Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

The Country club will give a party next Monday evening at their club house.

The Manchester banks have $492,390.65 on deposit with $553,660.20 resources.

Manchester's three rural mail carriers handled 23,182 pieces of mail in January.

Mrs. Anna Page died in Chelsea Thursday after a lingering illness from erysipelas.

A social will be given in St. Thomas hall on Feb. 25 to the parishioners and their friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hoffman of Seventh street are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl.

There have been eight Presidents of the Council since that office was established, all of whom are living.

The Owl club have moved to their new rooms in the Savings Bank block and are very comfortably situated.

The railroads of Michigan earned $45,700,224 in 1902, an increase of $3,552,340 over the preceding year.

Mrs. Harriet R. Mead, who died in Saline last week at the age of 81 years, was one of the early settlers of that place.

Lawrence J. Damm, who has been with Gies, in Detroit, so many years, has returned to this city, where he will locate again.

An informal party of the Masonic fraternity will be held in their hall Monday evening, Feb. 23, with dancing from 8:30 to 1 o'clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Basil Seevey, of Washington, D. C, are the proud parents of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Seavey formerly resided here.

Germania lodge, No. 476, D. O. H., will have a masquerade Monday evening, February 23. Admission 50 cents, ladies in mask free. Spectators 25 cents.

The committees for the Masonic dance which is to be given next Monday evening are hustling and propose to give the fraternity a most enjoyable time.

Every Knight Templar in the city should so arrange his affairs that he will be able to attend the special conclave next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock sharp.

"Some Things to Remember on Washington's Birthday" is the subject of an address which Wm. K. Childs will give at the Unitarian church next Sunday noon.

A. E. Reynolds, of this city. got first prize on his fox terrier, Trixie. at the bench show in Detroit, and second prize on Prince Alert, in the novice class of pointers.

Susan Sleight, aged eight years, died at the home of her parents, 427 Thompson street, Tuesday morning, of diphtheria. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock from the house.

Only one examination in the eighth grade of the county schools will be held this year. This will be May 8 and 9. The state department of education has dropped the February examination.

L. D. Carr has just returned from San Antonio, Texas, where he left his wife at a sanitarium for the winter. Mr. Carr reports San Antonio as practically a northern city, the northern element being in control.

Two actors have been taken down with the small pox in Jackson. They believe they were exposed by a Kalamazoo travelling man. The actors are Mr. and Mrs. William Echols, of the Echols-Van Etten stock company.

The 73d birthday anniversary of Valentine Alger was appropriately celebrated last Saturday evening at his home on Wall street. All of his children and grandchildren were present and a lovely time was enjoyed. A fine set of dishes was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Alger. Two of Mr. Alger's daughters, Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Wessinger, reside in Howell.

William C. Jacobus has returned from California with golden reports for the Ann Arbor Placer Mining Co He was greatly impressed with the prospects of the company and the richness of the placer mine.

David Gore, a former resident of Whitmore Lake, died Sunday at Toledo. The remains were taken to Whitmore Lake on the 9:30 train Tuesday and taken to the Northfield Catholic church, where the funeral service were held.

The telephone wires on Main street will be moved from the center of the street to the new arms being placed on the street railway poles, This will make the telephone service better as the live wires in the street will have less effect upon them.

The heirs of Theophilus Larned were gratified to receive payment through President of the Council Haarer for a life Insurance policy in the Phoenix Mutual which had lapsed in 1874 after three payments. They have written a letter of thanks for prompt settlement.

Dr. Smith performed a difficult operation Friday upon Dr. Morden for Bright's disease. The operation was a great success and great hopes are entertained for the patient's ultimate recovery. Dr. Morden is a brother of Mrs. J. L. Chapman.

The fancy dress carnival that was to have been given at Harris hall Feb. 21, has been postponed until after Easter, owing to the illness of some of the ladies who had it in charge. Any who have purchased tickets can have their money refunded.

One effect of the fire in Chelsea last week is that the Chelsea water works will change from a standpipe system to the direct pressure system. Instead of rebuilding the fallen water tank the village will install another pump and the water will be pumped directly into the mains.

Ed. Spaeth had a bad scare Wednesday night by the blowing up and overturning of an apparatus for thawing out frozen pipes, containing gasoline. The oil caught fire and made Spaeth hustle. It was extinguished without damage further than causing Spaeth's hair to raise on his head.

The Fire Commissioners Saturday purchased a team of handsome bays for $362.50 for use in the fire department in the place of the big black team which they have sold to Gottlob Hanselman for $250. The black team did not prove to be exactly what was wanted for the fire department.

Wm. Dupslaff and Miss Caroline Raab were married Tuesday evening by the Rev. A. L. Nicklas at the parsonage. The contracting parties were accompanied by Henry Raab and Miss Mary Kaercher. The happy couple will take up their residence at the home of the parents of the groom on First street.

Bert Eddington, age 21, of Milan, and Sadie Vealey, age 20, also of Milan, were married Saturday afternoon by Justice Doty in County Clerk Blum's office in the presence of Lute Bortles and Mrs.Ella Bortles, both of Milan. The bride is said to have been one of the prettiest girls ever married in the court house.

There will be extra national music at the Unitarian church Sunday morning in honor of Washington's Birthday. In the series of discourses which Mr. Crooker is giving on "The Sermon on the Mount," he will discuss next Sunday morning the questions: "Can we live its teachings? Is it a practical rule of life?"

Dr. C. G. Darling, of Ann Arbor, and Peter M. Miller, of Ypsilanti, are two of the incorporators of the Detroit Life and Liability Insurance Co., which has just organized with $100,000 capital stock. The company insures lives against sickness and injury, indemnifies employers against injury or death by accident of their employees.

The Consumers' League will hold a meeting for the election of officers on next Tuesday at Harris hall. Every lady who is interested in the work of the club is asked to be present. Exhibitions of the garments which bear the Consumers' League label will be made by the various merchants handing them in this city.

The Rev. S. S. Marquis, of Detroit, will preach in St. Andrew's church, next Sunday, both morning and evening. In the evening he will preach a special sermon to young people under the auspices of the Hobart Guild, taking as his subject "The Liberty and Bondage of Habit- Some Things from my College Experience."

Forty relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. John Tracy last Saturday evening. Cards were played and prizes were given. Mrs. Homer Godfrey received first ladies prize and Mr. Harry Garland first gentlemen's prize. Miss Anna Stang and Thomas Beaty of Saline got the booby prizes. A delicious supper was served.

Edward Taylor, a stranger to the city, was brought before Justice Doty Friday, charged with stealing a bolt of blue cloth valued at $18 from Fulde, the tailor, Thursday afternoon. He waived examination and was bound over to the circuit court. Taylor stole the cloth and ran down Street with it. Chase was given and largely through the instrumentality of Deputy Sheriff M. J. Martin. Taylor was caught.