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LE BARO}* & NISSLY, Proprietors.
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 45.
NEWS SUMMARY.
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Important Intelligence from All Parts.
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Domestic.
I3S" a twenty mile race at the Chicago Fair
on the 14th, between Miss Belle Cook and
Miss Emma Jewett, the former was successful,* wirMing-.the'race in lorty-flve min-
utes«"and" sixteen seconds. -
Ijf the bank tax controversy, Commissioner -"Rauin has concluded to accept the
clearing-house statements as to the basis oi
taxable deposits. One bank in INew York
will be compelled to pay §145,000 in back
taxefjIand^ljOOOjOOO will be realized in the
aggregate. "
Maurice C Stettheeviee, who occupied
a confidential position in the office of Messrs.
Seligman, bankers of 2few York, has been
lodged in the Tombs for embezzling ?40,000.
He was traced to Sault Ste. Marie by detectives.
A FIRE at Austin, Nevada, on the loth
burnejd .twenty buildings, including the
post-office and Masonic and Odd Fellows'
halls.   The loss is estimated at $100,000.       .
It yraai reported on the loth that there-
were case3 of yellow fever at Key "West,
Fla., and the jSTational Board of Health
corrjplained that attending physicians and
the local, authorities had denied its existence ther^r *_  7.       .      ■.    -  " •
The gai| of $he:night of the 14th thumped
Prof. King's "balloon.-to that extent that all
the gas .escaped, and the proposed trip to the
sea coast was abandoned.
Haskibal <fc St. Joe Katlroai) stock
sold in Wall street on the 15th at 300.
HarrI' MoRDAtrsi, 'charged with felony,
while being recently taken from San Francisco to Portland in irons, ?prang overboard
and was drowned. *
Ik the monthly statement made on the loth
the Agricultural Bureau says the reports
showed a heavy decline in the condition of
the cotton-crop since the previous report,
owing to the protracted drought which[prevailed in all sections of the cotton belt. The
conditionasiTeported is 72, a decrease of 16
per cehtt-Suring August, and, as compared
with thefreturns of the same date last year,
19 per7eeht.*less. The general average conditionJit corn September 1 was CO, being 17. Jpfer - cent, lower than the month
previous; and SI per cent, lower than
last year \ at the same date. From
Missouri hnd, -Kansas, come serious complaints of ravages by the chinch bug, which
were added to the prevailing drought. The
tobacco returns give a very serious decline
in the prospect for the crop, being some 20
per cent, less than for the previous month.
The average for the whole country was only
65, against So in August, and 84 for the same
date last year. The cause ofthe low condition existing in almost every section of the
country was drought.
The Baltimore and Pensylvauia roads
were selling $5 tickets from Chicago ^Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington on the
14th.
While the races were in progress on the
fair-grounds at Kansas City on the 14th the
main hall was found to be in flames, and all
the exhibits were soon reduced to ashes.
The loss is estimated at §68,000.
A iakge number of the prominent citizens of Detroit have united in an appeal to"
thepeople of this "eotintry for aid for the
sufferers by the recent forest fires in Michigan. The necessity of the case is strongly
urged.
The labor troubles in "Sew Orleans ended
on the 14th, both parties yielding to some
extent, and the proclamation of martial law
was withdrawn. ' -
E.QRTlQ3rs'of Iowa, along the route of the
Rock Island Road, were covered by two
inches of snow on the 16th. The storm extended well in to "Nebraska.
A" few days ago a colored woman named
Campbell, residing near Magnolia, Ark.,
killed t%vo of her children with a pine knot.
After, the Coroner's inquest had been held
and a verdict of guilty rendered, the citizens burned the murderess at the stake.
Thieves recently forced the door of a
room in the National Hotel at Washington,
occupied by ex-Minister Christiancy, and
took therefrom a box containing diamonds
and jewelry valued at §6,000.
A boiler exploded near Uhiontown, Pa.,
on the 16th, and Jame3 McDonough was fatally scalded and four other persons were
injured. The cause was the use of sulphur
water during the drought.
A pew* days ago the dory Little Western
reached Gloucester, Mass., haying made
the round trip from Gloucester to London
and back.
Ox the night of the 15th a fire at Oswego,
25". Y., burned twenty tenements and a large
quantity of lumber, inflicting a loss estimated at $400,00)J.
The breadstuffs exported from the "United
States during the month of August were
valued at $25,500,000, against $31,700,000
exported daring the corresponding month
of last year. The total value of the breadstuff exports for the eight months ended
August.31 was $157,500,000, or $27,800,000
less than the value of the exports for the
corresponding eight months of the preceding year. The number of bushels of wheat
exported during. August of this year was
14,300,000,, against 21,700",006 -bushels exported in August, 1880.
Mrs. Burke, of Omaha, recently made
$l,0OO.at the Nebraska State Fair by riding
ten miles in twenty minutes and thirty-four
seconds. She used four horses, and made
six changes.
An appeal for aid for the sufferers by the
recent forest fires in Michigan has been
issued by Governor Jerome, as follows:
Tb the People Of the "United States:
Portions of four counties in this State, lying*
principally between Saginaw Bay and Lake
Huroa, have been devastated by forest fires.
A drought almost unprecedented in this section of country had prepared the way for the
calamity, and houses, barns, fences, crops,
cattle, agricultural implements, household
furniture, clotning and human life have been
destroyed by its ravages. In some townships
the destruction is complete, and only apfcture
of ruin is left. It is known that more than 200
lives have been lost by burning- and suffocation. Many individuals have become helpless
tbroutch injuries and exposure, and some are
blind. The number of men, women and children left without shelter is estimated at 15,000.
The benevoienco of the citizens of the State
responded promptly to the first necessities of
those-afflleted people, butamplo time has now
elapsed, and sufficient details have been received, to make It evident that a -wider appeal is needed. The destitution prevailing
in the suffering counties is appalling*. JEn-
tire neighborhoods are involved in the common calamity, and cannot help each other.
The sufferers have no provisions except such
as are brought from a distance, and no utensils to cook with. The necessaries of life,
bot'j large and small, have been destroyed.
They need shelter, clothing*, cooking; stoves,
Kitchen utensils, beds and bedding*, wagons, harness, plows, hoes, tools of all kinds,
Beed for future crops, and whatever
helps to make men self-supporting*. They
- have a good soil, are near to markets,
. and before this dreadful disaster befell
them were a thrifty, prosperous people.
Timely help will enable them to go through
the hardships of this cominpr -winter and to
become again an  independent community.
At present tbey are penniless, needy, sick
and suffering:, and many of them in debt. I
appeal under circumstances like these to the
people of othpr States and ask them to cooperate in their abundance with citizens of
Michigan in relieving* thi3 destitution. Nothing* wV I be wanting here in duty to the afflicted
sufferers, but the demands are too great for
thepeople ofthe State to meet alone.
An organization for the relief of the sufferers by these fires exists at Detroit, the commercial metropolis of the State, and systematic plans of relief have been established. The
committee having- the:n in charge is composed of well-known, competent and responsible cjtizens. Money and supplies sent to its
Chairman, Hon. William G. Thompson, Mayor
of Detroit, will be faithfully applied.
David H. Jerome, Governor.
The campaign against the hostile Apaches
has been initiated by the march of General
Carr to Cibicu with 200 United States soldiers and a company of scouts. The Indians are said to be strongly intrenched
in one of the naturally fortified portions of
Arizona.
It was announced from "Washington on
the 17th that checks for quarterly interest
on thefour-per-cent. loan, representing $7,-
887,039, would be mailed to 55,000 bondholders on the last.day of September.
The organ factories of Beatty and the Star
Company, at "Washington, N*. J., valued at
$200,000, were destroyed by fire on the 18th,
throwing four hundred men out of employment.
Governor - Gosper, of Arizona, has
placed six hundred muskets in the hands of
regularly-organized minute-men.'
At Rockland, Me., on the 17th Charles
Smith, crazed by Jealousy, killed his wife,
infant son and mother-in-law, and then attempted to take the life of an old lady residing in the house.
Personal and. Political.
The widow of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte died in Baltimore on the 15th.
Aeew days ago JohnTV. Brooks, of Boston, the famous railroad manager, died at
Heidelberg, Germany, in his sixty-third
year."
Dr. Lugexbeel, a brother of Mrs. Christiancy, sent a formal challenge to the ex-
Minister on the ,16th, which was declined
and a warrant asfeed for. The cause was
the latter's reflections upon her testimony in
the divorce suit.
The late General Burnside was buried at
Providence on the 16th. Business was whol
ly suspended and nearly every building in
the city was draped in mourning. The entire militia of Rhode Island performed escort duty.
At its late session In Utica thelSew York
State Prohibition Convention adopted a
platform, Including a resolution of sympathy with President Garfield, and placed in
nomination a State ticket, headed by
Stephen Merritt, of New York City, for
Secretary of State.
It is stated that Secretary Blaine has been
requested to take President Garfield's place
at the Yorktown Centennial ceremonies.
Sergeant . Masox, who recently attempted to shoot Guiteau, has issued an address to "all good people of the United
States who hate assassins," iu which he
attempts to justify his deed.
Governor P-Illsbuky has issued a proclamation convening the Minnesota Legislature in extra session on the 10th of October,
to mature plans to adjust the railroad debt
of the State.
Up to the ISth the contributions for the
erection ol the Garfield Memorial Church
at "Washington had reached $26,003. Itis
proposed to preserve in the new structure
the pew occupied by the President, where
Guiteau first intended to kill him through
the open window;
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Forelsrn.
Hanlajt offers to end his career as a professional oarsman by rowing any man in the
world a three-mile race for $2,000 or more.
The Russian journals of the 14th announced that there had been 18,675 fatal
cases of diphtheria in the Province of Pul-
towa, containing less than 200,000 inhabitants.
The American hoTse Iroquois, the winner
of the English Derby last spring, also won
the St. Leger stakes at the Doncaster meeting on the 14th.
A cargo of three hundred tons of human
bones, probably the remains of the defenders of Plevna, has recently been received at
Bristol, England, from Turkey, to be used
in enriching the soil.
The King and Queen of Italy formally
opened the Geographical Congress at
Venice onthe 15th. M. De Lesseps delivered tbe inaugural address.
A Rome (Italy) dispatch of the 15th says
that, on the preceding evening, Rev. Camp-
bello, a Canon of St. Peter's Cathedral, had
publicly abjured Catholicism and embraced
Methodism!
The "National Land League Convention
met in Dublin on the 15th and organized by
electing Parnell as President.
Prince Jerome Napoleon has surrendered to his son Victor his claims as Emperor of France, and departed for Constantinople. <■
Three hundred Russian nobles have
organized themselves under the name of
the "Sacred Legion," and will establish a
secret service in opposition to Nihilism.
The representatives of Baron Steuben,
who were invited by the United States Government to attend the Yorktown Centennial, have accepted with great appreciation
the invitation. Six officers of the German
army bear the name.
The anniversary of Mexican independence was observed by the opening of public
works throughout the Republic.
It is announced that France has consented to continuefor threeinonths the commercial treaty with England.
A report 'prevailed in London on the
14th that France had proposed and England
accepted a joint military commission to reorganize the Egyptian army.
The Methodist Ecumenical Conference,
in session in London, has adopted resolutions recommending international arbitration as a means of settling disputes between
nations, and condemning any resort to war.
At Clonakitty, County Cork, on the 18th
a land meeting., attended by 10,000 men,
was held, at which resolutions were passed
pledging those present to continue the present movement till'landlords are abolished.
A St. Catherines (Ont.) dispatch of the
17th announces the successful opening of
the new Welland Canal, the American
steamer D.M. Dickinson being the first
vessel to go through.
A Boston telegram of the 17th says dispatches had Been received in that city from
Shanghai to as late as September 16th,
which make no mention of the typhoon recently reported via London, which is said to
have involved the destruction of an immense
amount of tea and other property, and it
was believed that the report was either entirely* erroneous, or that 'the amount of
damages had been enormously exaggerated.
The Hew Free Press and Vontadt Zeitung
of Vienna have been confiscated for adverse
remarks on the appointment of Count Richard Belcredi as President of the Administrative C> u t or Justice.
A Rome (Italy) telegram of the 17th says
that, since the disturbance there attending
the removal of the remains of Pius IX.,
the receipts of Peter's pence had amounted
to nearly 1,500,000 lire, while from January to April inclusive it scarcely exceeded
that sum.
The Methodist Ecumenical Council has
passed a resolution condemning the traffic
in opium, and asking the British Government to deliver its people from the guilt of
supporting it.
In the Irish National Convention at Dublin on the '17th the founder of the Laborers' League said if the Government did not
release the "suspects" hot work would be
made for it. Dillon and Egan secured the
passage of a resolution that Parnell visit the
United States this winter, accompanied by
O'Connor, but the former declared that he
could not leave Ireland for such a lengthened period.
The  President.
On the 17th the President was decidedly
worse than on the day preceding. About
eleven o'clock in the morning he was attacked by a pyajmic chill, which lasted
half an hour, and which was followed by a
high pulse and fever, prof lise perspiration
and nausea. The pulse reached 138, and the
temperature and respiration also rose greatly. In the afternoon ho rallied somewhat
and the pulse fell. The temperature
fell, however, below the normal
point, and artificial means were required to
induce additional warmth. The patient's
stomach became unable to assimilate sufficient food to supply the waste caused by the
fever and thesuppurationfrom the wound,
and the physicians were forced to resort to
the administration of beef blood by enema.
This condition of affairs remained without
substantial change until, about one o'clock
on the morning of the ISth, when the President apparently rallied, and the temperature became normal again. During the
ISth his condition was slightly improved,
but his low pulse and temperature and
freedom from cough were indicative of his
extreme weakness, and, the physicians
said, were indicative, also, of his
speedy demise. Dr. Boynton said he
thought a portion of the President's right
lung was hepatized; that in every instance
the slight improvement had been followed
by relapses which left him on a lower plane
or'vitality than before—a feature of the case
peculiar to chronic pyaemia. The bulletin
issued at six o'clock in the evening reported
the temperature at 9S.4; pulse, 102; respiration. 20. At ten o'clock his pulse was
122, and his temperature normal. The
usual evening message to United States
Minister Lowell said the President, while
passing a comparatively quiet and comfortable day, had had another chill in the
evening of less duration than that of
the preceding day, but '' sufficient to increase the very great anxiety already existing. He has been slowly growing weaker,
and his present condition excites the gravest
apprehension." A dispatch dated at two
o'clock on the morning ofthe 19th says that,
at that time, all was quiet around the Presidential cottage and the President was sleeping comfortably.
On the 18th Mrs. Garfield received a cable
dispatch from Mr. Parnell, on behalf of the
delegates to the Land League Convention in
Dublin, Ii'eland, conveying to her their
deepest sympathy, and expressing their
hope that the life of the President might be
spared.
Prayers were offered in the churches of
London on the ISth for the recovery of the
President.
A Latter-day Saint from Boston arrived
at Elberon on the 18th on a mission of curing the President by the laying on of hands.
He was said not to be insane.
LATER JSTEWS.
The President died lit 10:35 on the
evening of the 19th. About thirty-live minutes before his death, and while asleep, his
pulse rose to 120 and was somewhat more
feeble than before. At ten minutes after
ten o'clock he awoke, complaining of severe
pain in the region of his heart, and almost
immediately became unconscious and ceased
to breathe at the time above stated.
At the evening bulletin his condition was
thought to be more comfortable, and there
was a feeling of congratulation on all sides
that he had escaped another rigor which
had been anxiously feared since the
chill of the morning. .Dr. Boynton, during the earlv evening, talked
even a little hopefully, and the
announcement a little later that the
President was dying, and, soon after, that
he was dead, caused the wildest excitement.
The telegraph lines were immediate!? taken
possession of by the Cabinet representing the
Government, and messages were forwarded to Mentor and to Vice-President Arthur. The former were to the
immediate family of the deceased, andthe
latter contained an official notification of the
death of the President and a request that he
at once take the oath of office and assume
the functions of President without delay.
This was signed by Secretaries "Windom,
Hunt, James, MacVeagh and Kirkwood.
Messrs. Blaine and Lincoln, being on the
way from Boston to New York and ignorant of the President's demise, did not sign.
At ten o'clock in the evening the usual message to United Stntes Minister Lowell was
sent in which a hopeful opinion of the President was given, and one hour later
the announcement of his death was
flashed over the cable. The immediate
cause of his death, Dr. Bliss said, was
neuralgia of the heart, brought on, of
course, by Guiteau's bullet. Mrs. Garfield
bore the trying ordeal with great fortitude
and exhibited unprecedented courage. She
gave way to no paroxysms of grief, and
after death became evident she quietly withdrew to her own room.
The village undertaker took charge of the
remains and preparations were made for
embalming them. Dr. Curtis, of Washington, was invited to make an autopsy. Later,
Attorney-GeneralMacVeagh announced that
the remains would be taken to Washington
on the 21st, lie in state the next day in the
rotunda of the Capitol, and start for Cleveland on the 23d, where the funeral would be
held on the 25th. The interment would be
made in Lake View Cemetery, in accordance
with the wishes of, the dead President.
In a recent letter to George C. Gorham
regarding the threats to lynch Guiteau, General Sherman asks every soldier and citizen
to remember that we profess to be the most
loyal Nation on earth to the sacred promises of the lav/. He admits, however, that
shooting or hanging is too good for the
assassin.
A Washington dispatch of the evening
of the- 19th says the crowds ijround the
bulletin announcing the death of the President were excitedly proclaiming their intention to lynch Guiteau. The dippatch
adds that the military authorities had quietly made ample preparations to prevent the
carrying out of the design,
It is stated that the laws of New Jersey
require the production of Guiteau before
the Coroner's jury at Lone Branch.
THE EIRE DEVASTATION IN MICH*
IGAN.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
who has traversed nearly the entire burned
district in Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac
Counties, Mich., gives the following graphic
description of what he saw and heard:
Approaching the desolated region, the
earth, sea and sky presented an unusual
appearance. At Port Huron the sun was
very red and rose in a cloudless but murky
sky. As the steamer passed Out into Lake
Huron it ran into a dense atmospheric ocean
of smoke and haze that was very painful to
the eyes, injurious to the lungs and creating
a cloud so dense that at noonday the sun
merely made a sickly, yellowish smear in
the air. This vast cloud of smoke covers the
entire lake where itis eighty to one hundred
miles wide with a haze so diffused that navigation is difficult and dangerous. The
vision extends scarcely one-eighth of a
mile frdm the boat. The shores are invisible, and unseen steamers are heard sounding their fog whistles In various directions.
lt may be thought strange that, with
forest fires known to be in the vicinity,
with the losses of ten yeara ago remembered, and with other.instances daily heard
of, any one could be surprised. But
there are wood fires yearly; they rarely
amount to much. Then all hoped to escape and were willing to believe that the
worst was over. The people did make
preparation*; they often packed their valuables to take away; they set back fires; they
plowed furrows about their farms; they resolved to fight bravely for their homes.
The danger sent out forerunners; the earth
was parched, the air heated, everything
dried up generalry. There bad been brisk
winds, but as the fire approached the
winds died away, creating a delusive hope
of escape. Then, finally, preceded by
showers of burning cinders, the fire, after
lingering long on its road7 perhaps, suddenly rushed forward with the speed of a fast
trotting horse and the roar of a rail way train.
The dead wind sprang up and blew a hurricane just in front of the flames. Every
barrier was leaped, the very air seemed all
on lire. There was no resource save in a
swift flight for the lake or the nearestliving
water; so awful was the heat and the shower of cinders that a man placed in the center of a newly-plowed, field of twenty-five
acres would inevitably burn to death in a
short time. A dense and deadly smoke clung
to the ground. In flying for life along the
roads, the falling trees made it necessary to
abandon teams, even if the frightened animals could be managed.
The dense smoke made it dark as night in
the day time, and awful in the night, but
the roads were the only paths to safety. One
man, riding toward the fire, found it suddenly behind him, and only escaped by
abandoning his horse and buggy to the
flames. Those who escaped come in with
their clothing scorched and often with blistered hands, faces and feet- On a space of
seven miles on one road six persons dead
and dying were found. One family consisted ofthe husband, nearly dead, with hair
and whiskers gone and face and hands
peeled, but his feet protected by high boots;
his wife, lying near, hadher clothing burned
off up to her waist- and her legs singed;
their two children, which they were trying
to save, were dead. Probably a number of
parents couldhaye saved their own lives, but
they died in trying to save their children. The
awful fury of the fire is shown In its effects
upon the earth; in places, the soil is actually burned to a depth of several inches, acres
and acres of land have been divested of
every living thing, clear down to the very
roots in the ground, leaving the country as
bare as a desert, and strown with ashes. In
many cases one cannot tell by the looks the
difference between a plowed field and one on
which there was a dense wood. There are
square miles of lands already for the plow,
cleared as thoroughly as if years of labor
had been expended upon them. And there
are other square miles where the pioneer
can now make a farm by removing a few
scattered chunks not wholly consumed and
putting up fences. There are places where
the telegraph lines were so effectually destroyed that one cannot even find a vestige
of the iron wire.
A typical case of the ruin wrought to
those who escaped with their lives was that
of a farmer named Carr. He had a large,
rich farm, with over one hundred acres
cleared; large barns, with stone foundations; a handsome, well-furnished house,
half a dozen horses, a number of cattle,
sheep, hogs and poultry, a fine- orchard,
2,000 bushels of wheat,' nearly a dozen
stacks of hay, plenty of oats, eorn and potatoes. In short, he was what is called a
rich farmer, with a farm twenty to thirty
years old, with every convenience and
comfort. He and his Avife were past
middle age, with grown children. Tbcyh^d
everything necessary for a prosperous, quiet,
pleasant old age, but of all this prosperity
there is nothing left save ashes. Houses,
fences, barns, horses, cattle, tools, orchard,
grain and hay, everything except the burned,
bare ground, are gone. The rich man and
wife of yesterday must begin life over again
to-morrow, with absolutely nothing but
their bare hands**and their fire-swept land.
One experience in escaping, is also typical. The" wife was confined to her bed,
sick; the husband was tired with fighting
fire. There were several children. At noon
on Monday it was evident that they must
fly for their lives. It suddenly grew dark,
so dark that the man had difficulty in getting the horses. By the time he got them
it was so dark from the smoke that he could
not see to harness them; besides, the smoke
blinded the eyes and oppressed the lungs.
He got the horses harnessed to the wagon; then he went into the barn for a neck-
yoke, and when he came out he could not
find the wagon and team. For a min-
ute'or two he had to fee" about for them like
a blind man. Then he went into the house
and carried his wife out on her bed, bed and
all, and put her in the wagon. The children
got in and a girl of fifteen drove the team
off, three miles, Tn the darkness and blinding smoke, over a bad road, with trees falling and horses perfectly frantic with terror.
How she did it she hardly knows. The man
being left behind, to make a last effort to
start his cattle, escaped on foot. Before he
.left the barn and farm were literally covered
with flying cinders, the glass of the windows
broke with the heat, the bellowing, moaning cattle gathered together and staggered
aimlessly about, and, as he got into the
road, the buildings, fences, stacks—the
whole place—burst into flames, which made
an awful yellow glare in the smoke. With
all this the wind blew with frightful violence
and varying gusts; sometimes the smoke
settledd own about him in dense darkness,
so that he staggered from suffocation. Then
the smoke would rise before a gust of air,
and an awful blistering heat took the place
ofthe smoke. The woods along the road
took fire behind, on each side and in front
of him, but he got through safely, happy to
find that tho wagon with his family had successfully preceded him.
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.
—The ice used in the oil regions of
Pennsylvania is so impregnated with
oil that it is being used to Kindle fires.
If this is a lie the Derrick is responsible
for it, and it probably is one.
——    • » »■ ■—
—A boarding-house mistress, like
the rest of us, has her weak and strong
points- -4he weak point being her tea
and her strong point the butter.
A few nights ago Tom Keenan, a notorious desperado of Detroit, who keeps a saloon on Gratiot ayenue, fired three shots at
Patrolman Sullivan, who returned a similar
salute. Keenan then barricaded himself in
his grog-shop and defied arrest.
Prof. Donald McLean, of the Michigan
University, has been sued by Mrs. Amelia
E. Hays, of Detroit, for $25,000 damages
for alleged malpractice.
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: *No. 1 White, fl.39@1.39)£. No. 2
White, nominal.   No. 2 Red, $1.43_@1.43X.
Fisli Preservation.
The Attorney-General has sent an Opinion
affecting the preservation offish to Governor
Jerome, a copy of which is given below.
The case under advisement was the drainage of Clear Lake in Barry County, causing
the destruction of young whitefish, of which
the Fish Commissioners had put in 40,000 in
1878. Complaint was made to the Governor
by the persons in the vicinity. The facts
sufficiently appear in the opinion:
Attorney General's Office, 1
September 6,18S1.    f
To his Excellency GovernorDavidH. Jerome:
Dear Srn—I return to you the letter of
James M. Powers with my opinion that there
is no remedy provided by law to prevent the
drainage of the lake therein mentioned, so as
to protect the fish planted by the Fish Commission, which are killed by going* through
the drain constructed to drain the waters of
the lake. It the waters of this lake are public, the State would have full control over
the same and the Fish Commissioners
might maintain trespass against those destroying the fish if they were illea-ally
draining the lake, and this would be the
only remedy, for nowhere in the statutes of
this State is there any provision for punishing those who may destroy the flsh put in the
lake by the Fish CdromiSsion, save the general
provisions'for the punishment of those Who
fish with seines, nets, eto. This is clearly an
oversight in the .Legislature and should be
remedied at the first session of that body hereafter.   *  *  *  *
There is nothing to show that this drainage
is unlawful, but, on the contrary, it is probably done under and by virtue of the laws of
this State, and if so done there would be no
liability for the fish thus incidentally killed by
escaping through the drain.
1 see no remedy for acts of this kind until
the Legislature shall provide a law'to protect
the work of the Fish Commissioners and to
prevent the drainage of the larger lakes of
the State, very many of which are now being
drained in order to get the use of the land
thus drained.
1 have delayed answoringthis letter in hopes
that I might find some way to protect this interest, but fail to do so.
Yours truly,
J. J. VAN R1PEB.
Attorney-General.
Laws Of General Interest*
The following are among the laws of general public interest enacted at the late session of the Legislature:
discharge of chattel mortgages.
Act No. 117, " to provide for the discharge
of chattel mortgages," etc., declares that if
any mortgagee or his personal representa-*
tive or assignee, after full performance of
the conditions of the chattel mortgage,
whether before or after the breach thereof
or M the same be entirely due and payable,
after a tender of the whole amount so due
thereon, and a tender of the lawful charges
of such mortgagee, personal representative, or assignee, shall for the space
of seven days after being requested
so to do in writing by the parties
interested, refuse or neglect to discharge the same, or to deliver up such
chattel mortgage to the mortgagor, after
performance or tender, or to execute a discharge or release of the same, he shall be
liable to the mortgagor in the sujn of $25
damages, and for^Jl actual damages caused
by such neglect or refusal, to the person
who shall perform the conditions of such
mortgage, or make such tender, to be recovered from the mortgagee, in an action
on the case, or be awarded by a court of
equity upon a bill filed to procure a discharge or release of such mortgage, with
double costs, in the discretion of the court.
form of deeds and mortgages.
Act No. 187, "in relation to the form of
deeds and mortgages of real estate and to
the form of acknowledgments of the same,"
provides that any conveyance of lands
worded in substance as follows: "A. B.
conveys and warrants to C. D. (here describe
the premises) for the sum (here insert the
consideration)," the conveyance being
dated and duly signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the grantor, shall be
deemed and held to be a conveyance of
the fee simple to the grantee, his heirs and
assigns, with covenant from the grantor,
for himself and his heirs and personal representatives, that he is lawfully seized of
the premises, has a good right to convey the
same and guarantees the quiet possession
thereof;- thatthe same are free from all incumbrances, and that he will warrant and
defend the title against all lawful claims.
Section 2 provides that any conveyance of
lands worded in substance as follows: "A.
B quitclaims to C. D. (here describe the
premises) for the sum of (here insert the
consideration)," the said conveyance being
duly signed, sealed and acknowledged by
the grantor, shall be deemed a good and
sufficient conveyance in quitclaim to the
grantee, his heirs and assigns.
The act further provides that it shall not
be necessary to use the words ''heirs and
assigns of the grantee" to create in the
grantee an estate of inheritance, and if it be
the intention of the grantor to convey any
lesser estate, it shall be so expressed in the
deed.
This act makes substantially the same rule
aPPly to mortgages.
It also provides that the following, or any
other form substantially the same, shall be
good and sufficient acknowledgement of any
deed or mortgage: "Before me, E. F. (a
Judge, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner
or Notary Public, as the case may be), this
 day of   A. B. acknowledged the
execution of the annexed deed (or mortgage)."
Provided, that the signing, sealing and delivering of every such conveyance shall be
witnessed oy two persons, who shall subscribe their names thereto.
part-paid "CANDS.
Act No. 230 provides that whenever any
part-paid certificate of primary school, or
other lands, shall be lost or destroyed, the
owner of the land held under such certificate may apply to the Circuit Court for the
county in which such land is situated for an
order that a duplicate certificate may be issued. The person making such application
shall show to the satisfaction of the court
that the certificate proposed to be restored
has been lost or destroyed, without the fault
or connivance of the applicant, when the
court shall direct the manner of proceeding
to supply the loss, and the notices which
shall be given to the parties interested, and
to the Commissioner of the State Land Office.
After the proper testimony has been taken
and the requisite proofs made, the Court
may make an oi\br reciting the facts proved, and declaring who at the time of said
hearing was tho owner of tlie laud covered
by the certificate, and entitled to a new certificate therefor. ■-■■''
Upon presenting a certified copy of such
order to the Commissioner of the State Land
Office, the person entitled to a new certificate shall receive the same upon the payment of one dollar; all costs of the proceedings in the Circuit Court to be paid by the
person in whose behalf the proceedings are
instituted.
ADDITIONAL ASYI-UM FOR INSANE.
Act No. 225 provides that the Governor
shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, three suitable per-
sor «,who shall constitute a Board of Commissioners forthe purpose of selecting a
site for an additional asylum for the insane.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the following appropriation is made:
For 1S81  ggo.OOO
Forl8S2  350,000
For 1883  200,000
Such asylum when completed shall be
open to the use of the public upon the same
conditions as the Michigan Asylum for the
Insane.
RECORDING OF CERTAIN DEEDS.
Act No. 188 provides that whenever any
grantor, who has heretofore conveyed or
who shall hereafter convey, any real estate
within this State, shall have or hold in his
possesson any unrecorded deed or deeds,
through or under which he derived title, or
aay lands by him so conveyed, it shall be
his duty, on the written request of his
grantee or any subsequent grantee, to cause
such deed or deeds to be recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds of the proper
county, or cause the same to be delivered to
such grantee demanding the same for the
purpose of r«cording, within twenty days
from the time such written request shall
have been served upon him. A sufficient
penalty is provided for in case of refusal to
comply with the requirements of this act.
INDIGENT BLIND.
Act No. 158 provides that in cases where
persons resident of this State who are blind,
and who, on account of their poverty are
unable to furnish themselves with suitable
clothing, etc., for attending school at the
Michigan School for the Blind, the Board
of Control shall have power to render them
such assistance as they may deem necessary,
not exceeding $50 per annum. This act was
ordered to take immediate effect.
SIDEWALKS IN VILLAGES.
Act No. 176 provides that Overseers of
Highways may lay out and expend such
portion of the township highway funds, in
their hands, or under their control, as they
shall deem reasonable, for the purpose of
the construction, care and maintenance of
suitable sidewalks and cross-walks in such
villages.
YELLOWS IN PEACHES.
Act No. 174 provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to keep any peach,
almond, apricot, or nectarine tree infected
with the contagious disease known as the
yellows, or offer for sale or shipment, or to
sell or ship to others any of the fruit thereof; that both tree and fruit so infected shall
be subjected to destruction as public nuisances, and no damages shall be awarded in
any Court in this State for entering upon
premises and destroying such diseased trees
and fruit, if done in accordance with this
act; audit shall be the duty of every person,
as soon as he becomes aware of the existence of such disease in any tree or fruit
owned by him, to forthwith destroy or cause
the same to be destroyed. ""
In any township In this State in which
such contagious disease exists it shall be
the duty of the Township Board to appoint
three competent freeholders as Commissioners, who, whenever it comes to their
notice that this disease exists or is supposed to exist within their township, shall
proceed without delay to examine the trees
or fruit supposed to be infected, and if the
disease is found to exist, a distinguishing
mark shall be placed upon the diseased
trees, and the owner notified with an order
to effectually remove and destroy by fire or
otherwise the trees so marked within ten
days, Sundays excepted, such notice to be
signed by the full Board of Commissioners.
If the person so notified shall refuse to
comply with such order the said Commissioner shall forthwith cause said trees to be
removed and destroyed at the expense of
the township. Fine and imprisonment may
be imposed upon persons offending against
the provisions of this law.
TAX COMMISSION.
Act No. 153 provides that it shall be the
duty of-the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint
a Commission consisting Of five proper and
discreet persons, whose duty it shall be to
prepare a suitable bill for the assessment,
levy and collection of taxes, and to report
the same to the Governor on the completion
thereof. Upon the same being reported it
shall be the duty of the Governor to cause
the same to be printed by the State Printer^
and forward a copy thereof to each newspaper in the State applying therefor, to each
member of the Legislature, and each County Treasurer, and submit the same to the
Legislature if then in session; if not, then at
the next general or extra session. Ordered
to take immediate effect. Approved May
13,1881.
SHERIFFS   AND  THEIR DEPUTIES.
Act No. 12 provides that any Sheriff, Under Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of any county
of this State shall hereafter be fully authorized to serve or execute any and all processes, civil or criminal, issued, or which may
by law be issued, by any Justice of the
Peace, and to have and exercise all the powers and duties of Constables; and for such
services they shall be entitled to the same
fees as are now or may be allowed by law to
Constables in like cases. Immediate effect.
Approved February 23, 1881.
Act No. 211, to amend act No. 165 of session laws of 1875 to facilitate the collection
of damages for "*
TRESPASS  ON LANDS,
provides that in all cases where a party has
a right of action for the taking of timber or
other trespass on lauds, or for any Injury to
lands, whether direct or consequential, it
shall be lawful for the party having such
right of action to waive the tort and bring
assumpsit therefor.
CORRECT WEIGHING.
Act No. 189 declares that every person
who shall weigh for any person purchasing
or selling, or offering for sale, any live stock,
neat cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or other
live- animals, Or any beef, pork, mutton,
fowls or other animals when dressed, or any
hay, grain or produce, shall make a true and
correct weight or weights thereof, and give
to the purchaser and seller, or person offering for sale, when requested, the true, full,
correct and gross amount of any and all
such weights. The violation of this law
may be punished by a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the county jail for three
mouths.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
—Senator Hoar is to give an address
on " Christian Education at the South"
at the next meeting of the American"*
Missionary Association. .»■*".'
—The Tennessee University, an institution supported by the taxpayers, *
has decided to exclude negroes, who -
may instead goto the Ksk University
at the State's expense.
—The open air meetings in Chicago,
held under the auspices of the different
churches, are a great success. The
audiences are large, and though made
up of those not accustomed to attend
church are quiet and orderly.
—The Jesuits continue to prosper in
England. It is* stated that the Imperial
Hotel at Dover, a very large building, ■
which has been unoccupied for several
years, has been purchased by the order -
and will soon be converted into a Jesuit
college.
—There is a movement going on
among the Jews to make the Christian
Sunday their Sabbath, as appears from
a decision of Eabbi Kohler's congregation to hold services on that day. Other
Jews protest, however, that their Sab-'
bath can only be hallowed upon the seventh day. r '- '■-■■'■'«■'
—Rev. N. W. Halcomb^a.recent
graduate of William Jewell College,has
been appointed missionary to- Tung
Chow. China, by the Foreign Mission-"
Board of the Southern Baptist Convene
tion and will, sail for China about the
last of October. Mr. Halcomb is ao
native of Missouri.
—American missionaries have * at °
present 400 schools attended by 15^000
scholars in Turkey. High schools and
seminaries for training girls have been
established in many of the principal
cities. Of late, colleges for the thorough scholarly training of young men
of all nationalities have been founded
at Constantinople, Beyrout, Aintab and
Kharpoot.
—The rector of a well-known  city
church in London, who receives nearly .
•£1,100 a year, now lives altogether at ,
the seaside, leaving the parish  to he
looked after andthe services conducted
by a curate at £120.    This gentleman
has quarrelled with the choir on a question of remuneration, so that the services  are  now hurried  over.without
music, and* the sermon has been discon- -
tinued. •_..-■■.
—The summary of the Presbyterian
Board of Home Missions for the past
year shows that 1,217 men have been
in commission in thirty-nine States and
Territories. Kansas takes the,* lead,
having 124 missionaries, and Iowa-
coming next with 103. Of the whole
number, 940 are in the Western States
and Territories. The missionaries report 4,979 additions on confession and
4,715 on certificate, and a total membership of 65,666, with 99,018 in the
congregations. There are 1,147 church
edifices, and f 115,865 of church debts
was paid the past year. The total receipts of the "Board were §345,911, the.
largest since the reunion.
—In his report to the Columbia College trustees, President Barnard sketches an ideal school. It is too long to .
give here, but he believes the time has
come when the bodily senses and per-
ceptives should be trained as well as
the mind, and studies should be more
in the open air and less in school rooms.
The mysteries of the world about us are
the first to be communicated to the
student. Books will be a subsequent
consideration. This will give pronii'-
nenee to studies like mineralogy, botany and zoology. Every trained youth
will be a scientist, less attention will be
paid to the humanities, and very much
more to the actualities of the wondrous „
universe in which we live and move and "
have our being.    * ,'-.■'•-'.   ■'':
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
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—You will seldom find an attorney at ?*
law—he knows better. — Vanity Fair.
—"No innosentman need fear ridikule, -'*
for  ridikule  that  is not true hafc no -
power in it.—Josh Billings.
—Lives of wealthy men remind us
That by using printer's ink,     .-j ■«   .'*-' - -
We can die and leave behind us,      -     *   -lK
Monstrous piles of golden "chink:"
—Detroit Free Press;  .':.
—An Irish lady was so much on her
guard against betraying her national"
accent  that  she is reported to have '
spoken of the '* creature of Vesuvius,!'
fearing that the crater would betray
her again. •
—Advice to the young.   When you ■-'
axe told a story, my son, never remarkj * ■»
"That isn't the way 1 heard it," etc.
Don't you know that stories'are told to-
give pleasure, to the teller, and not to .--
the hearer?—Boston Transcript.     . ,
—The degree of D. D: has been con- \
i'erred on the General Baggage Agent of •-,
the Central Pacific. This degree is- '.;
every day conferred on baggage agents, -, -
but two small d's are considered sufli-*"
eient to express the idea.—Bailway-Agb.. 7
—By-the-way (asks a military friend):.
can you tell me if it is the correct thing ?
for a lady to lay hold of the lobe of her
partner's ear with her teeth when whirl- '".
ing in the giddy waltz?   If it* is not the
thing (he adds) I shall remonstrate the
next time it happens.—Whitehall Be-
view.
—At last it has been discovered how
"Veunor frames his weather predictions.
Getting up at daylight he takes a wal!c.
If the lirst woman he sees islight*haired
he announces a spell of pleasant weath-s
er. If, however, she is red-haired he r
rushes home to announce the approach
of a frightfully hot ware.'-^Philadelphim%
Chronicle-Herald. .'-'•■
—It's a funny old worldanyhow, and •
taste is only a matter of education.^
Your baby contentedly gums candy, the
native African picaninny is joyous oyer "* -
a mouthful of salt, and the young
Esquimaux cries for tallow candle^ we
gorge ourselves on oysters, While the 'i
Digger Indian would not give you one; *
long fat snake for all the oysters in*,
Chesapeake Bay. We, or at least you,
chew tobacco, the Hindoo lime, and
the unostentatious and not Over fastidious Patagonian, when he wants a chew>
of something real good, rolls a quid of
guano into his cheek. That's the kind
of a gum-drop he is; and y6u couldn't^
hire him to chew tobacco. Unless,^ in^. ffi if
deed, the may have learned th§|hab^l"-^oes
from vthe missionaries. — Burlington^ J
Hctiok-Eye.
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