Bay City In Brief.

Leave all church and other notices for THE POST at H. Crotty’s, the enterprising news dealer, Washington avenue between Center and Sixth street.

William Sharp spent the Fourth in Detroit.

E. B. Chamberlain, of Pinconning, spent the Fourth in the city.

Regular monthly meeting of Bay City typographical union No. 81 to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock.

Complaint is made that the electric light on the corner of Water and Twenty-sixth streets is not burning one-half of the time on dark nights.

A runaway occurred on Adams street between Center and Fifth avenues yesterday morning. The driver was thrown out and the vehicle almost rendered unfit for repair.

Charles Luetkemuller, wife and child leave this evening at 5 o’clock for New York city. From there they will sail for Europe. They will be accompanied by Adolph Mueller.

J. Gao. Laetz leaves Monday for New York, accompanied by his aunt, Mrs. Caroline Wickler. After transacting some business Mr. Laetz will proceed to Germany to join his family. They will return about September 1.

Thursday evening, while the committee were firing the new cannon donated to the city by W. Garland, it exploded, throwing the pieces of iron in every direction. It had been fired some fifteen times before the explosion. Queer as it may seem no one was injured, although a residence near by was perforated.

Will Start Up Again.

The public will be pleased to learn that J. B. Hartranft will soon re-open his picture frame business. He is now east making selections of the latest mouldings in the market. These he will bring to the city and have on exhibition at the foot of Center avenue, at Mrs. Hartranft’s millinery emporium. He is expected back in a few days.

Yesterday’s Fire.

At10:30 o’clock the fire department was called to Rouse’s mill. The fire was extinguished before the arrival of the department.

A fire in a tree called the Second ward company to the corner of Ninth and Jackson streets at 3:30.

A house on Fifth avenue, between Grant and Van Buren streets, called the department out at 4 o’clock. The house was as damaged about $200 It was occupied by a family named Callaghan. The awning in front of R. Scheurman’s took fire about 4:30. An alarm was turned in from box 26. The loss was trifling.

The department was also called to put out a number of trivial blazes in different parts of the city. The usual number of ladies’ dresses were spoilt by fire crackers.