Judge Huntington's Decision

From the Adrián Times. Tbe readers of The Timt have al ready beun inforined as to the decisión ut' Judge Uuntington, of the Aun Ar bor Circuit Court, in the matter of thp University Rose-Douglas chaucery case The Judge, ia effect, deoided that of the amount of the defalcatien admitted - jome $ó,()0() - Rose should pay some thing over 4,000, and Douglas $ 1,500 or thereabout, we don't know of auy body who has figured it exactly. Thi is contingent on the decisión of a com missioner to be appoiiitod by the court Noif, if we have, in the past, succoed ed in iinbuing the uiinds of our read ers vrith auy of our own feeling on tuis matter, they will not reliah thi decisión. We are vory f ree to sa; that we do not like it. . But because we do not like it we are not going to at tack the character of the Judge wh( rendered it. We do not see just how we could have reactied the decisión be did, but we frankly acknowledge tha our sympathies have boen for a long timo so much on one side that we are not, perhaps, capable of rendering a de cision thafc should be really judicial. The deoision is duly rendered. Doug las and Komi, and the Regents who rep resented the people in the matter, luf it to the arbitrament of Judge Uunt ington. He has decided. His deoisioi must be lespeoted. Douglas and Rose must pay up the amouut they are ad judged to have in their possession, or if they choose, the Supremo Court mus adjudioate on the matter. There is no other way that can be honorably pur sued, no other way that the people can sanction, no other way that the mos zealous friend of either party ought to urge. For ourselves we do not believe that Dr. Rose has ever corruptly retain ed a dollar of money belonging to the University. If this be true then he i adjudged to pay some thousands of dol lars he never had. This is hard, but we see no honorable way out of the dilem ma in whioh the decisión has placee him, unless, indeed, he appoal to the Supreme Court. We are led to make these remarles because we already hear whispers, anc something more, that an effort will be made to induce the Regents to forego the collection of the amount adjudgec to be due from Rose. The less that ib heard of this, in any direction, the better for all parties concerned, The Rogonts have no option in the matter, anc should try to exercise none. They represent the people of tbe whole State in the management of the University One or two uien, or both, have re tai nee in their possession a certain sum o money belouging to tbe institution The early stages of the suit just endec determined this, and the decisión o Judge Huntington apportioned the amount relatively between the párties To pay, acoording to this deoision, or to appeal to the Supreme Court, is the ouly way open for auy parties to the suil who teel aggrieved. We see no other way. The forins of law must be respected, and we trust that no friends of either Douglas or Rose will niake auy movement in the direction of asking the Regents to go behind the returns. No matter what their private sympathies may be; as public officials the path of their duty lies plain before them. Let them walk ia it without deviation. In oonclusion, we havo this to say We should be very muoh pleased to see the matter go to the Supreme Court, al the instanoe of Dr. Roso. And for two reasons. First, we think a deoision froin that tribunal would have more weight in settiing the niinds of the people of the State. Second, Judge Huntington appears ia his decisioa to have taken no oognizanoe of sundry large special payluents, some of which unmistakably indicate settlements at the ends of given years between Rose and Douglas, and which would have an important bearing on the case in Rose's favor. The Supreme Court would undoubtedly take these into consideration in makihg up its decisión. One of the Central conductors, whose run is over the Grand Rápida división, has lately brougbthis family totbis city to remain for a time. His reason for so is the prevalence of putrid sore throat or black diph therin in Grand Rapids. The disease has taken off many children and in one afternoon six children's funerala passed his house. He says there is a tilk of closing the public schools on account of the disease. The papers merely say there are several cases of