Adrian Press Washtenawisms

Nothing has recently beeu heard of a zoological garden as an adjunct to the Michigan Uiversity. The zealots who were urging the thing on now attend the meetings of the board of public works of Ann Arbor and are satisfied. An Ann Arbor paper exploits Justice Gibson as giving a prisoner "sorne fatherly advice. " The Press is williug to faither the statement that Justice Gibson is nobody's father, but a single young jnstice, of virtue. probity and a high forehead extending back to the crowu. Workmen of the Chelsea Stove Works, in course of an excavation, uncovered. a stone tornb, twelve feet long, six deep aud five thick. It contamed a skeleton, of human resemblance The Chelsea papers touch the subject gingerly, and there is a suspicion that the skeleton is that of an editorial room bore. Calyton Schenk a Chelsea lad last week received a charge of fine shot from a gun sorue smart boys were handling, and strange to relate, the rhiuocerous-hided little Chelseaite was not injured, only two or three shots puncturing the skin. It is thought he will develop into a local politici an. With breezy over-confidence the salvation army says that it will attack Ann Arbor Aug. ] st. The defences there are very formidable and the devil is too sharp to be lured beyond his intrenchments. It is ni oreo ver extremely difficult to conduct a successf ui war against the enemy in his own country if he is thoroughly quipped and has the syrnpathy of the inhabitants. Prof. Perry has just completed a quarter of a century as superintenent of the Ann Arbor public schools. The professor is a man of nerve, brains and education. He started in life barefooted and without a cent in his pocket. That was on the day of his birth, however. He is now one of the foremost educators of the state and though he is past middle life, it is a quick winged insect that can alight on him.