Local Brevities

Albert H. Nicolai and Christine Bauer, both of Chelsea, have been granted a license to marry.

Prof. Renwick's new mass will be repeated next Sunday in St. Thomas church at the 10:30 service.

Chelsea is sending many rooters down to see the football games. Several come down to every game.

A block of stock of The Peninsular Mfg. Co. amounting to $10,000 has just been sold to Ann Arbor people.

The University library has come into the possession of a treasure in a first edition of Tennyson, published in 1833.

Gov. Bliss has issued a commission to John W. Haarer, of this city, as battalion adjutant of the First Infantry.

The carpenters are putting the finishing touches on the new Zion hall, and it will be ready for occupancy soon.

A license to marry was granted, in Detroit, Wednesday, to David Rice, of Detroit, and Mary Fitzpatrick, of Ann Arbor.

The Goodspeed Mfg. Co. have added a 20 horse power electric motor to their plant, which will be in running order shortly.

When you come to pay your state taxes this fall you will realize that the state taxes are a million and a third larger than two years ago.

There are no empty houses in Manchester and the village expects more residents when the cement works open up. Where will they live?

Chas. H. Lewis won another race at Albion Friday with the Lady Red Wilkes. This makes three races the Lewis stable won last week.

The Manchester canning factory has already canned five carloads of tomatoes and are taking in from 500 to 800 bushels of tomatoes a day.

George Roberts and William Mulholland caught two white coons Saturday out near the woods on the Dexter road. They are now wondering what they will do with them.

Marriage licenses have been granted to John Inscho of Ann Arbor, and Elizabeth B. White of Chelsea, and Fred Brie of Detroit, and Mrs. Cora McDuff, Ann Arbor.

Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sadler, 316 E. Madison street, for the marriage of their daughter, Sadie V., to Jesse E. Burdick, Tuesday evening, Oct. 20.

The Peninsular Manufacturing company have just received an order for a carload order of their bookcases from Tennessee. The fame of their book case is evidently growing.

The junior high school class will meet next Tuesday after chapel for the purpose of electing class officers. Only those enrolled in the junior session rooms will be considered '05 men.

Harry Miller, of Geddes avenue, who is with Robley Evans, of "Fighting Bob," writes from Japan that he will sail in a few days for the Philippines, where he will be stationed three years.

The Y. W. C. A. girls will have their first regular meeting Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All the old members of the girls' branch are requested to come and bring new members with them.

The Baptist choir are rejoicing in a new tenor. Mr. Barnes, of Cornell, who has sung for some years in Cornell, has accepted the position and will sing a solo in the Baptist church Sunday morning.

The case of Wm. C. Booth, charged with removing goods from the "Cracker-jack" candy store, was called before Justice Doty Monday morning but owing to the illness of Officer Isbell was adjourned to Oct. 19.

The U. of M. Homeopathic Hospital Guild will resume their meetings beginning Monday, Oct. 19, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Soule, 708 S. University. The object is to aid the suffering ones who need hospital treatment and are non-residents of Ann Arbor, who cannot be allowed the use of the two "free beds" which belong to citizens only.

There are 75 cases of typhoid fever in Lansing. The city drinking water was sent to the University to be tested and found to be safe and the cause of the epidemic has not been determined.

J. D. O'Brien of Augusta, who has had considerable experience in the building of ditches and drains, will be a candidate for county drain commissioner before the board of supervisors who meet this week.

Mrs. B. Clark, sister of Mrs. Mary E. Howley, 1141 E. Ann street, died at her home in Detroit Tuesday. The remains will be brought here this evening and taken to the Philip homestead, 1321 Geddes avenue.

S. Baumgartner, of Detroit, has started a home bakery at 200 Detroit street. Mr. Baumgartner is well known to Ann Arborites, having been in the grocery and bakery business here for 15 or 18 years. His family will come to Ann Arbor later.

Henry B. Casterline, father of Mrs. Henry Mauer of 1123 W. Liberty street, died Tuesday of pneumonia, after a very sort illness of one day. Funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Jackson cemetery, Rev. Tedrow officiating.

A workman at the Ann Arbor Machine Co.'s works on Broadway, had his hand badly smashed in a lathe Monday afternoon. He had been in the employ of the company but a day or two, having come here from Port Huron. Dr. Herdman dressed the injured hand.

A new Dayton wheel, the property of Kenneth Keith, 520 E. Ann street, was taken from in front of the High school building Wednesday afternoon. The wheel had a 22-inch frame, dark red in color, a cinch coaster brake, and a Wheeler saddle. The person who took it was seen.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexander MacKay-Smith, bishop coadjutor of Pennsylvania, will deliver the first sermon of the year on the Slocum foundation, in St. Andrew's church next Sunday evening. If the Bishop's train arrives on time, he will also preach in the church at the morning service.

Dr. Layman, medical missionary, from Africa, lectured Sunday evening in the Presbyterian church to a large audience, on his work in Africa and the needs of the African people. Mr. Layman is an Ann Arbor graduate, '99 medic, and has been in Africa four and a half years. He is now home on a year's furlough.

The regular monthly business meeting of Y. W. C. A. was held Tuesday evening and 65 new names were proposed by the membership committee. The entertainment committee reported that plans are under way for a social on Hallowe'en. A fine musical program was furnished last evening by the Mandolin Trio—Cole, Fischer and Chottle.

It is generally accepted as probable, on account of the statement to that effect by Wallace Franklin, the Detroit agent of the Westinghouse Electric company, that the first trans-Michigan electric line from Muskegon and Grand Haven to Detroit will be by way of Lansing and Jackson, using the Hawks Angus road which will be put in first class condition.—Jackson Press.

Carl Matheis, of the firm of Wellman & Matheis, funeral directors, Toledo, O., was in the city Monday morning, the guest of O. M. Martin. He sold to Mr. Martin a Wellman lowering device which is used for lowering caskets into graves. It is claimed for it that it works so perfectly that there is positively no failure or refusal to act and that "it is better than pall-bearers."

Bert D. Bird, a machinist in Ypsilanti, and Miss Alma E. Sanderson, also of that city, were married by Justice Doty Wednesday afternoon in the presence of two witnesses. They were a bright looking young couple. The ceremony, as performed by the Justice is a solemn one. It is one of his own arranging and is much more appropriate for civil marriages and more impressive than that usually used by justices.

D. S. Varnum, an 81-year-old Ypsilantian, who is still hale and hearty, and in active business, relates that the first Washtenaw county fair was held at Ann Arbor 62 years ago this week. Mr. Varnum remembers that 11 yoke of fine oxen, gathered up in Pittsfield, passed by the cooper shop where he was making his first cider barrel, on their way to the fair, and Volney Rumsey, who lived near, hitched up his oxen and joined the party. Each yoke won a premium of $1, which was paid in cash, a better record than some of the later fairs have made.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Berd D. Bird, Ypsilanti.

Alma E. Sanderson, Ypsilanti.

Robert Holmes, Salem.

Freda Hintz, Salem.

Earle Lowery, Chelsea.

Clara Heller, Lima.

John W. Pidd, Lima.

Ada G. French, Dexter.

Fred G. Broesamle, Chelsea.

Mary Alber, Chelsea.

Chas. A. Hubner, Michigan City, Ind.Amanda F. Koch, Ann Arbor.