Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

Dreer, the ice man, lost $65 from his pockets the other day.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Walz, a baby girl, on Monday.

A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sager Monday night.

A new saloon will be opened shortly at 109 W. Liberty street by New York parties.

The Ladies' Card club will be entertained by Mrs. Frank Cornwell on January 2.

There  were 2,357 deaths in Michigan last month, or about one in every 1,000 inhabitants.

The Woman's Relief Corps held their first meeting in their new hall Thursday afternoon.

Material is on the ground for the new telephone line between Ann Arbor and Manchester.

It is reported that a smiling butcher on the north side will soon join the ranks of the Benedicts.

The sum of $30 was raised in Manchester and Sharon to help pay the debt on Albion college.

Charles Martin has leased the Dexter house in Dexter and opens a feed barn in connection with it.

Louis Graves, night operator of the Michigan Central, fell on the ice Saturday and sprained his leg.

The Arbeiter Verein has 9,402 members in Michigan. Of this 1,512 are in Saginaw and only 1,270 in Detroit.

The Lyndon cheese factory has been closed indefinitely on account of milk in Lyndon township.

Dr. Theo. Klingmann's fine new house on the corner of E. Liberty and Division streets, has been enclosed.

A 21-pound turkey was presented to Rev. T. W. Becks of the A. M. E. church by Robert Carson, Levi Bates and Wm. Allen.

Th-e Chelsea council has extended the Boland franchise in Chelsea, so that it will be good if he has cars running by June 1 next.

Philip Feldkamp has purchased the David Schneider farm near Pleasant Lake and Mr. Schneider has purchased the Laubengayer farm in Lima.

The treasurer of Pittsfield bas paid in to County Treasurer Mann $400 state and county taxes and the treasurer of Freedom has paid in $900.

Tho treasurer of Scio township has paid in $1,900 state and county taxes to County Treasurer Mann and the treasurer of Lodi has paid in $1,470.

Miss Clara Jacobs, daughter of J. T. Jacobs, and a noted contralto soloist, was married in New York, Dec. 15, to Charles Feltmann, of Brooklyn, N. Y.

A fine gravel bed has been uncovered on the line of the Ann Arbor road on tho Isaac Dunn farm, now owned by E. H. Waples, just off of Mill street.

Sheriff Gillen is packing up preparatory to leaving the jail. He will return to Saline. He has made a good sheriff and Ann Arbor will be sorry to lose him.

Rev. W. Wilkenson preached at both services at the First Baptist church Sunday, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. T. W. Young, who is in Louisville, Ky.

Walter Bilbie was appointed supervisor of Ann Arbor town Tuesday to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Braun, who becomes county treasurer.

People are more afraid of smallpox than of whooping cough and yet last month there were 23 deaths in Michigan from whooping cough and only one from smallpox.

Mr. and Mrs. Kearns, of E. Liberty street, are enjoying a Christmas visit from their two sons from Philadelphia and their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. Ruhl, of Toledo.

The teachers of the Sewing school ask donations of food for the dinner which they will serve to the children on Saturday. Donations may be left at the Fourth ward school.

November this year was 8 degrees warmer than the average temperature for the past ten years. There was slightly less than the normal rainfall and also slightly less snow.

Prof. F. N. Scott, in collaboration with Profs. Carpenter and Baker, of Columbia, has written a book on the Teaching of English, which Longmans, Green & Co. have in press.

Jay Taylor, of the Anderson opera company, and Mrs. Cole, formerly of the Fiske jubilee singers, sang several solos at the musical service at the Congregational church Sunday evening.

The Owl club will spend New Year's Day in Detroit. Great plans are being made for the outing. There will be a dinner at the Hotel Metropole and they don't tell what will happen afterward.

A. E. Jennings, who has secured the Hawks-Angus right of way between here and Jackson, is at Lansing negotiating for a right of way for the Hawks-Angus syndicate from that city to Pine Lake.

Mr. Michael O'Toole, of Observatory street, for many years a respected resident of this city, died Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock, aged 77 years. The funeral was held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Thomas church.

T. H. Johnson, of this city, who is organizer of the Court of Honor, has just completed the organization of a court in Mattoon, Ill., with 175 charter members. Mr. Johnson is one of the most competent men in the state who are engaged in this business.

A. J. Campbell, who has been with the McKinney Brothers, traveling in Canada since last August, has returned to Ann Arbor, where he thinks of again locating in the cigar business. He has been doing a musical comedy specialty with the McKinneys.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. are planning some very interesting features for their reception which they will give in the association rooms on New Year's Day. Solos, both vocal and piano, recitations, etc., will help to entertain the guests.

Mrs. Wm. Arnold has received a very handsome painting as a Christmas gift from her daughter, Mrs. Fred Arnold, of Salt Lake City, who is an artist of great talent and ability. The picture is a beauty and is being shown with great pride by the recipient.

The teachers of the Sewing school are to give the children their annual holiday dinner Saturday of this week. Friends please send sandwiches, meat, cake, or fruit to their rooms in the Fourth ward school building before 12 o'clock. We must prepare for 100 children.

Capt. J. O. Belaire, who mustered the Ann Arbor Light Guards into the state service in 1870, has just succeeded in establishing a valid claim against the French government for a very valuable estate confiscated from his ancestor during the French revolution in 1791.

Next June the University will pass the 20,000 mark of degrees conferred. Up to the present time the University of Michigan, in 61 years, has conferred 19,659 collegiate degrees. The largest graduating class was in 1900, when 778 received degrees.

One hundred and ninety-two carloads of livestock have been shipped from Manchester this year and 52 received. This is quite a large increase from last year, when 33 carloads were received and 133 shipped. It shows the increase in livestock raising in southwestern Washtenaw.

Last Saturday, at her studio, 601 William street, Miss Gibbes gave a pupils' recital and short talk on technique. Those who took part in the recital were: Harvey, Marian and Richard Scott, Reuben and Marian Peterson, Alice Lloyd, Margaret, Mina and Kittie Wenley, Anna Herdman.

The legal contest over the will of the late Mrs. Lucy W. S. Childs, of Augusta, has not ceased. A petition with columinous affidavits was filed in the circuit court Friday asking for leave to appeal the case from the circuit court. It looks as if a determined legal fight was yet to be made over the will.

The Christmas entertainment at the Presbyterian Sunday school will take place this evening at 6:30 o'clock. The entertainment this year will partake of a somewhat unique character, and every member of the school, from the youngest member of the infant class to the oldest member of the adult Bible class, is expected to be present.

The third ward Sunday school enjoyed a Christmas celebration in the parlors of the First Baptist church Monday afternoon. The afternoon was crowded full of fun for the children from 2 o'clock until after dark. There were all sorts of games, a phonographic concert, a supper and last but not least a Santa Claus who distributed gifts to all the children. It was an afternoon which will be long remembered by every one who attended.

The authorities of the University have decided to paint all of the interior walls of the new medical building. The idea of painting these walls was thought of last summer, but was given up because of the immense quantities of white lead, over 25 tons, which would be necessary. It has later been decided to use a water paint which is less expensive, and to have the walls covered with it. It will take several men the remainder of the winter to complete the work, which was started Monday morning.

The replevin case of H. G. Prettyman vs. J. P. and Martha Drake has been settled. This is the 32 tons of coal case, the coal being in the bins of the house sold Drake by Prettyman. Mr. Prettyman paid Mr. Drake $50 and the costs of the case, which has been stricken from the docket. There were several other minor transactions beside the coal which entered into the case.

Of all odd things for a thief to steal a Christmas tree is the oddest. And yet that is just what happened the other night. A 13-foot Christmas tree was stolen from Caspar Rinsey's grocery. The thief may have stolen it to sell, or he may have stolen it to fill it with trinkets taken from exposed positions in the local stores for his little ones, or, a supposition which would never have been good until this year, he may have stolen it for fuel.

Homer C. Nixon, who died of typhoid pneumonia, in Detroit, Dec. 14, after being confined to his bed a little over a week, was born in Ann Arbor township 25 years ago. He was the son of Mrs. Nathan Nixon and was a motorman on a suburban line out of Detroit. The funeral was held from the Methodist church in this city Dec. 16, and the burial was in Forest Hill cemetery. The previous notices of Mr. Nixon's death contained some errors, which are here corrected.

Rev. Robert Gillard is not satisfied with the verdict of $10 and costs that the jury in the case of George Spathelf vs. Robert Gillard gave in favor of Mr. Spathelf. So he asks the court to set aside the $42 costs taxed against him. In his affidavit he deposes that his testimony given on the trial was true and that when he bought the house of the Michigan Central he honestly supposed he was buying certain furnace pipe, which was sold to Mr. Spathelf, and hence he says it is wrong to tax costs up against him.