Local Brevities

No more circuit court until July 17. The ten weeks' vacation has commenced. J. P. Hofíman has moved to 69 South Main street. Joseph Donnelly talks of starting a store at Ilamburgu. Next Sunday will be communiou Sunday at Zion church. The news boys talk of forming a club and wearing badges hereafter. Jack Loney has opened a boarding house over the Detroit house. The huckleberry crop of Chelsea bids fair to exceed all former years. The water works reservoir is about flfty feet higher than the observatory. There is plenty of tiinber for the democratie couuty nommations this rail. Congressman Allen delivered the commencement address at Orchard Lake. A new bazaar will be opened on Ann street by George J. Johnston, of Albion. Memorial services for Lillian Pond, were held by the M. E. Sunday school last Sunday. Next Sunday will be first communion day for the children at St. Thomas' (Catholic) church. There were 650,000 gallons of water Rimped by the engines at the water works, Monday. Charles Ilettich is feeling happy over ;he accession of a boy to his' household ast Thursday. Ex-mayor Smith now sports another gold dollar- in payment for his last year's service as mayor. Lewie C. Pond, son of editor Pond, ïas a position as collector in the Farmers and Mechanics bank. A horse belonging to Louis Hall had lts leg broken by another horse while in a pasture field, last week. Company A will assist in celebrating J uly 4 in Lansing. They leave here on the evening of the third. A largely attended picnic occurred at Silyer lake last Sunday, thoss who were there reportuig a good time. Dead trees are a breeding place for msects. There are a number in town which ought to be cut down. A very small number of pwple asèmbled at the depot at 9 o'clock, Monday morning, tö see tlie Alger train come in. William Goetz and Miss Anna Hass, DOth of this city, were married on Weduesday of , last week by Rev. John Jveumann. The St. Paul Press says that the great feature of Lost in London is the mperb scenery used. It is played here next Monday. Mr. Sam Hawley, who has gained considerable of a reputation as a tenor singer, will sing with the Glee Club at ;he commeneement concert. Miss Nellie Garrigues arranged the costumes and action part of the gypsy song to be sung by the Amphion Club tit the commencement concert. The house on the ground belongmg to the Church of the Discipies, corner of Miller avenue and Division street, will be moved to the flfth ward. ílon. Chas. R. Whitman has received numerous invitalions to deliver orations on the fourth of July this year. He has accepted the invitation to speak in Dundee. There are uow 950 private consuméis taking water f rom the Ann Arbor water company. This is an increase of 50 over last year and the number is daily growkg. The members of St. Joseph's church at Dexter give a grand picnic on J uly Ith in the grove. Oration and addresses by llev. Dr. Reilly and Hou. Chas. H. Manly and others. Boarding house keepers and all that have rooms to rent will meet July 25 at Oiopsey's hall to devise ways and tneans to establish a uniform rate for rooms and board. All those who wish a beautiful and convenient prograrnme for the exercises of commencement week can secure it by calhng atVVahr's on Main street or at Moore's on State street. Jacob Bordnian, a tormer resident of this city, died at Peona, Ills., last Saturday, of abscess upon the brain, aged flfty six years. [lis remaina vvere brought here Monday for burial. A Grand Sápida dispatcli to the Detroit papers says that J. K. Colt wa arrested in this city and taken to Grand Rápida on a charge of desertiug hi family, but that he will be discharged. The M. E. Sunday school of the 5t waid netted 510.50 by the concert give last Friday night. This is the starting of a building fund for the purpose o erecting a new chapel, which is greatl needed. The high 3chool nine defeated th Detroit high school nine in a game o base ball on the fair groutids, Saturday to the tune of 20 to 2. The Detroit made 3 base hits and the Ann Arbo nine 21. The stone school and the south Ypsilanti district held a joint lavvn social at Jiobert Harrison's, in Pittsfield, Wednesday evening. The grounds were beautifnlly illuminated with Chinese lanterns. The Robert Emrnet play at the opera house, Friday evening, drew a large and attentive andience, the company did exeeptionally wel] and the play was bettet than inany given by professiouals. The sale of seats for cotninencemeut concrrt wil) begin Saturday rnorning at nine o'clock at Wahr's on Main Street and at More's on Staie street. There will be no extra charge for reserved seats. Cards are out anuouncing the marriage of Miss Minnie Miley to Arthur N. Hart, a seuior dental student, on next Thurtd ly evenh.g. The marriage will tase place at the residence of the bride"s parents. Miss May Whedon will take the soprano solo parts and Miss Katie Jacobs the contralto parts in the cantata to be sung at the comraencement concert. Mr. C. B. Stevens, of Detroit, will sing the tenor solos. Dr. Conrad George was kicked by bis horse Wednesday evening. The horse struck bis leg below the knee, and although it was not broken it was so badly wrenched that the doctor will be laid up a few days. The colored lodge of Good Samaritans of this state commenced thejr regular session yesterday. Meetings are held in the Maynaid block Ann St. Upwards of 200 delegates are present from all over the state. Thompson announces that the Evangelieal Mistión Society of North Araerica (colored,) will hold a camp meeting on the fair grounds here froin September 1 -5 th to 24th presided over by Bishop Wm. B. Campbell, of Toledo. A glance at the list of marriage licenses will show an unusual nuinber of young brides during the past week. One was only sixteen, another only seventeen, one was twenty and two were twenty-one. Eather a young lot of housekeepers. Fred. Heisel, ui employee of Martin Haller, had a leg broken just above the ankle, Blonday aiternoon, by jumping from a wagon un Spring street. In some way the wagon ran against the horse's heels, causing the hoi seto kick, Heisel jumping from the wagon. William Armstrong was badly lmrt )y a large piece of a board, which was unniiig through a buzz saw, llying oi'f t a tangent and striking him with reat.force under the ribs. He was niocked completely out for the time jeing, but will soou be on deck again. A letter from C.F. Bates received in his city dated Yanktoi, liidian Agency Dakota, June 14th, brings the intellience that Mr. Bates began work under lis appoiutment as an agricultural teacher to show the irjdians how to do arm work on June 12. He likes his osition even better than he expected .o. A lire broke out in the picking house f Hay & Todd's woolen factory, in Ypsilanti, Wednesday afternoon, from hot box on one of the pickers. The lire pread rapidly to the factory, which 'as saved only after a hard fight by he factory hands and the Ypsilañti re department. The loss will reach 2,50u, fully insured. Frank Calïeehasshipped seventy-3ve ead of nice young horses to be here etween June 28 and July 1. Thev are n assorted lot and better horses than he mustangs Mr. Cafiee sold hei e ast year. Last year was Mr. Calïee's first trip here and he judged hat the oeople of this vicinity appreciated the value of the better grade of mustangs. A meeting f Uie fruitgrowers and farmers, who have apple orchards, wil' be held next SaUuclay at4p. m:, in the basement of the court house, to discuss the better distribution of fruit and cheaper transportation . L'rof. 15. E. Nichols, chairman of the cnminiitee on fruit exchange, will report and lav befoie the meeting the necessity of organized work. The flrst part of the piogramme for comineucernent concert will be '-Tlie L'assinL[ Slimmer.'' and the second part will consist of miscellaneous selections of a very interesting character. The orchestra will give a very beautiful selection and the Amphion club will sing a gypsy song in costume and actionThe glee club will also furnish a liberal part of the programme. Miss Jennie N . Van Deventer, who for the last sixteen years nas been employed in the Courier bookbindery, died last Saturdav at the residence of Mre. John 13ovlan, in the fourth ward, of typhoid fever, after a long ïllness. She formerly resided in Dundee and was 36 years, 10 mouths and 10 day old. The funeral services were held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Harriet L. Browne died Wednesday evening at the residence of her son-in-law, Capt. ,T. McGilvry ou l'ackard street of pneumonía, öhe was the widow of the late W T. Browne, who was superintendent of the state insane asylum at Stocktom California, lier husband's father' Dabney Browne was president of iam's and Mary's College and a first cousin of President Ty Ier. Since her husbands' deatli two years ago she lias esided with her dauehter, Mrs. McGilvry. The funeral services will be iel1 at tliree o'clock this afternoon f rom the house. Judge Kinne's order adjourning tlie circuit court reads as follows: "The business of the May term o,! his court for the year 1883 has been lispatched and nothing rematns upon the clocket. The court will adjourn until July 17, nt which time I do not expect to be present nor arn I aware that chere will jp any work for the court on that day and the court will thereupon adjourn sine die.:' Elizabeth Smalley, of Manchester township, has tiled a bilí in the circuit court for divorce from Jonathan Smalley, whom she married in Manchester village in November, 1875. She charges that withiu four years af ter her m uriage lier husband abandoned and deserted her and her son, now eight years old, and although lie is worth $3.000 in real estáte and personal property, most of which is in Dakota,he has not for eight years contributed a dollar for her support.