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Day
10
Month
June
Year
1891
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One of the neatest brochures it has been our kooiI fortune to Bee came to our de.sk the other day in the ghape of Bhe printed proceedings oi last year's meeting of the Michigan Prese association. including accounts ol ii excursión to Yellowstone Park. Artistically and typographlcally it is a beauty. AU through it.s pagas are illustrations oí views from kodak pictures and portraits of the members of the state prese. It was compiled by the secretary, l'red Slocum, who has achieved a most credltable success ia his "labor of love," and hls work has been most abl.v seconded by the printers, Seemann Peters of Saglnaw. The salety of Ann Arbor is likely to Ve its danger, for the gravel bi-ds onder the city have been relied upon to take the place of sewers. They have been getting more filth than they could care for and are daily beeoming more and more loaded with polaonoue deposita untll they have become a danger. Any one with a nose cannot walk through town withoul smelling the odora ol e!s'is. cesspools and filth. It is high lint i we put in sewers. üenresentative Muntlie of [ronwood and Kepresi ■nuitivc Doyl ■ ol the "Soo," haring been charged wlth bribery, made a BCaoe in the house at Lansing last Thur.sday. Doyle, to whoié Siuntbe confess.'s he paid $50, and gave a diamond pin, to secure the passage ol the charter 0f Ironwood. got up and lost his head. He demamded an investigatlon anddemanded everything, but forgoi to explain to the legtslature Avhy ']ie took the money or wha1 ludid with it. He wil] probably do bo before thec littee for thi.s is a "reiorni" lefiislature. The Itata, upon arriving in Iquiquè harbor, volumarily surrendered, and is now being broughi back 10 8anPraacleco 'by the Charleston, ünder naval law the boat will be subject to [orfeithre and her masters to a line and impmteomment. The heir to the throne of Eiifiland- (it is pussible tiiat he will never be move than the heir)- a witness ín court in a gambling case! Wnat au exampie for the youth of the world! Tho democratie ,papers of the state are getting awfully tlred of the squawbucks, and occasionally show their teeth beeause of the burdock propensitivs of the members. A we.ilthy citlzen of Milwaukee, nnraed John Johnston, has offered $1,000 in prizes to the BChool showing mos! lmprovememt in school grounds. A good idea. The worklngman's dinner pal! is ten cents oheaper than when tlio McKinley bill wem Into effect. Lel it be recored. The Adrián Presa will appreclate This item (rom the Ypsilantlan: "This Thnrsday th McKinley hen gets 15 et, tor her eggs, and the 10 cent hen incubates in Brer Stearns' lint." Unisón .1. Lossing, the historian, dicd on Wedneeday oí last week. II is pen luis ritten many an Lnteresting page, liis 'nistory oí the war of lsi:.' especially being told witli great mlnuteness and accuracy. Mnny a newspaper man in the state will regrert to leartn oí the death of Capt. Qeorge M. Chester, of Detroit, for many years upon the slaff of the Pree Press. He was ono of the most genial men who ever slung a pen. When a man wants a bill to pas.s the si.ue Benate now lie at once Becures the inflnence of Mr. FrldSender and liis loquence is sure to take it tlirough. Great is the squaw bnck. He lias even resumed jolmnycake as an article oi diet. The bül to establlsh employmeni bureaus In wvernl O the cities of this state to be opera teil and paid for by state fnnds, is a move in the wrong directáon, and on a par with most oí tlie "reform" leglslation of tliis great "reform" legtolature. It will be a sorry day for Michigan laxpayers whi'ii the state goeg into tlue publl8hlng business, as conteníplated in the Iiastone uniform text book bill, now before tin' legislatura. Bungling Bastone'a bull-headed buncomb should not become law. A Btatue of General Grani was unveiled at Galena, 111., last Wednesday. Chauncey M. Depew was the orator, and tliousands oí people froin all over that Btate vieited the hero's oUl home. New York city is still ralslng funda, is sbe not, for a monument at (rant's tomb. That the charge preferred agalnsi Ule Industrial School for girls at Adrian, were made for politieal purposes only, is more and more npparent every day. Mr. ï. H. Ilinchman, of Detroit, a farmer trustee, and a man whom no man can dispute s.iys tliis: 'Tli.1 whole business was eoncocted to give two democratie polltlclans good 'iii'rtiis. These men are Senator Winser and AVillard ('. Stearns, editor of tin1 Adrián Press. They will un(lonlitedly become niemliers oí the board ii the bill passes. 1 am a democnat, hut I 'have the interests of the iinme at heart, and don't want to Bee ii pass into the hands of politicians." And now tihe band of fate is rising up against "Sockless Jerry" Slmpson. nod he will have to 'walk the chalk" wh -i tiie farmers (,f liis Kansas "deestrlct" next poll their votes. At a recent alüanee meeting in Topeka one of ihe delegates espreased himse&f emphatically in t'.iis way: Sinco tho olection ,?impson has been devoting liis time to eastern people, and. as we believt'. has been inoculated with eastern ideas. His course at Cineinnati provea this. We believe he has dcli'berately betrayed ns. I do not Charge that he ha.s reeeived money for doing tiiis, luit knowlng his habita and customs when city marshal of Medicine Lodge, 1 have my own views. Several of tis have met at different times i;i i.arned, Kingman and Dodge Ctty, and have discused the situation thoroughly; we have always arrived at th" s.-ime poncluslon - that we made "ious mistake. And comes the directora of T'níqu Theologieal seminary witJj a defy to tlu Presbyterian general :i ss"inlily which recently vetoed the appointraemt of Prof. üriirgs to tlu' chair cu' bibllcal theology in that college. Tliey will jpay no attention to the action ol the asscmbly. Their official action i as follows: "The totent of the veto pasaed by . !. ■ general aseembly In its recent aeseions in Detroit was that Dr. Brigga shoulil cease to be a professor in Taion seminary. The effect of the resolutkm givui above is tliat the veto was a usurpatlon of powers never given or Intended to le given to the general assem'bly; atnd eince the veto was illegal the appointment stands. Dr. liiisss Avill continue ,ts professor during the coming year jis during the past 1 i 3 ears." It is a questian in a great many citiea and villages whether they care to celébrate the Fourth ol July, the Dation's birthday, or not. People are tired of the corninon run of celebrations, and as a eonsequence the obser vanee of Independence day for the list few years has been lefl mostly to the children. and as the Custom bas always been bo make as much noise as possibis, they sometimes use too mach powder, causing many serlous accidenta. Now that almost al) the rillagea and citiea have passed laws prohlbittag flre crackers, it would be n plan to change somewhat the usual program, and in each city or vlllage, unite and represent some of tii' scènes enacted by the city or village i.i. its earlier and patriotic days. They need not necesaarily have the war acenes, as we ahould promote peace. Begin a1 au early hour and thus avoid marcliing in the heat of the day: the procession siiould form at the armory some suitable building where costumea already prepared conld be arranged. The line of march ehoul 1 be through the principal streets, tlie city fatliers leudtag, tlien tlie goddrss of liberty, drawn by fonr horses, decked with Oowera and buBtlag, followed by men dreasedlike those in tlie Kevolution, with whatever music they iiaii at tiiat period,and lf they could aay fire-anna and eannona so much the better; the Grand Army and milita properly coming next. Arrivlng at the speaker's stand, a minister could offer prayer and the mayor read the Declaratlon ol Independence; then Borne bright, short-winded speaker iniü-lit mnkcji speech. In the evenlng miulit held tableaus of past history beginning wïth the landing of Columlnis, a.ml if i lie place lias any history of its own, so much the better. The Dag drill would be very interestüig, ateo, tor the young girla to preform. The schooJ chlldren mlght sing thn national hymna and thua have a more patriot ie apirit groiv up in them. 01 course th-is program could be onlarccd upon if dosired. Ai a recent turn out in New York city, one of t 10 aldermen of that metropolis dared to make this remarfc: ■M wouldlbe in favor of diaplaylnjï the American [lag alone." it took wonderful courage to say that in New York city. vehere the Amerloao ilaix is not thoueht very much of. However, one [lag, county is quite sufficient, nul that alderinan should bc encouraged. It is a pteasure i amnounce that the name of I'rof. M. W. Harrinfcton, of tliis city, is being considered by Secretary Itusk, as eliit-f of the signal servicebureau at Washington. Not that the people here care to lose so good il man. hut bocause it is a pleasure to furnifih the government with auch excellent material lor the place. Prof. IlarrhiETton can have the endorsement of citizens here rejtardiesa of party, and bis eminent fitness for the place is the soh' consideración of the department at Washington, U. C. In lüs Memorial Day addrcss at Canton, Ohio, Major MeKinley used these words, to whlch the entlre American people ought to say amen: ""When the var was over, this government had two great debts. One was to its creditors who had loaned their money in its hour of necessity, thus expressing confidence in the ultímate victory of the Union arme. The other debí its obligation to the men who had saved it and made it possible to jiay lts money debts. The one co&ld bc compnted- the other was beyond human computation." John Devlin and Seeretary llaves of tlie Knights of Ldbor, who exlst by living on the dues paid by worktng men, and tlwn do tlieir best to keep ciuarrels brewtng between employer and employé, have threatened to take the votes of all the workingmen oí Ohio out of their pockets and casi them aiiainst Maj. MeKinley for goverQor of ih.it state 'm the coming campalgn, ii Secretary Foster does not restore eome men in the treasury department, who were bounced for good cause. A rare principie Devlin and llaves lo toe fighttag for. And they have a queer sc-nse of honor(?) ta 'their methods, ateo. Some of the daily papers referred to the recept ion giren 'by the TJniversity .siiiiu-iuK xo Tiie rcturnuiK Hall club from the east last weck In harsh tcrius. The Tact is Hiere was lit (Ie or nothing to condemn in the action of the studente that nijrht. They 8imply h 1 1 i big jollification, and a snccesefal cme. There was no lawlegeness, no rowdytom, notftüng but enthusiastic fun. Tlie younpr men (lid not step bpyond th bounds in any way. They were noisy, to be sure, bul tha1 Ia uhat tiicy m-vf there for, i. e., a ií.íí "blow out." Tlicy had il, and the peopte win wouid linii tault wlth the youtli wlio composed that proceBsiou and lub'lee, - welt, to say the least w re nevcr young tbcmselves.

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Ann Arbor Courier