Personal And Social

W. W. Watts was in Detroit Tuesday. Morris Lantz has been suffering with a feioa. G. W. Bullis had his hand severly hurt about a week ago. Mrs. Dr. J. Wile, of La Porte, Ind., is visiting her father, Mr. A. Hammond. Lena and Lou Hoffstetter returned last week f rom their visit with friendain Delhi. Mr?. C. B.Woodward has gone to Detroit, where her husband is located in the Brunswick. Miss Lillie Bell is in Ann Arbor to spend a few weeks with her brother, Walter BelL Miss Clara Hayley is now at Andrews & Co.'s Main-st store instead of the Statest store. August Frank, brother of Wm. Frank, of the Germania hotel, died in Detroit thisa. ni. Dr. Seyler, of Akron, O., former assistant to Prof. Herdman, is visiting friends in the city. . Miss Libbie Wahr celebrated her 21st birthday last Friday, with the aid of a surprise party. Mrs. Judge Best, of Minneapolis, Minn., formerly of Ann Arbor, ia visiting at N. W. Cheever's. Mrs. Newell DsPuy and children, from Buffalo, N. Y., are visiting Mrs. F. M. DePuy on Maynary-st. Mrs. Benj. Trutnbull and daughter, of Trumbull Station, are visiting Mrs. T.'s son in the University. Mrs. M. W. Harrington writes from Los Angeles, Cal., about going out under an umbrella to piek roses. Dora MeCollum, who has been spending a niimber of weeks with friends in Detroit, has returned to Ann Arbor. Mrs. Henry DePue, of Pittsfield, is spending the woek with her father, Herbert Twichell, of Hamburg. Mrs. Dr. A. C. Wright, of Ann Arbor, now of West Point, Ual., is the guest of Mrs. Cheever, of Washington-st. Major Soule and Msjor W. C. Stevens attended meeting of the Loyal Legión íd Gen. Alger's residence in Detroit yesterday. Miss Minnie L. Miley returned from Petoskey, Tuesday evening, where she has been with relatives for the last few months. Prof. D'Ooge lectured four times last week on the subject of his recent trip to Europe. The last lecture was given betore the Detroit club. Emil Baur attended the forestry convention in Grand Rapids, last week, and came back in a high state of enthusiasm concerning foresta. Robert Smith, editor of Gratiot Journal, and Byron H. Sawyer, prosecuting attorney of Gratiot county, called at The Register office last Friday. Mrs. Prof. Cheever, corner of Madison and Packard-sts, will give a social Friday evening to the Young peoples' SDciety of the Presbyterian church. J. T. Jacobs and D. C. Fall made a business trip to Detroit on Monday. Yesterday Mr. Jacobs attended a meeting of the Loyal Legión of Michigan in Gen. Alger's residence in Detroit. There was a family reunión held at the residence of Conrad Bissinger, on W. Liberty-st last Thursday, in honor of his 8Gth birthday. He is one of Washtenaw county's pioneer?, having settled here over fifty years ago. John Sperry and family, of Ann Arbor town, were agreeably surprised on Friday evening last, by the sixty or seventy friends and neighbors who took uncerimonious possession of the house, provided a supper and insisted upon making themselves at home. Dr. C. Howell, who has located in Ann Arbor to practice medicine, formerly practiced in Dexter, but for the past six years has been in Alpena. He is a brother of Judge Howell, the compiler of the annotated statutes, and of David Howell of the Lansing high school. B. E. Fernow, of Washington, commissioner of forestry of the United States, was in Ann Arbor last Saturday. He had just attended the forestry convention in Grand Rapids. Mr. Fernow is a very learned Germán - a gradúate of the forestry depirtment of the University of Berlín. He spent his time in Ann Arbor with Prof. Spalding. On Sunday, at the residence of W. C. Latson in Webster township, 27 people sat down to dinner. Among them were D. C. Fall and family, J. W. Johnson and family, and R. C. Cuthbert and wife, all of Ann Arbor. It was Mr. Latson's birthday, and last Thursday was Mr. Fall's birth day. It was a joint celebration of those important days. Mr. Latson's new house was well "warmed." Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, mother of Mrs. Latson and Mrs. Fall, wag there, and counted 17 grand children around her. The Ann Arbor party report a splendid time.