss Morita thinks that the missionaries from this country can better get at the lower classes while she can more readily mix with the higher class of Japanese whom she thinks needs conversion as much as any one.

There is a dangerous spot in the sidewalk on Volland street, which should receive the attention of the board of public works. The plank of sidewalk in this particular spot is broken, leaving a hole big enough for a grown person to fall through. This sidewalk is built on trestle work and is about four feet from the ground, and should anyone stumble through this hole, it is probable that a broken bone would result.

Rev. Austin W. Mann, of the Mid-Western Deaf Mute mission, held a service for deaf mutes of the city in St. Andrew's chapel Sunday at 7:30. There was attendance of the deaf mutes and their friends. Mr. Mann told them of the life of Rev. Thomas Gallandet, a co-worker with himself for many years. Mr. Gallandet died in New York city a few months ago after a long and faithful service in the interest of his unfortunate brothers.

The Ladies' Aid society of the First Union church of the North Side gave an excellent entertainment Friday evening. There was a good attendance and a neat sum was added to the treasury of the society. Mr. Frank Denny gave some excellent readings, including "Wounded," by J. W. Watson, "Laughin' in Meetin'," by Harriet Beecher Stowe, "A Puzzled Dutchman," "A Little Dutch Baby," and a scene from "Hamlet." Musical selections were interspersed throughout the readings, by Jas. Harkins and members of the society.

For perhaps the first time in its history, the authorities of the University are compelled to commence proceedings against a woman of undesirable reputation as a practitioner. She was exhibiting one of the medical diplomas bearing the name of one of Michigan's graduates, which she had assumed. She had procured the diploma by calling at the University offices and asking for it on the ground that her old one had been destroyed. The authorities were able to secure the presence in court of the woman whose name she had borrowed and when confronted with this evidence the guilty woman confessed to her act.

One of the greatest Sunday school conventions that Washtenaw county ever saw will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church in Chelsea on Oct. 30-31. Three of the most prominent Sunday school workers in the state, Alfred Day, of Detroit, Mrs. G. L. Fox, of Grand Rapids, and Mr. E. C. Knapp, of Three Oaks, will be present. It is very desirable that every Sunday school in the county send at least one delegate and as many more as possible, that the school may have a voice in the work of the convention and may receive help from the practical ideas and inspiration which the delegates will surely carry home with them.

In answer to a dispatch sent out from Chelsea to the effect that Jackson sports were seen there with illicit game in their hands, one Jackson sport rises up and states that he has shot ducks and caught nice strings of bass near Chelsea much to the displeasure of some envious sports there. He charges that he saw a boat which showed every sign of having been used for spearing fish contrary to law, and therefore suggests that if the game warden goes into that locality, looking for Jackson sports as suggested in the dispatch from Chelsea, that he also keep his eye out for those who claim Washtenaw county for their residence. -- Jackson Press