Michigan

The effort which is niaking to cliange the name of West Bay City back to 'VVenona will probably be unsuccessful. The first flour ground in Gladwin ecunty went tlirough the mili of Newton & Fouten, at Gladwiu a few days ago. The state line checse factory and large grange store of Pelcg Lee, a little south of Morencl, Lenawee countv, burned reeently ; loss $5,000, insurauee $2,000. A largo and enthusiastie railroad meeting was held at Leslie to consider the Grand Truuk new line. A solieiting committeo has gone to work getting subscriptions. A state encarupment of the grand army of the republic will be held at Battle Creek commcuciug the 18th inst. ; 1,000 delegates are expected, and the old soldier boys are making great preparations to receive them. Prof. Gamgee reeently advertised 80 acres of land in northern Michigan for $9 for the lot. An Englishman seeing a notice of it in the papers wrote to Mr. G., askingaboutthe condition of the buildings on the premises ! TTiiii Y f 1 ' ' ' ' " " ' Bav Citv who was arrested for striking John Richards with his whip when Richards seized the clcrgvman's horse a few days agp, was promptly" acquitted bj the jury, and Kichards will probably have to pay all costs. Minden, Sanilac county, wants a grist and flouriug mili and is willing to pay f 1,000 to 1 500 cash bonus íor a 100-barrel mili, lue villace is ir. the midst of a good agriculhiral district and has railway counection with Lort Austin, Öand Beach, Port Huron and East Saginaw. The plank road company, of Grandville, Kent county, has brought suit against Edward Hooper lor 10 cents allegeddue for toll. The case will be tried and tbe farmers along the line of the road have clubbed togethcr, and will flgut the case. They hold that the company is a monopoly ; that the road is no better than it was before the alleged improvement, and that it is extortionate to pay for traveling upon it. The Review and Herald, of Battle Creek, has iust published the statistics of the Seventh-day adventista for 1882, f rom which it appears that they have gained 19 ministers, 20 churches, 253 members duriug the year, and that the fund raised for the cause was $10,075.81 more than in 1881. The associations at home and abroad now number 17,169 members, and they have 660 churches, and report progress everywhere. Louis F. Boos andMissAddieBarrett, both ehampiou cornetists, were ïnarried at Jackson reeently. The temporary Sisters of Mercy hospital at Big RapidsVill soon be ready to receive patients. New boiler works are to be built at Battle Creek, the citizens generously donating the land. Simeón Livingston of Ontonagon, lost his house and most of his furniture by flre reeently and the people have raised some $300 for him. A few days ago L. C. Ogden, TOyears ld, oL White Lake, Oakland county, noticcd in absent neighbor's door ajar, and on makiug in investigatiou satisflcd hiinself that two susijcious-looking men whom he had seen a little foüle before had been burglarizing the house. Ie thereupon hitched up Eis team and went in jureuit. üvertakiug th'.'m he raake threatenng use of his revolver, and ac.tually succeeded u tying buth oL them hand and foot, when he iook them to Pontiac, where they plcadod guilty [o burglarv. having stlen a gun, razor and pair if boots. Their names are Frank Smith and Wm. Briggs, and they were remauded to the circuit court tor seutence. A pretty good day's work for an old man, sure. Mrs. Eugene Helber, nged 28, of Saline, died puddenly while sleigli-riding onc afternoon. , O. F. Peck, brakeman, liad a hand erusued while coupling ears live miles eouth of Roscommon. Charles Wilkiuson, a resident of Venice, Shiawassee county, since 184Q, died a few days ago, aged 70. Wm. DeLonff, who had a log 16 feet long and 25 inches in diameter roll over him uear Ludington is now getting well. An entire hunting party of eight men, ineluding George Gilbert, of Portland, was recently murdered by the Apache Indians in Ar'Z Johu Wrench, a brother-in-law of Capt. John Blythe, of the Quincy mine, was killed by Mliñg from a platform in the Keyptone iron mines not long 6ince. The barns of F. W. Dickey of Marshall, burned recently and his 20 fine horses were all rescued; lor, $3,500; Insurance ,81,500; Mr. Dickey's house savedwith dimcult}. Wm Brono-, merchant of PrairieTille, Barrv county, was thrown from his slcigh and jammed agaíñst a stump, breaking two riba i and his jaw in two places, aud otherwise injunng him severely if uot fatally. A lumbp.rman who was penniless through being cheated out of his wages, asked he Swclnaw authorities to eend him up a a Taeraut for 90 days, but they refused, upon be immediateíy stole a coat ana got nis 00 days. _ . ThcStraits of Macktoaw aro hlled wlth ice. J C. Giddings, one of tho oldest settlers oí St. Louis, and one oí its 'nof r spected citizens, died on the 15th írora tvphoid íever. Mr. Giddings was a prominent pohtician ín vi - lage and eoünty matters, and was quite well known throughout the state as sueh. A fearful explosión ocourred in Putnam & Brooks candy faetory at Grand Rápida, on the lothinst., caused by a quantlty oí corn starch coming in contact with a gas jet. Uní) one barrel exploded, and the result was bad eSough, bnt had the live tous stored in au adiolniu" room exploded, the result would hae been ar Tpeiitiou oL theNewhall house disaster. The American lumber company will put in a $15,000 dock at St. Ignace. Scores of people through the state are providing thelr three and fgS} wlth ropes and fire escapes. Let the good woik go on. -il A nine vcars' oíd son of Saml JNaVh, farml near Adrián, was badly trampted on and had a legbroken by a horse while plajIng in the barn. üne peculiarity of North Lansing G range hall is that in one end are 70 pieces ot dSerent woods in the wainscotting. Each pSecc was lurnished by separate menibera of tho grange. The site of the new custom house at Marquette has been fixed at the corner of ashfngton and Third streete, the dtwens contribut uf 2,000 toward the purchase of the lot and the government ?7,000, lcaviug $93,000 for the building. Edward Hoopcr of Kent county, who extórtion, has been senteuced to pay K ana thize with him. Marshall Tcnckc, a convict sent from èèo Uis original sentence was for 18 JMXJ dodged and got away. The liegislature. Símate, Jan. 10.-A favorable report WU mado upon the UU to increae the salaries o lircuit Judges. Noticcs of billa were made as 0II0W8 : by Mr. Austin, ior a standard form rí fire insnrauce policy ; by Mr. Frisbie, amendng the general tax law of 1SS2 ; by Mr. Taylor, amending sec. 8534, C. L., so as to provldc compensaüon to raembers of the state board of agrieulture; by Mr. Roracyn, amending the aws regulating the Ineorporation of associatious to hold property tor religious purposes; the coramittee on judiciary and on cities and villajes were authorizcd to eniploy elerks ; the Elouse concurrent rcsolution to inquiro what provisión, if any, Is neeessary to provide temiorarily for the care of the Insane who cannot je at present received in the state asylums, was adopted. House. - Petitions were presented in the flouse this morning as follows : For repeal of ?ame laws so far as they relate to deer; against making any further appropriation for ;he artificial hatehiug of white iish for the great lakes and riyers; f rom 1,235 women of Kent county praying for laws granting the right of franchise tö women ; f rom voters of Tuseola, county praying for the submission of a proliibitory amendment to the pcople. Bills were iutrodüced by Mr. Hopkins, to amend the act to incorpórate the trustees of E'"Ti;i)fllrlpYfli nlsV 61 llié words "warrantv deed" onmy deeds exeept such as contain a futí warranty of title; by Mr. Brant, to provide for free instruction in mcehauical and industrial drawing: by Mr. Hankard, to repeal sections 18, 19 and 20 of the act to provide for the assessnieut of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon ; By Mr. Harkness, to provide for the recovcry by the state of moueys paid in maintaining insane persons haviiig property suificient in whole or in nart to maintain themselves uuder the visitation oL insanity; to punish persons for assault with intent to do great bodily harm ; to punish for assault with adeadly weapon; to provide punishment for getting ou railroad trains while in motion ; relative to the qualifleatious of judges of probate; in reference to constructing the crimina and penal statutes of this state; to amend the act rclating totranseripts trom justiees'courts; to provide for the appoiutment of receivers in chanccry foreclosurcs in certaiu cases ; and L joint rcsolution requesting our senators and representatives in congress to oppose the pas sage of a bankrupt law. Notice6 of bilis were given as follows : by Mr. Fletcher to provide ior the ineorporation of eompanies for mining smelting and manuf acturing iron, copper, sil ver, coal and other ores and miuerals, and to fix duties and liabilities of such corporatious by Mr. Parker to provide for back pay of eir cuit iudges of the state at the rate of $2,500 per year from November 8, 18S2 to January 1 1S83; by Mr. La Du, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beveroge. Senate, Jan. 11.- Committee on the bill to amend the charter of the city. of Battle Creek report favorably. Senators Bliss, Roost and Greusel were appointed as members of the labor eommittee. Six petitions were presented for the submission of a prohibitory amendment. Bills were introduced by Mr. Austin, for a standard form of life insurance policy; by Mr. ¦Romevn. to retraíate the ineorporation of sociatione to hold and manage property íor religious purposes ; by Mr. Frisbie, to amend section 41, act 9, S. L. 1882, for levy and . lection oí taxes on property. Notice of bilis werfi given by Mr. Richardson, to amend and explain tlie bounties of act 1S04; by Mr. Grcusel, to amend section 9 of the act to establisb a pólice court in the city of Detroit.; by Mr. Duncan, to incorpórate the soldiere' and sailors' association of soutbwestern Michigan. ín executive session the Senate conflrmed tbc following nominations made by the Governor: W P. Innes of Grand Rapids, commissioner ol railroads; E. P. Swineford of Marquette, commissioner of minerals ¦ Horace M. Dean of )etroit, member of metropolitan pólice board. The entire list as made by the Governor has now been confirmed. House.- Bills were introducedby Mr. Adams amending charter of Marquette; amending section 5059 C. L. relating to courts of chancery ; repealing chap95 O. L., relating to minmg and manufacturing eompanies; amending section 5179 C. L. relative to courte of ehancery; by Mr Fletcher, amending section 22 of act relative to incorporation of miuing compames; by Mr Black, joint resolution requesting Mielngan delegation in congress to vote against the removal of the tax on cigars and tobáceos ; by Mr Hopkins, to amend title of act for ïncorporation of manufacturing eompanies; to provide for establishment of milis during hfetime of testators; to amend act 7 of 18r7 relatiye to guardians. Notices of billa to bc introduced were glven by Mr. Perham, establishing uniform rules for the acquisition ana disposition of property by religious societies; also to protect the bona ftde purchasers ol lands on railroad route from Grand Haven to Flint and t henee to Port Hurou; Mr. Cook creating a bureau of statistics of labor; Mr Train to amend the seventh subdivisión of sec 9, art. 2 of act 198 of S. L. 1873, to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad eompanies and to regúlate the runn ng and managemeut and to flx the duties and habilities of all railroads and other corporations ownmg or operating any railroad in this state Ihe amendment proposes to compel as low rates for points between competing points as ex ist at said competing points; Mr. Parker bilis to alow cacli partf in a trial of a civil case in a court of record four peremptory chaUenges of jurors instead of two ; and to gve botu siaes in both civil and criminal proceedings in justice's courts two peremptory challenge of talesmen Mr. Howell to compel construction of } walks along highways in townships and villages. Senate, Jan. 12.- A number of t titions were introduced, among them the r lowing : From the supervisors of Lake county, 1 askiug that town 16 north of ranges 11, 12, 13 , and 14 west, be detached from Newaygo and t attached to Lake; from the Michigan s ciation of surveyors and cngineers, asking for i the commisslon to cstablish and endurlngly , mark the boundary line between Michigan and , Ohkv bilis were introduced by Mr. Greusel, ameuding section 9, act 184 of 1863 relativo to ; n nolice court in Detroit; also dividine Springw&oTbree election precincts. WabTe nnrts were made upon the bilis relauve to nmrriages between whites and persons of color and for the care of the soldiers' monument at Detroit by the military authorities. The mileage report of members anö officers was approvedL AÚ executive session was held, and a , large number of notarles public confirmcd. Adiourn ment was taken until Monday, Jan. 15, at s P'Hol-se- Mr Hopkins introduced a bilí provid ng for the enroPlment of contributing meinihfeereArpïmL Mr. Devlin, to add a nev, sec tinn to 165 session laws of lSil, rdative to eompelling children to attend Behool bv Mr Cook to amend the dissection Lw wd o thebctter proteetion of laborers; bvMr Van Loo to prevent unjust , f reight diorimination The eommittee ou liquor tralhe riponed in favor of the joint resolution rcqnest ííic Michigan members of congress to vote mmmMi ¦ journed uñtil Monday, 15th inst,, at 8 p. m. i Sexate, Jan. 15. -The following - bilis were introduced: To amend section 1 o 3 acts of 1881, relatingto the proteetion and I preservationofgamc. To provide for the ap. pointment of receivers in eertain ehaneery orea dosures. To change Newaygo eounty from S the 2Tth to the 14th judicial circuit. To provide for uniform freight rates on railroads in MHocsE-BUls were introduced by Mr. Coots, .monding the law relative to transcripts from he records of justiees of the peaee ; by Mr. ienham, relating to the property of religious ocieties, andrepealingchapter5'.3 of the revised tatutes of 1846. Senate, Jan. 16 - Petitions wero preicnted from eitizens of Jackson for changes in the laws relating to municipal taxatlon and he electlon of supervisors, and from divers jersons for changos in their ñames. The Sen. ite went into committec of the whole, when the lollowing bilis were considered by sections, md ordered reported back to the Senate for lual action : To pav each Circuit Judge a saliry of $2,500 per year, beginning with the first jf January, 1883 ; to amend the charter of Bat:e Creek, so as to give the Council the right to ?lect the chief of the fire departmont. The committee rose and reported the same to the Senate and they were passed. At the afternoon session petitions numerously signed wero presented, coming from Adrián, Sagíuaw and Holtland, for instruction in public schools concerning the effects of alcohol on the human system. The principal business of the day was the voto to bc cast for L'uitcil StatcSv tor, and attho Imuji-"!"""" "" Öouse- The joint resolution instructing the Michigan delegation in Congrcss to vote against the repeal of the tax on whisky and tobáceo passed. Petitions, numerouely signed, were received for the submission of a prohibitory amendment; memorial of the Supervisors of Cheboygan County for an appropriation for the inland naVigation of that eounty ; remonstrance of numerous taxpayers of Calhöun against any f urthor appropriation for the artificial hatching of whitefish. Bills wcre introduccd for amending section 1, chapter 10, laws of 1381, relating to the primary schools ; to secure to a minority of stoekholdcrs in corporations the power of electing representative memberships in boards of directors ; a joint resolution relative to the Governor's salary. The speaker announced as the committee oñ labor Representatives Cook, Phinney, Dunst an, Blaeker and Brant. Ou r Sportsnien. The Michigan State Sportsmen's Assodation held its annual se66ion in Detroit, Jan. lOth and llth. The attendance was good, and the interest manifested all that the most sanguine could desire. An interesting and instructivo paper was read by Fish Commissioner Clark, of Northville, on üsh food and iood flshes, followed by a funny letter Irom A. II. Mershon, of East Saginaw, on the subject of eels. The advisability of rnakicg the upper península game law the same as that of the lower península was suggested by J. H. Warren, of Point St. Ignace, and referred to the eommittee of the whole'. A special eommittee consisting of Messrs. Colburn, Fitzhugh, Clark, Hihby and Mershon wa6 appointed to confer with the eommittees of the legislature and secure certain amendments to the law for the better protection of game. The present law was then discussed, section by seetion. It was decided Hot to amena me cinueto iiimi w .- H woodcoek. A motion to prohibit the spring t sliootingoí all duck andany wild water fowl I was carried unanimously. The clause forbidling the killing ol water fowl "at night or at uit time on their resting places" was ainended e so as to read between sunset and sunrise. T.he g penalty for killing game during the close i son was fixed at from $10 to $50, instead of the j ast suin, as at present,and the law j ed so th at parties found with game in their , posseseion within eight days next succeeding he times limited and preseribed for the kllling of such game shall be compelled to prove that the killiue occurred in the open season ; or otherwlse their possession of the game shall be eonsidered prima facie evidence of guilt. llie ! Engli6h sparrow was exempted from protection, and the sense of the meeting was that a close season should bemade forpigeons,including thfir nesting period. - I The committee of the whole fimshed lts , vision of the game laws and reported in favor , cqualizing the tax on dogs as regards sex ; ol requiring fishermen to imprégnate spawn deüoiited in lakes; and of prohibiting tho spearing of flsh in all the inland waters of tho state. Oí Wednesdav evening, Jan. lOth, the association was tendèred a banquet at the Michigan Exchauge. Edward F. Conely of Detroit, acted as' toastuiaster, and the following sentiments were responded to: "The Michigan sportsmen's aesociation," response by Dr. E. S. Holmes, president of the association; lho citv of Deoroit," response by Mayor Thompson ; "The north woods of Michigan- how we shoot our deer and how otherpeople shoot our dogs, response by ex-Mayor K C. Nichols, of Battlo "Legislation- what has been accomplished for game protection and wbat is yet to be done," response by ex-Senator C. F. Gibson, of BayCity; f'The rhinoceros- its habits and appetites," response by G. VV. Latimer, Detroit; and impromptu speeches by M m. C. Colbnrn, Levi L. Barbour and others a. a Michigan Immigrant. J The flret report oí the Commissioner of s migraUonfor the ycars 1881 and 1882 lias been [ssued, and makes a pamphlet of 18 pages. It j s a concise summary oí the commissioner's t work in coUecting iuíormatlon relativo to the state's resources and in gettingthis Information ] spread abroad among people likely to make Michigan their-íuture home. The whole number of pamphlets setting forth the inducements Michigan offers toimmigrants, printed in the English, Germán and Dutch Fanguages under the supervisión oí the cominissiouer ?s 50,000, and of these over 45,000 have been put in ' circulation. Besidcs thu is a systematiccourseof advertising the state'8 resources and the commissiouer'e pamphlets in eastern and Canadian papers was begun last winter and renewcd in October last, the w hole number of journals 60 employed the last three months beiug 1,401, with an agffregate C1rcuMton of about 3,500,000. Asa result of this adverttóng and ditribution pi document, the commissioner bas been receivmg letters and poSal cards of inquiry in large numbers f rom ahnost every state, trritory and provmce in V erica and several countries in Éurope, the number oí such letters reaching 800 in a single weck To answer these multitudinous inquiries the commissioner had toorganize a sort ol iutellieenee office, with agents in every county, and now feels that he ia 15 a position to answer any reasonable conundrum about anj ' eountv with the single exception of Newaygo. . lhc total cost ofgthe bureSu to the state to date is $10,613, of which the report contatos an itemized statement.