Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

Dr. P. B. Rose has had his pension increased to $46 a month.

The county auditors bill for this county passed the house last week.

Jacob Clark, of this city, has had his pension increased to $40 a month.

County teachers' examinations will be held at the court house on June 18 and 19.

Mrs. Chas. Gibson will entertain the Independent Circle at their next meeting on June 4th.

Grass Lake is considering a proposition to bond for $15,000 to establish a village gas plant.

Miss Katherine Haller and Dr. Conrad George will be married on June 11 at the bride's home.

Joseph L. Jackson has secured a divorce from his wife, Mary Jackson, on the ground of desertion.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Corbett are the proud parents of a baby son which was born on Sunday evening.

The Toledo papers say that the new cement works buildings at Manchester are to cover 23 acres of ground.

Samuel M. North, of Benjamin street, has broken ground on his lot on Sybil street for a new house.

The regular members of Bethlehem church have a meeting next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the church.

Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Lillian Thibbets and Clarence Johnson, which will occur on June 3.

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Emma Helber and Jacob Wurster, which will take place on June 4.

Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Julia Schwartz and Dr. Augustus Dohde, which will occur on June 10.

The wedding of Miss Florence Lewis and Harry D. Mann is announced to take place during the first week in June.

Rev. E. H. Vail, of Blissfield, has accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church of Milan and begins his new duties next Sunday.

The funeral of Matilda Zahn, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Zahn, of Brooks street, was held at 3 p. m. Tuesday.

Miss Edna Kittle has sold her hair dressing and manicuring business to Miss Vaughn, who will remove the parlors to State street.

The state tax commission have two field men at work in this county reviewing the valuation of property by the various supervisors.

The June meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of St. Andrew's parish will be held next Wednesday afternoon, June 3, at 3 o'clock, in Harris hall.

Prof. Essery has given such satisfaction as superintendent of the Manchester schools for eleven years that they have decided to make it twelve.

The Christian church will give a picnic next Saturday afternoon. Those who will attend will please meet at the church at 2 o'clock with well filled lunch baskets.

T. E. Nickels, of State street, has in his market, as a pet, a young black and white horned owl, which he caught as he was coming through Forest Hill cemetery last Sunday evening.

Jas. E. Harkins has arrived safely in California and his friends say he is now conductor of a push cart at the mines. He reports that the Ann Arbor company has struck rich pay dirt.

The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Corbett died Wednesday after brightening the home of his parents for two short days. The little body was laid away that afternoon in Forest Hill cemetery.

Clark Cornwell, a prominent manufacturer of Ypsilanti, died Sunday night after an illness of five years from paralysis. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the residence. His wife and children have the sincere sympathy of all their friends. Mrs. Cornwell was Miss Clara Taylor, sister of Jay Taylor, the opera singer.

Mrs. Mary Jane Pratt, an old and respected resident of Milan township, near Milan, died a few days after her husband, although in good health at j the time of her husband's death. She was 72 years old.

The Forty Hours Devotion will commence in St. Patrick's church, Northfield on Friday morning, June 5, with solemn high mass at 9 o'clock. The services will conclude on Sunday morning, June 7, at the 10:30 o'clock mass.

Enoch Dieterle used for the first time Saturday his new ambulance, which he has had built for him by Walker & Co. It is a model of comfort and convenience. It is painted a pure white and is most attractive in appearance.

The Knights Templar held a very beautiful and impressive Ascension day service Sunday afternoon at Forest Hill cemetery, at the grave of Sir Knight H. J. Beakes. Rev. Mr., Gardam, of Ypsilanti, gave a beautiful address.

Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Grace Gates and Mr. Vernor Cutler, which will occur at the home of Miss Gates' sister, Mrs. Geo. Blaich, on June 9. They will reside at Boise Idaho, where they will go immediately after the ceremony.

Mrs. Jane Cook, widow of John Cook, of Chelsea, died Tuesday, May 19, of heart disease, aged 65 years Her maiden name was Coe and she came with her father, Arthur Coe, to York township in 1836. One son, N H. Cook, survives her.

The will of the late John H. Uhl, of Ypsilanti, which has been filed in the probate court, bequeaths an estate of $7,200 to his widow. If any of it is left at her death it is to go to the children of his brother, the late Edwin F. Uhl, of Grand Rapids.

The Margurita Sylva company, with which Miss Luella Granger is engaged, expected to end their season next Saturday, but they have made engagements in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, which will lengthen the season for about four or five weeks longer.

The St. Andrew's choir boys baseball team has not been beaten this year and has won four games. They played an unbeaten Chelsea team in Chelsea, Saturday and won, Trautwein and Howell being the Ann Arbor battery. A return game will be played at the fair ground here on June 6.

The following new books have been received at the Ladles' Library: "The Better Sort," by Henry James; "Darrel of the Blessed Isles,'' by Irving Bachellor; "Conjuror's House," by Stewart White; "A Comedy of Conscience," by Dr. S. W. Mitchell; "The Other Room," by Lyman Abbott.

On Saturday night, the last suburban car from Detroit to Ann Arbor, which reaches here at 1 o'clock, had 36 through passengers from Detroit to Ann Arbor and 9 from Detroit to Ypsilanti. Between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor there were not seats enough in the car to accommodate all the passengers.

Mrs. Frederick, who before her marriage was Miss Florence Graham, of Ann Arbor, died at her home in Chicago last Thursday. She was brought to her old home at Manchester, Mich. The funeral occurred Monday. She leaves a husband who is teaching in Chicago, and a little child two years old.

Mrs. Mary Bishop Whitney, who resided in this city a year or so ago, died at her home in Toledo Saturday, of asthma and bronchitis. She left four children, Herbert P. Whitner, a graduate of the law school here. Misses Alice May and Lura Irene and Mrs. Harry W. Wachter. She was 67 years of age and a graduate of Mt. Holyoke.

Last Friday morning, Frank Glen, who resides at No. 209 Packard street, found a pipe, a hat and a pair of glasses with long bows in his yard. The night before, his wife had driven some drunken person out of the yard and it is thought the articles may belong to the individual thus driven way. The articles are now in the possession of Sheriff Gauntlett and the owner can have same by calling at the jail.

Lydia Gross, the sixteen years old daughter of Jocab Gross, died Saturday of rheumatism, at her parents' home in Lima. Miss Gross' death was a great shock to the neighborhood in which she was a general favorite. She was an unusually bright and promising young woman. The funeral as held on Tuesday at 10 a. m. from the house. The remains were interred in the Salem church cemetery, Scio.

At the meeting of the State Medical society in Detroit, June 11 and 12, the following papers will be read by Ann Arbor physicians: "Reflex Disturbances from Eye-strain," Dr. O. A. Griffin; "Headache," Dr. Jeanne C. Solis; "Ultra-microscopic Organisms," Dr. F. G. Novy; "Demonstration of Specimens from Pathological Exhibit," Dr. A. S. Warthin; "The Etiology and Treatment of Hyperacidity of the Stomach Contents," Dr. David M. Cowie; "Prolapse," Dr. J. G. Lynds: "Fibromata of the Vulva," with report of case, Dr. T. S. Burr; "Dilatation and Curettage," Dr. W. H. Morley; "Uterine Fibroma," Dr. Reuben Peterson; "Sequelae of Lacerations," Dr. R. L. Morse.