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Day
10
Month
February
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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Here is a chance for Aun Arbor to get a nmmifiictory A KaUmazoo uisn lias Inventad a tire-ladder and a eompany is about to be fnrmed for maklng it. The ladder, which s 60 feet ín length, can be roa np aud stopped at any window in a very few seconds. It s claimed to be the b.'st t liiiiix of the kind ever made. The stock of the proposed organization ia owneil In Kalaniazoo, Battle Creek and Detroit, but Mr. A. J. Sutherland has control of the locating of the fuotory. He says if Ann Arbor would show alittlc entcrprise he would bring it here. It would requirc an acre of ground in a good location and he claims it would be worth a hundred tèouaand dollars to the city. As the corupauy is to be organizi-d Mareta 1, prompt mwumrm ouyht to be taken if it is deslred here. [n the death of Gen. Winfleld Scott Hancock, who died suddenly at 2:58 o'clock Tuesday, at h!s post of duty on (itivernor's Island in New York harbor. another prominent actor in thegreat civil war has gone. Gen. Hancock was a nativu of Pa., was bom In Feb., 1824, graduated from West Point in 1844, was ¦ Heutenant la the Mexican War in 184G, proved a hard lighter iilnl was promoted to flrst lieutenant. At the breaking out of tlio soutliern rebellion he was in Califernia, but immediately came east and enteied service. He served under Gen. McC'lellan with great honor, and was made Major-General in 1802 at Fredericksburg. In 1SG3, at Gettysburg he was severely woundcd, and lay In the lio.-jiitiil several months after. Upon recovery he engaged in all the battles of the wilderness, and came out of the war with ¦ proud record as a soldier. He was appointed to the command of the departmentof the east by Gen. Grant, upon the death of Gen. Meade. In 1880 he was nominated by the demócrata for president, and dcfeated by Gen. Garfield. Hls death will be deeply mourned by the nation, as he was a brilliant soldier and an upright citizen of the republic. Superintendent Davis Informa us that in order lo make reports to the state department uniform and of value, that the Secretary of State is having manufactured, under the authoiity of the act passed by the last Legislatura for that purpose, a set of books providing for a uniform system of records and accounts for the use of superintendents of the poor and keepers of poor houses throughout Michigan. These books will be ready for delivery about the middle of February. A full set of tliem will be exhibited and explained before the state convention of county superintendents of the poor to be held in Ionia on February 16, 17, and 18. We notice by the papers tliat Judge Levi L. Wixson, of the 24th judicial circuit, contemplares resigning March lst, and the bar of Tascóla county ure casting about for some one to flll the vaeancy. It is to be regretted tliat so exeellent a gentleman, and-so just a judge is obliged to leave the bench, because of ill-heiilth. With all due defference to the many worthy and excellent occupants of the bench in the various circuits of the state, we be'ieve tliere is none, no, not one, superior to Judge Wixson In learning, good judgment, and scrupulous honesty. The tenth animal seasion of the Michigan grand lodge of Kinghts of Honor is now in session in tliis city, its meetings being held in Masonic Temple. About 125 delt'gatcs, representing lodges In various portions of f.he 6tate, are in attendance. The meetings are secret, the public not being allowed to listen to the dtliberations of tbe body. The order is a prosperous one, its main feature being the insurance t provides upon the lives of its members. There are 3,000 mem bers in this state. The election of officers will occur to-day. At the Michigan Club banquet, tobe given on the 22d, t is expectod a thousand persons will be present. Frank Hangsterfer and his brother will cater. It will undoubtedly be the biggest "feed'i both of body and intellect ever held in the state. At last the Coi'kikr man is happy. The new clock In the univergity library is to keep the time of the 90th nv rlulun. That is wliat he calla "sensible.1' His head muHt be sel on his shoulders on tbe bias.- Sentlnel. Well, supposiiiir it is? our head doesn't go around and around like t crank, as doeg - well, you know whose. Because Mr. Ilorr speaks to liibdiing men, giving them xood sound advice, he is called a demugogue by some of our democratie contemporánea. Horr a demagogue, and Tursney a statesmau ! What a sptctaclel It is enough to niake Mie ungeli wep.

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