Notes Editorial

Charlie Ross bas been again found in Michigan, this timo at Eaton Itapids. At least a boy who was once lost bas been found there. The democratie nominee for congress in tho third district of this state, James W. Sheldon of Albion, couldn't stand the pressure, and has withdrawn. Another convention has been callod. A Bay City paper says that a canvass was taken in the M. E. conferen.-e while it was in session, which resulted in 270 votes for Garfield ; three for Hancock ! and one for Weaver. Suggestive. It seems that Frank Jones didn't want the democratie nomination for governor of New Hampsliire, but the convention met and put him thcre against bis will. And now thequestionis, will bc stick? The republicana of Ma.-wachusctts and Missouri have each held state conventions this weck, and placed in the field strong tickets, arraigning in their rosolutiona the democratie party in terins not to bo uiisunderstood. Anotber democratie dodge is bcing worked in Kansas. They are attempting to ride into power behind a petticoat, and have nominatcd Miss Sarah A. Brown for state superintendent of schools. Anytbing to beat the republicana There is talk in Washington of roviving the fractional currency, for tbc facilities it offers of sending sniall sums by mail. It is propoüed to issue greenbacks of the denomination of' one and two, so printed that thoy can be cut into halves and quarteri. At the national convention of delegates froiu republican clubs, held at Indianapolis this weck, nineteen states werc represented, and 818 delégate in attendance. Hon. E. G. D. Holden, of this state, is a member of the executive committee. How much of that Maine victory belongs to the democrats? is a question wo should like to havo answered. They were in fact only a minute portion of the voters, the remaindcr bcing yreenbackers; yet to tee the democratie roosters, and hear, tho democratie blowing, one would think they owneci it all. A cölliery explosión ia the Seaham coal mines, last week, resulted in the dcath of 1C2 human beings, the making ot 76 widows and 284 orphans. And yot the provietOM of these minus will not taks the roper precautions against such accidenta jccauüe it costs a little something. Human ife, woe and sorrow is nothing couipared to a linie gain. A citizen of Memphis signing himself "Southern Democrat," thus thanks tho north through tho columns of the Avaanche for the liberal help sent that city two years ago : "The north, to be sure, sent us some uaoney during the yellow fever epidemie, but we scorn the imputation of )Oggary. The north onh irtunml ¦ little if the inont'! it slolc rom us during the war." Ata recent democratie meeting in Bridgoport, Conn., the orator of the evening waxed warm and sbouted out : " If thero is a republican in thi house I would like to ïavc him arise and teil his feelings." A man in tbe back part of the room arosc. 'Are you a republican? " said tho orator, ' how do you feel? " "I feel like one good egg aniong a bushcl of rotten ones." The catechism ended. Don't take Michigan away froui us. It would bo so discouraging, you know. Republicana wouldn't have the heart to work f they should lose this state. Of course ;hese everlasting democratio claimers are always irecdy in their boastings, but not muoh on accomplishing, and their assertions tbat tbcy can carry Michigan tliis fall for the democracy is about as ridiculous as tho celebrating of a greenback victory beforo the returns were in. The following will be the omcers of the stato agricultural society for the coaing year : Presldent-Georee W. Phillips, Romeo. Becretary- Frank Little, Kalamaioo. Treasurer- A. J. Dean, Adrián. Kxi-ciitlve oommlttec - Josepli M. Sterling, M on roo; Willlain Ball, Livingston; Henry Knilkk, Kent; A. O. Hyde, Calhoun ; W.H. Cbbb, Kalnraazoo; E. W. Rising, enesee ; Phllo Parsons, Wayne ; I. H. Butlerlleld, Jr., st. Olalr; John Lesslter, Oakland; Wra. Oliamberlaiu, lierrlen couuty. The above are tho old omcers excepting Mr. Little, scerctary, and John Lessiter, member of the executive committce. Who says that women are not progressing in their rights? At the recent Minnesota state fair at Minneapolis, they had female horse jockeys to ride in running races. One of them got thrown off and severoly injured too, but it was a beginning, an nponing up of this glorious field to women. Heretofore, you know, only horrid men have been countenanced as jockeys, though at some fairs one or two timid women upon old and tamo farm horses havo walked around the track once or twice to the intense admiration of the men and deep disgust of othcr women - who couldn't ride at all, and thought it immodest in those who did. The ballot is not far distant, now, surc. The New York Tribune in its educational column, has this to say of a neighboring city : "A majority of the teachers at Port Hurón, Mich., get salaries of 83 cents a day. The Commercial of that city saya that they spend years preparing themselves for teachers, and get barely enough to board themselves, and it adds not unreasonably ; 1 If the necessities of this city really domand such disgraceful salaries, we advise the school board to turn the high school into an establishment for the teaching of young ladies the dressmaking business, as there is not a dressmaker in Michigan who understands her business but can make from $1 to $1.50 per day and board, tho whole year round,' " One would think to read the papers that democratie editors were a reuiarkably bold and brazen set of individuals, who would push their way through anything. But it isn'tso. That is a fallacious idea. For instance, take the Alabama and Arkansas elections. The first went democratie by over 95,000, and the latter by over 60,000, and yet not a rooster sends forth a crow of joy I They are a modest lot of individuáis ! They are not given to exulting over the defeat of tlieir enemies. Oh, no I Butju.st let Indiana give even 500 dcinscratic majority noxt montli, and sce if it doesn'tchange their disposition a little. Now really, are you not just a little ashamed of soutbern election methods ? Doesn't your silence prove it ? And do you think northern people are too ignorant to notice it ? The Bteamship Vera Cruz, running between New York and Mexico, was wrecked off the coast of Florida, near the Anstasia islands, recently, and nearly all on board lost. The reporta which reach us of the action of the pilots and people of St. Au gustine is disgusting in the extreme, and jardly to be believed of civilized people. The pilets and people both turned themselves into piratea. When bodies were washed ashore they would be stripped of their clothing and valuables, and a hole dug in the sand where they would then be thrown and covered up. Somc of the pirates made tbemselves wcalthy with the freigbt and trunks of passengers they secured, and all seemed to obtain a largo amount of property. Cannot the government tako some course to make these human hyenas disgorge their ill-gotten gains? A correspondent of the Detroit Newscomplains that tax-payers who visit the reform school are charged a fee for going thrDUgh the institution. Wcll, it would be difficult to dibtinguish between tax-payers and nontax-payers who visit our state institutions, and any one at all familiar with the facts know that the constant stream of visitors require an immense amount of attention, necesitating the employment of at least one attendant in every instance. It is unjust to the tax-payers of the state that all visitors should be shown the sights at their expense. Yet in soaie instances, as at the Flint deaf and dumb school, they do do it. Wherc a fee is exacted the funds so raised are usod for the purchase of books and apparatus which legislatures refuso to vote. It is our humble opinión that every state institution, where they are overrun with visitors, is justified in asking a small admission fee. The people of Alpena have shown extraordinary good sense in the erection of a new school house, but one story in height. The health of our children, girls especially, is everywhore sacrificed for the purpose of architectural display in school structures. Stairs upon stairs are givcn our children to clinib, and the instances of failing health, or broken constitutions from the cffects of clinibing them, are numbered by the thousands. The health and the comfort of our teachers and children have never been taken into consideraron. But architectural display ; a fine building, towering to the hkies is erected, and the people boast of the grandest structure in the state. Alpena deserves applauding for her grand step in the right direction. Land is not so valuable in Michigan yet, but that she can afford to have her public buildings spread out a little. Consult health and comfort first and pride next, and we will all be the better for it. Hon. Henry Waldron, of Hillsdalo, dicd vcry suddenly at his home in that city, on Monday night last at about midnight, of apoplexy. In his death Hillsdalo loses ono of its ïuost noted and prominent citizens, and the country one who has been an excellent public .officor. Tho followiog is a brief history of hia liCc I " Mr. Waldron was born at Albany, Oct. 11, 1819; edúcate Jat Albany acadetuy and llutgor's instituto. In 1837 he carne to Miohigan and was a civil engineer on the Michigan Southern raüroad. In 1839 he scttled at Hilisdale, where he built the firat warehouso on the Southern railroad. Since that time he has been in banking, real estáte and othor businoss in that place. He was one of the promotors of the Detroit, Hillsdalo & Southwestern 11. EL, president of the Second National bank until KSTO, and when he died was president of the First National bank. In 1842 he went to the lcgislature, inlS48 was an elector, in 1854 ho went to congress and servod six years. In 1870 he went to congress again, and aftor serviug six years again declined a renomination. He was originally a whip, and when the republican party was fornied he becamc one of the most stalwart of its leaders in thia state. It is estimated that lic was possessod of fully a million dollars worth of property."