All Sorts Of Pen-scratches

Up in Richfield, Wisconsin, Ludwig Henry Zaun voted for Taylor ; Taylor was elected Oovernor and appointed one E. G. Kyan to be Chief-Justice ; Zauu had a suit pending in the Supreme Court, and so enclosed $100 to Ryan with the petition, " ploaRti du for me what you can," and the promise, " if I will win the oase I give you a hundred dollara more." The Chief-Justice had the letter read in opon court, and Zaun was brought in on a bench warrant and finod f 100. The srnall penalty is attributed to his being weak-niinded, but it Í8 not intimated that the evidenco of woak-miudednoss consisted in offering but $100. - This is the list of " distinguished or noted male politicians," the abuse of which the Detroit Potl holds up as a warning to women who have a dosire to voto and hold offioe, but who, acoording to a woman suffrage journal, " do not wish to mingle iu politics if they are to be ridiculed and abused for it ;" Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Chandler, Carpenter, Colfax. " Black spirita and white, white spirits and grey." - The Ypsilanti Commercial says : " It is uu encouraging fact to the friends of woman suffrage, that the noblest and best statesmen in Kngland and America favo it." And thon that journal samples the package : " The Brights in England, the Sumners and Wilsons, the Colfaxes and and Chandler?, the Mortons and Flanagans in America." If there are any other " noblest statesinen " in America they have good ground for a libel suit against the Commercial. - The Adrián Timen, au ardent supporter of the woman suffrage aniendment to the Constitution, has been taking observations, and comes to the conclusión that there will be at least 2,000 majority against the amendment in Lenawee County, and full 30,000 in the State. And yet there is no organized opposition to tho amendment, whilo the anti-suffrage journalg give the suffragists free use of their columns. - The New York Tribune givescurrency to the statement that Zach. Chandler bas promised to give the hundred thousaud dollars he is to recover iu the Vree Pree libel suit to the Washington Monument Association. He should have promised it to the " Crusaders." He and they - unless rumor is a terrible Har - buck against the samo tiger : whisky. PorUaps not in the same way. - An exchange says that " pictures were not always as scarce and high as at present ;" and, by way of proof, adds ; " In 1832 a Teniers sold in Paris for $160, and six weeks ago it sold for $1,000; while a Wouvermans, which sold in 1830 for $400, gold at the sanie salo as the Teniers for $14,440." Good evidence that money and fools were scarcer in 1 830-32 than now. - Beecher having appointed a committee of six - three membera of the church and three of the society - to investígate the charges against him, and then given the correspondence to the public (though soveral days late), Tilton considera the act in the line of putting a ohip on his shoulder, and gives notice that ho shall knock it off. - At the session of 1 860-6 the Virginia Legislature pasaed an act making husband and wife out of any colored man and woman then living together and ing : a wholesale marriage law. And now Judge Hampton has declared the law worthless and thousands of colored men and women will needs cali on the parson. - The New York Evening Post is decidedly olated over the announcement that John Mitchell has gone to Ireland to engage in politics and run for a seat in Parliament. The Post exclaims, " Good-by John," but declines to add, "Don't stay long." - Mrs. Tilton has been before tho investigating committee, testified to the entire innocence of Beeoher of any improper propositions or conduct to or with her. Consequences : seperation from her husband, and blood in Theodore's eye. - We have been led to suppose that the University is in need of a " School of Technology," but not to be behind Boston it must revise its wants and go in for an " Instituto of Technicology." The Detroit Post can teil the Regents what that is. - If reports are true, Postinaster-General Jewell need only rival his fame as a letter writer to make an effeotive officer. But whether his effectiveness will lead the people, like the Czar, to demand his removal, remains to be seen. - A Troy, N. Y., laundry has an agency in Detaoit, and collars and cuffs are sent forward every Saturday, to come back " as good as new." Why hasn't Detroit enterprise enough to wash its own dirty linen ? - A terrible oalamity is impending over this government: Treasurer Spinner threatens to resign. And if he does what will greenbacks bo worth ? His spidertrack signature is all that uiakes thora current ! - The authorities of Bowdoin Ooilege have settled the contested military drill question by perinitting the students to choose botween drill and gymnastic oxercises. - Tod K. Caldwell, üoverner of North Carolina, died at Hillsboro on the llth inst., of cholera ïuorbus. He was succeed. ed by liieut.-Gov. Brogden. - The annual State Convention of Connty Superintendents of Schools will be held at Grand Rapids on tho 2öth, 26th, and 27th of August. - Lizzie R. King, alias Kate Stoddard' the supposed Goodrich murdeross, has been adjudged hopelesely insane. A FEW days ago came an encouraging but surprising dispatch from Washington. It announoed that Vice-President Wilsojt who has, been for a year and a half drawing a salary without pretending to earn it, had determined to resign. But, bofore the people had time to recover from their surprise, or the doubters too express their disbolief, this was flashed over the wires from Boston, in time to find a place in tho same edition witn the Washington message : " The report from Washington of the intended resignation of VioePrcsident Wilson has no foundation in fact. The Vice-President's health is betber than it has ever been gincehisillness." We are glad that Wilson is better, we hope that he will recover sufficiently to take his seat as the presidí ng officer of the Senate at the beginning of the next session, so that Carpenter may be relieved. To pay Wilson and endure CarPBOTER is a little too much.