Monroe Democrat Items

W. V. Wedeineyer, a youug republican, secouded Gen. Spalding's noinination on behalf of Washteuaw. The three-donble-yewed Washteuawian ia the highest kind of a protectionist - six feet-six in his X ray stockings. The republicana of Washtenaw declare for gold for president and silver for governor. Tnat's a straddle" for yon. - Ann Arbor Argus. And the strain ou the bifarcated garment is such as to exposé the flag of distress. Frank Wilson, of Ypsilanti, was arrested for assanlting officer Arms, He couldn't "shoulder Arms" and was taken before the courfc. He was thought to have been "loaded" and doubtless was for on examination he was "discharged. " Capt. C. H. Mauly found a pocketbook at uoon today, containing a considerable snm of ruoney. Tbe captain says that if it is not called for inside of 48 hours it will be turned over into the democratie carnpaign fund. - Washteuaw Times. Qood for Capt. Manly. Behold a democrat, "in whom there is no gall. " The hatchet of harmony was freely used at the recent Washteuaw re publican couveution. A. .T. Sawyer, bristled like a porcnpiue whenever Cap. Allen put in his gentle fog horn. voz wauijüu uu iiiLiu wnu uia nor accept the 8t, Louis platform, to díctate to the convention. Sawyer and Allen love each other "as a cat loves soap." Some feared there would be blows, but la, they could never get within hitting distaiice of each other owing to the spheroid maguificeuce and their abdominal breastworks. A bareback rider of a circns, recently at Ypsilanti, having received his pay there, mouuted a "jag" of Ypsilanti whiskey and was unhorsed. A cop rushed him to a justiee office where the previously ucspent part of his pay went in fine and costs. The equestrian had often ridden two horses with ease and could keep his seat on a bnoking jaokass, but Ypsi. whiskey was too many for him. He finally met himself coming at a gallop from the opposite direction, there was a crash and he knew no more till the oiïicer had him. Justice Gibson, of Ann Arbor, in 1885, owned a gold watcb, but he lost it. Time went on, regardless, and the justice got married. That bas nothing to do with the watch, however. It is an independent sentence. The justice's sentenoe was for life ; but that has nothing to do with it. The justice is in the last quarter of the honeymoon. But about the watoh - after having been plowed, harrowed and planted for the last three years, a boy found it the other day. It needed a little cleaning, but that was all to set it running. The justiue goes home to his meals by the gold standard.