Pioneer Meeting

The Aunual meeting of tbe Waslitenaw county pioneer society was held at Saline Wednesday. There was a very lare attendanoe. The forenoon was ocoapied in the reading of obituary 110tices and the appointment of a commit tee on nomiuation of oilicera. Dinner was served at 12 o'clcck in the basement of the school building, where the meeting was held . Af ter dinner the oommittee on nominations made the following report, which was adopted: President, Hou. J. D. Williams, Anu Arbor town; seoretary, L. Davis, Ann Arbor town ; treasurer, Erastus Samsou, Ypsilanti; vice-pnsidents, H. Carpenter Ann Arbor city, Jno. Geddes, Ann Arbor kown, Watson Barr, Augusta, W. D. ániith, Dexter, Oeo. L. Bawson, Bridgewater, J. G. Feldkamp, Freedom, Merrill Gtoodrich, Lima, 8. Bassett, Lodi, F. A. Bowlett, Lyndon, A. H. Squires, Manchester, W.P. Groves, Northfield, Henry Preston, Pittsfleld, J. B. VanAtta, Selem, A. H. Hotchkin, Saline, J. W. Wing, Scio, 0. M. Fellows, Sharon, Geo. Fowler, áuperior, C. H. Wines, Sylvan, - Starks, Webster, J. W. Blakeslee, York. A. R. Gtraves, Ypsilanti town, Jas. M. Chidiser, Ypsilanti city. Executivoeomioittee, Hon. Geo. Sutton, I. N. S. Foster, David Depew. Daniel Hisoock, Dennis Warner. After the adoption of the report, Gov. Felch being cal led for, delivered an ad dress on Personal fiecollections of Clay, Webster and Calhoun, which was enthnsiastically received. A paper was alsp read by Mrs. Dr. Owen of Ypsilanti, ;i ving biographical sketch of her father, ;he late Dr Nathan Webb of Pittsfield. 3he was folio wed by L. Davis, who gave, y requeet, a paper prepared and read y him Ixfore the state historical society n June, upon his personal reeoí ections of some of the early ministers of Washtenaw county. The following resol ution was also adopted: Iteêolved, That groat credit is dne to the eople of Saline for their cordial invitaion to the society to hold its aunual meeting in their village, and the thanks of the society are hereby extended for ;he same. Memorial report of the death of pioneers in Washtenaw county sinoe Sept. 2, 1885, was read by the necrologist, Mr. I jhv, from which it appeared that 50 had died. The oldest person that had died during the year was James O'Neil of Ann Arbor, said to have been 105. Mr. Goodrich reported the names of 44 leraons who had died since the last annual meeting. Mr. Hotchkin also reorted the names of 10 persons. Between 200 and 300 persons took dinner, and there was an abundance of everything foreverybody. All-in-all the meeting was a perfect succes. Capt. Allen' position on the temper ince question, seems to be (judging from lis record and acceptance Bpeecb)of fchat onfortunate kind whicli leaves him without the support of both the ultra temperince and anti-temperance voters. And ;he f act of his ha ving been beaten once, although by a small majority, is rather agamst him than in his favor. There is, as we see it, no good reason why he should poll more votes now than he did wo years ago. His opponeuts have new control of the federal machi nery. The prohibitionists have doubtless had acjessions to their strength, and new complications in politics have arisen, all of which tend to diminish rather than increase the republican strength. Capt. Allen may be the very best of men for ;he place and all that, but we fail to see in the circumstanoes any great hope of lis succees, or any good reason for the statement that he was above all others ;he man for the repnblicans to nomínate. -Adrián Becord (Ind.)