Severe "case" Of Cold Feet

Supervisor Case, of Pittsfield, was pocketed in as nice a hole yesterday as ever a man was who didn't have an overcheck to hold himself down.

Mr. Case maintained that there was not a county in the state where the county as a whole paid for paving in front of its court house. "And if you can find any precedents, I will vote for the resolution, " said Mr. Case with emphasis and seemingly full of meaning.

Mr. Case was the leader on the floor against the county paying for paving one-half of the street in front of the court house.

Mr. Allmendiner said that he was sure that other counties did this very same thing, and asked the board to withhold its action until answers could be received. Mr. Case was in a hurry to adjourn, and the country members flocked with him on such an action.

Mr. Allmendinger did not lay down, and telegraphed several places and received replies as follows :

Ann Arbor, Oct. 24. City Clerk, Grand Rapids :

Who paid for paving adjacent to Kent county court house and jail, the city or county? Answer immediately our expense. J. E. HARKINS,

City Clerk.

Grand Rapids, Oct. 24.

J. E. Harkins, City Clerk :

The county. J. F. LAMOREAUX,

City Clerk. Ann Arbor, Oct. 24.

City Clerk, Kalamazoo, Mich. :

Who paid for paving adjacent to Kalamazoo court house and jail, the city or county ? Answer immediately our expense. J. E. HARKINS,

City Clerk.

Kalamazoo, Oct. 24.

J. E. Harkins. Ann Arbor, Mich. :

County pays paving in front of court house and jail. SAMUEL McKEE,

City Clerk.

Ann Arbor, Oct. 24.

President Moreland, Board of Public Works, Detroit:

Who pays for paving adjacent to county property in Detroit, the city or county? Answer immediately our expense.

J E. HARKINS, City Clerk. Detroit, Oct. 24.

J. E. Harkins, City Clerk :

County offices in city hall are leased from the city. Paving around city hall was paid for by city. Should paving be laid around new county building yet unfinished, it would be paid for by county. ROBERT Y. OGG,

Secretary Board of Public Works.

 Then when Mr. Allraeudinger read these off and asked Mr. Case if he would still stick to his promise in the morning to vote for the pavement in case there were precedents for it, the gentleman from Pittsfield laid down his hand.

He suddenly had cold feet and wanted to go home.

It was finally agreed to leave the matter to a committee of three to investigate, and Anti-Paving Hunter appointed a unanimously anti-paving committee which will either make an anti-report or fail to ante.