Local Brevities

The effort in Jackson to go back to local time has finally failed.

Miss Esther Seltzer will sing a solo Sunday coming in the baptist church.

E. Larned has been appointed highway commissioner of Salem to fill vacancy.

Born to Mr. and Mrs Geo. Heinzmann, Depot street, October 19, a 10 pound son.

A license to marry has been granted Andrew Neff and Mary C. Larmee, both of Ann Arbor.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Hammond, of Saline, are in the city visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. Nelson Lewis.

Bert Hammond, of Detroit, was in the city, Monday night, to attend a party it the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson Lewis.

The Young Ladies' Sodality of St. Thomas church will give a card party and social al St. Thomas hall, Friday evening, Oct. 30.

Fred Walker, of Dexter, owns a 40 pound pumpkin raised in Dexter township. Query: How many pies will that pumpkin make?

County Treasurer Braun has suffered loss from apple thieves recently. They have made several visits to his orchard the last one being Tuesday night.

Frederick J. Shoemaker, sent to Jackson for ten years from this county for horse stealing, has been denied a pardon by the board of pardons.

St. Andrew's choir boys and the Sixth ward football teams played a game Saturday which resulted in a score of 14 to 0 in favor of the choir boys.

Elmer Lawson and Martha Schlupe, both of Ann Arbor, were granted a license to marry Wednesday, so immediately repaired to Justice Doty's office and were made one.

The family of Rev. John of the Bethlehem church have now arrived and are making their home in the parsonage just north of the church on Fourth avenue. There are two girls and three boys.

The Hon. Dean C. Worcester, formerly of Ann Arbor, U. S. commissioner to the Philippines, has been in the Boston hospitals for treatment, and is now convalescing, and is expected here in November.

The Young People's society of Zion Lutheran church will celebrate its seventh anniversary of the organization Oct. 25, and the church is trying to make arrangements to dedicate the new hall at that time.

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Osta M. Carpenter to Harry J. Rose. The wedding will take place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the home of the bride in Pettysville, Mich. Mr. Rose is rural mail carrier No. 1.

The following is the subject for the 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening Christian Endeavor meeting at the Congregational church: "Great Men of the Bible - What Moses Teaches Us." Prof. D'Ooge will lead the meeting.

The Girls' Branch of the Y. W. C. A. will hold their Saturday afternoon meting from 2 until 4 o'clock. This will be the second meeting of the season. All girls interested are urged to be present and hear what we are going to do this year.

Mrs. Clemma W. Williams, of Lodi was granted a divorce Monday from Bernard J. Williams, of Detroit, on the ground of cruelty and neglect to support and was awarded the custody of Celia E. and Birdie C, the two minor children.

Frank Taylor, of Whitmore Lake, whose store was broken into last Friday night, reported a loss of about $60 worth of underwear. No trace has yet been found of the man in Taylor's clothing, but Under Sheriff Gillen is hard at work trying to find out.

Miss Ruby Glasscock celebrated her birthday Monday night by giving a progressive flinch party to 20 of her young friends, at her home on H. William street. Ice cream, cake and fudge were served with the flinch, and a pleasant evening was spent by all.

Miss Stella Roth of S. State street, celebrated her eleventh birthday Sunday afternoon by giving a party for twelve of her little friends. Nuts, cakes, cream and chocolates was the delicious menu, which, added to a good time at games, afforded a delightful afternoon.

Mrs. Lyman Wood, of Church Street, fell last week from a low step on the back porch and broke her arm. Mrs. Wood has had these serious accidents before, having fallen and broken her hip twice, but her friends are much encouraged by Dr. Herdman's report that she is doing nicely.

L. Adele Welch, of Manchester, has commenced divorce proceedings against Herbert E. Welch, alleging extreme cruelty and failure to maintain as just cause why her petition should be granted. Th couple were married May 2. 1900, and lived together until Oct. 14, 1902.

Mrs. Augusta Bombenek, of Ypsilanti, has been granted an injunction against her husband, Anthony Bombenek, whereby he is enjoined from using threatening language toward her or in any way interfering with her rights of usage of the premises which they jointly  occupy in Ypsilanti.

Miss Dora Tice was very pleasantly surprised by a number of her friends Monday night, who came to help her celebrate her birthday. The evening was spent in playing cards. The winners of the first prizes were Mrs. John Tice and Willis Johnson, consolation prizes, Miss Lutz and George Tice.

George Sanzi, of Fifth avenue, had a good time on his birthday, by inviting "The Royal Entertainers," a club of 20, to help him Tuesday. There was cards, refreshments and music, to which Peter Harris added his part by a vocal solo. A royal good time was had, report the club of twenty.

Mrs. James Murphy, residing on the South Ypsilanti road, died Thursday of spinal meningitis, after an illness of eight weeks. She leaves a husband and five children. The remains were taken to York Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, where the funeral services were held at her mother's home at 2 p.m.

On Saturday morning the High school will run a special car to Detroit for the football game between Detroit Central and Ann Arbor. This game is not in the schedule, but will serve to show what the chances of the home team are, as they were beaten by the Detroit school two weeks ago, score 5 to 2.

Mrs. Slinger entertained at cards Monday night at her home on Fourth avenue in honor of Mrs. Amos. Those winning the first prizes were Mrs. Augnan and Ralph Farnum, consolation Miss Kelley. The hostess served a delicious lunch. Before departing Mrs. Amos was presented with some very beautiful pieces of linen.

According to the monthly bulletin of vital statistics issued by the secretary of state at Lansing there were, in the month of September, 52 deaths reported in the county of Washtenaw. Of those, 12 occurred in Ann Arbor and 8 in Ypsilanti. The number of deaths in the county, by age were: Under 1 year, 10; 1 to 4 years, 5; 65 years and over, 18.

The Girls' Branch of the Y. W. C. A. will hold their forma! service Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. This service will take the place of the Sunday afternoon service that was formerly held and of the usual mid-week service. The girls wish to outdo any previous season in the success of these meetings so a particularly large attendance is desired for the coming Saturday at 8 o'clock.

Mrs. Jeannette Lamborn, 624 Felch street, died at the University hospital Sunday morning, where she had been receiving treatment for the past few week for a fractured thigh. One daughter, Mrs. Agnes Walker, survives her. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the late residence. Rev. Mr. Gelston will officiate and interment will be made at Forest Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Catherine Gorman, mother of J. S. Gorman, of Chelsea, died Saturday evening, aged  85 years. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock from the house. Mrs. Gorman was the widow of the late Peter Gorman, of Lyndon township and was married March 3, 1840. Three children - Edward, Peter and James- were born to them, all of whom have been prominent in the history of the county.

A meeting of the board of directors of the S. C. A. was held Tuesday evening, at which interesting reports were made by all the committees and the outlook for the association is one of encouraging hopefulness, both spiritually and financially, The election of officers for the coming years was as follows: President, Prof. E. C. Goddard: vice president, Dr. W. J. Herdman: treasurer, W. W. Beman, secretary, William H. Wait.

Mrs. John Travis, of Division Street and Fourth avenue, gave a most delightful thimble party to 50 of her friends Friday afternoon. Mrs. Travis had arranged for a musical treat for the ladles, but the singer could not appear on account of trains, and home talent substituted for the singer from abroad. Gossip and thimbles flew back and forth with a great play of wit, and nothing seemed missing in the pleasure of the afternoon. The charm of the hostess, a dainty lunch, and much clever conversation supplied every need that 50 ladies could desire.