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As soou as Postmaster Beakes can get the stampa made, every letter received i here will be giveo out stamped with i the weatber predictious for the day. - Aun Arbor Courier Anotber idiotie f ad, evolved by soine civil service galoot. Those predictions will be worth about as much as the Michigan crop reports, or Don Dickiuson's estímate of the democratie silver sentiment in Michigan. Here's some of the dry humor of the Ypsilanti end of the Washtenaw Times: A man stepped into Justice Beach's office this morning and wanted a warraut for a person wliom he claimed, had stolen his coat. "Dou't think I cando anything for yon," said his honor. " Why people lose wkole suits here every day. " That's the same justice who got mad a few years ago and kicked a dog out of his pants. The investigation of the city marshal, and Justice Gibson, of Ann Arbor, for fluaucial irregularities, resulted in their showiug a record straighter than a string, and as clear as that of a democratie newspaper. This was no disappointment to tuemselves, nor to their friends, but it didu't set well on the minds of those who thought they had found a mare's nest. The only wonder about it to us is, how the republicans happened to strike a couple of men of their probity for official positions. What spiteful, wicked woinen they do have over in Novi, to be sure. JEiere's what the coming woman in that little burg does, as related by the correspondent there of the Ñorthville Record : "It is alleged that after a certain man had died, and was buried in onr burial grouud, his wife remained tintil all the people had left the cemetery except the seston, when she stepped upon the grave ánd did a 'doublé shufHe,' exclairning, 'I told you I would live to dance on yuur grave, and now I've done so ' " Guess we don't want to live muoh of the time in Novi. We will try Plyruouth or Farmingtoa. In the archives of the conrt house of Anu Arbor, may be found the bound volumes of the newspaper flrst published in the county, catiug back to Nov. .18, 1829. A glance at the paper, and a cursory examinatiou of the joui nalistio lyiug of that date, comparec with the colnmus of the newspapers o that city to date, shows the steady ac vanceinent made in the teaohings of Au nanias, and illustrates the doctrine o evolution by the rear flank. This i explained by the fact that the paper o 1829 did not contain a line of editoria' on either tariff, Cuba, nuance or Pin gree. If the uext legislature is in doub ab ut the propriety of oontinuiag th uuiversity appropriations, we advis the members to preserve a copy of las week's Ann Arbor papers, and Dote th vandalism that marked the action o: students. The university managemen needs a complete overhauling. lts dici pline is "out of sight. " lts primary mauagers, tbe board of regents, is abou as spineless a cornbinatiou of mollnsks as ever floated to the snrface on party majority. There should be a "rattling among the bones, " in the faculty, too and the university discipline bs some thing that would reflect credit to the state, and to the institution. Lasi week's rowdyism was something appalling, if the Ann Arbor papers are to be relied upoii. Two fellows last Saturday eveniDg, wout up into tbe law office of ilika Lehman, au attorney in Ann Arbor, for advice, or somethiug. Mike was there, and the question subinitred and advice given did not "assimiiate" with the views of the visitors, which led to a dialogue, of which we have no steuographic or other account. The differeuce of views aroused a sentiment Á corabativeuess, and one of the debaters seized a bottle of ink and slammed Mike over the knowledge box, with such forcb as to smash the bottle, slash bis scalp, and make hirn the inky of Ann Arbor. This account may be somewhat colored, but no more so than was Mike's face. Probably two gold bugs, trying to convince Lehman that Jim Gorman is in favor of houest mouey.