Local Brevities

Attend the fortieth annual fair next week. The court house lawn looks green once more. Sheehan & Co. have moved into their new bookstore. The senior class in the high school is much larger than usual. Titus Hutzel has moved into his residence on We3t Huron street. Peter Come, the shoemaker, has been ?ranted an increase of pension . The opera house will be opened for the season next Monday evening. When you come to the fair next week bring your subscriptiön for the Argus. Eighty-nine cases have already been noticed for trial at the October term of coart. A seven pouud boy arrived at the home of Vett Armstrong, VVednesday morning. Mrs. A. lsbell, a former resident of this city, died in Kedlands, Cal., on September 3. . W. A. Clark is running for congress- not our VV. A. Clark but VV. A. Clark, of Montana. Rev. Dr. Ramsay will preach in the M. E. church next Sunday, both morning and evening. Hon. Chas. H. Wbitman addressed large meetings in Dowagiac yesterday afternoon and evening. Remember McDonald and Stearns next Friday. One of the greatest demcratic rallies of the season . Last Saturday Emil Rahr and Miss Antonio Hoelzer were married in this city, by Rev. H. F. Belser. Rev. Dr. S. H. Adams removed to Oexter, VVednesday, where he will have charge of the M. E. church. Mrs. Wiiijg J. Abbott nee of Kansas. City, is the mother of a bright ittle baby boy, which is a week old. Heinzmann & Laubengayer are puliing in a thirty horse power engine and bofler in their elevator and warehouse. The Ann Arbor Greys defeated the Vlilan club on the campus lastSaturday by a score ot 21 to 9, thus winning the series. Remember the county fair next week. The entries will be much larger and etter than usual, let the crowd also be arger. Prof. Henry C. Adams has been appointed statistician of the inter-state commerce commission, an important position. Hoffman's August sales footed up $814.10. This was his first month's jusiness since the reestablishmeno of lis store. Hugh Hawkins, of the Ann street aundry bas accepted the position as bill clerk of the Michigan Central at East Saginaw. J. E. Beal, of the Courier, was the chairman of the congressional convention in Adrián last week which nomiïated Capt. Allen. The Peoples Theatre Co. open the opera house next week in a select epertoire of plays, with a change of plays every evening. Converse G. Cook waB brought bef ore Justice Pond, Tuesday, and presented with twenty days in jail for being drunk on the streets. J. Brewer will run a restaurant in connection with the branch bkery of W alter Toop on Morth Main street just north of the Akqus office. A well attended democratie meeting was held at Leiand, Wednesday evenng, which was addressed by Capt. C. ï. Manly and Patrick McKernan. Arthur Whitlark, ot Washington, D. 3., and Miss Katie Speechly were naarried Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride's parents in the lifth ward. Long & Co. have made a very fine portrait, m india ink and water color, of the late Mrs. Margaret Morton Mitchell. The portrait is an excellent likeness. Senator Jones, of Florida, and Hon . Willaid Stearns, of Adrián, will be the democratie speakers at Chelsea next Thursday. They should haye a rousing meeting. The case of the people vs. Flora Stoll, charged with slandering a neighbor was tried by a jury in Justice Frueauff's court, Tuesday, and Mrs. Stoll was acquitted . Monroe Swartout has sold nis property on Packard street to VV". T. JSTorgate aud has bought the lot adjoining on the south and will build a new residence in the spring. According to the report of the state weather bureau, August of this year has been exceeded in coolness by only one year in the past twelve years. That year was 188.5. The annual meeting for the election of officers of Chautauqua Circle was held Thursday evening of this week, at the home of Miss Carrie Watts, No. 33 east Liberty street . President Angelí is the author of the chapter on the Diplomacy of the United States in the Narrativo and Critical History of America just issued by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The democrats of Mendon includiug ïraple andother prominent leaders have sent Hon. C. R. Whitman Tery flattereng invitations to address a meeting in that town at an early date. The city band has orgauized an orchestra of ten members including some of the finest musical talent in the city withJohn Lindenschmitt, as director. It makes a very fine quadrille band. The class in physical culture in the school of music under charge ot Mrs. Garrigues, is one of considerable importance to ladies, as it teaches them to use all their muscles in healthy exercises. One of Kittredge's dray horses which hadn't been used for several days, made lively time from the fifth ward back to the stable Wednesday afternoon getting entirely beyond the control of the diiver. Elegant new scenery bas been placed u the opera house and our people will . have an opportunity to witness the improvements next week, the People's Theatre Company playing at cheap pnces each night. Ex-8enator Jos. E. McDonald of Indiana, a man of national reputation and Indiana 's candidato for the democratie presidential nomination four years ago, and Hon. Wlliard Stearns, of Adrián, will speak at the fair next Fridy. Mills Bros. took four first premiums, two second premiums, two third premiums and second premium on sweep stakes with his Holstein-Fresian herd at th state fair last week. Olds and Bacon, of York, took two first premiums. D. G. O'Brady, who has been canvassing the city for once a week, wanted on the charge of getting $12 out of a Lansing hotel keeper, gave the one armed Lansing Sheriff Fowler, a lively chase through the streets last night. He was caught and lodged in jail. A change in the proprietorship of the Aim Arbor Register occuned this week, Kittredge & Holmes dissulving partnership. Mr. Kittredge re-assumes the sole propnetorship of tlie paper and annouDces his in tention of running a stronger republican paper The seniors of the high school have chosen the follovvingofflcers: President, George Dygert; vice-president, Alice VV. Beckwith; secretary, Jessie V. Penny; treasurer, Elmer Beal; marshal, Arthur Beardsell; base ball captain, Arthur Seymour; toot ball captain, Alex. Huil. George Huntington was arrested in Salem and brought before Justice E. B. lJond on the charge of stealing "three ïens of the value of one dollar and a half," of James L. McCormiek. He plead not guilty on Saturday but on wednesday changed his plea to guilty and was given ten days in jail. The Ypsilanti fair is in progress this week. The entries are very large numjering 2,400. There are as many as 420 lorses exhibited. The fair is, as usual, a great success. The crowds are good 3ized. Leonora won the colt race Wednesday and Fred M. the running race for $100 prize on the same day. Some miscreant who walks about in ;he garb of a man, dodged betvveen the carrifiges in a funeral procession, on State stieet, Tuesday afteruoon, grabbed a basket of peaches from the wagon of John Huddy, who was driving to market, and disappeared with. it, between the carriages of the procession. The time to which the subscriptions of all our subscribers is paid is plainly marked on the address label on their papers. Turn to your name on this paper and see ïf you owe the Akgus anything. The money due us upon subscriptions would do us a great deal of good and we think we only need to remind our triends of that fact. The Free Press coutains the following fiattering notice of ihe son ot our townsinan, A. D. Seyler. "Julius V. Seyler is attracting marked attention in Berlín musical circles by some really artistic piano playing. A correspondent of the American Musician, places him in the front ïvnk of students at the Sharvvenka conservatory.-' The marriage of George W . Millen. of this city, to Miss Jessie Wetmore, of ConcorJ, occurred last evening at Concord. The wedding was attended by about thirty-five of the Ann Arbor friends of the groom and was an elegant affair. Mr. and Mrs. Millen are expected here next Monday. They have the best wishes of hosts of friends. A letter from E. N. Bilbie, former leader of the Chequamegon announces his safe arrival in Berlin. He has joined Julius V. Seyler, n pleasant rooms. He is much impressed with the grandeur and statliness of Berlin and has already attended several noted operas and witnessed the recent sham battle which the young emperor commanded. _J Last Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Schulz gave a pleasant party to tfeir relatives and intímate friends, at the residence of the paients of Mrs. Schulz, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dietas. It was a farewell gathering as they moved to Detroit the following day, where Mr. Schulz has accepted a good position in the office of Gulley & Co., printers. He is a good compositor, and his many friends wish him success in his new field of labor. A republican tailor of this city offered to bet thirty suits of ciothes on Harrison'8 election Wednesday, the demócrata to pay doublé price f or the suits íf Harrisen should be elected. He found the democrats eager to take up th bet. The.y rushed in to be measured, and after six measure3 were takea he refused to take any more although others were waiting. Veadice the democrats to see that the suits ar made before election.