Local Brevities

Born to Dr. and Mrs. Carl Huber, a little son.

Mack & Co. gave away 800 potted plants to their customers on Saturday.

Arbor day will be observed in the city schools on April 24, with appropriate exercises.

The friends of Pat Scully will be sorry to learn of the death of his mother which occurred at Deerfield Sunday.

The meeting next Sunday afternoon of the Y. W. C. A. will be led by Miss Wheaton. The subject will be announced alter.

Rev. J. Neumann was too ill to preach Sunday at the services of the Bethlehem church and Mr. Fischer read a sermon in his place.

Geo. F. Mosher has been selected as substitute letter carrier in the post-office, a vacancy being caused by the resignation of Vernor Snauble.

E. B. Hall has sold his residence on Israel avenue to Dan Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman will bring a bride to his new home in the near future. 

A. F. Davenport is the new rural route carrier at Milan who will carry the new route which opens July 1, covering London, Exeter and Oakville. 

W. Weinberg has purchased the small cottage on Jefferson street near Fifth avenue and is moving it to a lot on S. Division street, below Packard street. 

The National Municipal league will meet in Ann Arbor April 22-24. Several speakers of note will be present and will give interesting talks on timely topics.

Mr. J. E. Mason, brother of Erastus Mason, of Pontias street, died Saturday afternoon at 1:30. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the house. 

Dr. and Mrs. Crooker will sail for Europe on May 5th to be gone until Sept. 20. Dr. Crooker will preach in one of the largest Boston churches on Sunday, May 3. 

The funeral of John Smith, who died Tuesday, was held yesterday at 9 a. m. from St. Thomas church. The remains were taken to Northeld for interment.

Hereafter the Ladies' library will be open twice a week for drawing books, on Tuesday morning from to to 12 and from 2 to 5 o'clock.

Union Council, No. 11, R. & S. M., which is located at Ypsilanti, will confer the council degrees on April 21 at the Masonic Temple in this city. A supper will be given after the work.

Mrs. Grace Campbell and Henry Gorton, both of Chelsea, were married Monday afternoon at the Baptist parsonage, by Rev. T. W. Young. They returned immediately to their home in Chelsea. 

Charles Raab died Friday at his home on First street, after a long illness, aged 51 years. He leaves a wife and four children. The funeral was held Sunday at 3 o'clock, Rev. A. L. Nicklas officiating.

The Treble Clef club will give a concert at the Baptist church on April 24. The program which will be given at that time is a most interesting one and the soloists who will take part are favorites with the audiences here. 

The Huron river is so swollen from the recent rains that most of the low lands along the banks are covered with water. The people who live close to the river have in several cases been obliged to vacate their homes.

The Easter services at Zion Lutheran church Sunday evening for the children were beautiful and impressive. One of the specialities worthy of mention was a cross built of square blocks. Each of the blocks forming the cross contained one of the last words of Jesus spoken from the cross. The whole was designed and worked out by the Rev. A. L. Nicklas and furnished a most impressive lesson to the the 400 children of the Sunday school. 

A. Gibson has purchased the old Dr. Blair house and is moving it to a lot on Edwin street. He will build an addition to it and expects to rent this and other small houses in the vicinity to railroad employees. 

Arthur Kilian, of Northville, and Miss Grace Louden, of this city, were married on Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's brother, 437 S. Fourth avenue, by Rev. T. W. Young. They left Monday for their future home in Northville. 

Mrs. Carrie Sage, wife of Orville Sage, of 518 W. Summit street, died Friday night after a short illness, of paralysis. She leaves a husband, son and daughter, and an aged aunt. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 from the house, Rev. Dr. Young officiating. 

Mrs. Mercy M. Bartlett, of 812 Plum street, died Sunday night of pneumonia, aged 66 years. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her residence, Rev. Mr. Gelston officiating. She had eight children of whom five survive her. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. 

Lawrence J. Damm, who formerly conducted a buffet in this city and was recently in the employ of Gies' hotel in Detroit, has purchased the business of W. A. Gwinner, 111 W. Washington street. The interior of the building is being refitted with a steel ceiling and other improvements. 

Some of the contagious disease placards about the city mysteriously disappear. There is a heavy penalty for this and the police have the right to enter any house without warrant and search for these placards. They propose doing so and to make an example of some one.

Carl Rose, who has been visiting his parents in this city for the past few days, left Tuesday for Pueblo, Colo., where he has accepted a very fine position with the American Refining & Smelting Co. He has resigned his position on the faculty of the Colorado University at Boulder, to accept this more lucrative position. 

Mrs. Doratha Green, an old and highly respected resident of Webster, died at her home last week, of general debility, at the ripe old age of 86 years. She was the mother of Leonard Green, of N. Main street. The funeral was held on Sunday at 1 p. m., from the house. The remains were taken to Hamburg for interment. 

Morace D. Allen, the 16 years old son of L. A. Allen, a former resident of this city and now of Lapeer, died at his parents' home on April 8. The remains were brought to this city Thursday. A short service was held at Martin's undertaking rooms at 2 o'clock, Rev. E. S. Ninde officiting. The interment took place at Forest Hill cemetery. 

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Knights Templar will give a poverty social at Granger's academy on April 23. Each person is expected to bring a lunch box containing lunch for two and also a prize package. These boxes will be sold at auction to the gentlemen. Everyone is to dress in costume appropriate for the occasion. 

A cooking class is about to be started at the Y. W. C. A. rooms to which any one may become a member on the payment of the fee $1.50. Miss Jane Clark will be the teacher and will teach the class to concoct some of the delicious salads, etc., imaginable. It is desirable to secure a few more members. Any one wishing to join will please hand their names to either Miss Woodmansee or Miss L. Markham. 

According to arrangements made at the time of the building of the new homeopathic hospital of the University of Michigan, the city of Ann Arbor is entitled to the use of two free beds for deserving cases. During the past year nineteen persons have been accommodated. The average length of the stay in the hospital is from four to five weeks. If the usual hospital charge had been made the amount would have been $495.05. 

Miss Louise Maser and Wm. Bold were married Tuesday by Rev. Mr. Nicklas at the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Catherine Burhler, on Observatory street. Miss Alma Zastrow and Herman Buehler acted as bridesmaid and best man. Only the families of the bridal party were witnesses of the ceremony. After the congratulations had been tendered the newly wedded pair an elaborate wedding supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Bold will reside at Lodi Plains. 

Fidel Schmid, a carpenter, raised a disturbance with his family Monday night and finally drove them out of the house. The officers were summoned and went up to the house where they secured Schmid, who was crazy drunk. He pleaded guilty before Justice Doty Tuesday and was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. During that time, at least, his family can sleep in peace. 

Addison G. McKean, law '82, the successful manager of the Newcastle (Pa.) Herald, who severed his connection with that paper last February, has opened a newspaper brokerage office in Pittsburg, Pa. He has a large list of papers ranging in price fro $1,000 to $1,200,000 to sell so that he can accommodate every one. Mr. McKean and his mother, Mrs. Reeves, during their stay in Ann Arbor made many friends. Mr. McKean was very active in the mission work of St. Andrew's Episcopal church. 

A five-bent bag of peanuts cost a young man a night in jail and $5.93, all because he took the 5-cent bag from in front of Ratti's without paying for them. The young man is 32 years old. His name was not given the reporter. He was arrested for stealing a bag of peanuts. Monday he was disposed to fight the case, but after spending the night in jail, he concluded to plead guilty, paid $5.88 costs and 5 cents for the peanuts and was discharged. When he wants any more peanuts he will probably pay for them.