Our Man About Town

" There are a number of geauine cases of diphtheria in the city" said a member of the board of health Monday, and "those house where such patients are leing treated should be plaoarded." I would like to know, all oitizens would liketoknow why the lawis no! eomplied with. Several of the streets are agaiu being dug up by the water oompany, to supply residencea and stores witb water. ow what the council ibould do is clearly to be seen, and that is to ooinpel the oompany to pound the dirt down in the tronches, and thus avoid leaving hummocks for the city to level off Dext spring. "It looks a little curious dosen't, Jiru, to see so many officers here to-night," said a student to his chum in the opera house Wednesday evening. "And the best thing for us to do is to remain as iuiet as possible, or out we will go." And they did behave like little men- in fact the best of order was tnaintnined tliroughout the entertainment. The olosiutf of clothing, bat and cap and merchant tailoring establishments at six o'clook every night, except Saturday's, is a move in tho right dirootiou. It will gire proprietors and olerks an opportunity of spending more time with their families, and to attend Wedneaday and Thursday erening prayer meetings. Several that 1 might mention ara "apiritually" inclined . My attention has been oalled (o the fact that many street hydranta have not been opened but onoe since the water works were acoepted by the oounoil, and that in consequence of this negligence, they are Hable to become stopped up or rusted, and just when they are needed for fire purposes it will be quite irapos sible to open them. I think the ohief engineer should give this matter his immediate attention. One great nuisanoe whioh calis loudly for reform, is permitted around the postoffice while the evening mails are being dietributed, and after the office is olosed. [ refer to the large number of small boys who congrégate there, play tag, and otherwise make it uncomfurtable for those who mar have business at the news-stand. One or two arrests would probably put an end to tag playing in and about the p. o. building. l think it would be a good idea i f tbe owner of the land rented to the city for a wood market, would cause the rubbiah, stones and gravel to be removed, so that teams would have no diffieulty in reaohing the market from the alley in the rear of the opara house. And if the members of the board of hep.lth would take a walk through other alleys in the city, they would probably see the neoeBsity of ordering a general cleamng up. Sinoe the new stone walk was laid in front of Fantle's stores on South Jlain wtveet, there is a slight jamping off place at either end, and uDless the grade is continued, 1 wouldn't l)e surprised to hear of some one being ïnjured bef ore the winter is over. If ttie property owners won 't do any thing in the premises the city should take tbe matter in hand. It will be cheaper in the end tban bsing obhged to to pay for broken bones. In my perambulations Sunday, l noticed that the Michigan Central railroad authorities had had the grass cut around the passenger house, and on the east side of the building as far as the old dry house. Of course they had no business to go bevond their boundary line. Now if the owner of the building in question would cause the tall grass and weeds to be cut down, it would materially ïmprove the appearance of the property. I take it for granted that Maclean must fcel a little sore at the set back he received at the regents, meeting last week when they unanimously passed a resolution notifying tbe steward to inforni the professors that in the future they would not be permitted to intefere with those mattere which should properly come befo re the regents. It is safe to say there will be less oommunications in the newspapers from Donald Maclean on the subject of removing the clinical department, etc. As a gentleman from the oountry waa driving past the hospitals Tuesday, hi borse became frightened at some students who were playing foot-ball in the street, and came within one of running away. There is an ordinance ngainst playing ball in any of the thoroughfares in the oity, and it would be well to have it enforced. It is only a few daya ago that ball playing in the road was the cause of Aid. Sutherland's norse running away, and the carriage is now at the shop tor repairs. Imagine my surprise wheu I heard an old citizen, a gentleman of leasure remark the other day that he had lived in Ann Arbor for nearly flfty years, and had never yet visited the museum or other placea of interest on the campus. There are others who have resided here for years who eau probably say the same thing, bnt it strikes me I would take a little time to investígate what is going on, ia and about the university grounda, so as to be able to speak intelligent) y when oonversing with strangers. 1 never did believe in making "fish of one and flesb of another," and when I hear a property owner, wbo is compelled to lay a stone walk at an expense of a hundred or more dollars, complain because his neigbbor is granted permission to patcb his walk here and there with new plank, I feel that he has a right to use forcible language. It is wrong, all wrong, for the council to discrimínate in favor of one property owner against another, no matter what tha excuse may be. Everybody shoulc be servad ahke. I believe in patronizing home institutions. The wav to build up a city is for every oitizen to buy goods at home, bul I am aware that thousands of dollars worth are purchased in Detroit aDd To ledo every year, and by those who are everlastingly talking about booming Ann Arbor. There are professors in the university who do all their trading away from home, not because they can get better barguins, but because it sounds big to say I bought this erticle in De troit, I have lately been iuformed that a prominent member of the booming committee never purchuses an article in this city if he can possibly avoid it, and yel he is loud mouthed on the subject ol boom. Such men are of no earthly benefit to a place, and I opine but few tears would be shed were he to take up his bed and walk. I understand tliat the manager of the opera house proposes to maintain order and has aecured the servioes of several offioers who will hereafter be present at each entertainment. It is about time ;hat the few rowdies who are in the labit of doing about as they please, were set down upon. Theater goers will be pleased to know that hereafter no monkeying will be permitted, and any one who attempts to oréate a disturbance will be prooeeded acrainsr jefore a justioe of tha peace. ■i iist to show what a man of onergy and determination oan do from a small )eginning, I would say that some four years ago S. Hirsohkowitz rented the store adjoining J. W. Maynard's grooery on Ann street, and opened up a small stook of notions and fancy goods - and y the way this is one of the best busiiess streets in the city - desiring to ranoh out into another line of trade, rtr. H. ooncluded some weeks ago to remove to Mt. Pleasant, and when he oame to pack up his goods, he was asonished at the amount of stook on land. Starting in with what oould alnogt be carried on a wheelbarrow, he efthere with several dray londs. Duriog the firgt three acts at Tuesday night's entertainment in the opera ïouse, pandemonium seemed to reign. There was screeching, bowling, and üssing. Two studentH by the name of Daniels and Harrison were ejected by an ofitcer, and a f roo flght took plaoe in ihe corridor leading to the gallery. A colored boy by the nama of Crawford got n his work with a razor, and in turn carved Wm. Campion, jr., August Tessmer, and aocidentally out his b rot her who attempted to quell the disturbance. The wounded were taken to a doctor's office where their wounda were dresaed. 3uoh oonduct is reprehensible, and the sooner an example is made of those who lehave in an ungentlemanly manner, ;he better it will be for the fair name of he opera house . In justice to the stulents I would say that the oarver and ;he carved were all town boys. The democratie members of the board of supervisors of Washtenaw oounty ïave done a deed for which their party will be remembered as long as the present administraron, for instance, for its great oivil service characteristics. Initead of following the precedents of all former boards ana allowing one member of the opposite party upon the board of superintendente of the poor, they went to work and elected a demoorat to succeed Mr. D. B. Greene, of Ypsilanti, one of the best men who ever filled the posiion, simply and solely and only because ie was a republican. Not one man who voted to do this can evag a syllable off ;he end of his partisan tongue against Mr. Greene, either as superintendent, or n any other way. He is acknowledged jy everybody to have devoted more time and study to the end that the afiairs of the county as far as the care of he poor was ooncerned, might be conducted in a systematio, intelligent, iconomie manner, than any persen ever lefore occupying the trast, and this not n disparagemeut of some of tho most excellent men who have actod as superntendents. We undersiand that this is only the beginning, and that more is to follow.- Courier. It is a flne thing o talk of partisanship at this time. Has he Courier forgotten what ooourred ome yenrs ago when the repnblicans after beiu in the minority for a long iime did when they had a majority on :he board of superintendents of the joor? They ousted Mr. VanRiper one of the best koepers that over hnd charge of tlie county house, who had previously notifie 1 the superintendent that he would remaio another year at tho sal ary of 4)0. But no he had to go to make room for a republican at a salury of {700 per annum. Mr. VanRiper was ousted "simply and solely and only because he was a democrat." And now ;he Courier attempts to make political capital by crying "partisanship." It. wont go down Bro. Beal.