The first number of the Michigan Argonaut, rival of the Chronicle, has been issued. It bears a handsomely, illustrated cover after the modern style of magazine decoration. In general character its first number does not seem to differ materially from the Chronicle except perhaps in some matters of local tone not perceptible to an outsider. Still it must not be judged by its first number. It seems to be somewhat less given to flippant frivolity than its rival, but a few ghastly specimens of Western humor, a la Danbury News, insist upon cropping out.
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