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- ïho Courier may pitch into and villify private citizens or officials, resident and nonrasident, week in and week out the year through, and the Register may scatter its compliments about as inipartially and promiscuously, and yet the sun, moon, and stars continue their routine work ; but just because the Abous pcrmitted a correspondent to obey the iujunction of Mrs. Chick and " make au effort" to puncture a somewhat iuflated pohtician, or dash cold water on one whose noble motto bas beeu "Politics needs missionariea more thau the heathen " (and such a missionary), "tho d- 1 is to pay and no pitch hot," and a new daily and weekly Democratie paper is advertised. Such is life and such 13 luck. It remains to be seen, however, whether or no the proposed publisher knows what " sound 't or " true " Democracy is. Up to this time the public is decidedly in doubt on that poiut : nis numerous brilliint speeches made during the campaign of 1876 having left it in utter darkness, and no subsequent enunciations haviug thrown a single ray of light upon the subject. P. S. (which means postscript) : If the publication of a single communication has kindled such a fire, what would be the result of burnLng a little reserve poivder f - In one paragraph of an article on "Interest and Taxation " the Marshall Expounder estimates "the value of the farms iu Calhoun County to-day at 116,000,000," and in the next paragraph of the same article says "it is estimated upou the data furuished by our records, that there are mortgages on the real estáte in the cou nty payiug ten per cent. interst amounting to $450,000,000." Unless thero is some mistake in the Expoimder's estimates the raoiiey-lenders out in Calhoun county have not looked very wisely to their securities. - We coníess to a little skepticism as we road tho second resolution adopted by the recent Democratie Congressional Oonvention held at Adrián. Neither the languago nor the sentiment amacks of Thomas Jefl'erson, and wo shall really foei obliged to the auther of the resolution if he will cite us to the page of Jefferson'a works in which we can iind either the resolution or its substance. Jefferson was nover in favor of a Government paper inouey. - Strauge as ït may seem in certain quartera there is occasionally a Methodist or other clorgyman who " dares to do right : " that is to train with the Democray. Bev. Ira B. Card, Democratie caudidate for Cougress iu this district, is a VVes'eyun Methodist,and Hev. A. J. Eldred, Democratie caudidate in the ï'ourth Congressional district, is au able and popular member of the Michigan conference. - Prof. Elishá Jones, formerly superintendent of the public schools of this city, and late an assistant professor in the University, has accepted the position of principal of the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake. Prof. Jones is both a thorough teacher and an excellent disciplinarían, and the managers of tho Military Academy are to be congratulated ou their good fortuno in securing his services. - Messrs. Buchanan & Bacon, two practical printers of long experience and excellent reputation, have succeeded Z. H. Denison as publishers of the Marshall Expounder. Samuel S. Lacey continúes to occupy the editorial tripod. - Sometime ago we adviaed the Argus readers that a joiut discusaion of the tinancial questions of the day had been agreed upon betweeu W. S. George, of the Lansing Republican, and George Willard, of the Battle Creek Journal. The dates are now announcd : Tuesday, August 13, at Battle Creek, and Friday, August lfi, at Lansing. Open air meetings the weather permitting. - The Free Press Company, Detroit, is ia_ suing a lively campaign edition, and at rates that ought to givo it universal circulation, - such an influtiou as would satisfy the heart desires of even the most invetérate irredeemable inllationist. Single copies until after election, 16 cents; 20 copies, $'2,ö0; 100 copies, f 12. - Iu the last number of the Ypsilanti Commercial Bro. Pattison announces that he has leased the Commercial oftice in all its departments until March 1, 1880, to Charles Moore. His "KeBume" of his connection with the Commercial and of the big jobs he has had on his hands is all over Pattison. - Oeorge Colt, Jr, University graJuate of the class of '72, and during his seuior year president of the Lecture Association, died at the residence of his father in Kalamazoo, July 30, of heart disease. Mr. Colt had won considerable roputation as au artist, especially in the caricature line. - A prominent greeubacker from a corner town was in the city a few days ago, and very ungraciously poked fun at the financial resolutions of the Democratie Congressional Convention recently held at Adrián. He said greenbackers were not to bo cauglit with such thin bait. -Uu Tuesday two hundred male patieuts were transferrod from the insane asylum at Kalamazoo to the new asylum at Pontiac. One hundred female patients will be soon transferred. Amoug the transfers, as we understand, are the Washtenaw patients. - Pi of. Olney, of tuis city, and Proís. Estabrook and Putnam, of Ypsilanti, are included in the corps of lecturers and iustructors in the Teachers' Instituto to open August 12, at Napoleon, Jackson couuty. Prof. Estabrook will have charge of the Institute. - It is announced, wo are not advised on what authority, th&t Prof. Ten Brook, late librarían of the University, will in the coming October " open a boarding school for American ladies at Geneva, Switzerland, the great resort for European tourists."