The County Convention

The democratie county convention to nomínate county officers and delegates to the congressional and senatorial conventions, has come and gone, and ït did not add to the republican longing for some evidence of democratie disentegration one single ray of hope. It was such an outpouring of old Washtenaw's rockribbed dernocracy as had not been witnessed by the oldest inhabitant, and such as presages victory this fall. Not only was every delegation complete, but large numbers of the faithful from every section of the county, journied to the county hub to add the strength of their presence and the confidencc of their hopes to the spirit of the occasion. The delegations were made up of the most representative men of the party, men in whom every democratie voter has confidence, and the results of their deliberations, as shown in the work of the conven; tion, indícate that this confidence was not misplaced. It was one of the most enthusiastic, harmonious, aest handled, best officered conventions ever held in the county. The speech of Chairman Moran was a model, and his allusions to the landmarks of democratie history, and lis eloquent words relating to democracy's incomparable leader, President Cleveland, were cheered to the echo. The nominating speeches were most happy, and with the exception of clerk and circuit court commissioners,all nominations were made by acclamation. The :riendly rivalry among the candidates :or clerk but added to the prevailing good feeling. The resolutions, which appear elsewhere, endorse the national administration and the faithful and efficiënt services of the second district representative, and have the true ring of the unterrified democracy. The speech of Conressman Gorman at the close was most felicitous and happy, as well as those of several other prominent democrats who were called out. The ticket put in nomination is composed of well known and tried democrats, and will command every democratie vote. The democrats of Washtenaw are to be congratulated on the favorable augury under which they launch their campaign. The Page Wire Fence Co., of Adrián, own, among other animáis, a pair of elks. In order to advertise the business of the firm the'y ran away with the driver, smashing the vehicle and otherwise raising Ned. The animáis carne high but they know what they were bought for. Singular rescue from death befell John Burtless, of Tipton, Lenawee county, last week. He backed a traction engine into a shed but was caught between the machine and the roof and was being slowly squeezed to death, his eyes buiging like those of a mouse in a wire trap. When he had became almost as thin through the middle as a politicians chances of salvation, the lever of the engine caught the roof and reversed the machine, the engine moved forward and Burtless dropped out. And yet he was only an ordinarily good man.