Local Brevities

The examination of Roy Hall, the Manchester horsethief, will be held August 12.

Schleede's orchestra of this city will play at the Clifton house, Whitmore Lake, next Sunday, August 9.

Jas. E. Harkins and James B. Willis have been granted a patent on an improvement in their "Jim" toaster.

Prof. M. E. Cooley has purchased the residence of Mrs. Elvira Nichols, at 314 N. Ingalls street, and will move into it this fall.

Miss Lillian Whitman greatly pleased her audience at the Baptist church Sunday morning with her solo, "Face to Face."

John Meier, of 414 Second street, was Tuesday elected vice president of the state D. O. H. at the annual convention held in Marshall.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, of 933 Spring St., were made happy Monday morning by the birth of a pair of twins - boy and girl. All are doing nicely.

The Michigan Central depot is being put into fine repair. The woodwork is being painted without, within the floors are being oiled and the walls redecorated.

Holders of debentures in the defunct Michigan Debenture Co., of Detroit, receive $1.17 for each $1 invested, by a decision of Judge Donovan at Detroit Tuesday.

George A. Sheley, of Detroit, died in that city Tuesday, aged 58 years. He was the father of Miss Polly Sheley, who resides at 544 Thompson street, this city.

The many friends of Prof. Wm. Locy will be pleased to know that he is convalescing after a severe operation for appendicitis at Augustina hospital of Chicago.

The members of the Christian Memorial church of Ann Arbor have been invited to attend the dedication exercises of the new Christian Memorial church at Adrian.

A marriage license issued Monday morning permitting Frank Bachman, of Athens, Ohio., and Miss Jessie G. Harris, of this city, daughter of John S. Harris, to marry.

Gustave H. Sodt, of this city, was chosen a member of the corps council of administration of the Spanish War Veterans at the annual meeting held in Pontiac this week.

A west bound car on the D., Y., A. A. & J. broke down west of the city this morning and proved a serious inconvenience to the early German Day crowd going to Chelsea.

Arrangements are nearly completed for forming a basket ball team composed of town girls. The final arrangements will be made at a meeting which will be called next week.

Wadhams, Ryan & Reule are putting in a new steel ceiling and will add fine decorations to the side walls. When this is completed it will be one of the finest stores in the country.

A divorce was granted by Judge Kinne Saturday in the case of Cora Scott against her husband Joseph Scott on the ground of drunkenness. The parties are colored. The case was not contested.

The janitor of the high school has an increase in salary. He will now get $700 per annum. The school board realize the necessity of additional help and the increase was made in order that Mr. Mummery may employ it.

John E. Mills, of Port Huron, died Tuesday at his home in Maryville, Mich. This is the man who was said, by his wife, to be infatuated with Miss Minnie Kent, of this city, and who figured quite conspicuously in the Mills divorce suit.

The Kentucky Colonel Oil Co. has been organized to exploit some Kentucky oil fields and a number of Ann Arbor people are said to be interested in it. Prof. R. M. Wenley, of this city, is vice president of the company and Charles K. McGee one of the directors.

The W. C. T. U made a call Sunday morning from the pulpits of the city for books to be used by the prisoners confined in the county jail. There books are to be left at the home of Henry Purfleld, 637 south Ingalls street.

The 68th Michigan conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held in Jackson, Sept. 23. Bishop Foss, of Topeka, Kas., will preside, and Dr. M. S. Terry, of the Garrett Institute, Ill., has been secured for three lectures.

Rev. T. W. Young, D. D., of this city, is occupying the pulpit of the First Baptist church at Knoxville, Tenn., during the month of August and the papers of that city speak very highly of his first two sermons, delivered last Sunday.

Rev. Eugene Spathelf, who was recently ordained at Owosso, has accepted a call to the St. Paul's German Lutheran church at Lansing. Mr. Spathelf has friends in this city who will be pleased to learn of his settlement in a pastorate.

The many friends of Miss Mona Tucker, formerly of Ann Arbor, now of London, England, will be pleased to learn that she is to visit her friends here this fall, returning to the United States with her brother Walter, of Northwestern University.

In excavating the well for the elevator piston in the Savings Bank block the workmen struck a flow of water which is causing them a good deal of trouble. After other efforts had failed a steam pump was put in and the water is being taken care of.

Miss Phoebe Howell, who is studying shorthand at Mr. Moran's School of Shorthand, has been appointed teacher of shorthand and typewriting in the high school at Norway, U. P. Mich. Miss Howell resides at 726 Arbor street, this city.

Mary Buckle, the little six months old daughter of Richard and Claudia Buckle, of 542 S. Fourth avenue, died Monday. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from St. Thomas church. The interment was made at Northfield cemetery.

Earl Banock, of Williamston, Mich., a graduate of the Ann Arbor high school this year, and also a graduate of Mr. Moran's School of Shorthand, was yesterday elected to take charge of the shorthand and typewriting work in the Owosso high school at a good salary.

Dog Catcher Clancy is now making his rounds collecting the annual tax and he asks that dog owners have the money ready so that he will not be compelled to make a return visit. Everyone should be interested in this matter and do all possible to expedite the work so that stray or ownerless dogs may be gotten rid of and not remain as a menace to public safety.

City Treasurer Beakes ran across a peculiar circumstance in his office Saturday. In listing his cash receipts and checks, received that day, for deposit he found that the total footing was just even $1000. When it is remembered that a large number of checks are received each day and that they are for various odd amounts, it can be readily seen that the chances of the recurrence of this are very slim indeed.