Local Brevities

The latest arrival is a colored bootblack. Ann stieet will ere long have another meat market. Jacob Martin has been elected city Marshal of Ypsilanti. Sam McLaren has put clown a iiew sidewalk on Elizabeth street. The grade on Ann street near the Observatory, is being cut down. H.C. Clark has music- eight children down with the whooping cough. Chris. Sanzi has a new son of a vpíeran and a democrat up at his house. O. L. Matthews has move.i his office over Wild's store on Washington street. Six colored men in this city are said to have white women as partners tor life. High school commencement occurs at University hall June 22 at 10 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Eonaldson, formerly of this city, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Prof . föhn son. Asa W. Parker, of Hempstead, N. Y.' ïas purchased the Cook house property or $35,000. The Washtenaw farmer's insurance ompany put on $30,006 new insurance ast Saturday. Be sure to attend the grand democraic ratiflcation meeting in this city, temorrow evening. The June social of the ladies of St. Andrews' church, was held in Hobart hall last evening. Michael Hoy, of Dexter, who graduates in the law department, will open an office in Chicago. Theodore Sweet, street commissioner in the third ward, is putting the roads in excellent condition. George H. Pond has been elected secretary of the VVashtenaw Agricuitural society vice John R. Miner resigned. i The $5,000 tax tor general purposes was voted by thej citizens last Monday, 148 votes being cast for the tax and 146 i against it. Patrick Buins and Miss Annie McCanu are to be married the 19th inst. at 8t. Thomas' church, Eev. Father Fierle officiating. Mrs. Dr. G. M. Beakes, of Bloomingburgh N. Y., accompanied by her son and daughter, is visiting her son, S. W. Beakes. If any one sees Jim Schiappicasse smile he may make up his mind it is over the ürst boy, who has come to greet his t'our sisters. The Ann Arbor Dramatic company, who play "ftobert Etnmet" here June I5th, play in Saline June 13th, and in Chelsea June 16th. Rev. A. 8. Carmen, the new pastor of the Baptist church, preached his flrst sermón, a very excellent one, in that church last Sunday. Prof. A. VV. Gould. of Ohvet Colege, willoccupy the Unitarian pulpit next Sunday mormne: withMr. Sunderand and will preach . The sidewalk.committee' made the rounds of the city, VVednesday. Petiions for new walks should be handed nto the council at once. Abram Davis, of Scio'died June 2nd, of kidney disease, aged fifty-four years flve months and thirteen days. The uneral services were held on Monday. Morris Ware plead guilty Tuesday to being disorderly and was sent to jail or twenty days. The matter, of the proposed opening f second street, will be heard by the ouncil, June 20th. Letter Carrier Allen steps off proudly n his rounds. A 12i pound boy at tiis house accounts forit. Wil] Montgomery is spending ten ays in jail for drunkenness. Justice 'ond sentenced him, Saturday. A swing shelí iii Mrs. Herman Krapf's cellar carne down last week breaking íifty cans of canned fruit. Rev. William Galpin preached an ex. ellent sermón at the morning service n St. Audrews' church last Sunday. The boarding house keepers are talkng ot' having a convention in July to egulate piices tor the next year. A move in the direction of making living expenses. One woman and three men were bap;ized in the river last Sundav by the pastor of the Af ncan Baptist church. The Baptism was witnessed by a large congregation. Chas. Battles, a hack driver, was arrested under a city ordinauce for abusng Mr. Fletcher of the Cook housp, Monday. He plead guilty and was finedthecosts. The State Horticultural sociejy is invited to meet at Benton Harbdr in a oint session with the West Michigan Truitgrowers society June 13-15 and ïas accepted the invitation . Miss May Whedon returns from chool, where she has been teachng music, in season to resume her )lace as the soprano of the Amphion club for the commeucement concert. A boot thrown at a man near this cit one day this week carne into such vio lent contact with bis ear that the nee of the boot ílew off and the ear had t be se wed on by a physician. Tim Fohey, of Northueld, has pur chased a mate for his fast horse and now has as fast a troti ing team as hear can desire. In fact it looks as if they could make a record as rlyers. During the past week John Kahoe Polhemus & Saxon and W. F. Schlanderer have paid their liquor tax in this city. John Jffeffer, of Milan, and M. G Dailey, of Ypsilanti also paid their li quor tax. The military authoiities have decidid that Sidney VV. Millard is captain of Company A. The decisión is that the five men mustered into the service six days prior to the election had a right to vote. The Unitarian church was crowded both morning and evening last Sunday by those who desired to hear Mrs. Ormiston Chant. The aisles were filled with chaira and many were uuable to get into the church. Ohildren's day at the Presbyteriau church next Sunday will be celebrated at past ten. Rev. Dr. Eddy will talk to the children in a fatherly way. There will be an abundance of flowers and excellent musie. Mrs. Dan Crawford of the flfth ward took an overdose of morphine Tuesday, and but for the prompt interference of Dr.Darling with a stomach pump, might not have been living. She had been married but a few months. Lx-Gov. J. P. St. John, of Kansas, 3poke to a packed house at the opera house last Saturday evening, also Sunday afternoon, on prohibition. He is a forcible speaker and aroused the enthusiasm of the prohibitionists. Tramps are inventive. They have found a new way to board trains. They grease a railroad track which causes the Crain to slow up. The Michigan Central track west of the city was found to be greased for forty or üfty feet the Dther day. C. H . Worden has been elected treasurer of the M. E. church, vice, VV. A. Tolchard, resigned. The Board of stewards of the church adopted very complimentary resolutions of thanks to Mr. Tolchard for many years of faithful service. The carpenters union paid Mrs. Burns $100 on account of the recent sad denth of her son, John Burns. Had he been a member of the union two weeks louter the amount would have been $200. The union was very prompt in making the payment. Carpenters Union No. 85, will hold an open meeting over Fied Slimson's store Friday evening at eight o'clockAddress will be delivered by H. Wirt Newkirk, of this city. Subject, "Organized Labor." A cordial invitation is extended to all. A wedding occurred in the county clerk's office last Saturday where Thos. Caswell, a York farmer, and Miss Nellie Pillbeam.of Farmington, were made man and wife by Ju3tice Frueauff. It was remarked that deputy clerk Brown paid very close attention to the ceremony. lJrof . Carhart will deliver the second of his illustrated lectures before the school of music to-morrow, Saturday, evening at eight o'clock in his room in :he third story of the University main building. The subject will be the Physical Basis of Musie. All interested are invited to attend. We hope the present intentions of the Amphion club to go to Bay View will De carried out, but we understand that ït depends on the success of commencement concert. Although the expense of so large an orchestra will be several hundreu dollars vet a good audience will leave a fair proüt. Prof. Calvin B. Cady has charge of the music at T3ay View this summer and expecls to give a speciallv interestïng series of concerts. The Amphion club will sing at several concerts and incidentatly bring Ann Arbor into uotice as a place where music can be studied with exceptional advantages. C. Eberbach seems to be having a boom in the furnace business. During the past week he has sold thirteen cheerful home funaaces to the following persons, Robt Popkins, A. R. Hammond, Israel Hall, Dr. Black, Jacobus and Son, Mrs. B. Cheever, Mrs. Lukina (3), Dr. l'rescott, Prof Demmon, Prof. S. Carhart and Charles Blackmer, of Hilan. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers and Mechanics bank Mon' day, Beuben Kempf, Wm. F. Breakey, John Burg, Ambrose Kearney, Edward Duffy, D. F. Schairer, Wm. C. Stevens, J. E. Beal and C. L. Greeue were elected directora. The first seven were reelected. The new di rectors are J. E. Beal and C. E. Greene. The directora organized Dy electing Reuben Kempf, president; Edward Duffy, vice-president and Frederick H Belser, cashier. May indicates au increase in mail matter collected and delivered in this city in every item, except that there ia a alight decrease in local postal cards collected. The carriers delivered 88 ( registered letters, 48,327 letters, 8,893 ?ostal cards, 37,576 newspapers, lars, etc. They collected 1,149 local letters, 27,397 mail letters, 863 local postal cards, 4,984 mail postal cards, and 1,775 newspapers, etc. The total postage on losal matter was S104.93. The total number of packages handled and delivered was 131,052. Last Saturday the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howlett, of Lyndon, was celebrated, their children being present to do honor to the occasion. The celebration was a aurprise to them and was happily planned. Among the preseuts, mementos of the happy occasion were a cañe inscribed with name and date of presentation, a gold lined cake basket and fruit basket, gold plush slippers, gold ring, etc. The presentation speech was made bv Nathan Skidmore, of Chelsea, who had been a neighbor for more than 30 years. Thoae who had the happiness of attending, enjoyed a big dinner. Among these was eounty clerk Howlett. Last Saturday evening the members of the Shakespeare club assembled at the hume of Miss Luella Bush and duly celebrated the last meeting of the season. A sumptuous report was served and toasts responded to by the membera of the club. The evening was surrendered to dancing, inusic and recitations. At a late hour the jolly group dispersed bearing with theua the memory of an evening pleasautly and profitably spent. Great praise is due to the hostess, who so efficiently contri buted to the enjoyment of the nueinbers. ïhe f olio win g is a list of the members of the club. Miss Hattie Uavalird, .Misa Kate Seymour. Misses Anna, Jessie and Inez Taylor, Mis. J. Taylor, Miss Hattie Rhodes, Miss Lizzie LeLeur, Miss Luella Bush and Messrs. Kelt, Galle, Katzenberger, Gable and Biscuin. Said the Dundee Reporter of last week. Last Friday quite a number of distinguished persons came frooi Ann Arbor to go on a flshing tour with our physician, Dr. Schuyler. The party consiuted of Drs. Herdman, Gibbs and Hubert of the medical faculty of the University, ür. üorrauce of the dental department and Prof. Cooley of the mechanical laboratorv. On anival the party made their headquarters at Dr. iSchuyler's and immediately after dinner the learned guests made a piscatorial survey of the river Raisin. Dr. Gibbs who is an accomplished fly Bsherman, caught several blue bass and pronouced the Raisin a superior stream for that noble üsh. AU returned and the evening was spent in a social manner. Ñext morning at an early hour the party left for Monroe for a days rishiug. The party were invited to dine with Hon. H. A. Conant at the Monroe Marsh Co's Club House. A large number of flsh were caught and the party returned tp-king the late train for Ann Arbor. They all speak in the highest terms of the hshing facilities of this section of the country and all are desirous of repeating their visit.