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Our field is a broad oue - so broad all can stand on it- by Gar ! The cleaning of the gutters on tbc north side of the eourt house square is a commcndable job lotiji deferrcd. Farmers report that wheat is lodging quite badly because of the warm weather and heavy rains and winds. Protection Hosa Company No. 1, have concluded to attend the Battle Créele 6renian's toumament, on Jnly 3d. Vcry good advice to young gentlemen is ilyouare (oo poor to take a paper, and taire ill tlic news, just Uke a wife. A flag costing $25 will be presented to the township coming in with the largest and most attractive procession on July 3d. Next Sabbath J. C. Bontecou, of JackMiii, is to speak at the opera house in this city, under the auspioes of the union school red ribbon club. The thermometer at 90 in the shade, a raging thirst and plenty oi' ice water is what makes the underlakers smile a stuile of satisfiwtKMi. Liad after lo;id of enormous great bouldurs paan this offioe duily for the new Baptist cliureh. We sometiuics wonder wliere iluy all come froni. (en. John A. Logan, of 111., has been iiivited to deliver the address ia this city apon the coming anniversnry of American iiulcpendenee, July 3d. Hot. L. Nippert, of Uermany, dolivered ;i lectu) Bofcday night iu the M. K. cliureh basement, upun the jtrogress of niLssionary work in üermany. Suiiday afternoon next ¦ party of six or ciglitof the Ann Arbor reform club 'boys,' ineluding Messrs. Frazcr and Sehumnchor, will aildress a meeting at South Lyons. The prospect for cheap coal the coming NMM is very poor indeed. The dealers at the minus are very stiff-baekcd on prieel and by unitfhg hope to keep the market ti ii T We undcrstand tliat the social held in the club rooms of the opera house last Tuesday evcning was a very cnjoyable ffair. l'hilip Wincgar was secrotary of the treasury - county treasury - yesterday. Meirs. Fairchild and Brown having takun a ilay of reercation unto theiusclves at WhitmoreLake. The propnetor is indebted to the Conservatory of Music, Detroit, for an invitation and progranime to the Childrcn'.s Rehors! this Friday eveniug, June I8Ú, t Seiuinary Hall. We have a Garficld in Michigan. His initials are C. W., be hails from Grand Rapids, and is secretary of the state pomological society. Aa niight be expectcd, hc hurrahs for Garfield. M aster Klniur lioal celcbrated the uinth yuar of his existence last Wednesday, the ICth, having about twenty of his schoolmates to help hint while away a few hours in the early cvening. ? T!ie prograiDine for cominencoment week at Northwestern University, locatod at Evanston, 111., ia upon "Ur table. The cxcreises emmence June ISth and close Tlmrsday June 2-lth. Tickets are boing jld over the T., A. A. .V N. lt'y, and the Cincinnati, Ilamilton, & Dayton K. R. to Cincinnati and return, for $7.7.r), good for the round trip, and to return up to the 2Sth inst. Huw deceptive some people are respectin tlieir age. Sometimes a person you wouldn't suppose to be over 20 or 2f ycars old, aftcr having the thing figured up turns out to U 75 and upwards. "Do you hurrah for Field?" was the 'l'K'ition askud by a democrat of a foruier raeiubcr of that party, in this city, the other day. " Yes," was the roply, " Garleld." The (lucstioner quit. Talk about mobbery I See liow like I""U ruir peoplo act when a sprig of royalty rides tlirmf;h dta ountry. Just as f the clay of which thcy aro made is any better Ihan that in your body or mine. Wm. Hibnor, a young man of Saline, ¦U (Irowaed in the mili pond at that place tt Suturday while in bathing with sorae other youths. 11b was l'J years old, and Ibruierly lived in Sanilae county. Thero will be a temporáneo meeting at l'iiljoro on Sunday, June 27, at whieh time addresses will be delivered by Messrs. ". E. Fruer, T. 1'. Wilson, Mrs. O. 15. Schuyler, John Schumaehcr, and others. If nothing happsns to our fruit, and it ¦ altogethor probable therc won't at this 'lato, Michigan will be able to supply a ¦';"% portion of the Unitod States in all iludí, Not a failure in anything so far. "w'i"m Uu oourtlng it mMnlgbt ended.' An.i Uentaniln with btu luit in his list, ""Jtoilie lovliiRly Ungen loatde him, 'oliUl ïi 1 1 ii "u ta!"aud be klunen!. liony the thoochU .1 inture- ,,"" be lil i hu ion i ipeak- "¦ w..ri,I,.r„.r, „,w tley can milnH(,„ o Uv on QvedoUkn ¦ waak.". Inore in to le a lawn festival, whcre ice 11 and strnwberrics will bc uerved, at ül'th ward school house gnmnds, to"'ti'it. For tho benefit of the lilth ward SllIlay üchool. (o and help the ood uno along. I At the band tournamcnt at Hint, last cck, the Ypsilanti band walked away ,vith the second prize in the first class, the üurflg band taking first money. The Dcxter band, we understand, did nut : ;end as an organization. Co. A. are to parade next Monday night n place of' last Monday nigbt, it being so uplcasant at that tiiuc that the parade liad to be dispenscd with. It is underïtood that the band will appcar with the sotnpany in state unit' urn. Mr. Sehacbcrlc's cornet has been subject o the discussion and criticism of the Kngish Royal astronomical Roéetf, but they :onrludcd that it was all right, and that the young astronomcr had made one great tally on his road to the stars. Company A havc-acceptcd an invitation, we understand, to help the Monroc people celébrate the coming Fourth of July, on Monday the 5th, which will give them a doublé celebration, if they turn out at home the Saturday previous. - ¦ - % Don't keep the little ones all starched up, lookinr as if tuey cauie out of a bandbox all the time, but let them have on old elothes a portion of the time, that dirt and play will not soil. Plenty of fresh air and cxercise saves large doctor' s bilis. Our readers will find the corrected tiinetable of the Michigan Central 11. B. in its proper placo. A fast train has been put on making the time trom Chicago to Detroit in 8 hours and 20 minutes. It makes only one stop in this county, at Ypsilanti. If peoplo wouM ad'i't the rule of foverning thcmselvcs, 1cfore attempting to govern thuir neighWs, this w 'ril would be botter governc'l as a general thing. Kach oue wmdt] havo his handa K full that thcre W'uld lie no time tbr interference with others. There will be a lawn party for the benefit of the Unitarian church, at Prof. J. W. Langley's, Washtcnaw avenue, on Saturday, June 19th, from 3 to 10 o'olock. Ice cream and cake for sale. Amuscments will be provided, among them a May-pole dance. All are cordially invitcd. Mr. S. Russel Forbes, of Rome, Itily, proposes a lecturing tour of some tbree months in America next fall, illustrating what he says with 42 maps and pictures of ithe ancient capital. Among the list of citios he proposos visiting wc noticc the names of Ann Arbor and Detroit. At the recent visit of inspection made by officials and others to the agricultural college at Lansing, wo notice tho name of J. Webster Childs, of Augusta, as a member of the state board of agriculturc, and as chairman of the executivc committee of tho state grangc, patrons of husbandry. It is with much pleasure we learn that Waller Pitkin, who was taken to tho insane asylum last March, is improving, and hopea are entertained of his specdy recovery. It will be remembered that lie was for several yoars a compositor in this office, and was at work here when flrst taken with the disease. It is our private opinión that we shouldn' t like to have a census cnumerator's position for constant employnient. Thcrc are so many ((uestioas to answer that the salary dosen't make a man rich, and then, too, some people are quito diffident while others are quite ignorant, and all together it isn't much fun. ¦ The county tempcrance committee held a meeting last Monday and ell'ected an organization by choosing Dan. It. Shier, of Saline, as president; Thos. Kearns, secrotary; and John Schumachcr, treasurcr. It was voted to raisc by assessment $150 for campaign purposep, and to prosecute the campaign with vigor. We often hear strong words used by good '' pcople condcmning the practico of a certain ' class of young men who choose the ' night hours for cultivating their singing and howling propen.sities. But in our opinión their racket is sweet music compared to the cootioued barking of an , fernal dog, or the serenade of feline , 1-e-r-s. The Evcning News circulation during tlie week of the republic.in national convention avcragcd 20,000 daily. How i.s that for a circulation ? The News boiled down the proceedings, gave the people the mcat of what was going on, and left the shucks for the blanket sheets to lili up witli, and the meat is what the public want, you sce. At the alumni meeting of Kenyon (O.) college, next Thursday, June 2t, Rev. Wyllys Hall, pastor of Su Andrews church of' this city, is to deliver the poein. It is understood that President Hayes will bc present upon the occasion, as will also Senator David Davis, of Illinois, and exSenator Stanley Matthcws, all of whoui are members of the alumni. Now is an excellent timo for pcople who have magazines, papers, or periodicals of any kind which necd binding, to gathcr them up and bring them in to be bound. Our l'iiciliiifsfor such work were never better than to-day, and work can be turned off rapidly and warranted to please. If you desire any binding done, don't fail to examino our prices and styles. The M. C. R. 11. and tho Northwestern G. T., have, we undurstaud, rofuscd to carry any more Sunday excursions. This is not only a move iti the right diroetion, but one which all railmads should idopt Sunday exeursions are against the Iiiwh oJ our state, and are Minora] l.osides. If railroads would only combino in upposition to them Ihey would be serving a rightcous purposc. The common council met last Monday night for a special Fession but lacked one of a quorum, so an adjournment until thin 1' riday night was ordered. Upon disporsing tho janitor had locked the mayor and all the aldernicn in, and it was some little time beforo a way out was discovered. By the way, whose business is it to attend to such things meeting nights? At the 4(ith annual convention of the diocese of Michigan Rev. Wyllys Hall, of St. Andrews church, and H. W. Rogers and C. II. Richmond were in attendenco as delegates. Rev. Mr. Hall was appointed chairman of the committee on Christian cducation, while Mr. Rogers served " On the admission of churclies into the unión" and Mr. Richmond upon "Accounts of tho treasurer of the convention. The regular meeting for the clection of officers of the red nbbon club of this city occurs on Wednesday Juno 30th. We understand that John Schumacher, the efficiënt president of the club since it organization, declines a re election. Not that his enthusiasm has in any degree died out but that other business, and work in other parts of the county, demands so much of his time that t is impossiblc to attend to it all. It will be a diffieult matter to lili Mr. Schumacher's place if lie im-ists upon declining. Supervisor Conrad Krapf, of the lst and ' 1 war' Ís has complcted liis asscssment i rol!, and it stands as followB: e RetlXaUU. riOnL Totl ]st u-nr.l Sl,]3S,4K0 $8K,e25 $1,532,065 Hnri 642,0( Í15.U00 757,0M5 f Total $1,675,486 (613,625 2,289,1A ' The number subject to militia duty ia I 378; No. ofbirths, 53; No. ofdeaths, 42 ; i No. of insane, 2 ; No. of dogs in the two ' wards, 122. _______ ' Lm4 Tucsday as a poor woman of this city was away from hotue engaged in her , work as a washerwoinan, her little six years oíd girl sold to a rag peddlcr all the bed clothing, sheets pillow cases, etc., she could ünd, and wo understand the onc who bought thcm refuses to give them up. It don't seera as if an honest man would have taken them in the first place from a little ohild. m Both telegraph companies, the American and Western Union, have made arrangomeuU for supplying the people with inionnation respecting the Cincinnati convention, and caro will be excrcised in obUining the ballots. It is extreuiely doubtful howcver about the domand and exeiteuient being as great. Sonic way tho poople don't enthuse over democratie conventions very well. One democrat of' the city being condoled with over his intense disappointment in the nomination of Garfield, said it was all right, and that he was as joyful over tho result as thc republicana. "For," said he, "if Gran had been nominated we sbould have had Tilden forced upon us and Grant would have been elected in that event. Now the democrats will be forcod to put up some good man. ' ' Which consolation is eatisfactory to the republicana if it is to him. Charlotte Ropublican : "A newspaper subscriber who refuses to roceive from his postmaster a paper on which tbere reniaii.i a portionuf thc subscription unpaid. renders hiuiself Hable to criminal proseeutiuu. It lias been decided that such an aot un the part of a subscriber is prima facia evideuce of' intent to defraud the newspaper publishor. It would be well for dishonestly inclincd persons to paste this iu thcir liats where they could see it frcquently." Opon ïYiday evening, June 25, thc society known as thc líeethoven Gesangverien of this city, are to give a grand concert at the opera house, whieh it is expeeted will equal if not eclipse any former concert given by home talent. The Schlotterbeck children, Miss P. Widcnmann, Mr. C. Miller, Max Zinkhcsicn, etc, are to assist in the entertainment, a.s will also thc Messrs. Graul, and Spicl'surchestra, Detruit. Kxtensive arrangcnients are being made to make it a succc.ss. Thosc in the habit of prophesying predict a very unhealthy summer for Michigan. Now we don't tnko much stock in these evorlasting despondent foreboders of evil, but nevertheloss our people can grcatly avert any dangor in that direction by a little attention to the sanitary cundition of thcir premisos. A pure, clean cellar is thc Grst thing, then thc euiptyingof slops, and removal of decaying vegetation of any kind. All these lï t tic tbings will prohibit disease. The usc of disinfectants around barns and out-buildings aro also capital disease dcstroyers. One of the oíd pioneers oí' Salem township, Mrs. Sylvinia Ilerrick, was found deiid in her bed on the morning of' Wednesday June lGth. It seems that she liad coinilaincd for sometime of trouble with her heart, and upon the morning mentioncd death had steppcd in noiseles.sly and painlessly and taken her away. She was tho widow of' the late Elijah Herrick, and was agcd 70 years and 5 mos. at the timo of her death. She caine to this county from Wayne, Stcuben Co., N. Y., 47 years ago, and has rcsided in the township of Salem ever since. Funeral was attended yesterday at two o'clock from the Peeblc church. We have reccived from the publishcr, II. P. Hubbard, a book entitlcd "llubbard's Hight Hand Rooirdand Newspaper Directory." The W"rk gives in alpbabetical order the towns in each state with p-'pulation ; papers in each tnwn with cireulation, etc, ete. The ni tto which it unfurls reads : " Judicious advertir-ing is tbc keybtone of succoss." A c tupíete list "f all American ewspapers and all lea'liDg newspapers of the world, will l found within its pages, a:;d any who contémplate ad verging judici usly wuld do well to send to the ¦uMi.sher f r a copy. l'ublished by U. 1'. Hubbard, advurtising agent, New Haven, Conn. . 1 m Tlie i)COplc of' Whitmore Lake are to celébrate the independence anniversary of this nation upon Saturday, July 3d, in an appropriatc and enterprising nianner. The excroises are to be held in the grove at 10 a. m., with Mr. Chas. II. Whitman a3 orator ; Joseph Pray, as president ; L. J. Stiles, as reader ; and Kev. A. F. Hoyt, as chaplin. In the afternoon the leading features will bc a boat race upon the lake, also tub races, sack races, foot races, climbingof the greased pole, etc, suitable prizes being offercd in each instauce. The concluding performance will be by a proeession of 50 masked horsemen to be known as shanghais. The Whitmore Lake peoplo believe that for a reguler old fashioned celebration, and Iota of fun, they will beat the country. A meeting of tho business men of our city was held at the store of J. F. Schuh, on Monday last Joe T. Jacobs was called to the chair and A. L. Noble cbosen secretary. After some disouseion it was resolved to celébrate the coming fourth of July upon Monday, tho fiftb. inst., and committce consisting of J. F. Schuh as chairman and Messrs. Joe T. Jacobs, Pat H. Sheehan, John Heinzman, Jacob Hoffstettcr, E. B. Abel, and W. W. Douglas wero chosen as a soliciting committee. Joe. T. Jacobs was shosen as marshal and J. E. Sumncr, O. F. Webster, Henry Laubengayer, John Nowland and Otmar Eberbach selected as assistant marshals. It was resolved to request Gov. Alpheus Felch to act as President of tho day, with the following as V ice Presidente : His Honor, Mayor John Kapp, Kice A. Beal, l)r. W. 15. Smith, l'hilip Bach, Christian Maek, Judgc Lawrenoe, and H. S. Dean. The wool market isn'tvery active. Mack ,fc Schmid have bought five or six clips only at prices ranging fr 'm 33 fe' 3G cents, while Bach & All have purchased but 2,000 or 3,00(i lbs., at 32 @ 35c. The castern men are not in the market at all at present, and it d.Wt look as though thcy werc coming until prioes are down a littlc. They claim all manufactured goods are on the decline, and that they oannot afford high prices for the raw material. Mr. Bach tuinks that the price will be fixed at about 35 cents, and Mr. Schmid says the average will not go abovo that figure in his estimation. If the eastern buyers keep out 1 of the market entirely, it will be an indication that thcy aro afraid of further declines. Our home buyers dcBcrvo crodit for venturing upon such a risky market, but tluy do it to keep trade moving. Yesterday afternoon a runaway occurred in tbe 5th ward, wliioh resulted vcry seriously. Mrs. Levi Morgan, of the 5th ward was driving on l'ontiac strect, and in jomo way the horse bccame fVightened when near the brow of the hill, and ran to the corner on Broadway, wberc Walker's uieat iuarket is located, when the carriage and its occupants wcre violently thrown to the grouud. There wero threo ladios and one little boy 'm the carriage, the latter being the only onc not injured. Mr.c. Monroe, of IIowcll, 62 ycars old, had her hip broken ; Mrs. Wright, mothcr of Vtoi. Bcanian, had her hip and knee broken ; and Mrs. Morgan waa so stunned that she lay an uour in an uneonsoious state, but not thought to bo otherwise injured. Dr. Morton was at once called and assistcd by Dr. Sniith, cared for the injured ones. Anothcr case of body snatching has to be reoorded, this time, within our own city. Mrs. Augusta Jascnck, dicd last Friday m this city, and wasburicd Sunday aftornoon. A Germán friend, fearing desecration of the grave marked it in suoh a way as to know if it should bc interfered with. Upon visiting the grave Monday he noticcd it had been disturbed, and notificd the husband, who sought the assistance of an officer, who of course repaired to the medical ooilege, but as usual the one who had the kcy to the dead room was not to be found. Aftcr some parleying the officersand friends went to tho college Tuesday, identified the remains, and tho proper auth 'ríties had them properly clothed and returned to the husband. It does seem as though there niight be some legitirnate method of procuring the neecssary cadavers with ut robbing tbe graves of' respcctablc people. It is a horrible thing for people to know that the bodies of their friends have boen diesected in a medical college, and the demand for subjects should bü supplicd in some other way than by robbing the grave. At the annual meeting of the Sunday school instituto of tho Adrián (this) district, at Ridgeway, on tho 8th and 9th insts., Rev. W. H. Sliicr iresided, and Wm. Ge'Tgc, of Dimden, acted as secretary. There wcre present from this county Rcv. J. A. Mcllwain, Mrs. L. B. Palmer, Mrs. J. Kingsley, Mrs. A. B. Rowe, Mrs. Chas. Rowe, and Mrs. P. C. Taylor, of Manchester; Rcv. J. Alabaster, of Ann Arbor; Rev. Dan. It. Shicr, Mrs. A. R. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. J. Straum, Saline, Rcvs. J. L. Hudson, Ohelsea; W. E. Dunning, Augusta; L. 1'. Davis, Dcxter; and Mrs. S. H. Shier, of Ypsilanti. Rev. J. Alabaster delivered one of hu lectures upon "revclations of Nineveh and BabyIon." Rev. W. E. Dunning, of Augusta, read a paper upon "Sunday school literaturo." Rov. L. P. Davis one upon tho "elements of suooess in Sunday school work," and Rev. Wm. Gcorgc one upon "the lost link found; or how to connect the Sunday school with the church. " At the close of the meeting Rcv. Dan. It. Shier made an earnest plea for tho prohibitory constitutional amendment. The coinmon council are to meet to-niht to takc into considcration the noecssity of' opening the well npon the south nido oí' the public square. About 150 of our citizens have petitioned them so to do, and doubtless they will comply with the request. But it is a question whothcr or not such aotion will be a benefit to the city. If there could bo sonie means provided for a trough upon a side strect, where the waste water could be uscd for horses, then a pump in the well might possibily not prove a nuisance to the locality. Uut to have the thiug run as it was lor years, making it the headquarters for watering all the teams that come to the city, and supplying the guttcr with water and filth, would makc the thinir a nuisance instead of a benefit. If a pump is placed therein how will pcople be prevented trom watering their teams there ? l'erhaps a wind-mill, with a reservoir, and a tank for horses to be supplied tbercfrom, established say in the rear of the Chandler House, or some convenient locality, would do away with all the objectionable features, but it is a question if the city deeires the erection of a wind-mill in that locality, or care to incur the expense. We understand that another plan is to be presented of bringing water from the large spring in the northeast portion of the city, by means of an hydraulicratu, and that drinking fouatains be established upon the square. But just what is best to do is a question which ought pot to be decided upon hastily. One thing is certain, the old town pump uuisance ought not to be revived.