In Tearing The Leaf Of "a Departed

■ ,' frora oiu' otiicc calendar, bat yester morning, the following injunction 'üi tliorcupon flxed our attentioD : Swconadence, bot becaullous In whom place t." Tliis solemn warnlng was bjMr ntended for tliose wanting .Republicana all- who depend on promiws made by Senators and Kcpre Mtativesat Washington to quarter them ■ üc pul)lic crib. Such was our lirst l'oigat. Tlicii carne the "idee" that it ieulWindwM a rebukE for trusti"S i" die ioteUigcnce of the masses and running i„r „mee, W tlien every dcfeated candidate nijht tMnk tUc same, and so we concludcd tol it ivas a gentío remindcr for us to cx„jcoursubscriptiou books, etc., and degjjj w hcïlicr or no our own confidence and „((m had not made for us tery tfUttrybaddeblt. should we do so wc [It.like Gbast, "lose confldence Ui banu ature," so let evcry delinquent pat unoiEDHTEi.r aud save us f. om such a jics'.at. in m n - He Board of KegeDts of tbe TJuiverinwas lnsession on Tuesday evcning, ide tlie usual appropriations, aud transid the routine of business. No Presi ist was flected. Prof. Jdi.es Bii.i-ard iiisppolnted Instructor in French viee Pw'DïiifLME resigned. Regent Wai.kriï i Inttracted to ask tbe Ijegislature to iropriatc $75,000 for a oew building lor feiiseoftlie Llterary Department, - hall, iKture rooms, and recitation rooms comMMd. A. resolution was also adopled takinüPniLo Pahsoks, Esq., of Detroit, hÜ4ttLlbrary, now en. route trom Heidclterg; and anotiier tbauking llie clas ot WS lot t, copy of Murlllo's Immaculate CoucepVion. kn adjourncd session is tobe WdffbruarrHli. Sevtnl go!d-intentioucd and wel!gcmlng (tliou'h, perhaps, sarcastically ;i;wd) friends have asked us a number ifiimes within a number of days : "Are loigoiagto Lausiug?" "Why don't you oto Lsnslng 'í" etc. Now, to save time, asnisiverall that we are - for the prestó it least- a ful! bellever in the saytag : 'Itt fopuli, tox Dei," and, therefore, harc:beenadmoiiishd by that voice to stay i;tae and mimi our oten business, we are tog!ocbeer(ully, -and we venture tó lopeprofitiibly, at least as proiltably as we MüHhivemiuded the people's business at Lusiog. That's all. Tkenew County Officers were nstall(ion Honclny. Sheriff Webb has made in Forbks deputy and jailor, Jvho 'j!, wc have no doubt, run the Hotel de ffMAirsatistactorily to the boarders. Mr. luu bas Geu. Clark as deputy, so that la Registcr's ottlcc is in experienced haiuls, Trtisurer FAiRcmi-D is In personal possion of his oflice ; while BoBUOH, bound 'J hite something uew, has made his son ÍWK hls deputy. A good choice. Com■niouer Bkahan and Coroncr Peek are uoready forduty. Iberesigcation of Hev. Dr. N. S. Jrnox, pastor of tli3 Baptist Church of city, is announced, and also the fact ■heh&s accepted "a cali" and goes to .enport, Iowa. Duriug the time that feBvBTON has been In our city he has 'nthelove of his congregatiou aud the tof all our people who have made liis f,aintancc. Hls going away will be kply regrettcd. We ure not iuformed kt steps have been taken to supply his pitee. Alírge Domber of cullers were out "Xoaday- oba)rved as New Yeir's day, - "'T sloigh aud cutter and even wheeled 'üdesbeing called into service. An un! üst of "open houses" was reported 'w notes were compared at - wcll in the Wttig, and the ladies said to be iu their tgenial and hospitable mood. Wc have "tace that it was a gay and festivo day, ""i as does not often come, at least to of the sober-sided business men we VA making the ronnds. ïaursday afternoon - wind southwest ftcr mild, snow melting rapidly, aud t" nd the two IIowards "have gone Witte woodbine twlneth." w mail train from the west, yester'a, was 40 minutes late. A heavy fckbj. "' W. H. Mii.burn, bettcr known """"Blind Preacher," is to talk about íabos RRi before the Studcnts' Lccture 5oc'atioa on Thursday evening ncxt waary nthi in the M E cin,. He Is ery interesting aud eloquent speaker. in uoard of Supervisors ho!d an ad ned ession on Frlday and Satiirday .tosett!e with the out-goins Treasorer "close np the business of the ycar. Jk public schools will open on Mon 1 nt. when all the scholars should b 'therscats.