Local Brevities

LOCAL BREVITIES

Zachmann & Petrie have sold their William street meat market to Stafford B. Nickels.

Fred Daley will sing Tosti's Prayer, Sunday morning at the Baptist church.

The "Girl's Club" of Whitmore will give a hop at the Clifton house, Friday evening, Nov. 6.

Coroner Watts has adjourned the inquest on Joseph Wagner to Monday at 10 o'clock at Dieterle's.

Dr. S. E. Higgins has moved his offices to the Ann Arbor Savings Bank block, rooms 1, 2 and 3.

Miss Rev. Koon, of E. Williams street, was pleasantly surprised by a number of her friends on Tuesday evening.

Geo. P. Staffan, Chelsea, has passed the examination for embalmers held by the state board, Sept. 17, and been granted a license.

The concrete abutments for the Huron street bridge have been completed and work commenced on the Washington street abutments.

Emanuel Hieber died, at his home in Lodi, Monday afternoon, of tuberculosis, aged 41 years. He leaves a wife and two children to survive him.

Chas. Klager received a carload of new whiskey barrels last Saturday. Mr. Klager will fill these barrels with apple pulp and ship them to Sandusky, Ohio.

The circuit court is still in session. Monday the case of Chas. A. Sauer, et al., vs. John Koch was tried and Tuesday the jury brought in a verdict for plantiff of $312.

Lehman & Stivers have moved their law office to the Saving Bank block, where they will have temporary quarters over the entrance, later moving into their old quarters on the Main street front.

P. H. Mosher, formerly with the Flint & Pere Marquette road has been appointed forman of the Ann Arbor city electric lines. He comes well recommended and will be a desirable addition to the city.

The many friends of Miss Martlia Wilkinson, formerly of this city, have received the announcement of their marriage to Mr. Joseph Gray, of Chicago, Ill. The marriage took place in that city, Oct. 26, 1903.

The churches in Saline were closed Sunday on account of the prevalence of diphtheria there and the public schools will be closed this week. It is hoped by stringent precautions to stamp out the disease.

Miss Anna FitzGerald, of Ashley street, while going down stairs Saturday night in their home, fell and sprained her ankle. It is quite serious and Miss FitzGerald wlll probably be confined to her room for some days.

Rev. Arthur Holmes, of Philadelphia, Penn., will preach at the Memorial Christian church next Sunday morning and evening.  Holmes is said to be an able preacher and a fine scholar. It will be a privilege to hear him.

Miss Elsie Gerstner has resigned her position as bookkeeper at Koch's furniture store to accept a similar position with Staebler & Co. Miss Lillian Wheeler, formerly with W. S. Piper, has taken Miss Gerstner's place at Koch's.

James Tobin of Lansing, died Monday morning of paralysis, aged 82 years. Mr. Tobin was an early resident of Ann Arbor, and a G. A. R. man. While in Lansing he has held the position of quartermaster in the state capital.

The marriage of August Stiem and Miss Martha Kubin took place Wednesday at 7 o'clock p. m., at their newly furnished home, 126 E. Summit street, Rev. A. L. Nicklas officiating. The couple were attended by Richard Luebke and Miss Emma Gennerich. About fifty guets were present to wish Mr. and Mrs. Stiem much joy and remained to partake of an elegant wedding supper and enjoy a very pleasant evening.

Gottleb C. Stark was quietly married Tuesday to Miss Nettie A., only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Smurthwaite, 916 Olivia Place. Rev. A. L. Nicklas performed the ceremony and the couple were attended by Thomas S. and Julia Stark. They will  reside at 343 Beakes street.

The Girls' College Glee club under the direction of Mrs. Hastreiter, will furnish the music at Mr. Forbush's lecture at University hall Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The lecture is under the auspices of the Students' Christian associatlon and the subject will be "Education of Princes."

During the month of October there was not single case of tardiness in the Philip Bach school. Each grade also had an attendance above 98 percent, and according to the rule, each room now gets a half-holiday. This is the first time since the adoption of these rules that this has happened. 

The Coal Dealers' association took up the matter of patronizing the new telephone system, at their last meeting, and while there was no official action taken the sentiment was strongly against the expense and inconvenience of having two telephones and that the individual members should refuse to make contracts for it.

The Grocers, Butchers and Bakers' association will hold a meeting next Wednesday evening, Nov. 11, in the court house. This meeting will be of special interest to all members, and there wlll be something doing for all to discuss. The committee are busy at work upon the deadbeat book, which has hundreds of names upon its list.

The Woodmen Iodge held a meeting Wednesday and arranged to go to Chelsea Monday, Nov. 9, to do the work of initiating five Chelsea men. Thirty will go from the the team here and twenty from Ypsilanti. They will leave on the 7:15 Jackson car, and no one must miss it. All kinds of a good time are being planned for.

Mrs. Trueblood has kindly consented to give her dramatlzation of George Elliot's "Silas Marner," next week on Thursday, November 12. This entertainment will be given for the benefit of Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church and will be a welcome announcement to all persons who have enjoyed the recitals of Mrs. Trueblood in the past.

August Behringer was given a verdict of $340 against the Michigan Union Brewing Co. in the circuit court Friday. The suit was brought to recover the purchase price of a team of horses sold by the plaintiff to the Brewing company, and which they claimed were not up to the warranty that they were honest and true horses, and which they returned to Behringer.

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Armstrong, of Washtenaw avenue, will start Saturday, Nov. 7, for New Orleans, where they will attend the convention of the American Association of Travelling Passenger Agents, to be held there Wednesday, Nov. 11. They leave here Saturday morning for Chicago, where a special train of Pollman sleepers leaves at night, en route for New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong wlll go down to Mobile and take a fleet trip to Cuba. They expect to be gone about two weeks.

About seventy-five were present Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A. Hallowe'en social, where the Ghost and the Skeleton was played, Miss Lawton taking the part of the host and Louis Markham of skeleton. The lights were turned out and a tire was made under cauldron around which ghost stories and every man's fortune was told. Music was firnished by a quartet and Miss Josie Davidson gave several recitations. Pumpkin pie and cheese, coffee and doughnuts furnished the refreshments.

Thomas Hanselmann and Miss Clara Laubengayer, daughter of David LauDensaver, 1044 S. Main street, were united in marriage Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. A. L. Nicklas officiating. Only the immediate relatives of the parties were present and Wm. H. Hanselmann and Miss Matilda Blaess attended them. The couple received many beautiful presents from their many friends. They left on the evening train for a short wedding trip and on their return will reside on S. Ashley street.

The Washtenaw County Poultry and Pet Stock association will hold its first annual poultry show in Light Infantry Armory, Ann Arbor, Jan. 12 to 15,  1904. James A. Tucker, of Concord, has been secured to score the exibit. The premium list will be out in a few weeks and mailed with entry blanks to the many breeders and fanciers throughout the state. This show will bring out a larger variety of poultry than anything held in this part of the state for years. The special attractions will be many and very choice. The show will be open evenings.

MaJ. George G. Wiiians. of Hamburg, is one of the candidates for natlonal organizer of the National Union of the American Society of Equity of North America. The organ of the order describes Mr. Winans "as a large farmer, stockraiser and a hustler at whatever he undertakes" and well qualified for the position. Mr. E. N. Ball, of Hamburg, has also been nominated as one of the directors of the order and is described as being "one of the largest farmers of Michigan and one of the best posted live stock men In the state."