Another Good Judge

Washtenaw county eeems to be pecu liarly happy In the circuit judges she has given to the state. The last issue of the L&nalng Journal speaks of one who is well known and honoreU here. it says Judge Emerick adjourr.ed the circuit court on Tburaday aflernoon muil Mondiiy at 10 a. m. The judj;e left last even'fi tor his home nt Alpena. He made many friends durins; hls stay in the city. The memben of tho bar exprese tl'ic hlgbett iippreciation of his ability as a jurit. The bdliueu of the court has been dispntchtd with more promptuess rliun has heen known in a long while in the Ingham county circuit. The judge possesses not only a wide and accurate knowledfre of the law, but he lias the necessary personal energy lo makethings move oft' wlth becoming celerity. He has a penchant tordiscussinj; knotty legal que8tiong, is delijflitful in companionslilp, and i)ORPesses a tund of refreshing anecdoteê. We trust we sliall see more of Mm. r It is just u little singular tliat these facts, tfiven by the current issue of the i Scienoe Monthly are not better remcmberad by the people, for we venture to say that not a person wlio reads them i but will be surprised thereat: "Between 1 Üm years 1872 and 183, inclusive, 364 , i-aithquakes are recoided as occurring in Cunada aiul the United States, not inClualog Alaska. Of these the Pacific slope had 151, the Atlantic coast 14 and the Mississippi val ley 6tf. The Berrien Sprlnga Era says "Tuk Ann Akbok Courier ailopts our suítgostion aboiit employraent of prisoners." Will the Era man be kind enoujth tf teil us wlien he made the " sujrgestion " lie acenses us of adopting? Kigiit in the face of the fiict that G. Cleveland la president of the U. S., there are those who will dispute you if yon teil them that ' it is better to be born luckv tlian rlch.