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What Constitutes A Wet Season

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Day
8
Month
September
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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- ïho month of Jnly in Illinois was disastrously wet. The summer harvcst üelds, that at gueli season 6hould be gladdened with sunshinp, were kept dismally drenched. Tho records gathorod by the Smithsonian Instilute, and reportad to them frora tliirtcen points in North and Central Illinois, as fnr south as Springtield, teil ua, to tbo.small doei mal of an inch, liow much moisture it requirod to produce this wet month. The average amount of raía for July, throughout the seetion represented was five inches aml 93-hundrodths, not quite six iucb.es. ïbe average rain-ialla in uorresponding places and pcriods for the fivc years preceding 1863 was three inches and sovou tenths. In July, 1803 and 1864, the amount was respeotively threo inehes and 87-hundredths, and four inches and 87-hundredthfl. So that a few inches of excess iu moisture in tho supply of the month cons'.itutes a wet season, recalling tLe adage " an inch on a vian's nosf," &c. The averago supply of rnin for the summer hnrvost month, falla below four inches. - Chicago Tribune. The statement of theaffuira of Charles Graham & Cd. have been filed in the Cnurt of Cornmon l'leas. The liabilities of tho firm are $1,600,000, and assets 31,900,000. Included in the assets aro ono ïnilliuu duo by Edward B. Ketchum, whioh of courre is worthlesa, and a cliöck for S250.000 of Ketcburn, öon & ' Co., whicb is in dispute. S-'ST I" iiiiotber column will be fotmd the procoodings oï the rmlroad mcotiDg held in thi.s city ou Friday of last week. It will be seen thut an. uarnost effort 8 to be mado to sccuro n road on the proposed route, and thut a prcliminary eurvey ia to be rondo minodiately. For this purpos?, we undtr; stand that tlio services of Prof. Wood, of the Univerisity, have been engaged, ud if t iá made under hi.s direction we eau ussure ihe public that tiia report v il 1 bo one perfeutly reliuble. The moro this railroad project is canvassed the more interest is excited, :md tbe inore it becomes pateut that it is ■botli desirablo aud feasiblo. The projeuted route is almost au air line, and U uithor end connections are made whicli will imuiediately insuro it a larga through business, both passenger and freight. The Sagiuaw Val ley, and tbe wbole country aloug the Detroit and Milwaukou líailway wou!d find over it a much ehorter route to Toledo than by the way of Detroit, aadi wben at Toledo tbey would bo in conneetion with tlif Souih Shoro roads and the entire way svstein of Indiana, Ohio, and Penn sylvania. It is, therefore, no " sido out" rond, cnding and beginniüg no whero, but will be au important link in a general cliain. As a local road it is equally important, opening up a .seeliou of country without railroad advantnge., rendy to aid in its construction, und to be enriohed by its operation. It will give other towns, ïiow having railroad privileges, increasud fiicilitie-i, and opeu to tliem a ohoice of markets. But the road, dewirable and important a9 it is, and beneficial as it will be, will not build itsolf. First, it is neoesary that the citizons along the proposed üue put their hndH in their pocketg, and furnisb llie mouoys with which to niaki the preliiniuary surveys, and, besides, to subscribo liberally to the stock. Other railroad cnterpnses iü the Stute aro being aided by liberal private and corporate subsuriptioDs. Kalaniazoo, as a townsbip, takes $100,000 stock ifi the Indiaua and Grand Rapids lioad, and lier citizens largo amounts ; Grand Hap ids proposes to take $100,000 of the same stock, and other towns along the line in proportion. Jackson iuvests in her corporata capacity largely in tbe Jackson and Lansing, and Jackson and Grand Rapids roads, and her citizens liberally in bolh enterprises. Thore is no law author.izing A.nn A.rbor or any other town along the line of the Holly, Ann Arbor, and Toledo Road to loan its credit to the company to bc organized, or subscribe to its stock, neither are we prcpared to advisc or favor such corporate action. But we vvould advise and urge tho united, general, and liberal action of citizeus, - far mera, manufacturers, merchants, capitalista, - all along the line, so confident are we that the construction of the road will give a new start to business of all kinds, increase the population of our city and the villages through which t will pass, and, above al!, advance the price ot farming lands within half a dozen miles on either sido of the road, through its entiro length. This advance, alone, would near'.y, if not quite, pay for the road. EThe United States Bcard of Local Inspectora of Stoamers for the District of Detroit, have completed their investigation into the causes of tho collision of tb.3 Pewabic and Meteor on Lake Huron. The most important evidence taken by them is gi en to tho public, to which is attached the following finding : The above forma the most important part of the testimony taken before us, and, in fact, all that would materially assist in forming our opinión ; and we find that this collision wriB cnused by the mismanapement of the firet mate and master of the propeller " Pewabic." - We, therefore, revoko tho pilot's licenpe of George P. McKay, master of the said " Pewabic," aod ask the Board of Stearaboat Inspfictorsíit Cleveland, ühio, to revoko the pilot's license of George Cleveland, mate, hehavingbeen licensed at that port. Tho Inspectora having discharged their duty, fised the responsibility, and pronouneed tho only eentence in their power, it remains to be seen whether any effort will bo made to punish the guilty parties, for the simple revoking of a license is certainly not an adequate penalty to iall upon parties whose " mismanagement " bas wreoked a uoblo veesel, nudsacrificed ono hundred precious lives. If tho law stops with revoking a licenao, then tho law Í8 worse than a brokon raed, and better is cominnnity wiihout it. ui ii i SS" 'll0 Demócrata of New Jersey have nominated Gon. Runyon for Govornor, who has accepted tho nomination, and challanged tho opposing candidato to discuss tho platforms of tho two partiea, lad down for the campaign, and espoeially the planks concorning universal or rather negro snífrage. The Telegraph Construction Company j have offored to contract for two cables to Americu cext veur.

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