Our Man About Town

To make the ornament complete, btll boards should be placed at the other three corners of the court yard square, or else tbe oneopposite the postoffice should be removed . It is perhaps a little early to tnlk about it, but why wouldn't it be a good idea to begin thinking of having a regular oldfashioned 4th of July celebration. It is eometime since we had ons here. I board a lady rem ark Monday. that unless the school ohildren kept wuy f rom the flre ruins on State street, some oue would ba injured and perhaps killed by falling walls. It would be a good idea to fence in the dangerous trap. It is said that anuther livery is soon to be started in the barn lately vacated by Geo. Olp . As there are now nine hveries in the place, one would think they could do all the business. But there is an old saying, "nothing ventnred, nothing gained . " At one time last f all it looked as if there would be but little building this season. That Ann Arbor is on tbe boom is evident frota wliat is going on in all paits of the city, and 1888 will wituess an expenditure of not less than $300,000 in improvementa. In driving about the city, I uotioe that many st reets have been cut up the past winter by the water company to lay pipes with whioh to supply private parties with water. Holes have been left in the roari, and hummocks here and there make it extremely dangerous for persons who are out with hor.ses in the night. I confesa I wf.b surprised that the democrats in the council didn't give that lifelong democrat, the Hon. C. Joslyn, a complimentary vote for city attorney. Of oourse he didn't expect a retention to the office, as the republicana have a majority in the board, but tlien tbe bíx demócrata might have cast their ballots for this old veteran. I sometimes wonder if the time will ever oome when the business streets will be paved. There is no disputing the fact that it should be done, but wheu? Hundreds of dollars are expended every year in drawing off and oarting on gravel, all of which might be saved to the city. While it would oost considerable on the start to pave these streets, the city would in the end be ahead. It would be a good idea if some of our health offieors would go throuch the business portions of our city and investígate, they might discover some things. I caught a bird's eye view of some of the yards back of tlie stores one day list wuek, and from the looks I should say a good oleaning up of tbem would be well. Some of the out buildings looked as if they ought to be replaced by new ones. I gay go all over tbe city and make people olean up their yards. Now is the time for some one to set the ball rolling in regard to summer bandconcerrs. We have a good band and I have no doubt but what the boys would i play once or twice a week during the eummer very reasonably. I know mauy of our stores close at 6 o'clock, but stiíl there are many whioh do not close at that üour, and it would make business better for them, for instance the confectionery and ice-cream parlors. Our business men ought to have enterprise enough about them to do something like this for our city, and I am sure tbey would if some one would only take tlio initiatory step .