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CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, one yew, - - - - WOO Omt, 0py, six months, . r-v -c . f-Cv 2J One opy three months. - - . - . ? , . , FAT ALWAYS IS ADVASCB. a..iu.tknait1iiii nhaTinrnil ftnnntr Will f6- eeive their papers tree by mail, and those li vingj - - 1 - 1 Y. .... knitaoo'nri'. paid by the publisher. - - - ---w ' Rites of Advertising: ,r " One-lialf inch space (six lines Nonpareil or essK for oe insertion, 5 cents ; one Inch space, for one insertion, 50 cents; lor each additional Inch, one insertion, 50 cents. 0 For subsequent insertions, or a larger space, prices willbe siren at the ofttce. , Local notices 10 cents per line tor the first In sertion, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Cards in Business Directory, five lines or nn ier, $5 per year; each additional line tl per year. RAND RAPIDS & INDIANA H. R Sunday, October 5, 1879. GOING NORTH. 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Express arrives and departs every Tuesday udtBturamj. cw.FAIW At PERSONAL PEOPERTY! FOR SALE. "lT7Ehave for sale the personal property W knM,rm in iia in Rnd shout the hotel Spenoer House," in Cheboygan village, con sisting' 01 Furniture, Carpets Suites, Tableware, And In fact, all such property as is usually xouna in a nrst viwsa uuic-i, aisu. One Bay Mare, ,- One Black Mare, One Top Buggy, One Buffalo Robe, One Lap Blanket, V.Two Pairs Bob Sleighs, One Set Single Harness, One Set Double Harness, .ciiZJ- 'TwoMileh Covg8,- ' " " Twelve Pigs, Seventy Cords Wood. ' " . ; A . This property must be sold at once. This fs a rare chance for any person desiring to fur nish a hotel. A considerable portion of the hotel furniture is comparatively new, having only been in use the present summer. The en- tire, hotel furniture will be sold . in - one lot. If opportunity occurs within a very short time. Cheboygan, September 28, 1879. . 1 G.P.LANGDON. QHEBOYOAN INSURANCE AGENCY.. , v PIES, HAEINE AND LIFE. - Home, Fire, of N.Y.. assets $6,125,000 00 Manhattan, Fire, of N. asset.- 836,000 00 Detroit Fire and Marine, assets 524,500 00 Mutual life, of N. assets 88,000,000 00 t3f"Carjro insurance to and from all ports on Lakes Miehiran, Huron, Superior and Ontario Hoot G. D. V. ROLLO & CO., Afirents. County Surveyor. ENRY G. DAVIS, 3 COTJNTXTJRVEYq . " AIT worf inlne lire o? Surveying " In ail Its banchc promptly attended to. - .Uffieest residence jOn Bammons street, Cheboy gan. " 1 ' - i c aaTAloo Notary Public. pantchly CHEBOYttAN, MICH. . This house is pleasantljrsituated on the banks of the Cheboygan river, commanding a fine view of the straits. First Class in Every Respect. Terms, $2 to $2 50 per Day. .T.S.DOUGLASS, (Formerly of the Mackinap House) Proprietor. , I4sep3t Q.RANX CKNTRAIi HOTEL. Main St., CHEBOYGAN, MICH. First Class in every respect. C. MIIXS, Proprietor. This House s just finish and is newly fur nished throughout. Good accommodations for the traveling public. Good rooms and reason able rates. 19julyly HOUSE, Corner of Third and Water Sts., Cheboygan, . Mich. ALBERT e GATJLT, Proprietor. Good Board Good Rooms Reasonable Prices. Wjuly JAKE VIEW HOUSE, (Head of Mullet Lake.) 1. 8. BOCKES, Proprietor. Good Boating, Fishing and Shooting. 23uovtf IONEEER HOUSE, (Formerly Ontario Iloua .) F. M. SAMMOXS, Proprietor. This House is centraily locate, ind near the otcnnv boat landing It has recently refitlel and ieur- nianea. rrices to correspona witb the time-1, maylltf QUHSMAN HOUSE, PETOSKEY, MICH. -D. J. Cushman, Proprietor. Prtoskev Is a dcllehtfnl summer resort. -Thia honse ha ample facilities for tbe bomelise accommoda tion of thoae seeking this delightful climate foi healtn or recreation. , , - 20aprly - gPENCEB, HOUSE, , ' ' "'WM. SPENCER, PRO P'R, , ThiAhouse'fs situatei War 'the dock-, and commands a fine view of the lake. Splendid accommodations for summer visitors. Good rooms and liberal rates. 45tf Attorneys. JJ1RANK SHEPHERD, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chan cery, CHEBOYGAN, MICH. Ifeb3m -T-ATTS S. HUMPHREY, COUNSELLOB-AT-LAW, noltf Cheboygan, Mich. JEDARD METIVIER, COUNTY CLERK & REGISTER OF DEEDS Office hours Irom 9 o'clucs A. M. to 12 M.. and from 1 o'clock P.M. to 4 P. M, for entering and re cording d.-eds or other instruments, to be paid for waen me same is leitlofr record. - - 4jn79tl Physicians. A . M. GEROW, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SUJJGEON, Office at City Drug Store. . Professional calls promptly attenneq. noltf Beat Estate. JjANDS FOR SALE. 3.000 A ere Keleetpl KarutMtllii fnv Vn-rm- ing Purposes and two Improved Farms. Will be SOld at low rates. Rmoll novmonta lnnn balance loouit purchasers. AUo about 2.000 acres liiua ittiius. 0 . u. aic KIH U 11. 28seply Cheboygan, M ich collections. BAL ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENT. ... . 1 will sell or exchange Village Property, P'ne or canning ijihud, iskc cnarge 01 a i ema oireal es tate, pay Tax8, Insurance, collect rents, &e. C harges reasonable. HOUSES TO RENT. 1 WILLAIM BARTHOLOMEW. 4 - - - Cheboygan, Mich. THE PEOPLt'S PAPER The wide spread popularity of The Detroit Evening News " i - - is attested by "Mts steady daily circulation of over. 22,000 copies. - The News was never better supplied with telegraphic Intelligence or more complete market reports than now. It is sent by mail to any address at the rate of $5 a year; postage included,1' , . ' K: ('' -V A'- VV THE ECHO FOR 1880. ; - . The Echo, the BEST, AND CHEAPEST week ly newspaper in the state, is published by the proprietors of the Evening News, and is how entering upon its second year. In clubs of four or more it can be had for the small sum of 75.cents a year. " 1 ; 7 i la ..--. . Vfi ' : : THREE MON'ins FREE. : ' ' -X it: - - . r ' !?1 tr Subscribers for the Echo for 1880 will have the paper sent for the remainder of the rear free. All postmasters are agents, or sub scribers may address ' . : . - THE E VENING NEWS? III SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25,-1879. OfflcialPaper of the County and Village : An Interevtiug Case for Vessel Men. ! The following from the thd jotedoi Commercial is of rather more ftxan'ordi pary interest: "Durtng the. boom in Wheat to Buffalo skorttinrei agrrthi in-. quiry was frequently maffTa't the ilocall tustom houte as to whether a Canadian hvessel could take wheat toBnffalo oa toayment of a tonnage iaV - asefityl xue opinion oi collector Fuller was that if done, while the vessel would be obliged to pay the tax, the cargo would be eon nscaiea, ana ine law was cited to main tain this point. 'The anxious masters, however, imbued with the idea that they could do as they thought, and claimed that the Canadian schooner China was continually engaged in that kind of trade. The schooner in question has been in port once this season at which time she appeared in the honest tele graph pole trade. But as warninsr. word was sent to Buffalo to intercept all in tentional scheming in the way of Cana dian vessels entering the commerce of the United States. It now appears that the rumors against the China were true. On last Monday she arrived at Buffalo with a cargo stated in the manifest as 280,000 feet of pine lumber, shipped at Sault Ste. Marie and consigned to Buf falo parties, Upon arrival of the vessel her master promptly reported at the. cus tom house, and the case was referred to the customs collector of the port. The result was that he seized the cargo for the government, and as the prescribed penalty for carrying it subjected the vessel to a fine of 50 cents per ton, the offense being that the China, a Cana dian vessel as before stated,-Jiad illegal ly engaged in the carrying trade between American ports. The cargo was unload ed under the authority and supervision of the collector, and the case reported to the proper authorities. The owners of the lumber will no doubt appeal to the government for relief, and it is not im probable that it will be granted on the ground that the violation of the law was not intentional; but even if the case ter minates in this way it involves no con siderable expense to them. The seizure can hardly fail of doing good service in bringing the owners of vessels to a full understanding of what trade they may ana may not engage in." Death of ITIrs. Geo. Roblin, The many friends, in Cheboygan, of Mrs. Roblin, will regret to hear of her death. She, during a residence of in our midst for several years, made many warm friends. The following notice of ner death we take from the Daily 0nta; rio, of Belleville: " . ;,r: Ansfenora N. Baker. dan?ht,pr nf Rand. ford Baker, Esq., rate of Believille, was born in Adams, Jefferson county, New York state, Dec. 16th, 1836. Her father iuut-u iu vauaua m is-iy, ana in con nection with the late James Morton, of Kingston, purchased the "Baker" island in the Upper Bay. :J She was married to ner now Deren husband in 1856, and en tered thoroughly on the solemn resnon sibilityof life; and her husband found la.neraneip meet indeed. She had been carefully nurtured and brought up according to the forms of the Presby terian faith, but had never been enabled clearly to realize her personal accept ance with God. : About.; fourteen years ago, in a gracious revival at Rednerville, under the labors of Rev. F. Coleman, duo was euauieu to. cast nerseir unre servedly on the infinite merits of the Saviour's death, and was made the; con scious panager oi the grace of life. She then cast in her lot with the peopleand,. along with lier hband, be came u luemoeroi tne Metnodist church. Her fidelity to God was manifest in all me relations oi nte, and especially in her constant ad faithful attends the means of grace. In the latter years of ukl me ner piace in me sanctuary was seldom vacant, and even when the fatal consumption had marked her for its vic tim, and she was wasting beneath its terrible power, she might be seen at the head or her family at the house of pray er. When the final summons came he was well prepared to go. Seldom has mere oeeu wuuessea in me s last mo ments such tranquility of spirit, and such perfect readiness to "arise and de part." A ith very strong attachments to earth, at an age when she might hope to reap the autumn fruitage of jlife, leaving behind her a confiding husband and an interesting family that still needed her guardian presence and :a mother's tenderest care, it might .seem hard to sever the bond; but, by the grace oi lioa, sne met tne last enemy with the most heroic fortitude. . She conversed freely with her family about the future, gave to all words of wise and thought ful counsel, that will be treasured as precious memories of the dear departed, and then peacefully fell asleep in Jesus on the morning of September 27th. 1879, agea 42. - - - Her funeral was attended" by a large concourse of people, who gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to-her memory. '"J. C A. The anglo-American company will lay a new ocean cable in 188a The Sweedish Arctic exploring steain er. Vega, with Prof. Nordenskjold on board, arrived at Kobeon on the 14th inst. ';;;,; ; .. .... ! Sir Francis Hincks, one of the -directors of the Consolidated bank of Canada charged with signing, false-returns to the government, has been convicted at Montreal. iczzp.-zqa " --'jw Council Frocedkus;s . (Official) A regnlarj "meeting of the ViUage Council was held at the 'Council Rooms Tuesday; evening October 21st, 1879. v Present President Brown, Attorney Humphrey, Trustees Miner, Gallagher, McDonald, William McArthur and J. B. McArtlraf . ; jj Absent Trustee Rapin. I Minutes of last resrularhneetinr. held October -7th. and gnecial kneetin? held Or6b-13th, 1879, read arid approved. PETITION3.; ' Petition of - Phillir0,Brien, to dis continue that, portion .of "the Alpena and foboygahOsthtfcjfoad running across the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 32, town 38 north, IfAAg&one west.- . KPnryer of petitidsec granted, and the fotibwing resotWrwin-relafion thereto cd)pfed: By Trustee McDonald. Resolved, That We, the Council of the villase of -Ohebeveran. deem it-advisable to vacate aAd'abolisJiTiption of the Cheboygan and Alpena srato Toad that runs across the southwest corner of the southwest quarter ol the southwest quar ter . of defttioa thkty-two (32),! town thirty-eight north, of range one (1) west, and i Resolved, That we, the said Council, will meet at the Council room in this village on Tusday" evening, November eighteenth, A. D. 1879, at seven (7) o'clock, to hear objections thereto; and further Resolved, That notice of said meeting be given by publishing this resolution in tne northern tribune for three successive weeks, at least once in each week, before said meeting. COMMUNICATIONS FROM VILLAGE OFFI CERS. From the Street Commissioner His report for labor performed and material furnished upon the street since his last report, dated October 7th, 1879, amount $179 55. Allowed and an order ordered drawn for the same. From the Village Marshal His report for moneys received for licenses and use of Town Hall. Referred to Committee on Claims and Accounts. From the Street Commissioner: To Common Council : Gentlemen I would respectfully re port that a street running from the Duncan and Alpena state road to the town line road between Benton and Duncan needs stumping and draining, as it is being used every day and is at present in a very bad condition, and as a portion of the said road is about to be closed, I would recommend that the above mentioned road be improved. Moved and voted that the Street Com missioner be instructed to stump and drain the south end of the street located on section line between towns 31 and 32 south of the School House. REPORT OF COMMITTEES. K Gentlemen: Your Committee on Claims and Accounts, to whom was re ferred the account of Thompson Smith for labor performed on Duncan bay road, recommend that Mr. Smith be allowed the sum of fifty dollars for said work. C. A. Gallagher. II. J. Miner. On motion of Trustee Wm. McArthur, voted that the report be accepted and account allowed and an order ordered drawn forthe same. ' - Gentlemen: Your committee to whom was referred the account of William Erratt recommend that the same be al lowed, and an order ordered drawn for the amount, $3 60. .- , C. A. Gallagher. H. J. Miner. Adopted.., v ;A,i resolutions. By Trustee Miner. Resolved, That Schuvler Farrell be appointed Chief of the Fire department, the same rbeing in harmony with the action of Fire!ompany Norl-? -t.-. Adopted by the following vote; . -X J Yeas Trustees Miner, Gallagher, Mc Donald, J. B. McArthur and Wm. McAr thur. Nay-None. : . . ;. ACCOUNTS. McDonald &Cueny,f or. chandeliotS tfd fix tures . 23.16 Andrew Rapin,.fQ assisting--.....:-. .,...2.08 Each of the above ; accounts allowed and an order ordered drawn for the On motion of Trusteev"WrSiain "Ar thur, voted that .the. jHSecial committee appointed to investigate the matter of opening South Huron street be .allowed further time to report.' ' v- -' ' On motion of Trustee William McAr thur, voted "that action takerr ln regard to the account of Wiliiam Erratt be re considered. On motion of Trustee William McAr thur, voted that the account of WiUiam Erratt be again referred to the- commit tee on claims and accounts. On motion of Trustee Gallagher, voted that the President appoint a committee of two to settle with the Episcopal uiurch. committee appointed as fol lows: C. A. Gallagher, William McAr- tnur. On motion of Trustee J. B. McArthur, voted that the matter of locating and superintending the building of the res ervoir on Tne vinage lot be referred to tne committee on nre department. itV?fmo.dn: Trustee Miner, voted mat ine sireei. commissioner be in Biiucieu w purcnase a pump and pipes to be used in the engine room, and to place the same in working order under the direction of he committee on fire uepaiimeut. Movea ana voted, that the committee on fire department be discharged from serving in the matter of establishing fire limits, and that the question be re ferred to the council as a. committee of tne wnoie. - .,., OA.motion of Trustee Miner, voted that a cuiuuuuee oi two oe appointed to in ves ugaietne-matter of allowing W. S. uumpnrey ana others to drain into the reservoir on corner of Main and Third streets. - - . The President appointed the following committee: H. J. Miner, and J. W.i Mc- uonaia. ' - An ordinance relative to bathing in the Cheboygan river passed, on its final reading , t 'An ordinance to amend spetfon ' th Tea (3) Of ordinance 20. of the ordinance nf theviUage of Cheboygan; passed' 6tt its first reading. , . .' '- -An ordinance relative to the, appointr ment of sealer of weight and measures passed on its first reading.' ' ' ' On motion of Trustee- C. A. GaUagher,; voted that the '. Council 1 adjourn .' trritif Thursday evening, October 23dy 187$; at 7 o'clock. ' 1 l" ! '.' 'NoRMAk !VT. Lyons, Clerkl' . An ajonrned meeting of the. Tillage Council was held at the Council ;Roem, Thursday eveningj October 23d 187!i,'; - PresenWPf esident Browm Attorney, Humphrey, Trustees Gallagher, MqDon-; aid and Wm-Arthur. AbseBtTmstees Miner' R&ptif 'and'ff? B. McArthur.T m r5 . .' m-ii Minutes ei last meeting, nhejd Tues day evening, October 2Jstt read j and approved.- ;: to " ;i; :'sui')f-f U V'-:- '.it.:- v :PITrnONS .--); j Ji . ,.t Petition of Geo.P.'Langdon.king to. be allowed; the privilege ol UHniSteam, power tojrun a feed mill..; jv.u .,., Moved and, voted that the petitiqn be, laid on the,table.y i r.J ! ( ,.';' : LREP0RTS OF COMMrrTEES.: v, ; To the. Council of the Ylllagejof' Cheboygan:: . f 'Gentlemen; Your Committee: : on Claims and AcconntSflo whom: was .rev f erred the account of Wm: Erratt, would respectfully recommend, that Mn Erratt's account be not allowed until! properly rendered;-'-: - ; .! .-' us. v k,: C. A.. Gallagher, . i-itf-iir" r. Chairman of Committee. : Moved and voted that the account not be allowed. : To the Council of the Village of Cheboygan. Gentlemen: Your . special committee to whom wos referred the matter of set tling with the Episcopal church, would respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and find that there is due to the village from said church the sum of $23 85 up to the 1st of November, 1879. c. a. gallagher. Wm. McArthur. Moved and voted that the report be accepted and committee discharged. To the Council of the village of Cheboygan. Gentlemen: Your special committee to whom was referred the matter of opening South Huron street, through the Brannock property, would recommend that said South Huron be opened in ac cordance with the provisions of the vil lage charter. C. A. Gallagher, Chairman of Committee. Moved and voted that the report be accepted and committee discharged. resolutions. By Trustee Gallagher: Resolved, That the bridge' across the ravine on Main street, near Charles R. Smith's land, be built in accordance with plan, to be a timber superstructure, on three rows of pile bents, the super" structure being thirty-two feet wide and about seventy feet long, and .,.''' i . " Resolved further, That the Street Comr missioner get up specifications .for said bridge, and advertise for proposals -- for building the same, by giving at, least ten days' notice of the. time and place of letting, by publishing said notice in the Northern Tribune in at least two successive publications.--: .o ..-.t Adopted. -.; vi:; '..-7 .! -By Trustee Gallagher: ,v I i-" : Resolved, That the Street Commission er be and he isJiereby .ordered to con struct a sewer across Main street' from the southwest cn6r6;fOsnth east corner of Main ana Third sfteets, to connect with sewer now running from southeast corner --of Malrr aim Third streets to the river' Said sewer to be put down on the level of the river, and that the parties owning property on Main street be allowed' to drain into said sewer v Adopted.. : ..; :' -. .. . By Trustee Gallagher: : !. : . ReoZued,.That the proposition of Chas. Brannock to accept one hundred and forty-five dollars in full for all damages for opening and extending South Huron street through his lands be accepted, and that upon his executing and delivering sufficient, deed or deeds of ' the same to the village that an order for that amount be drawn in his favor and delivered to him. "'..:' v ': Y'" ''-' . Adopted by the, foUowing yojtei. ; . i Yeas-Trustees Gallagher; McDonald and McArthur. Navs None : - ... Resolved, That tlieMarshal'.ls, hereby requestea to report Dyaeiaiiea statement to theConhVjil' at their 'liext regular meeting all moneys received by him for nse of the Town Hall, giving the date of such receipts, C the names, of the persons paying the same, and the uses for which the Hall was rented, and also if there are any unpaid arrears of rent and from whom the same shall be due. He is also requestedCto make ' a similar report to the Council at their first regu lar meeting in each month thereafter. . Adopted. - By C. A. Gallagher: Resolved, That no member of the Village Council . be allowed ; to collect licenses, rents, or any other money be longing to the 'Village .unless special! autnorizea oy tne ine council. Adopted, ' ACCOUNTS. CA GaUagher . .- f3 95 Allowed and an order ordered drawn for the amount. - n On motion of Trustee McArthnr, voted that tne matter in reference to estab Isshing fire limits by the Council be re ferred to the next regular meeting. On motion of Trustee McArthur, voted that the special committee appointed to investigate into the matter .of draining into the reservoir on Third street, be discharged from further duty.. On motion of Trustee Gallagher, voted that the account of J. P. Sutton for $1 86 be allowed and an order ordered ' drawn for the amount. - ! ' ' ' On motion of Trustee Gallagher, voted to adjourn. ; ; . wo y , , i . . Norman W. Lyons,, Clerk:; ; The JackMnDlMtter. )n)i0 The Jackson Patriot of Sunday ' mdrS ing has the following !V$ Since the inquiry is general it ay,-? proper to say that twhiiej, tha..qpJton-c jury held that yardmaster. Colwell ywas criminally responsible fesei arthe acted in the late ralQiad. disaster it-, is improbable that he will be-, prQCeded against legaUy. Theissue suci ,an action, it is maintained.would)beila,matT ter of great uncertainly and wQujd 4cost the county hunti'reds.of d(41ars-,rhe'ref fore nothing, at present any way, will be done in thjqr g-felf:5; -1! -" nicbigan Bai;ro(iwls?0,..,A W. B. Williams, State Commissioner of Railroads' of Michigan has issued i : his seventh annual'reptt -for the calendar jekt lST9; tttm which! we 'condense : the following'" The late "ksue-of the nteport 'attributable to the delays of yarias eorirpanies in bending in their j-rettirns otlaccordiog rto ? itaw, .iThe.i;QomisFioneri strongly urges more promptness .ana at tention in the future. "u x dW The railroad interests of Michigan are represented by 41 distinct ). corporations Four ne qrwrations.wfirorined.dur? in .the year, to succeed-those road? 6oid tinder foreclosure of m6rtga'ge.Hfclli' ( H i-'The capital stock 'tnvestment amounts to- 1 48,152,0 M6, afU-m The, debt account ,of the rnads ,presentd in this state amounts to a total' of $161; 37743.27, of 1 " which $115-535, 192J50 ' far f undedj and $15,837,550.70 i3 Unfunded or floating. ' The aggregate earnings of the several roads was $42,716,139.05; an amount in excess of that fofthe previous "year'J of $4,17608.99. iThei -steadyi TtefteaiA ciit earnings since 18nceaViii the;ratre port, seems to have, rechj&d, -its , dpwnp ward limit with 171. knd t if have made a fair start' btt its-upward; "cbarse ''Hi 1878.i'"-5'i':it.V it fAHiA odT .' tii Five cmpanieTTTGhicaffO and 'North-; western, Detroit, Xansing:and Northern, Lake Shore and 'Michigan Southern Michigan Central and Mineral Rahge- paiddividends bftitheii! stock. . .mi At. the present timsthere,i; ; ,31556 miles of railroad in Michigan, 51 miles having been put in operation during the present year.. This -ls an increase of 160.19 miles over 1877. -There is a total 'ot 3,977 bridges; showing that tracks cross a bridge on an , average, if, ;oaee, .in.; a small fraction over two , rniles. There are 849 stations in Michigan; and ' there are 29,186 persons employed in the oper ation of our railroads, of .whom "J 4,722 are in our own-6tate.. '.The r. roads:, have along their several lines 4,653', miles . of fencing. -ri l v 'I;rt,i ; The aggregate "miles' run by passenger trains during the year was 9,47,896, . by freight trains 19,115,170, and by mixed 508,788, which together, make a train mileage, for trains earning revenue, : of 28,570,854 miles. Construction and -other trains ran 1,522,549; - which added to the above, gives a total of 30,093,403 train miles run. The increased mileage of trains over that for the year previous : is quite marked; being a total : increase of train mileage for the year "US18.971 miles. There were carried, during the year,j 10, 615,504 passengers,', a number larger than' for 1877 by' 673,656. The freight traffic was by far in excess of- any pre vious year. . Ui ft :.i ' : .:, He is gaftsfied that there wa3 far more accomplished toward perfecting ' our i'Qads in 1878 than in any previous year. Out roads as a whole were never in a better condition than at present. There are a few that require a large expend! ture .. tq place.them in a -. condition. -to transact, their prospective - of business with safety and dispatch; but these will, he thinks.: be in a very good condition at the close of the year. In. short, Michi gan maywell ,feel.a degree of pride " in the general management of its railroads their general condition'' and repairs, the low. rates (Of -freight, (which - have neve been, oppressive) and the safety in life and, property in tranactipg.business rfji ..Ifllfliiffn njttd Keutucfcy, rTr l'J'rfffl ,rtrrrTv-'SyirTrr( -'r" Will you please tell me through your ' valua- oie paper why it is that you nave peaches .in your state, three hundred miles north of us, while we have none whatever? The peaches were killed here during the cold weather in January. . Is it possible that the cold was more intense here than in Michigan! Why is it that your state is better adapted to the , ijaising of truits or all kinds than KentucKyr uur wheat crop was par-excellent from twenty to thirty five bushels per acre.. Hay and oats short, corn over an average crop. Tobacco good.and a larcre breadth grown, selling from tlO to $12 per hun dred. Farmers are sowing a large crop of wheat this fall. :. -.' UAS05.V AIcrphysytlle, Mason Co , Ky., Oct, 4. . Remarks. To answer the above ,ques- iiviio a iaai jr rruuiu a C4 uiiu ilvlaa aijvio space and more facts: than we ' have " at command. : One reason why peaches can be crrown in Michisran is thei favorable influence of the great lakes by whichf It is surrounaea in preventing suaaen ana extrem changes of temperaturevv How surprisingly reat the influence is,t our correspondenit inay, learn by consulting any 01 tne recent cnarts miuwing mq climate of this region. The lines of -uni form temperature instead of running due easi and west astTOightfoefexpectd, are-deflected po,s to,(!runr nearly, jiprth and south'foliowing neatly the course of the east shotB of CaklMfeMgan.' ; Thus the most'excesgireol&at iMackmac for a period of 28 years, during which obser ough the iattet point ther Bouth, while' theJowgtioint reaich ed at Mackinac, was only twQ.r degreess lower than the. lowest' point reacted 'at St. Louis duririg the same net iod: ,fais the' prevailing winds are from the westy the east show Dl Lke.) Michigan. rieeis. this nxodificatipn ocIimatemuch., more thann other part otth 'state 'and lyis been "appropriately terriredr'the -fruit belt.' In January th& mean temperature bfithe lanjiin:lbe-:inHkUeIJilatitude,.'of Lake Michigan. ginks to abput jy degrees while that of the lake, rarely 'falls belQv 40. "As'grapes and peach ' trees' "require for their dfestttctibn4eoM snap'Iwhiib sends the mercury considerably below zero, it follows that they are compara tively saeMwTIObXljeiice. of the lake temperature"! ' "". Another lavottffele'icircumBtahee, par ticularly along the dortlrerh'paft of' the 'belt' is the fact' that the'snow fans-be fore.thegrbund freezes iatlieT fall .and ustiaily lies lir'an unbroken eoat three or fottr feet thick -allt wioter;! burying gfapiS'Tlnehridsmall fruits' outof reach of frpst till the return bf warm-weather, when: thV Snow -melts' arid inhere is 1 no Tubwquent freezing and thawing so det straetiteo lender fruits and so common farther sVuth.1' Add to this a 1 .very pro ductiWBbii; the stimulus of! good and tWar markets -and the' preseneeof skilled fruit fetOwef who givs their i; Jvholei air tehtonf4rtthe '"bttsinessv"' and IwBxriave fepme of th reasons why lliehigan'excels tiffi ftuit'&tate. f- J 'tA. vi,::f!h.j -.i!) lUU i'iiilJilM'l ' H I 1 '-II ajud ttiduchess 'Marfe Wil Intake place dTid Oit'the 27th feaStH of 'Novirh: KZhri,uf,f oJh .!.'id fifs ,v:i,my odlsailfiYhlo i:oit-;HiJriMuovj .i-j.i. 'jr.cni' nrhe wonhded from the'MnK-RiVer1 fight, 32 in number, have arnved at Rawlings, Wy. AH are. doing welL Gancrs of railroad men are desperately fighting bush fires along ; the ,.SW Law rence & Ottawa railroad.in Canada. ' ' , The Westetil Union telegraph company sent 25,000,000 messages in the year-ending June 30, 1879.- Lu the year before; it A child born in New York three-, weeks Lago weighed only 11 ounces,' its heighth oeing o.incnes, ana roreaaiu spross .mo shoulders;2 Inches.- 'l :: XA gentlem&n in Utica, If. TV-Is Id! the' possession of- the first greenback: issued has refused 700 for ? , ,:r,V-j , V 1 ' .The new'railrtfad bridge over Big Wal nut creekKVmHes from CotrrfrAti'-OJ ftll&f arday evenings wito'itti terfible: ejttsh ifUqthe water;) f eft belorv.ilfi IWJm&f&l $ Wll fnjuretLj r.ror! t ' Australia has snow, several ,feetde6rf an unprecedented occurence at this sea son, and Spain ha3t5rrible floods, de strioylhginlllionsiofT dollars worUtTof prop?rty;iidrl4nehauflrenfep1 petrplet jf Myriadal grassbojtperteBortJr ly,jdir6ctio,.havoJi)een.passuio;jDwr Dal-r las Texas. 'Reports from various pnihts, in northern ttetag say assnoppersliaTe appeared; but sb far. not damage-hairbeaj done, n :c-7 l&y-2 J-.T &;Ti vltzuxz .,Thf grand jury, of-. ;Barofitablfi,. Mass found no bill against Mrs. freeman, and, she was discharged; bu$ they' IndcteI her husband; Chas: Freeman,1 fir nftrrder in the first degreer-This is the case in which' the. cbild v Alice.uwas - saeiifieed through religious mdnfo ? ,- , . 5 t.,,-(C1 . Ttie'governor and leading, citizens-. of Ccjlorado' unanimously affirjn that th4 Indiahs must be-removed from the state exterminated by the state, if --.-not :: by the- federal forces. ; Confidence, . , thejj sayt can never be restored, and it is only a question whether the result willlie at tained at once or by low 'and- tediOra warfare.-:?; i? jr.r m-a'S f'M 1 The governors of the 13 original states! or their representatives, had. a reception in Carpenter's hall, PhUadeliJiia,vlasv Saturday morning "Not since, the' "cen tennial was such a distinguished5 rowd gathered in the hall. They were making arrangements for. the centennial cele bration of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct 19, 1781. . ' '"'.;" '. ! J . i : -or,-.-? STATE NJEWSVJ ,V: : , Over-jSO.connty and , , local , fairs . have been held. in Michigan'.this falL '' A. J. Love joy, of Litchfield, has ' raised 5,000 bushels of onions this year. ' ; ' -' f l "F." Dodge, of Lawton,' has: invented a new -patent ballot-box' with a - register showing the Uumber.of ballots,' etc. A silver eel 22 inches long: was caught 1 in 3ig lake, near Davisburgf.a,few daya agi. It was one of the crop planteT m list's.-; . . - " '.; - , " ' There are rio strong : evidences that Wise's balloon; the "Pathfinder," passed over Michigan or was destroyed some where in this state. A full-grown panther was seen In Vic tory, Mason county, last week. The man who saw him ran one way and tire pan-; ther the other, and neither waB-nvxt. -"-( ' -Orrin Babeocfc of 'Emmet: coutny -liarf sold the standing: cedapof 40 , acres-, r of; land to,Reed City parties, who intend 40. use ior ties, posls.and telegraph poles.' , Two men named Copeland and Market were hunting in Venice township, Shid3 wasse c6unty,"Sundaj;, and Parker's guri was v accidentally discharged,! killing Copeland instantly. ; - .. . .. . ... jc; ? .1 -According to the, recollection ,ot! bid settlers in Kalamazoo county the aU-' tuMn of 1841 was very similar to the pres ent fall; and 38 years kgor the ITlh, snow' feU to the depth of . three feept k r - Last Sunday:the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee , railroad , company :. put new iron bridge across the Thornappl& river at Ada. There are three spans, two1 of 60 feet and one of 110 feet in length. A Grand Rapids official went out hunt ing the other day armed with seven dogs, a shot gun and a rifle.. He returned, with one ebon, which now. proves to have been a ta'rne one, and for' which he has had td pay the owner a good round'price; -,7j Up.trand including October; the,-, sea son's ore ahipnjents from Marqneteliad been (459,196 tonsj'from Escanaba, .572, 250 tons; from L'Anse .'.36,534 tons; total 1,67,980 tonsz Wtf ihcftfese btnun tonsoverthe shipmentsof the correspond ing season last year.?s .j j,.;. u.tj ;a diBpatclr"eceived.at- PprtiHront frbni Paris-announces, thOeahapt Charles Edison, son of W. P' Edison of. Port Huron" and nephew' of '-'Edison; the famous inventor: -He was in Paria on : business connectedr -with Edi3oa9 eiectXicaljnTentions,.;, ftUl w;x The inquest over a.body:ofLHerhert G.Ives, the muTdered&istant -surveyor, of Saginaw couuty.'has resulted in ver dict charging Aleck Barman with -the crime. A reward of $500 has been offer ed for the rest of tne ( gun, -used ..inthe brutatkilling;; The officers' have about ii inches of the!stock:' l K r";t !; Haminon, tandish'&.! Co'4 ' oDetrbit1 own 250 refrigerator cars. They averager 50'caTloads of beef a-day consigned tot New" YorkCity. alar quantity of the pro-, visions-going to Europe. The . Jrm is said to be wprth over $5,000,000; the ac cumulations of a few year3 4 Of success ful' puhin g operations : in ; av business! startertwith little' ebe. than tact and en-, ergy.i,.-,f o; -.tj-.v(t w.iyo 5fiv,-, I Rollin A. Horr, twin -brother of, Con gressmantRoswellt G. HQrr,;ojt this....dis cict,. has Veen elected t6 ,the' Ohio 'state1 senate i'on'''tnV Eepublicari' ticket." His opplments 'scoured 'the Saginaw:alleyj for all the bad things they .could, heati abut.RosweU,';and., after, revamping ttem.bvertbsuit' the other fellow, -scattered them broadcast and mighty little- good it did them. - -'- -' '-M ."-)!7?s-; ';. The recent ' vaganes1 of the' weather' clerk make the' Genesee county: farmers: wonder a little.? They are mowing their, excessive crop . of overgrown , winter wheat, Beets are growing in the luxur ianceoi mid-summer; strawberry tinea' hi blossom, potatoevihes six andj eight; inelies high, a; new crop of young onions sprouting and lettuce is, as fresh, and crisp as in early spring.' ' ,!'"J 1 ,ni s rfl TTDTI A. TTr on ti