Prof. Welch

-We regret to learn thnt Prof'. Wolch has proÜered hia resignation. Ho feela tbat bis health demands it. Ha lina ubly conductcd the Normal School fi-om its bezinning until novv. - YpsUanti Commercial. The Emperor ot llussia has issued a ukase grauling to Jowish merchante, disiillers, brevïers, and othar operativos, permistión to pass freoly through iho empire, and to establisb tbomseWes at anj poiut they tliink proper. Tbreo million oight bundred iliousand acres of land woro eutered fot gettloment under tbo Uomestead Aot, at the Iand Office in La Grosse, Wis., during tbe month of August