Local Brevities

The Saline bank has $250,000 on deposit.

The Manchester banks have $540-746.02 on deposit.

To Mr. Fred Reichnecker, W. Liberty, Friday, a baby girl.

Jennie Grogan and Louis Hart were married in Northfield last Thursday.

The Bacon-Holmes Co. in Chelsea have purchased 55,000 pounds of wool this season.

John Guinan, a pioneer resident of Dexter township, is dead. He was 89 years of age.

The little daughter of Larry Dunn was taken to the hospital Tuesday for treatment.

The new barn just raised for Mr. Armbruster, in Scio, is the largest barn in the township.

A marriage license has been issued for John H. Stevenson and Mrs. Sarah Amsdill, both of this city.

It is a peculiar state of affairs up in Branch county, but there is not a prisoner in the county jail.

Currian White, who has lived in Chelsea for over 35 years, is dead at the advanced age of 90 years.

The Chelsea banks have $802,104.62 on deposit. The banks there are climbing towards the million column.

Melvin R. Carter, of Willis and Miss Mary Kirchen, of Whittaker, were married by Justice Doty, Saturday.

The Schumacher Hardware Co. has purchased a new four-year-old colt from Chas. Nanry, which they are having broken.

Herbert Jasper Lamchin, of Bay City, and Miss Anna M. Preston, of this city, were married last week by Hev. Mr. Becks.

William Hofmann, head of the violin department of the University School of Music, will move his family here in the fall.

George Burke, brother of Dr. Burke of this city, was married to Miss Florence B. Treble, of Windsor, Ont., Tuesday, June 10.

The state tax commision has boosted the real estate assessment of Jackson from $10,993,935 to $12,537,050, an increase of $1,543,115.

A large number of strangers who contemplate sending their children to school the coming year, are in the city looking up residences.

The whole force on the Boland line west of Jackson, it is expected, will be transferred on the line between Grass Lake and this city in a week or so.

Martin A. Ryan, of Whitmore Lake, and Miss Norma Marie Dodge O'Hearn, of Rushton, have been married by Rev. Mr. Hennessy, of Brighton.

Miss Nellie Mingay, of Chelsea, who has been teaching in the Clinton schools for the past two years, will teach in the Tecumseh schools next year.

Work has commenced on the new cement factory for Manchester. The citizens of Manchester have paid for the right of way for a railroad to the marl beds.

Lansing, like Ann Arbor, is to have a Carnegie library, but is having difficulty to get plans to incorporate their magnificent ideas that can be built for $35,000.

Dr. E. D. Brooks has been appointed to a position on the staff of the New York Ophthalmic College for July and August, and leaves July 7 to fill his appointment.

Warrants were issued by Justice Doty Saturday for Ernest Paul, the Depot street saloon keeper, and Edmund Clancy, on the charge of selling liquor to a minor. The mother of a boy of of swore to the complaints.

Dr. E. D. Brooks attended the reunion of his class at the Michigan Agricultural college last week. There were 17 in his class. All are alive after 27 years, and ten were present at the reunion and were photographed. Every other class, up to 1800, has lost some members by death.

John George Wiedman was married to Miss Emma Friedericka Wessell, of Salem, at their newly furnished home on Packard street Saturday evening by Rev. Mr. Fischer.

The shoe stores, clothing stores and dry goods stores will be closed all day Saturday, July 4. But they will be open Friday evening, July 3, for the accommodation of the public.

The costs in the suit of Mrs. Emma F. Peterson against the city, the suit which enjoined the paving of Liberty street on the first petition, have teen taxed against the city at $49.10.

The newly organized Ohio and Michigan Traction Co., which is to build an electric line from Toledo to Ann Arbor, paid a franchise fee of $825 to the secretary of state Saturday.

The property of Mrs. Wood, on Wilmot street, is being improved with a new cement walk. Nothing but the earth earthy has before adorned it, so this addition will please the pedestrians.

Miss Louise M. Lenhart of Washtenaw avenue, has secured a fine position at Great Falls, Montana. She is to be assistant principal of the high school and will teach English and French.

At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gill, of Northfield, Miss Alta Gill was married to Wyman Bartlett. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett are keeping house in Plymouth.

Ernest Paul and Edmund Clancy were arraigned before Justice Doty on the charge of selling liquor to a 15-year-old boy. They waived examination and were bound over to the circuit court for trial.

Dr. John E. Effinger left Saturday for Chicago, where he was married Wednesday to Miss Margaret Thane. Dr. and Mrs. Effinger will come back to Ann Arbor directly and make their home on E. University avenue.

Scarlet fever is more prevalent in this city now than it has been at any time since Dr. Hinsdale has been health officer. There are no deaths but new cases are reported almost daily. Precautions should be taken by parents.

The K. of C. ball team of Ann Arbor will play the K. of C. team of Detroit at Boise Blanc Monday, June 29. The occasion is the annual field day of the Detroit council. Of course Ann Arbor will mop the island with the Detroiters.

Daniel J. Jeannerette has been granted a divorce from his wife, Esther, on the ground of cruelty. Mr. Jeannerette was the socialist candidate for regent in 1901, for secretary of state in and for county commissioner of schools in 1903.

Dr. E. T. Loeffler, the newly appointed professor, in the dental department, will remove his family to this city in September from East Saginaw, where he had built up a large dental practice. Dr. Loeffler is very highly spoken of by those who know him.

Carl Feiner, son of John Feiner, and member of the freshman class in the Ann Arbor high school, has enlisted in the U. S. navy. He has already gone to New York, where h will embark on the U. S. cruiser Kearsage. He has the best wishes from his many friends.

Mr. Sidney Smith and Mrs. Lillian Taylor, of Broadway, were united in marriage in Jackson Tuesday by Rev. Burnham Tracy. They both have a wide circle of friends who wish them much happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have gone to Chicago for a few days' wedding trip.

There will be quite a change made in Granger's academy building this summer. Plans hare been drawn for additions on front and rear, covering half again as much ground as the present building. Work will commence on the improvement July 2 to be finished September 5.

L. T. Freeman, of Chelsea, has sold his grocery store on S. State Street to Messrs. Schultz, of Chelsea. The firm hereafter will be known as Schultz Brothers. William Schultz, one of the partners, will move his family here next week. Mr. Schultz has purchased a home on Maynard street.

Douglas Hall, son of Dr. L. P. Hall of the dental department, left the city Tuesday afternoon for Wyoming. The boy is about 17 and wants a taste of ranch life. His first experience as a cow-puncher will be the branding of cattle. His young friends anticipate with thrilling interest his summer career.

The fire department was called just at noon Monday to the home of Mrs. Benjamin F. Sheeder, 108 W. William street. One of the children had set fire to some papers in the furnace. The door was left open and the basement caught fire. The house was filled with smoke, but otherwise no loss was sustained.

A quiet marriage ceremony was performed at the M. E. church at Davison Wednesday morning by Rev. G. F. Tripp, when Miss Lena Conrad, of Flint, and John Pettis, of Ann Arbor, plighted their troth for better or for worse. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few of the bride's relatives.- Flint News.

The announcement of the marriage of Miss Etta Mae Thumm to Mr. Frank Harrison Kintigh, of Ann Arbor, which occurred June 2, will afford a pleasant surprise to their many friends, Miss Flora Luella Thumm, of Detroit, was bridesmaid and Mr. Almus Hale, of Ann Arbor, acted as best man. Many congratulations and best wishes entered with them on their new and happy life.

John Karl Malcolm, cutter in Wagner & Co.'s, was married Wednesday in Chicago to Miss Clara Irene Laing. Mr. and Mrs. Malcohn will reside in this city and will be at home after August 1st. They are now on a wedding trip to Hancock and Calumet.

No man need raise the feeble cry of "Bread lady;" for in Ann Arbor, there is work enough and to spare. This week eight men were advertised for to work on the engineering building at a wage of $1.80 per day, but alas! No man answered the call. The building la slowly progressing.

A new trial in the John J. English case, of Manchester, has been applied for by Mrs. Stella May Bowins, on the ground of newly discovered. An affidavit is attached from Dr. Iddings concerning a conversation he had with Mr. English just before his death, showing that he expected part of his property to go to Mrs. Bowins.

Mrs. A. J. Monroe died suddenly of heart disease at her home in South Haven Monday. She had been attending commencement in Ann Arbor, where her daughter, Miss Lucy Monroe, graduated, and left here on Friday last apparently in good health. She had many friends in Ann Arbor and was a woman of lovely character.

Fay Woodmansee, a consulting engineer, of Chicago, spent Sunday with his father, N. Woodmansee, on his way back from New York, where has been looking over the electric plants of the Buffalo Power Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., and buying for them over $65,000 worth of new machinery of the General Electric Co., of Schenectady, N. Y.

Peter Powers, alias Diamond, was bound over to the circuit court Friday on the charge of larceny of boots, shoes, corsets, etc., from a Michigan Central freight car. He is the man who was arrested after the encounter of the officers with the thieves near the Whitmore Lake road in May, when Officer O'Mara was made a target for several revolver shots.

Dr. Roger Monis, who succeeds Dr. James R. Arneill as instructor in internal medicine and demonstrator of clinical medicine in the medical department, is a son of the late Prof George R. Morris. He is a graduate of the U. of M. and has been taking post graduate medical work at Johns Hopkins the past year and is studying in Berlin during the summer.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bates are spending a few weeks in Saginaw and Bay City, after which Mr. Bates will take a chair, or "the legs of a chair" as he says, at Oberlin college. Mr. Bates is one of the best products of the U. of M. and was to have been assistant of English onder Prof. Scott. We wish to congratulate Mr. Bates and also Oberlin.

Mr. John George Weidman, who was married Saturday to Miss Elmira Friedericka Wessell, left the following written request last week with one of his customers: "Please pay this bill as I am going to be married and need a lot of money." Mr. Weidman has ideas on the subject. He also has an eye for business and is the possessor of a rather enviable milk route.

How great a strife a little matter kindleth; so Ferdinand, son of Mr. Henderson of Geddes avenue thinks. Wednesday father and son had a small dispute which culminated in an ignominious exit of Ferdinand. His wife followed. Ferdinand's clothes soon followed his wife. Both are on their way to Windsor. The son goes west and the father settles down to prospective peace and happiness.

Mrs. B. A. Hinsdale has returned from Europe after a year's travel and an unusual amount of tourist's sightseeing. For six months she was accompanied by her daughter, Mildred, and Miss Donaldson, formerly of Ann Arbor, now teacher in Detroit. Mrs. Hinsdale was in France, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Italy, as far east as Constantinople, and spent part of the winter in Rome. She will now occupy her old home, which during her absence has been the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.