School Election

Pör the past week the whole town has been all stirred up over the election of school trustee?, It will be reinembered that last year the temporáneo people got up a surprise party, and by getting out a large nnmber of woinen voters ilefeated tbeold ticket, thereby electinga temperance one whlch put a lady on the board as trustee. They determined to do likewise tbla year, and to that end had a general conrentien ealled for Friday evening of last week. 'l'he trustees whose term of oflice ezpired this year were all good men who have the nterests of the schools at heart, and their friends strongly desiied to have them continued in that position, so they turned out in large nunibers. Prof. Alex. Winchell presided, with a number of ladies present in theinterests of Mrs. Day who was nominated by Mis. liurns. Mr. Jacobs' name being presentad, apon the ballot liewas renominated by m immense majority. Tlie opposition tlien ceased, r.nd Messrs. Gruner and Smith were nominated by acclamation. The vote stood Jacobs 161 ; Mrs. Day 18 ; Gniner 19 ; Dr. Siuith 11; and 4 scattering. There were some who complained loudly tliat the Convention was packed for the old ticket, but it will be remembered they were tlie very ones who last year forced the election of their candidates by a quiet massing of their forces. Therefore their wail this 3'ear looks like sour rapes. After the meeting adjourned the ladies and their friends met and put up a ticket which had the names of Mrs. Day, Dr. Herdman and Prof. Winchell. They claiined this was done inasmuch as the board already had one lady and for her sake, at least, ought to have another. They had no objection to the men on the regular ticket but they wanted to be recognized. so they put up one of thelr own. There was another class which thought t, too, ought to be represented, that is, the Irlsh-Auiericans. Accordingly several of them met on Saturday and uoninated on a third ticket Charles Kichmond, John Burg and John W. Keating. Accordingly wlth these three tickets in the Held, things were in shape for a lively boiling timeof it,and a right lively election it surely was. All the hacks, busses and carriages in the city were engaged in running in the voters and from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. they came rushing up lieavlly loaded. Now a load of American women, Uien one of Germán, Uien of Irish, and of colored- all jostling, gripping their tickets already flxed and laughing over the novelty of yotiug as well as of the unusual nature of the ride. It was a sight to have made the gods of Olympus convulse with laughter. The women sufïYagists had been secretly fomenting the struggle with the idea of showing in which directiou women's power and intluence would be exerted if she had the ballot, but they had quite a set-back when it was evident that more women votes were being cast against the women's ticket than there were for it. For the great part, they voted as dld their liusbands, fathers or brothers. Many of the best ladies were considerably disappointed at the result of this, - a practical test of women suffrage. Wlien the votes came to be counted it was found that in the four hours of balloting nearly sixteen hundred votes had been polled. Of these Oruner had 1)95; Smith, 942; Jacobs, 922; Herdman, 470; Mrs. Day, 407; Winchell, 389; Keating, 190] Kichmoiid, 191 and Burg, 177. Such overwhelming majorities, after such excttement tnade it a grand triumph for the old tnembers reclected, whlle the kickers are not especially happy over the results of their eflbrts. Ann Arbor 1 giowine extravtuiit. A".er securini; niie water-works, 31 eleotric llgliW, SSnowplne. lor streel railway. Metropohtuu sure. -South Lyon Excelsior. Just a little too fast, Bro. The electric lightishere, the pining for a street railway isadmitted, but the water works are still obseured in tlie dim haziuess of the future, and is likely to remain there for some time.