Local Brevities

The Hobart Guild now has a membership of 450.
Joel Hamilton has returned from New Mexico.
Justice Eugene K. Frueauff, was in Lansing this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Clement were in Detroit over Sunday.
Company A gave a public drill Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Magoffin, of Cheyboygan, is visiting Mrs. Charles S. Millen.
We will hear less about prohibition and local option after next week.
President and Mrs. Angell returned from Washington last Thursday.
Mrs. Fuller, of the telephone exchange, was in Detroit yesterday.
Mrs. Dr. Hatch, of Plymouth, Mich., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Cook.
Col. Larned lectured on local option at the Webster church, last evening.
E. B. Gidley was called to Grand Rapids yesterday by the illness of his wife.
It is said the prohibitionists have declared a boycott against Fred Schlanderer.
The court calendar for the March term promises to be the largest in some years.
Hobart Guild has voted to purchase an upright piano and to present it to the hall.
Miss Louise Richards attended the wedding of a niece in Detroit on Thursday evening.
Tim McKone's friends of Chelsea are booming him for sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
A special meeting of the Ann Arbor Commandery Knights Templar will be held this evening.
Charles M. Koot, formerly of this city has married a Mrs. Maggie Kennedy, of Monmouth, Ill.
Prof. Gayley lectured last evening in the Congregational church on the Land of the Black Hunger.
William Condon, of Houghton, is enjoying a two weeks visit with his family on south University avenue.
Mr. Ernest Krueger, the excellent photographer, for three years with Randall, will open a new gallery in this city in about three weeks.
Capt. and Mrs. Miller, of Grand Haven, who have been visiting D.F Schairer, returned home Monday.
Captain General W. G. Doty, inspected the new Knights Templar Commandery in Northville, Tuesday night.
M. M. Steffey, of Dayton, Ohio, has bought out the steam laundry of R. E Costello and will begin operations soon.
There were about eighty applicants for teachers certificates last Saturday, only about half of whom will obtain them.
Fred. Krause returned Monday from a trip to Shakespeare and Stratford Ontairo. He reports plenty of snow in Canada.
A local option mass meeting will be held at the rink on Sunday evening, Feb. 26, to be addressed by Rev. Dr. Rexford, of Detroit.
The funeral of Mrs. Dr. Pomeroy, who died in the upper peninsula, was held in this city, Thursday afternoon, at St. Andrews church.
The numbers of letters collected Wednesday was larger then usual. Those having vacation evidently took the opportunity to write letters.
The remains of Mrs. E. A. Cooley, who recently died in Bay City, were brought to this city on Friday afternoon for burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
There were 38,957 bushels of wheat marketed in January in fourteen of the mills and elevators of the county. Eleven mills and elevators did not report.
One of the sons of the late Gen. Lewis Cass Hunt has enlisted in the regular army and will apply for a lieutenancy after he has served two years in the ranks.
A special sermon will be delivered next Sunday morning before the Hobart Guild in St. Andrews church. The service will commence at the usual hour, 10:30.
The county taxes apportioned to the poor fund amounted this year to $3,571.43 while the townships raised $2,736.26 for the support of their poor in the county house.
Fred. W. Eisenburg, of this city, has been granted a patent for a tailor's charcoal iron. Enoch C. Bowling, of Ypsilanti, has also been granted a patent on a garment stay.
Nicholas Kelly was drunk and intoxicated on the streets last Thursday. On Friday, Justice Pond sent him to jail for thirty days. He will hardly be able to vote on local option.
O. K. L. Crozier will build a fine barn on his farm, with a roomy basement. The barn will be forty feet square and W. J. Colgrove has taken the contract of building it.
That law student spoke even wiser than he knew, who said at a quiz the the other day, "In the 21st Michigan, Judge Cooley decided this principle, but the rest of the court dissented."
Charles M. Schlimmer died in Scio township last Sunday aged 72 years 8 months and 26 days. For many years he lived on his farm on the Whitmore Lake road near Whitmore Lake.
A leap year social was given at Wm. Scadin's in Webster, Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the Sunday school of the Webster church. The proceeds will be used for Sunday school papers.
In the circuit court, Monday, William Pitney was given a judgment for $998.25 by default against Henry and David Forshee. A motion was made to dismiss the case of Harvey Bennett vs. Bert Lownsbury.
H. T. Morton attended the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. in Lansing this week as a delegate from Washtenaw Lodge No. 9, and William Wagner, of Wagner Bros., as a delegate from Otseningo Lodge No. 295.
The mothers meeting for February will be held at Hobart Hall, on Wednesday, the 2th, at 3 o'clock p. m. By request, Mrs. S. Hendrickson will gain read her essay upon "The Home." Mrs. Dr. Darling will read an essay on "Heredity."
J. W. Wing's sale of horses, cattle. sheep and hogs, farm implements, household furniture, hay. grain, &c takes place at his residence in Scio on Tuesday, March 6th, at 10 o'clock sharp. A good opportunity to get good stock. George E. Davis, salesman.
Commencing next week Wednesday night, the "Naiad Queen" will hold the boards of the opera house for four nights. Everywhere the piece has been highly spoken of. The costumes are elegant, the music delightful, and the scenery which is gotten up especially for this play really fine. The prices are low enough so that all can enjoy it.
A birthday party was given at the residence of C. W. Vogel on Ann Street, Wednesday evening, sixty persons being present. The occasion was n honor of the twenty-second birthday of C. W. Vogel, and the twenty-first birthday of Miss Mary Vogel, both the children of John F. Vogel, of Freedom. It was a very pleasant occasion.
The city is being canvassed for advertisements by a stranger who wants our merchants to put their advertisements in a directory of the postoffices of Michigan, which is to contain a map of the state. It is needless to say the advertisements will not benefit the advertisers, who can alway do better any way by patronizing mediums which have assured local circulation.
Mr. John E. Flinn, of this city and Miss Rosa E. Fitzgerald were married on Wednesday by the Rev. Dr. Ramsay near Geddes. The happy couple will go to housekeeping in this city and will have the kindliest wishes of many friends and acquaintances, for a long life and much happiness.
A very closely contested case was tried at Monroe before Judge Kinne on Tuesday. The case was entitled "O'Donnell vs. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co." Judgment for the plaintiff by a jury, for $1,080.40. Cramer & Corbin for plaintiffs; Norris & Norris of Grand Rapids, for defendants.
The fire alarm on Wednesday of last week, was given by Mr. Louis Zells, of Fourth street, whose house it was that caught fire. A lady across the road gave the alarm and when he rushed out of the house, he saw fire coming out of the chimney and rushed to Fireman's Hall, ringing the bell in good faith.
Henry Vogel, town treasurer of Scio, was the last township treasurer to settle with the county treasurer, but he showed an excellent balance sheet, having collected all the state and county taxes excepting $2.37. Scio's state tax this year amounted to $3,527,05, her county tax to $1,425, and her poor tax to $176,71.
Mrs. Josephine Ortman has brought suit for a divorce from Frank H. Ortman, whom she married five years ago. She alleges cruelty and insufficient support and says he lodged her on the third floor of a tenement house while he lived with his father, when she was unable to go up or down stairs without assistance.
John Sedina, of 21 Summit St., was made happy by birth of boy on Sunday evening which appeared healthy and promising. It had been sleeping quietly and taking nourishment during Tuesday eveniner but when noticed about midnight it vas found to be dead. There was no apparent cause for its death.
The new registration in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth wards at four o'clock yesterday was 364, a much larger number than usual. The new registration was in the first ward 99, second 69, third 67, fourth 89, sixth 40. It was thought the majority of the new votes were anti-prohibition. At two o'clock there were 27 registered in the fifth ward.
Horace Booth, next Thursday, sells on the Bradford farm, half way between Ann Arbor and Dexter, near Honey Creek, a span of brown geldings, a span of three year old colts and four other horses and colts, 116 sheep, six cows, farming implements &c. The sale commences at 10 o'clock and Fred Krause's familiar voice will be heard auctioning off the goods.
Rev. Mr. Sunderland will preach in the Unitarian church next Sunday morning on "Reasons why I think every man who cares for the morals or wellbeing of the community should vote for local option." In the evening the service will be adjourned that the congregation may attend the meeting at the rink to be addressed by Rev. Doctor Rexford, of Detroit.
Mrs. L. D. Wheeler will sell at public auction, Thursday, March 8, her farm of 187 acres, a mile north of Saline. The buildings on the farm are excellent ones. The auction sale will also include horses, cattle, farming utensils, twenty eight acres of wheat, hay, corn and many other things to be found on a well stocked farm. Fred. Krause is the auctioneer for the occasion.
Horton Bryan, formerly city editor of he Ann Arbor Register and his brother, Homer, have purchased the Charlotte Leader. They have now a good newspaper property and they know how to find the news items and how to write them up when found. We look for advance in the influence and circulation of the Leader. The Leader is a democratic paper, so that it will be on the winning side this year.
The masquerade party of Company A was a financial and social success. A large crowd of masqueraders were on the floor, including a number of couples from Ypsilanti, while the spectators were numerous. The costumes were varied and appropriate, excepting one or two loud ones, the owners of which discreetly disappeared before the time came for unmasking. The party netted the company about $100.
A letter of inquiry from Manchester, Mich., signed H. S. Bullard, who had been bled a dollar's worth. caused the New York World to look into the affairs of the artistic needlework company, of 135 Eight street, New York. The World became a customer of the company's through a lady member of its staff , and then printed a two-column article in reply to the Manchester party's letter, denouncing the artistic needlework concern as an artistic and opulent fraud.- Evening News.
Take the T. A. A N . M. Railway to Jacksonville, Florida and visit the Subtropical Exposition now being held. Reduced rates from now until May. For further information apply to Company's office. A. J . Paisley, agent.