Michigan

Grand Rapids church property is ed at $7-28,000. Milk seJls for nme cents per quart inl Grauil Kapids. The town of Whitteruore, losco eoun I tv, wants a saw mili. ¦ Jacksou sohoels wcre never so wellï attended as at present. One thousand girls are employed inl the Jackson corsct factory The average wages of teanisters inl the luraber camps is $30 per month. Cadillac has three hardware stores, I and there is talk of opening auther. The last sectiou of the Michigan &9 Ohio railroad through to Addison is finished. Mrs. L. R. Sruith, a resident of Cldwater since 1852, died ia that city a few daye ago. Quincy, Branch oounty, celebrated the semi-centennial annivcrsary of its exUteCce on the 3d inet Leónidas S, Scranton, a resident ol Kent eountf since 1847, died in Grand Rapios, a few days ago. t The Michigan Baptist state convention will be held in Coldwater, begitming Friijay, October 12. The college year at the law department oí the UniverMty has been changed from six to niue inouths. Six thousand copies oí "Michigan xnñ its Resources," were distributed at the Louisvll le exposition. The capital stock of the Muskegou aoveltv iron works bas been increased i'-oiu f25,000 to t50,000. Brooklyn, Jackson county. has re solved to adopt prohibition of the liquor traille mder the local option law. 3 A Rogersville taan, Jolin Stingel, asserts thathe receutlv dug 185 bushels of potatoes from au acre of ground. Hope college, at Holland, under the ¦.are of the reformed church, opans with a larger attendauce thaii ever before. Alonzo Watts, who assaulted his wife ith murderous inttnt at Kalamazoo, has beeu ienteuced to ten years' imprisonment. A daughter of the late Recorder Nixv, of Adrián, will act as recorder until her father's place is fllled by special election. The Michigan and Ohio railroad is ;ompleted; alto the extensión to Houghton of Jip Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon. Ore shipments in the upper península ron mines will excued 2,030,000 tons, mort ;han doublé what was expected early in the ieason. A Battle Ureek Chinaruan started foi he celestial land on a visit last week. He sayt je will bring au invoice of "pure tea" when ht returns. James Curtís., convicted in the circuit ;curt of Cass couuty of the murdcr of Macom SVilson, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisoument. Draft horses eommand a good pricc n the Saglcaw niarket. Good teams sell foi 500 to $600, and a carload sent in the othei Jay averaged Í400 a pair. Farmers of Branch county have paid $200,000 for the Mansfleld, Coldwater & Lak( Michigan railroad, and the prospect of havinü n foad is as f ar off as ever. The coroner's jurv in the terrible railroad accident at Pittsford returned a verJict charging the railroad employés with grosr arelessness iu thr management. At Muskegon, the examinatiou of OltLarson and wile on a charge of poisouing Juhi 3uildontheist of August, resulied in thell being bound over to the circuit court trial It is reported that Conductor Corp. whora the corouer's jury censnred for ncgli ence in conr.ection with the rathoad wreek at Pittsford, has crosscd over the border into Indiana. Edwin Butt, a traveling sa'.esman foi Thompson & Hagdeu of Chicago, eut hit Lhroat at Eay City, while suffering from tem porary infanity. Butt had been on a protract ed spree. East Tawas still has its efforU to suppreestbesaleof liquor interfered with by vessel which takes out large loads of excursiónta whosechief purpase is to patrouiz:: the bai jn board. The saw dustdumpedjnto the etroams of uorthern Michigan by the milis c.n their banks, is rapidly driving away ÖW trout anó )ther "gamy" fish. apor'sin..'U and othüM ari pro testing. Grand Haven is to have a new bank, to be called the Grand Haven National, wilh a capital of $50,000. An Illinois man head tlu enterprise, but most of the rtock is held at Grand Haven. Fifty tous of pig irou, Í80 gallons ol wood alcohol, 11,000 pounds of acétate of linie. 10 barrels of tar, and ,000 feet or hardwood lumber forra tho daily output of the Elk Kap Ids iron coinpany. George F. Fiescher, aged 51, r.ud a man of family, died at Bay City f rom the ei fects of a frightful scalding resulting from hiê accidental immersion in a vat of hot water UBed for 6calding chickens. The gossips of Gobbleville, Van Buren countv, are telling a tale abcut a baby born there last week which only Hved live minutes, but whiie yet breathing uttered the preUtction "Famine for three years." In 10 weeks of the past summer sen9onl0,5a8peoplewentto northern Michigan over the Grand Rapids and Indiana road. Iu 10K weeks of the summer of 1882 the numbe, of northern voyagers were 10,218. A Battle Creek justice of the peace, whohasmarried Several couples uring the fair, announces that "for partief, of three or more couples he will give excursión rates on his road to matrimonial happiness. In connection with the opening of the deer sporting sea.on the Bay City Tribune notes that the ammunition trade was lively,the[ jhunters buying it to kill deer with, aud thel jsettlers use it to kill the hunter's dogs. A new postoffice ha3 been cstablishedl lat Ketoham in Midland coucty, over route 34,-i 1467, with direct mail service to and froin HopeJ three miles north, and Averill, four and one-l half miles south. James 9. Ketrtam is post-l master. Johnnie Shields formerly of Durand, Mich., aud latei; a conductor on the Burlington and Missouri River railroad, h.-s taken charge of the track-laying on a branch of the Uuion Pacific, running from Beatrice to Lincoln, Neb. The buildings at the county farm at Stonewood, Meeosta county, burned the otber morniug, at a loss of nearly $3,000. The buikl inas were beiog fitted up for the iomates, and would have been ready for occupancy soon The fire was ineendiary. Black bears are plenly in losco county. Several largeones have been peen near thi towns lately, but not one bas been killed or capturad. Hunters are more interested ii deer, butit is solemly asserted that the hunt¦rs outnumber the deer. William Holland ivas run over and Ulied by a rassenger train on the Chicago anti vVest Michigan railroad, jast south of Grand {apids. He was intoxicited and had goue to leep on the track. Holland w.is about 30 years of age and unmarricd. A sad accident happened at Maple Grove by wiiich a little son of Jim Daily's wat linost in8tantly killed, llis older brot'icr was hopping, aud when he had the axe raiscd te tiike, the younger boy ran in theway and recived the blow upon bis bead. An investigation Uas beea ordered b lie governor into charges of drunkeuuess anti Uier nisconduct made against Prosecuting 4.ttorney George Carter of Muskegon. Wm. 3. Fullcr, proseeutirg attorney of Newaygo uuutv, will eonduct the investigador. Somc inconvenience and anxiety are aused to miuy families by the uotiticaüon te róbate judges not to eomrnit aïiy more fenuilf attente to the asy'ums for the iiiRane and nol o send up males vithöut having had coirei wndencc wit'j the asylum authorities. The twelvc year oíd son of WaEso'D arker of Courtland towuship, Kent couafy, vas hunting squirrelf. 8eeing one, he fired, at ie supposed, and then llew into the rnuzzli; ol he gun. The weapon went off, the charge enering his head. He lived but a sLort time. The Big Rapids Pioneer savs thai stewarIvcs bas done whatno other lumbcrman in that scctlon ever did - provided his emilojes with good reading matter. He suppliee bis camp with the periodirals and keeps a IIbrary of 125 volumes, including dictionarics, hen'. George Hathaway, one of the Coldivater "fire bugs," is the last oue pardoned b Skv. Begole. Hathaway's sentence would have xpired in January, 1S84, but a petition siguct! y 800 of the "best people" of that city was toe much for the "people's servan t." Henee the pardou. In the iiscal year ending September 0, 1863, fees were recelved at the office of thi ecretary of state as follows: Total from 'eerificates and eertifled copits, $1,053.71; total rom comnñssioners of deeds. $129 ; total from egislative manaals sold, $200; total for th( ear, $1,690 .OP. Bert Oole, living at Jone.sville and mployed as conductor of freight No. 13on thi ,ake Shore road, feil undcr the cars at Eator Rapids, while attemptio to cut a tniu. Hit ight leg and hand were cruebed, his luit arm was broked aud it is feared that bis injuriet nul prove fatul. Brad Sampson, of Edwardsburg, Casi ounty, ws hit and killed while playiog ba!l. Ie was batting. The pitcher threw a bal!, trikiug him on the eide of th'j head. He bat etl agaiu, made flrtt base, when he was ruuïing between first and 6econd he droppeddowi and was carricd home. He died that night. Myron E. Barnes of I'arma tells thi Albion Mirror that in preparing his wheai jround, a few days since, his men, Antlre Houseman and Henry Stauoroff, turned ovei an old stump, uuder whieh were 34 massa iauga, all of them not having less tban tw( rattles on their tails . The snaltes were froni 14 tol S inehis long. A Detroit daily sent oul a circular to ts represeutatives in every city and town ii the state, reqncsting tbem to interview leading politiciaus of their respective places. As a re sult of this enterprise, 866 leading Repub'.icant of the state were "interviewd," the inajority ot ,vhom decían d iu favor of Blaine for president ma Stockbridge for governor. Watcrraeet is the poetical nauw selected for the new towu site and station on tlu Rhinelander road, at the Ontouagon river ir this county. The uauie is giveo on account oi the meeting of the waters of the Ontonagon river. The town of Watermeet is already ;pringii)giDtoexi3tence; a large hotel is already uuder way, and arrangements made for j 8ta;e line to Rocklaud.- Ontonagon Mlner. Frank Bottsford, aged 20, of Albion, N. Y., pleaded guiltr to steaiing the wateh and chaln of Prof. Stone of Cattle Creek, after th(professor had been killed in the railroad disister at Carlycu, N. Y., somc months ag Bottsford admitted steaiing from other victim but finding he was discovered surrendjred the articles. The young man was seutenced to the Monroe county penitentiary in Rochcster, N. y., to six months imprisonment. This is no fish story, but veritable fact. On Sunday last, while the water was being let out of the eanal, for repairs, Aaron Moris captured, in the acquaduct at Yates', an eel meaourinc 3 ft. 4}{ inches. On Batur day there seemed to be something wrong with the motive power of the Canal milis, which, on fxamlnation, proved te be caused hy the clogging of the water wheel by eels, six of whicb averaged over 3 ft. and as thick as a man's arm.- TJtica Sentinel. September frosts so seriously injured "eatables" in the vicinity of South Haven that Dr W. C. Ransoin of said place tells a reporter of the Sentinel that he will be obliged to postpone his trip down the Mlsslssippi with his tchooner Allane until another season. The intention was to load hor with potatoes, onions applea, etc, to the extent of about 1,200 bush els and sell them out along the coastof Florida. The potatoes grown !n thls state are a special! brand down that way, and bave been sold forl 12.50 per bushei when Illinois potatoes werel Ibut $3 per barrel William Dutton, of Adrián, 1 Ident of the Leuawee countj savings bank,! lawoke the other morniug to flnd that he hadi Ibcen visited by very rascally callera during thel uight. The doore of hts house were open, hls garrnents scattered about, and nis safo door opened. Upon examining the safe he found that he had been robbed of a small amoun. of cash but a very largo amount of bonds, mortsages, etc.. The loss includei real estáte mortgagos amount'ng to probably $100,000. govemïccnt bonds aggregating 17,000, honds of Monroe coanty for $2,000, and bonds for $1,500 ol áheridan, Montcalm county, The cash taken was obtsincd from his elothing, as was also a gold watch. The character of the booty secured is such that it will noí be of auy benefit to the thieves. TIK I1I..W' F1NANCES. Sr.iumurj ol tlo Iteport of Treuurcr K. II. Butler for the Fiscal Ycar Gilding: September 30, 1883. The following statement of Michigan's flaances isa condensaron of the annual report1. ünluBCC on hand September 80, 1S83, was 1,T5T,938 21 Rccetpts for the fiscal vear euaing ing September 30, 1883, were.... 2,752,797 63 _ Total $4,510,730 U Pbyments for the fiscal year endiug September 30,16.33, were 3,43(5,463 04 ialance in treasurv September 30, 1863, was ." $1,07 ,267 SC VVhleh is held in the following fauds: Trust funds - 'riniary sdiool interest bind.... $88d,408 31 grieultural collcííe interest fund 4,010 4T Vormal laterest Xuuil 9S5 98 ¦un.liy dcl'O-its stceount %3M 32 $408,820 OS ít. Mar) 's canal fund 6S.937 12 War fund 11,833 30 General lund 585,18(5 61 $1,074,267 20 The trust funds as aboye are requireá by the anstitution to be held for the purposes n&mod, ?he general fund is the ouly oue applicable to „urrent disbursements. That fund appears as ibove: $585,186 61. The appropriations for the calendar year stil] undrawn, whieh, however, are available if callüd for before January 1 next, amount to $477,97 27, leaving a uet available balance on hand )f 107,939 34. The boudcd indebtedness of the state hafbeen reduced during the year 1SS3, by the payinentof all tbe two milliou loan bonds, so cali jd,$590,000,andof$l,000 of the war bountyloan bonds, d'ic in 1S90. The outstanding unmaured bonded indebtednes3 is uow confined to he war bouuty loan bonds, amouutina to 29r,0O0. We have in the sinking fund to proride for tbe payment thereof United States )4 oer cent bonds amounting to $297,000. Theseverul soarces of incume to the treas iry for the fiscal year just clo6ed are as fol owb: HECEI1TB. delinquent taxes, redemptious, bide, and abstracts $153,9S7 T8 Schooi and state Unde, principal and interest 299,285 4f iuiidry deposita sceount 3,597 28 Jounties- taxes 1,007,622 74 ipecific taxes 833,074 06 ¦iale of 4 U. S. bouds 3,000 0( (nterest. on surplus funda, specifie taxes ard bonds in sinking fund 56,472 &t iales of reports, laws, etc 2,417 üiFees 11,582 46 ients and hcenees 4,953 ?!¦ Sarnings state prisou 6ü,903 K iefund'ing 3,201 Si Trespass collectious 6,986 09 Wiscelianeous 687 5C Total $2,752,797 6S DI8BUUSEMENTS. Bonds $591,000 Ofi Interest, boudfcd Indcbtednes,. . . 38,210 0( fund f ar counties 888,682 37 ippropriations 838,465 S? Swamp land warrants 48,183 (W iwarüs of boarde of state audltors 175,444 Bi Jaiaries 323,240 36 ¦lundry deposits acr.onnt 2,793 19 Refunding 29,385 38 Expenses and per diein, lsgistature 100,042 10 tcencral expenses 46,251 0b Vliscellaueous ',914 ï', Total $3,436,463 64 rike ;tjiiii;aii Sureeta at Creedmoor. The New Tork Suu edltoriallj eays : "The iuccess of the Michigan team in winning th, Hilton trophy and also the Interstate match, luring the rifle cotnpetitions of the pist week, isone for general congratulation, beeause 11 not only rewards the winners for their lonc ourney, but will presumably widen the inter;st feit in Creedmoor, as a natlonal arena for ',he tournaments of marksmen. For a long time tbe great advanage of proximlty enjojed by the New York national guard caused tbe chief honors of Creedmoor alKiost always tol t'all into thelr possession. But of late the es-l tabüshment of rifle ranges all over the oountryl Uas largely ueutralized tbis advantage. Lastl year Pennsylvania earried off the Hiltonl trophv from the New Yorkers, and this yearl Michigan seises it. The result must be to sugifest to other states that eompetition at Creedmoor, is by no means hoDcless for them. The Michiganders have long been famous as oarmen; now they take the front rank among nntHtia marksmen." Goldantf SllTcr. Operations at the gold and silver mines situated a few miles north of Ishpeming are progres sing very favorably. Th? resulte of the run of the flrst 100 tons of rock treated In the mili is a total value of bullion of $1,004 37, a very satisfactory 6bowing when everything is taken Into eonsideration - new machlnery, part of it Imperfect, and other causes, which make a discrepancy of at least 20 per cent in the value of the product. Wheu inining commenced snow covered theground, and a quantity of the ricb veln matter was last and thrown away In the debris. The rock which com poses the foot-wall also became mixed with the vein matter, 60 that it may be saiti much foreign matter was mixed in needlessly, and belng of a noft eubBtance and hard to work was the cause of considerable waste to the richer ore. The com-i pany is now milliug another 100 tons, the resalt of which is awaitcd with much interest.