Monroe Democrat Items

Lathers is the name of the chap at Ann Arbor seleoted to represent the U. of M. Prohibiticn club at the interolligiate oratorical contest to be held nest ïnonth. He should give King Aloohol a close shave. Prof. Alerto Jonas of the University chool of music, feil from his bicycle ast week, severely bruisiug his face. 't bas been apparent all aloug that if :ne war went on, the map of the Spansh possessions wonld be changed. A prominent and well "heeled" young Ypsilanti shoe dealer is about to ;ake marriage vows upon himself. 3is passionate appeal, "O, reoeive my sole' at last" had the pointed toe and patent leatber shine that was of the right style to win a bride. In his sermón following the municipal election, Rev. Dr. Ryan said : 'God's children do not rejoice when niquity is in the viotory or seems to triumph in any community. " Of conrse they don't. The dernocrats were "licked" in Ypsilanti. Forty-five democrats in Ann Arbolare wearing Pingree buttons on their coats. - Washtenaw Times. Forty-five democrats headed for "the perdition of uugodly men." Heaven help them and turn them over to the probate court for proper committal to an asylum. new council in the democratie city oí Ann Arbor stands ten republicans aud four democrats with a republican president. Well, if the repnblicans over there want to"hog" all there is in aight, why get into the trough with both feet. They cannot cheat the democrats out of the privilege of sitting on the fence and watching the procession go by. "If the 'devil was openly keeping a saloon in this city I wonld like to know who would go and buy lager beer of bim. Do you see the point?" - Rev. Ryan, Ypsilanti. Not exactly, bat the devil's patrons would be likely to see the p'int and perhaps a quart apiece in a single night. Rev. Ryan over-estimates the average Ypsilantian's terror of the devil. There is a rnmored possibüity that fche four-year medical conrse at the üniversity raay be extended to six years. It ought to be conceded that even after that the professioD will live long enough to inflict a great deal of bad medicine on the public; but what a hardship for the poor student who depends on robbing graves for the means to gradúate ! Fire on the 14th, was discovered issuing from a closet in the Ann Arbor postoffice, and was extinguished not too soon for the preservation of 2,000 worth of postage stamps. It was at first thought that the fire was due to letters with "In great haste" written on tbem, and whioh consequently arrived hot and scorched ; but later, some burned matches and the known presence of rats gave a clew to the reaf committers of the arson. They were not deinocrats.