Local Brevities

Council meeting Monriay night. Pennington at the nnk to-morrow evening. The Cocker League are thinking of building. Field day exercises begin to-morrow at 1:30 p. m. Register in your town to-morrow (Saturday), sure. A recital of the school of music was held last eveniug. The stone steps in front of the court house have beea relad. A Hobard Guild social will be held a week from this evening. All Saints day was observed yesterday in St. Andrew's church. The ladies of the Unitarian church held a sociable last evening. E. E. Beal is agent for Lyman D. James and Chas. Fantle's property in this city. Subscribe for the Argus. Tweuty flve cents for three months. Only a dollar a year. The usual matinee and hop will be held at the academy of dancing on átale street to-morrow. Dean Gray , of Cambridge, will deliver the Baldwin lectures before Ilobait Guild this season. Mrs. Venelia Crawford has been granted a divorce from Morris A.Crawtord by Judge Kinne. The monthiy social of the ladies of the Episcopal church was held at IIobart hall last evening. Field day was postooned on account of bad weather until to-morrow. It will be a very enjeyable occasion. Ann Arbor town democrats should register tomorrow at N. B. Covert's shop. They should carry the town this year. Seven members compose the Boston Symphony Orchestra Club, at University hall, November 16. Go and hear them. The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railway Co. report a large business over the new route to the Saginaws. Judge John Howard, formerly of this cuy, now mayor of Prescott, Arizona, is running on a republiean ticket for district attorney. Justice Pond has sent Georee Johnon, colored, to the reform school at Lansing, for truancy, until he is seveneen vears of age. Some one cut a pole in IMttstield, which was about to be erectBd, one night last week. Every good citizen condemns the act. A. Mcümber husked on the tarm of George E. Sperry, of Fittsfleld. sixtyBve bushels of corn in five hours, or one-half dav. Who can beat ït? The last democratie meeting of the oampaign will be held to-morrow evening. Ilon.H. F. l'ennington and Hou. CA. Manly will bethe apeakers. The prohibitionists have the last meeting of the campaign in this city, Michael ;J. Fanning speaking on the court house square Monday evening. Mrs. William Stevens, ot Dexter, bas a terrier dog, which, when he is told to hurrah for Cleveland, stands up on his hind legs and barks furiously. After election local news will be plentif ui and we will strive to see that the Akgus readers gst more of it than those.of any other paper in the county . Pittsfield township has had eight rousing democratie meetings, all weli attended. Can any town in the state beat that record? A good report may be looked for next week . Administrators and exacutors of estates are requested by Judge Hamman to have their estates closed duiïng November or December ïf possible or to render their annual accounts. Next Sunday evening, Kev. J. T. Sunderland will give the second lecture in bis course on the Legends of Genesis and their Parallelsin other Religions. Subject, ",The Story of Paradise." The Chelsea meeting last Monday night was a very large one. Xo hall would hold them. A large overflow meeting was held and rousing speeches were made by Stearns and Whitman. A Kentucky gentlemen authorizes us to say that he wishes to bet $5,000 to $4.000 on Cleveland's re-election. Those who wish to take him up can have the address by applying at this office. Miss Julia Judson, who lived with Miss Jolly in the sixth ward for some years, was tnarried September 2óth in Newberry, Luce county, to Neison Pratt, a prosperous young farmer of that place. A fine exhibition of chry?anthemums will be held to-morrow (Saturday) in the agricultural room in the couit house between the hours of ten a. m. andfivep. m. The pomological society will meet at two o'clock. Mrs. Sarah M. Hewitt died at Almeria, Loup county, Nebraska, Oct. 12th, '88, of dropsy, aged 74 years, and was buried at that place. She lived with her daughter, Mis. K. T. White forjaerly of Ann Arbor. O. L. Lelanü of Xorthüeld, lost ten sheep from lightuing in a recent thuu'ler storm. They were insured iu the Washtenaw Mutual. Secretary Chikls says that the company loses a little f rom al most every thunder storm. Mr. Cas, the republican candidate for county clerk, essayed to ask Mr-, liabbit a number of que3tiona at a meeting at Ilobert's school house last Monday evening. He probably understands the sugar question better than be did. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw pomological society will be held Saturday, November 3rd at 2 p. m. in the court house. Beports from conr mittees, exhibit of fruits and fruit preservers and large exhibition of chrysanthemum8. The stockholders of the Star Mountain Mining Company met here Monday and decided to remove their office to Deiroit. Among the directora elected were E. Duffy,of this city, and C. F. Kapp, of Manchester. Among the advisory directors eleeted was A. Davenport, of York. The Boston Symphony Orchestraj Club will giveagraud concert in this city, Friday, Nov. 16. The club is a strong one and includes such artists as Nowell, Palm.Stoetzer, Burose, Beckel, lloth and Miss Elsa Clark Cushing, the prima donna soprano. Mr. Nowel was the principal solo violinist of Theodore Thomas orchestra. The Detroit convocation of the Episcopal church met in this city last Friday. It was decided to give each county charge of the missionary work in its own territory and to establish new missions as fast aspossible. Rev. Mr. Blanchard, missionary of the western diocese, save a very inteiesting address on home missionary work. A band concert will be giyen Friday evening, November 1G, at Germania hall by the J. L. Iludson band, consisting of thirty pieces. Three Horn brothers, old Ann Arbor boys, are members and Henry Horn is the president of the band. They are eivin? a series of concerts throughout the state. After the concert, a hop will take place The horse of Jacob Hartman Ibecame frightened on Packard street Wednesday at some cattle in a wagon in the great procession and, whirling quickly around, threw Mr. and Mrs. Hartman and child out. The horse was quickly caughtbut ran away again in a lew moments breaking the top of the carriage and the wheels. No one was seriously injured. Luke Dake, of South Lyons had a bad runaway in the flfth vard yesterday. He had just driven a load of wood across the Toledo Jand Ann Arbor track, when a locomotive passed, Bcaring his horses, Mr. üake was thrown out striking on his head and shoulders, seriously injurin? him. His head and shoulders were badly bruised, and he was also injured about the hip and knee. The wagon was badly broken. The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Chequamegon band and orchestra last Thursday evening: E. L. Moore, president; C. C. Warden, vice-president; A. W, Copley, sec. and treasurer; L. II. Clement, business manager; board of directors, W. W. Tidd, E. L. Moore, II. W. ïoung, A. VV.Copley, L. II. Clement; director of orchestra, Lew II. Clement, leader of band, E. L. Moore; librarían, A. W. (Jopley. Several new members were voted in, making the organization stronger than ever and more of their excellent music can be expected this season.