Our Man About Town

I sometimes wonder if the local optionÍets will place a ticket in the field to be roted (or at the oliHrter eleotion next xnontb. B. J. (Jomad wos heard to remar k, Tuoaday, that he was not astouished at tlie reeult of the vote the day before, that it was a republican niovement and de■erved defeat. I wonder how he can make bis remarks and that "circular" gibe. I wonder if the Oermans will keep richt rn voting the republican ticket in this tate, when the g. o. p. would doprive i hem of their right to drink a glass of tieer or manufacture a barrel of eider. This is a serious question for our Oerman fellow citizons to considor. I have heard a number of persons complain that during the warm spell of last ■week, particularly when raining, that the bydrant water was bad. When drawn into a glass tbe water was of a yellowish color, very roily, and had a bad taste. Will some ono please explain the canse of tbis? The time for another spring eleotion is fust bastening on and daily I bear ncw naines mentioned (or tbe different offices to be filled. A only one man at a time can hold a particular office how many ead faoed ones we will meet aftor eleotion, but yet each one of these disappointed candidatos " never expeeted to le clected." Sour grapes. Ocoasionally the questiuu i mked " will any alderman have tho mud removed trom the streets in bis respeotive ward, and then go to the expense of one huodred dollars or more in draw iug gravel back again, to be carted away by some other alderman" ? Of courae I am uot able to answer, but judging by the post, our readers can draw their own ennclusioni. About the busiestmau iutheoity, Mem ilay. was E. R. Spence. At the first ward polls he had more to say than any one olse, and bis mclodious roice could be heard several blocks awny. Sppnce, as is well known, is a fauatic and is beheved by many to be unaccountable for what he does, for uo sane man would make luoh absurd statements ns he, and then stick to them unies h wbh a littlo "off n the upper story. X great many persons are aniiuup, ïf they have friends visitintr thera, to have their ñames in the city papers. We receive noticos to this efEeot daily aud gometimcs they are Bigned and sometimes not. I would say again what 1 have said a nutnber of times heretofore, that unlesfl the sender is willing to sign bis name the personal will be left out of the paper, as anonymous oommunioations are never noticed. A man who will hitoh his horse or üorses to a shade tree in tlio street should be made an exatnple of, and yet it is done alniost every duy. If there ís no ordinnanoe prohibiting shade trees from being made hitohing posta of, it is high time ene was adopted by the council. It ia only a week or so ago that a beautiful maple on one of the principal streets had the bark fttripped from it and nearly ruined, by a horee that had been hitched there. The tree may yet possibly die. The proprietor of the Arlington house and bus and hack (Invers, got into n little squabble one day last week, and pietty ittrung language was indulgedin. The hotel man threatened to put on a free bue, and it remains to be seen whether he will make his words good. He eviilently feels that he must do gometliing to secure patronage. It must worry him to see backs and busses of ten loaded with traveling men driTe by bis place for the Cook, Oermanin, nnd Frunklin housrs. I ihink it a alíame to ullow people to "cut across" the courtyard square. When it was all snow and ice no harm was done, but when thawiag, for persons to walk all over the grounda is too bad The lawn clear to the very walk ought to be kept in perfect oondition and migiit be it a little pains were taken. A low iron fence put around the corners would keep that part in good order. What is the use id haring such grounds if they cannot be well kept. Yon enn Ree foot paths all over the 1 iwu. . Dexter is all "broke up" over a religious revival. I was told a number of oonvert have been made by the various churohes, and now these same churches are at war with one another, each one tryïng to olaim the good work as her own . It is said the clergyinan of one denomiuation made this remark: " Well, I have the cream of Dexter, if you have the larger number of oonverts." This does . not speak well for Dexter's christianity and what effect it will have upon the recent oonverts remains to he seen. Last Thursday and Friday evenings the famous Silbon's specialty and burlesque company gave two performances in this city. Both nights they had small houses and an absence of Iadies was especially marked. This week this troupe is playïng at Whitney's, Detroit, to big houses and there Iadies are not afraid to attend a first-olass specialty company. I cannot understand why our ladies do not feel inolined to attend all good and respectable entertainments wheu they come to Ann Arbor. Are the Detroit ladies less refined than those of our city ? I think uot, but that they show more good oommon sense, goes without saying. It ia said that about the maddest man in 17 oounties, Monday, was Andrew Smith of the town of Ann Arbor. He had espoused the cause of local option, had talked it for several weeks, and worked hard at the polls for its adoption, but when he come to vote, by some hook or crook he got hold of the wrong ballot and voted for "The manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors." W hen he digcovered his error he offered the clection board 81. 00 if they would only return the little slip of paper, but of course it was too late, and Mr. Smith's vote went to awell the big majority that was rolled up against the cause for which he wn laboring. It is surprising whut gall some folks have. A printiug office ia the place to iscovor t. Howoften a notice is brought nto au office of some entertainment to e given, and a requost made that you will please publish it, expecting of conree o be remuuora! ed in tickets. This in mrticulariy so when the entertainment ia of home talent, or the proceeds are to go or some special purpose in tbe city. I now have in mind a notice brought to hu office for publicahon. announcmg a eoturo by a famous man and which, if iaid for, would hare cosjf at least $1.50. )ne twenty-fivo cent tioket was sent this offlco with the donor's compliments . ïhere are a nuraber of our ;residonts who own fine carriegos bnt whather they consider themselres better than their more unfortunate neighbor who bas to walk I canuot say, but this I do know hat with their wealth they are rery rude, t nothing worae. I haveseen repeatedy their carriages driven to the postoffice and obstruct the oroasing so, no matter what the weather or how bad the walkng, pedestrians were obliged to go out nto the mud. I saw this dons serernl imes one day laat week by one particular arriage when the mud was ankle deep. would advise sorae one the next time his occura, to take hold of the horsen and lead tbem off from the walk. I haard a pretty good story Tuesday, about a university professor who claims o be a great temperanoe man, and who, on more than une occasiou has talked to his classes on the evils that carne from trong drink. If seenia that not long ago ie gave a dínnerto several of his friends, when, from occular demonstration, it was olearly proven that he was playing the hypocrite ns far as temporáneo wag concerned. As vinegar was wantod for somo of the side dishes the servnnt opened a box thus marked and took out two bottles which she placed on the table. When dinner was announced imagine the host' surprise in seeing Mie two long necked bottles branded with " thiibble X" extra fine. The next dny tlicre was a vaoaDoy in the kitclien. I have always notioed thut wbeu any one man or body of men set out for the iurpofteof 'makiug tiouble," tbey wern't obliged to go ft very grpat dütanoe, or wsit a very loug time beforo they pot just what they were looking for. And when a few students froin the uuiveraity undertook to run tli#socoud ward polls Monday, thoy were evideotly convincotl before many scconds thnt they had bitten off more tlian they could chew. Fora time ït looked br ïf Bomeof their number would ncver oorue out of tho fight alive, for the way a number of Germana went for them with clubs, canaed a stampede, bul not uutil somo sludentfl had thoir heads cut open. The injured wore takeu to a doctor'8 odlce whore they hnd their wou iuls dreased. Such a disturbance bas not been witnessed in this city gince the attack on Madame Hapalje'sbagnioaome years ago. 'f hose who eaw the disturbance, Monday, gay the studentg conrted it, and the ring leaders only got what they deserved. The great body of studeuta who are geutlomon, deprécate the action of tlie few who engaged in the row. The prohibition political utterancos of Senator Palmer have loet to the republicau party more votes iu Washtenaw oounty alone than have been gained to the party by all of the workof the republican leaders in this state in a year. Occupying the position that Senator Palmer doen, lus worde are looked upon as being indicative of what the party niay be expected to do. He is looked upon as a leader, and his opinions are given muoh prominence in consequence. Now that these votes are lost how does ha propose to replaoe them? They must be replaoed or Michigan will go democratie next fall. The republican party uiight bs well look this thing square in the face. They have got to do sometliing to fill up tlie gap left by the Germán deserters or alse Buffer defuat. - Courier. We are glad to see our neighbor come out squarely once and teil tliings juet as they are. He hits the nail on the heod when be says that hwudred of Grnians are leavingtlie g. o. p.