Our Esteemed Cotemporaries

The Barry Cottnty Republican, publishd at Middleville, by W. O. Shank, has han(Ml f rom a folio to quarto form, whicli Is a great improvement. It is a ve local paper, a credit to ita editor, and o Middleville as well. A question tliat has puzzled the bruin f manya man isasked by theGrandR ip fi K.gle : Can any one explain why fully 50 per ent. of ibe boys and young uien of tovn nd country find it neceesary to cjury onrealcd in thelr hip pocket a revolvir oaded with powdcr and ball, :ind ruady t any moment to take the life of sotne inividual ? This very sensible suggotion comes i-ntn the Allegan Journal and Tribune, )on llei'der&on'g paper : Wby wouldn't C. H. Buhl of Detroit lake a good rejient of the state univerItvf Hi recent tnunifiont present of ,000 volumes of law books to our ftreal nivernlty law library 8hou!d be ruioirizinl in some such practicül sliape atliix. What cay the Rtate preas ?