A New Protective Association

On Thursday last the residents in Dixboro and vicinity held a meeting and organized under the state law a Farmers' Vigilant Association, the object being to protect the members against theft and for the detection of horse thieves and other felons, and includes the townships of Ann Arbor, Superior and Salem. The members who organized the association are as follows : John G. Eooke, Chas. A. Arnold, A. H. Collins, Philo E. Galpin, Geo. McDougall, all of Superior; Fred B. Braun, Henry Braun and Ohristian Braun, of Ann Arbor town. The society has a membership of upwards of forty. The oflicers eleeted are : President- Fred B. Braun. Vice-President - John Braun. Secretary - Freeman Galpin. Treasurer - John G. Rooke. JExecutive Committee - Evan Popkins, John Jetter, Henry Braun, Philo Galpin, A. II. Collins, John Braun and E. T. Walker, together with the president, secretary and treasurer. The annual meeting will be held on the second Friday of January, 189(i, in Dixboro. Special meetings will be held whenever it is deemed necessary by the officers and members.