Local.

Have you been to the state fair? And if not, why "ot? The supervisors of the couuty meet in attBUaws8lon ou tlie second Monday In October. . . . RtputilcM county convention to-mor„w. With .a speech trom Col. John Atkinson in the evening. The number of chiklren of school age in tli is district is reported at 2,570, a falling oí!' of S',2 from the last census. The last meeting of the county superiutendents of the poor for the iiscal year, i in progress to-day at the couit house. Captain Allen tor Congres seenis to suil the various classes of which our district iseoniposed and we prcdict liis triuiüphant election. Eberbach & Sou have taken up the old wooden walk iu front of their doublé store on Mam st., and will replace the same with a stone walk. Advertlsers wanting to change their "ad" must have eopy for the same in by Monday night. We cannot make any promises for changes handed in later tlian that. t Gov. Degole, the present governor, and Gen. E. A. Alger, the next governor of Michigan, will be present on Wednesday, Oct. lst, the secoiul day of the county fair, and address the people. The pietures of Gen. Logan do not do him juslice. Heisa much better looking man tlian they give the impression. Tall, of splendid physique, a man wbo rakes witli tlie niultitude at lirst sight. Tie flrsi loss of the Washtenaw. Mutual Fire Insurance Co., for the new assessment 3-ear, will be for #00 on the barn of fidward Featherley, which was ilestroj'ed by tire on Thursday morning last. Jack Briggs, once a resident here, wcll known to many of the younger class of Aon Arborites, died at the home of bis sister, Jtfrs. Panny L. Mellarg, in Chicago last week, and was buried VVednesday in tliat city. Orville X. Downs, of Knoxville, Iowa, gradúate of the law departnient, class of '83, and Miss Lulu Goodrich, are to be niarried this evening at the residenee of the bride's motlier, on State st. A few intímate friends of the faraily only are invittd. John M. Gould has titted up quite a respectarle market stall on Ann st., next east of postoflice. As John is making a grand etl'ort to do forhimself, people who have sympathy for tlieir fullowmen will show their good will by giviug liim a portion of tlieir patronage. Mrg. Chas. Kingsley, of Manchester, altended tlie last pioneer meeting, and whUe there met an old friend of her younger days, Mis. L. Davis, whotn slie hadn't seen before since 1842, a period of 42 years. And what is a little singular, lie reeognized lier at sight. The concert of the McGibeny fainily at ihe Baptist ohurcH last Friday evening was not as well attended as it deserved to be. The family are good musicians, furnih an excellent entertainment, and usually draw full houses. The entire receipts wcre only about $50 we anderstand. Here is a reniedy, and a very simple one, if any of our farmers are troubled with weevll in tlieir wheatin the granary. It is said tbat air slacked lime is a sure. aemedy for tliese pests and we advise Ihose whose wheat is infested with the pingue to try a liberal use of' the liarmless remedy. The Ann Avboi Commandery Kniglits Templar are to visit the Adrián Commandery K. T. next Friday, leaving tuis city iu the afternoon, and upon arriving at Adiian tliey will aaélst their brother liosts in oonferrlng the R. C. degree, and liaving a good time generally. Then after a little time the Adiian brothers will returii the compliment. Last Thursday witnessed the nuptials of E. C. Darrow, of Chicago, and Miss lennie C'ornwell, daughter of Harvey 'onnvell. Esq., of this city. The ceremony was pcrforrned by Hev. Fr. Fierle, at the parsonage, after which a reception to a few friends of the family was ei ven at the elegant resklenci of the bride's parents on X. Ing.ills street. The Anu Arbor Agricultura] wörks have shut down for u few weeks, for two reasons, the principal one being the lack of water in the river with which to keep tlie machinery in operation. And then the sales are a Ifttle low, and the season for sellintr md maniifactiinng has about passed. Provldlujf the rain erop Is good 't is expected that the works will open np ngain about the lst of October. From the beginning of the city schools j" September to January there Is not cnough money in the school fund to pay tlie current expenses, so the Savlngg liank has been in the custoin of advancinS the necessary amoont without interestThey have decided to do the same this year, QOtwltbitandlng the fact that for te last half of the year Ihey will have to pay interest on the school moniea del'osited therein. ? ¦ Chris. Donelly, whose ple.isant face is iround with the express wagon once "ore, halted a friend of ours the other uay, and in a very serious way remarked 'hat "this is a very peculiar world." lliinking that sometían g had gonc wrong With Chris, he ajtked him why, and was íold that "no one ever v;ent out of it alive!" Chris, might have gone farther and given as a reison, because the dcnioatsalwaysget whipped In the election, hen they think they are going to win. Col. John Atkinson, at thc coort house to-morrow evenrnjr. Miss Spoor takes Franc Larned's place in t lie EirBt Ward school. Tbe piohibilkm county couvcntlon ig n Bessiou at thc court house to-day. Bette r go to the fair ai alamazoo. You never will lind a better time. m t - i - - A. L. Noble la Improvtng very slowly, getting so he sits up a little each day. The infant child of Mr. A. B. tílorms died Mouday night of congestión of the brain. The innatos of the county house uow number 78, aud tbe general health is remarkably gootl. ¦ m m ¦ Just as we go to presa a telepheme In. forms us that an extensive lumbet yard tire is raging ín Detroit. E very democratie candidate for a county office was on the war path Monday, being promptly on deck in the morning. Mrs. Guinon, of Webster, one of the old pioneeis of thc county, died very suddenly Tuesday, aged aboutseventy years. Don't forget the speech of Col. John Atkinson at the court house to-morrow evening. It will be well worth yonr time to go and hear it. The fair authoiities have Information leadlng theni to believe that the Hon. Thomas W, Palmer will deliver an oration at the county fair Oct. lst. M. C. Sheehan has rented the old Baptist churcli, and is to fit the same up in good shape as a dancing academy. He expeots to have it ready the lst of October. John X. MoDowell, overseer of the eountj' house, has been confined to his bed for the past ten days, oaused by nervous prostration from the heat. He is souie botter at this writiilg, hut far from well jet. A p red iet on trom the Charlotte Re. publican : "Capt. E. P. Allen has been noniinated for congress by the republicana of the second district. Served hlon right. The district will in consequence be redeemed in November. Sei this down as certaiu. The School of Music will open on the 19th, and the office will be open two days previous for pupila to muke all necessary arrangements. Miss May, who was a popular instructor in the school two years ¦CO, bas rcturncd and will resume her dutics once more. Joseph Magon, a young man aged 17 years, son of Wm. Mason, who lives about four miles on the Whitmore Lake road, was instantly killed yesteiday. He was riding a horse when tlie animal threw him and he struck tlieearth in such a nianner as to break bis neck. The Detroit Kvening Xews in a dispatch in Monday's paper dated "Ann Arbor, Sept. 15th," sentences several prisoners from here for murder, manslaughtcr, burglary, etc, to Jacksou. As the circuit court has not been in session for about two weeks, and as the county has all the crimináis her people care to look out for, they protest against having to ehoulder those of some other locality. Don't getus mixed up with Adrián, for gracious sake. County Clerk Iiobison is engaged in the very laudable undertaking of trying to secure portraits of the various county clerks Wtishtenaw county has had since its organization, with whieh to decórate the walls of his oflice. Throogh the kindness of Ij. Davif, he lias secured a photograph of the second clerk of the county, Mr. James T. Allen, who held the office from 1S30 to 1832, and who noiv resides in Chicago, aged about 80 yearsThe photograph is from a picture painted by a lucal artist of an early day named Porter. and is said to be good. The trial of tlie colored men from Yysilanti, for a=sault upon Mlchael Braun, spoken of in our last issue, has been in progress the past week before Justice Freauff, at the court house, and callee! together quite a crowd of spectators. Three days were consumed in the trial, which resulted in the sentencing of John Gay to 90 days in the lonia house of correcüon, for assault, in default of $55 fine and costs. Geo. Albert Maschat was also given 90 days at the sanie institution, on a charge of assault and battery, in default of ijl!.) line and cosU. The trial of Wm. McCoy, on a charge of assault with intent to kill, was adjourned until the 2Jtth. Gay and Maschat were taken to their new abode yesterday. The tases for the coming year wíB be cousiderably lighter than tbey rere for the past. Deputy Cuunty Treasurer Belser tells us Uiatthere is $21,638.53 less state tax, the amounts for the two years being: For 1884, $32,978.07, and for 1883, $54,617.50. In county taxes the saine gentleman estiraates that the people will have to pay about $8,000 lesi than last year, basing his estímate partially on the tact that tliere was on the lst day of Sept. '84, $18,420.36 in the trêasury, agaiust $13,045.05 the year previous, a dilïerence of about $5,000. The saving to the connty from the breaking up of the tramp business is quite an amount also, aud taklog all together the taxes will be f iilly one-third less than last year. At the present pnce of wheat farmers are glad ; and at the present business outlook merchante and other business men are glad ; and utthu present salaries, laboring men are glad. Consequenlly nearly eveiy one who pays taxes is glad. Liglit taxes and full pocketbooks will paint any country in rosea te hues. e cannot huve too much llghtness ot tne one and heavlness of the Other for general rejolclng.