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"For tbe tax of $5000 for advancing ana encouraging the busiaess and manufacturing icterests of the city. Yes," Owosso voted $25,000 thüeek to secure the T. & A. A. Railway car shop?. The "constitutional lawyer" of the Argus ghould hasten at once to her rescue. "When the "DëtroiTteamGetzein its work as it did yesterday Chicago trembles" says the Tribune. The D. T. should beware how it starts the fashion of punning on the names of the leaguers. They are too numeroiis. These fine showers, although a Hule late are benefiting the pastures, the cora, cabbages and late potatoes. We can say of the drouth asof almost every bad thing that has happened, "it was not as bad as it might have been" Ccldwatkrí "putting on high airs" with two new papers, the Eagle and Sunday Life. Frederick Townsend, publisher of the latter sheet, is an intensely versatile writer, and can work with his hands as well as, brains, as he proved by putting in type every line of his first issue. There are now 55,157 postoffices in the United State?. The present administration, mindful of the greedy appetite for sptfli of the party that put it in power, has managed partially to satiate jtt hunger by the appointment of 45 373 postmasters in the past three years. The conundrum now is to know what it will do after six months more, when the last office hall have been gobbled up. A good many who are coming back from the watering places and distant summer regorU, say they will "never go again :" there are too many inconvemencei to be put up with ; and so fortb. Bat they will forget all about it by next sumaer and the big.'uncomfortable hotels Dd little uncomfortable cottages will be packed as full bb ever. There is no place like home, but one needs to go away occasionally to learn to appreciate the blegsings of a good, quiet home and wife and children, and sociable, generous-hearted neighborg. ________ "Ñew York Eveuing Sun : John L. Burleigh, who is to make his city debut as a star at the Union Square Theatre Aug. 29 in "One Against Many," not content with the glories ot having been a soldier, lawyer, editor, and statesman, has also a reputation as a practical joker. Arrivicg at a small Michigan hotel at an early mornnig hour some years ago he encountered a green night watchman. At an opportune moment, during the temporary absence of the green 'un, he wrote on theslate at the desk a cali for about two-thirds of the guests of the house at "G:30 sharp," and then retired to his room to await developments. When C:30 arrived the watchman commenced his rounds to awaken the boarders as per instructiona of the slate. The result can be imagiued. In his address at Whitmore Lake, last Saturday, Governor Luce sa:.d that a Lansing lawyer told him that Ingham county farmers had given their notes for $150,000 in the Bohemian oats speculation, many oí whom will be ruined by their foolishness. The sad work of ruination has already begun. A despatch Tuesday stated that J. H. Doane, living near Mason, aged 67, has disappeared, no one knows where, leaving his wite and anxious creditors to mournhis departure. "He hadlivedon his farm more than fifteen years, nd has always borne an unimpeachable character. He was also an eider in good standing in the Presbyterian church. Some of the debts he left are said to be Bohemian oats notes." The moral is very obvious. You may haste to be rich, but be honest about it. The thirty-sixth convention of the American Association for the advancement of science, was held at Columbia college, New York city, beginning A ug. 10. Since the first meeting of the association, held in Philadelphia, in the fall of 1848, iU history has been one of steady growth and usefulness, until now it has reached a membership oL more than two thousand, comprising the leading learned and scientific men of this country. The represntatives from this city in attendance this year were vice president of chemistry class, Prof. Albert E. Prescott ; general secretary, Prof. W. H. Pettee. Profs. Jno. Langlev. C. G. Taylor, W. Taylor, W. W. man. V. M. Spalding, Henry g. Carhart. Prof. Prescott read a paper on "The Cnemistry of Nitrogen as disclosed in the Constitution oí its Alkaloids."