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Day
20
Month
August
Year
1880
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Public Domain
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The Decatur Republican has been sold to Andy B. Johpston by W. M. Woostor. The new proprietor has been cohnectcd with the paper for several years, is a practical printer, and starts out with a good "sena off" by his f'riends. Success to him. The Chicago Times, commenting on English's lottor of aooeptance, says: " It would have been botter for the candidacy of Ilaneock, and more creditable to hïs party, if tho long-winded maas of Bourbon rubbish and demagogie fustian signed Williani H. English, had been suppresscd." The Three Rivers Tribune, Geo. A. B. Cooke publisher and proprietor, has just commenccd the third year of its existence. The Tribune is typographically one of the ncatest papers which comes to our sanctum, and as clear and forcible in its editorial department as it is ncat in appearance. It is a moat excellent journal, and deservos a hearty support by the republicans of that section. The editor of the Battle Creek Journal very timely observes : "This is the seasoo whun the pretty girl lolls in a hammock, 'just dying for something to happen,' while the croquet et retnains untouched, the bow and arrows are on tho shelf, tho piano is well-nigh hermetically sealed, and ten to one her mother is out in the back yard hanging up the week's wasbing all alone." Tho editor of the Vermontvillo Hawk thus talks business to some ef its subscribers : " Inasmuch as we havo reason to believe from repeated broken promisosthat forty or fifty professional dead beats intend to (¦heat us out of their subscription, we tako this opportunity to inform them that unle8s they walk up to the rack within five days aftor this iasue, and adjust the same, we will takc measures to collect at once. " Tho Howoll Ropublican of August 12& has the following relativo to tho recent pigeon shooting match in that place: " Yesti'rilny the great eontest between Capt. A. II. Bogardus and C. ö. Jowctt, took jilace at 2 o'clock p. ui. A largo amount of interest centered in the latter, aB wbh Rhown by the large attendaTice of peoplc, gathercd from all parts of the county and state. After a eloscly foutiht battle, the following score rcsultcd : Jewett killod ninety birds, Jiogardus 93, out of a possible one hundred. Mr. Jewett killed 45 birds beforc ho misscd a single ono, and was then leading Mr. Hogardus by four. At about this stage oi'the oontest, his gun gave out, and ho lost considerable by taking a now pieoe. Notwithstanding these adverse swuou.s, hu mudo au okcollout score and was only thrco behind the renowncd (.'aptiiii Hogardus, who oxbibitod wond ful skill in Lis performances." The editor of the Oakland County Advertiser hits a nail on tho head that bas needcd hitting for a long time : " It is, perhaps, nne of' the most eowardly chiiracteristioa of uian that he is always looking about for some wouian upon whose frai! sbouldcrs lio may cast the blame of any me:in aot witli whioh he is connected. " Thero is a vomin at the bottom of it," is the stcreotypod exprei-sioD wlmn a crime is committed. U-enerally thero is in f'act a wouian nt the bottom of it, and while she is lt ast at fault sho usually bcara the burden of the blaino. Tho investigation of the Detroit disaster, which was apparently the reduit of criminal carclessnoss on tho part of somebody, disoloson the fact that therc was a wouian in the p;lotliouso of the steamcr that ran thcfated yacht down. Thftt lut.i the pilot out. Thero ia the inevitable woman who ras at the bottnm of it, and it would bo about in the usual order of thinfcs to i'ünvict her and return the gallunt pilot to his whcel." The editor of the Farwell Register believes in the ability of northern Michigan to tukc front rank as a fruit and agricultur.il regiem ; " About six years ago, snortly titer settlers began to locato on the plains in the northern part of Clare county, the editor of thia paper visited that section and in a series of articles shqwed up its natural ulvantngca andïadaptability for agrioulturrd purpoaes, ;t the same timo niaking predictions as tothe futuro produotions of these lands. If all of those predictions have not been fulfilled it has not been through fault of the soil_ or judgment of the writer, but bcoause of tho yet undcvelopeil .'¦Ute of that section. In our wildest speculation we never thought of predicting the successful growing of peaohes on the plains. On Saturday W. W. Green, of this place, returned from the plains in Üunmierfiuld towuship, bringing with hiui a quantity of peachoa that wert raised on tbe farm of Jonathan (iraen who has several bearing trees, which will bear several busheja of peaohes. lic also brought specimens of oherriee, plums and currante, as fine as is grown anywhere. As for apI'ies therc is do question about tbein, 88 it has been well known for soine time that thcy do well. Mr. Green merely tried the peaches as an experiment, and nii.nht have raised one hundred bushels or more this vsar had he known thev would do well. It has aleo boen demonstraba tbat trapes oí ttie hardier varieties will do well hcre. Tliis, then, is a good fruit country, and extensivo orchards can be rnised here at coraparatively Hule expense, just as we predicted six years ago." The Bay City Tribune thus refera to the railroad prospecte of northern Michigan : " A meeting regarding the extensión of the Northero l'acifie, and for a road along the south shore of Lako Superior, connecting it and tbe Detroit, M:ickinac and Marquette, will be held in New York next month. All Miohifran pcople will be pieased to know tbat this laudable entorprise, fostered by Michigan capital, is in a fair way of affording the Northern Pacific its beat aüd niost direct route to the seaboard. Tbe Ontonagon Miner, speaking of the extensión from L'Anse westward, says : We have sueceeded in enlisting eastern capitaüsts in the interest of Ontonagon railroads, and after thoroughly investigating the question have expressod thouiselves as rcady to take hold. Their aRent is now here cpnsulting with our peoplo, and makini; himself faniiliar wjth tho intricacics surrounding the qnestion. The plan is to üeeure from thc United States and irom Miohigan tho grant ot lands given by Congress in 1856, lor the purpose of building a railroad from üntonagon to the state line (south), but which has novor been used nor conferred on any other company. The land given by this grant is still reserved, and no good rcason can be given why it should not "be conferred on these parties for the purpose named in tho grant. The gentlemen who havo taken hold of the enterprise are men of capital and experience in railroad building, and know what they are about. " From the Adrián Daily Times we take the following respecting tbe new state reform school for girls : " A reporter of the Times this morning visited the location of the Michigan reform school forgirls, and found that the positions of the buildings had been established, and everything was in readiness for the prosecutiqn of the worlt nf nTïftViihnir and hniliüm Thp location oí tlio buildings is spoken oi' with greatest praise by all who have seen the groumls. Forty acres have been deeded to tho state, coinprising the lot on which Mr. Medick's house and out-buildings stand, and the two lots to tho north, euibracing about twelve acres of tirubered land. Two cottages are to be ereeted this season. These cottages are to be used for the teaching of domestic arts for which the school is especially founded. Thoy will contain dinini; rooms, kitchens, laundrics, bed rooms, etc. The buildings will be at least three in nuniber, and will face to the cast ; they are to be located in the lot north of where Mr. Medick's house stands. They will bc built on a kigh raiso of ground, four hundred feet from the highway. In the center the main building will stand ; this will be built next season. It will be of brick and stono. There will be one cottage on the north of this rnain building, and another on the soutb. The view from this point 3 very beautiful and imposing. The Bpires ot the Methodist, Plymouth, and Germán Catholic churchoB, the Central school building, Mosonic temple, and othcr buildings, can le seen, and these, with the forext of trees, makc a handsome scène. There is aniple room on the lot for three more buildings and the board have had constantly in view the future needs of the institution."

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Ann Arbor Courier
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