Capt. E. P. Allen

Tlic Adrián Times has .1 few kind words tn say of Mr. Allen t luit we believe our readers ought to hear : The republicans of tlils oongresslonal district have but 011e opinión toucliinj; their caudidate for congress in the late campaign, the Hou. K. 1'. Allen ; tliat is that he (lid honor to himself, to his party, andjustilied the judgment that selected him as standard bearer in the contest. Cnpt. Allen's stoutest politiciil opponents were forced to concede liis eminent luimess in his speeches, and his politica! friends weie given a most pleasant surprise. It is no disparageinent to the strength or ability of uny other republican in the district, to say that there is not one who could have made a better, stronger canvass than did Capt. Allen. His wonderful run in his imn county, where he was best known, showed his great Btrength. He ran ahead of his ticket at every polling place in Washtenaw. íle was stronger than his ticket in ever}' couuty in the district save Lenawee, tiie home of lis opponent, his excess of votes in the district, over the pretldentlal electora, beirifí iu the neighborhood of 800. Eldredge's plurality of 082 of two years ago in this county, was all wiped out, and a republican plurality subslituted. Capt. Allen has reason to be pioud of the run he made, and the army of friendl lie has won. W-re the contest to be tried over again to-morrow, his election wou ld be a certainty, for the paltry maority against him would be more than overeóme by the votes of men who now regret most heartlly that they did not vote for him on thc-Jtli dayof November. The republicans of the district, baring come to know Capt. Allen, and to appreciate the man, are not likely to forget lis ftallant fight and the manly wav be aore hiinselfall through thecuntest. Perïaps the time may come when thcy will 3e able to express their appreciation ot' lim in a way that shall be to his personal advantage, and to the best iuterests of the district. Dr. Alger rcnmlns only onc more ! (:iy in the city. No one rui iftbifl not i tobearso able a Ifatnker nd finishsd a speaker. Dr. Alger will be followed by Kev. M. J. Savago. tlie popular preaeber of Unity cliurcli, Uoston. Mass., tor ene Sunday. Soine men are very brave when tbey thlnk tliey have au enemy down, and kick at their lallen foe lustily. After readlng the editorial in the last Argos npecttng Capt. Allen, we are fully couvineed that the editor of that paper is one ofthat kind. It isn't very magnaniinous in biui to talkao mean of Mr. Allen alter lie he h;i been di'leated. Ye local bas been quietly infonned that the Star Mountaiu silver mining conipany, of thisciry, of which notice bas been giveu in these column?, lias not been bronght into actual existence and probably never wül bc. And yet, if thoso very Stockbolden should suddenly become very wealthy, we shall always siirmise tfcat a "still liunt" for sllver did it. A local Sunday school instituto will be held in the Methodist church, eommenciiifi on Thursday evening and cIomují with a unión meeting on Buoday evening. Xov. 8"tli. Addresses will be deliveied on Friday evening by Mr. J. II. Pllcher, of Jackson, and on Saturday evening by Mr. Ilorace Hltcbcock, of Detroit. All intereted in Sunday school wolk are inviti-d to ittend any of these meetings. The foUowing trom the Sauk Rapids, (Mimi.) Bentlnel, may have some local interest from t!ie fact that Mr. Carpenter wag a immer resident of this county, a son of Justus Carpenter, wbo removed to Minnesota several years ago : One of the bcts made on the election was seuled lasl Fridny by Air. . V. CarpenWr wlieeling Mr. A. J. Dómenles, In i wbeclbarrow, from Deratules' tore to Mr. Wood'a store and bacK. The wlieeibrrow was decora ted with porlrails of Cleveland and Heiidricks, and Mr. Demeules was perched ou top, wltli ft rooster ia one hand iiud a placard hearing tlie legend "TIUUM luivc obaoged " in the ollier. Intelügeoce bas been receivcd iu this city of the dcath of Dr. Geo. A. Harding at bis home in Sault St. Marie, on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 20tli. of typhoid fever. Dr. Hatding was a gradúate of the medical department, classof '7'.), was well known to many of the peopleof this city, and universally beloved by hls acquaintancts. He inarried tbe daugliter of CollinsB. Cook, Miss Carrie, a few years ago, to whom iu this sad bcleavement is tendered tbe sympathtM of many friends. A writer in Every Saturday, Detroit! society paper, thus describes the station house of the M. U. K. IJ. In this city: "Alow, narrow, dlngy building, mtich in need of paint; an interior with unplastered walls, an okl cracked stove, and floor liberal ly painted with tobáceo juice; sucli is the station in Ann Arbor." Iu the dim haziness of vernal spring a inajestic structtire looms pp- as yct in imBglnatlon - but it looms, just the same - which will iorever do away with the M. C'.'s ftaiulingskeleton in this city. "Siiy, Mr. Editor, what doyou mean by plurality and miijority? I don't under. (tand the use of tlie words. I had supposed that the man who reeeived the most votes had the inajonty. but it seems he has only a plurality." This wassaid by a gentleman who is considera! a man of good nudcrstanding, and goes to prove mm it'ff aru vno reanj uiiUciBlfcliu this matter. We will explain the best we know liow. When but two candidates are running for an office one or the other must have a majority. There can be no plurality in that instance. But when there are more tban two candidates for the same oHice, and no one candidato has a majority of (dl the votes cast at the elee' tion the number of votes he has over bis highest opponant is cnlled a plurality. In brief, "majority" means over all, "plurality" the greatest number.