Local Brevities

Ed Holmes had his foot crushed inNaylor'ssaw-mill, in Salem, Monday. The street cars between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti still continue laden. Mrs. S. W. Dexter, of Dexter, broke her leg, Tuesday, by falling on the stairs. In another column will be found an advertising of a sale of a selected stock of horses. Christian Mack has been re-elected a director of the Michigan Fire Marine Insurance company. The Patrons of Industry had a long debate, Wednesday, over a by-law, but finally failed to adopt it. Edwin F. Mack, of Detroit, has been elected secretary and treasurer of the Home of Industry at Detroit. The Sons of Veterans will give a Grand Social Hop at the Armory. Thursday eve., February 5th, 1891. Robert A.Martin and a roan pony can often be seen carrying the mail between Ann Arbor, Dixboro and Geer. Phelps & Ball, of Dexter have just received $200 for a colt, from Davenport, the Grass Lake horsebuyer. The board of public works have systematized the Street work so that the work done is of a permanent character. The subject of the Sunday morning sermón at the Presbyterian church is "What is the use of the Prayer Meeting." Robert Martin, of Superior, has just sold a two-year-old buil to Supervisor Burlingame which weighed 1,500 pounds. Chas. B. Davison was elected Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., which met in Grand Rapids, this week. R. S. Greenwood has been apppointed station agent at this place of the "Ann Arbor" road, vice Geo. H. Hazelwood, resigned. Among the patents granted Tuesday were two to Edward R. Cowell, assignor of one half to H. P. Glover of Ypsilanti, on a time chart and time globe. Beal & Pond have purchased the oid established C. H. Millen insurance agency. They are good and careful agents and should retain the large patronage of the agency. Herbert W. Ames plead guilty last Tuesday to assault and battery, and paid $1 fine and $5.50 costs for throwing a stone at the doorkeeper of the masquerade party. Rev. J. T. Sunderland will speak next Sunday morningon "Evidences of Immortality, " and in the evening on "A Sunday in the English Lake Región, at the home of Wordsworth." The prizes to be given away at the X. Y. Z. club Grand Prize Masque Ball, Thursday evening, February 19, can be seen in the show window of W. Arnold, jeweler, S. Main street. Don't fail to see them. A. P. Ferguson will turn out 1,000 carts from his factory during February. He has just returned from a western trip, and thinks his output of carts this year will have to be 10,000 to suppy the demand. The residence of Hon. John J. Robison on Main street caught fire Tuesday afternoon, and it required some vigorous work of the firemen to put it out. Several holes were burned in the roof, and the building was flooded with water. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw Pomological society will be held at 2 p. m., February 7. Topics: How to Increase the Interest in our Society, by Pres. J. Austin Scott; Adulteration of FruitProducts, by G. Frank Allmendinger; Origin of the Sickle Pear and Road Improvement.byE.Baur; Sale of Fruit, byj. Ganzhorn; Curled Leaf inthePeach, by C. C. Clark. Dr. Charles T. Bennett, a gradúate of the medical department, in 1871, has sued the Evening News for #25,000 damages for an article concerning the administration of the Brown-Sequard "elixir of life" to a patiënt by Bennett & Bussy. The Wesleyan guild will give a social at the M. E. church parlors Saturday evening, at which refrëshments will be served. An informal programme has been arranged. It is requested that the college song books be brought to the social. High license, as a political remedy for the liquor evil, was discussed last Sunday afternoon and will be continued next Sunday at 3 p. m. in Cropsy's hall. Dr. J. B. Steere - than whom none can do it better - will give the leading address, and others will follow. Who will defend the affirmative? At the meeting of theLadies 'union in the parlors of the Unitarian church nextWednesday (Feb. 4)Mrs. President Angelí will read a paper upon "Life in China," and Mrs. Coon a paper upon "The Present Status of the Temperance Question: Is a Third Party Desirable?" The ladies of the city are invited. Twenty-seven Odd Fellows from Otseningo and Washtenaw lodges of this city visited their brethren of Wyandotte lodge, Ypsilanti, on Monday evening. The members of Wyandotte treated them royally, and will return tfie visit next Tuesday evening, probably. The party went by way of the motor line, of course. The officers of the Woman's Relief Corps of this city are: President, Mrs. Col. Dean; vice-presidents, Mrs. E. Sumner, Mrs. Dr. Breakey; secretary,Mrs. L. L. Campbell; treasurer, Mrs. H. M. Doig; chaplain, Mrs. Mary C. Stark; conductor, Mrs. Josephine C. Corson; assistant conductor, Mrs. Lottie E. Bowen; guard, Mrs. Julia E. Krapf. The two tramps who had the honor of opening the work at thestoneyard began Wednesday morning. They had been given a ten days' sentencefor vagrancy. For the first hour or so they worked away as if for dear life. The long-handled stone hammers went irïto the air and came down on the hard cobblestones with clock-like regularity. Thry were evidently willing to earn their bread for they had requested to be permitted to work Tuesday.