Our Fair

In au interview with Presiden Braun, ií the Washtenaw County Agricultura! ind Borticultural Society, we learnthat he coming fair proitiises to be the besi ever held at Ann Arbor. The grounda are beautifully located md are graced with new, clean and aeal juildins. Tliere is as good a half -mi le track as can be found in thispart of the state, better than the old track ever was. Plenty of water on the grounds as the city maina have been extended there. The Aun Arbor Electric Street Railway run tlieir ears to the gatea of the trounds every - minutes, and it eosis only a nickle to ride there. Farmers coming to town eau get their teains housed on N. Main-st., and it will oost thein only ten cents for the day. Among the special attractiona at the air will be the grand lialloon ascensión o take place on Wednesday and Thurslay, Sept. 30th, and Oct. lst. Miss ('anno, the daring lady aseensionist willmake the ascensión, and ahe chalenges the world in lier trapeze perfornances while ascending in the balloon. On Wednesday afternoon the grand avalcade of live stock takes place, and sonie of the best races will be on that lay also. Ou Thureday Gov. Winans will talk to tln assembled multitude, and ex-Sena;or Thomas W. Palmer will address thom also. On the afternoon of the same day the Ann Arbor Light Infantry will give a prize drill. There will be races every day, and special attractions to keep the people iuterested. Good music is also promiseil. The M. C. K. R. give a rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip, and the T., A. A. & N. M. B. R. the same, for those who wish to atteud, tickets good to return uutil Oct. 3d. It should be noted that entries in the live stock department closes Sept. 22d, one week before the fair. Now comes another important pointer towards the needs of sewerage, in the Eact tliat the immense cesspool built four years agoat great expense for the county is already full. Probably another will have to be built soon. ïhat is the usual result witli cesspools which are a Quisance and heavy expense. Prof. Eigene Davenport, of the Agricultura! College, at Lansing, lias i ii'. u offered the presidency ol a !■ college that is to be established in Hrazii. by the goTernment) at a salary of .■?(, 000 per year and all expenses. U's abont time loc Trxas To be passing t'ao lia,t around for a Houston nwHiumcnt, the Austün Covs thinks. "Saan Houston avíxs to Texas what Washington was to the United Slat es. Without theni neither could probably ever have xlsted. General Hotiston was onc of the great mem of the .i.'i .,: apoleon, whlch glitters with genius; ome of the gramdesi Ilgures in the 1. story of the Southwest, or oí tlic Dnlted States. Wlth the txUIs againsi iüin, in Vb apparent shadnw of mpendlng fate, -vUh a liandful ii hadly-elothcd, poorly-armed, half-stai-vcd patrtots, Houston -;i i- i".i om .i Mexico a repubUc, the ".iu'.it of ïosc magnlficent destiny in w beglns to lUume the horizon of ig history."