The Fifth Ward Soldiers' Monument

As a matter of interest to many'of our readers, and 68pecially to the ladies of the Fifth Ward, we publish, by request, a list of those who have so far subscribed for and paid toward the erection of the Soldiere' Monument n the Fifth Ward : On the List of Mrs. l'ierce and Urt. Scuhnli.- Anton Eisele, $10 00 A. M. Doty, 1 00 Mrs. Coleman, 5 00 Miss Vail, 1 00 Mrs. S. S. Cowles, 5 00 David Rinsey, 1 00 James Treadwell, 5 00 Robert Glazier, 1 00 L.B. Kellogg, 5 00 Rachel Beasley, 0 60 Wn. Deubel, 5 00 Mrs. Beasley, 0A0 Moses Seabolt, 5 00 'Mrs. Cavenaw, 0 50 Gov. J. J. Bagley, 5 00 Anna Segret, 0 50 John Henley, ' S 00 Mrs. Dr. Lovejoy, 0 50 M. Hogers, 3 00 Mrs. J. A. Nickles, 0 60 A. Herz, 'l 00 Mrs. Sprague, 1 35 J. W. Johnson, ti 00! Morris Gregg, 0S0 Martin Seabolt, : 00 Mary Curtis, 0 50 Albert Willianu, 2 00 Richard Glazier, Ü 50 Henry McCollum, 2 00 John Fuller, 0 25 Henry Keedle, 2 00 Mrs. E. Martin, 0 25 F. Long, 2 00 Mrs. Gaunt, 0 50 James Donovan, 1 OOJMrs. Bishop, 0 85 Mrs. C Donovan, 1 00 Johnny Kordes, 0 25 R. Schuyler, Jr., 1 OOiC. Andrés, 0 25 D.L.Gates, I 00 Mrs Armstrong, 0 25 Mrs. D. L. Gates, 1 00 Mrs. H. Kellogg, 0 25 Mrs. N. H. Pierce, 1 00 Miss Belle Kellogg, 0 25 Mrs. W. A. Lovejoy, 1 OOÍGardiner, 0 25 W. W. Beman, 1 00 j Mrs. C. Woodruff, 0 25 Stephen Bowen, 0 50 Mrs. T. Haviland, 0 50 Mrs. Wnght, 1 00 Mrs. Otis Cutler, 0 50 H. Remick, 1 00T. Schaibb, 0 50 ConradKrapf, 1 00: Mrs. Drake, 0 26 Eli W. Moore, 1 OOlC. Meyer, 0 25 Mrs. S. Benham, 1 00 O. Eberbach, 0 ié Thomas Godden, 1 00 Chas. Millard, 0 50 Mrs. Lodholz, 1 00 Anna Corey, 1 00 Wni. Besimer, 1 00 H. J. Beakes, 1 00 Mrs. M. Seabolt, 1 00 On the List of Mrs. Fisher. - N. W. Cheever, Ï5 00 Mrs. Hotchkins, 1 00 R. A. Beal, 6 00 '. Mrs. Dunn, 1 00 E. Lawrence. 5 00 'J. Covert, 1 00 John Lennon, 3 00George l'ulcipher, 100 S.D.Lennon, 2 00 ;H. Dsan, 100 C. H. Brigham, 2 00ÍS. Dean, 1 00 A. Hammon, 2 00'J. Goetz, 1 00 Hack & Schmid, 2 00 F. Muehlig, 1 00 T. Walker, 2 00 A. DeForest, 1 00 P. Donovan, 1 00 T. Earl, 1 00 A. Nichols, 1 00 J. A. Yauld, 1 00 N. D. Gates, I 00ÍE. Bradner, 0 75 H. Stornis, 1 00 !P. Mulligan, 0 50 Jacob Seabolt, 1 00 D. T. McCollum, 0 50 T. A. Haviland, 1 00 Mrs. A. Mulligan, 0 50 Mrs. Walker, 1 00 George Kellett, 0 50 Mrs. A. Belding, 1 00 James T. Jones, O 50 F. Alber, 1 00 James Jones, 0 50 L. Boylan, 1 00 1 Mrs. Eliza Jones, 0 50 L. F. Rhodes. 1 00 Mrs A. M. Traver, O 60 G. M. Belding, 1 00Lottie M. Traver, 0 60 R. Schuyler, 1 00 L. F. Alber, 0 50 C. M. Jones, 1 00 A. Covert, O 50 J. Jones, 1 OOMrs. H. Balcom, 0 50 Z. Pulcipher, 1 00Katie O. Fisher, 0 50 Mrs. A. H. Taylor, 1 00 B.' W. Ellis, 0 50 Mrs. N. Felch, 1 00 L. Coyle, (I 50 S. House, 1 00 Prof. Watson, 1 00 Mrs. O. House, 1 00' The population of this city as shown by the returns on file in the office of the County Cle.rk, and compared with the census of 1870, is as follow8: 1870. 1874. lst and 2d Wards, 3,001 2,890 3d and 4th " 2,652 2,451 5thand6th " 1,710 1,360 Totals, 7,363 6,701 6,701 Loss, 662 These figures ought to satisfy our citizens that it is time to cease local quarrels to desert the street corners and dry goods boxes, to stop seekiug investments in other towns or States, and to unite in encouraging the building up of manufactories at home - manufactories which will invite mechanics to settle and stay here, give employment to laborers, promote a healthy growth, and prevent stagnation and further retrogression. We have an abundance of unemployed water power, and an abundance of capital. What is wanted is a united determination to make the best of our advautages. Yes, there is oiie other thing: citizens must stop crving down ' the business of the city at home and abroad. I - The population of Ypsilanti, also ' pared with the census of 1870, is as follows : 1870. 1874. lst district, 3,271 3,168 . 2d " 2,200 2,043 ; Totals, 5,471 5,211 5,211 Loss, 260 Ypsilanti ha held her own nearer than Ann Arbor, a fact owiug to her new paper milis and other manufacturing enterprises. ( The Wool clip oL thÍ8 county may be considere! as nearly all marketed. Large growers who have in other years held on to their clip have sold promptly, and but few scattering lots are in the handí of first holders. The market opened at 35a40 cents, and advanced to 40a45c, at which it now stands. The quantity purchased here, though larger than at other points on the railroad, is not as large as last year. We report to date as follows : By Mack & Schmid, 95,000 Ibs. " Back & Abel, 05,000 " " Weil Bros., '25,000 " " A. Herz, 5,000 " Total, 1U0.000 " Bach & Abel have purchased at other points 36,000 lbs. These dealers have already shipped from here, Mack & Schmid, 85,000 lbs. Bach & Abel, 40,000 " The Wool has generally come in in good condition, and will grade well up when sent forward to market. - Wo haye no meaus of knowing the amount purchased at Ypsilanti, Dexter, Chelsea, Manchester, and Saline, but presume that more has been marketed here than at all the towns named. If some friend in each place will f urnish us a list of buyers and their purchases we shall be glad to announce them another week. We hear the remark frequently made that manufacturing can not be done profltably in our city ; that thero is a lack of water, a lack of fuel, a lack of railroad facilities, etc. Now a single fact will prove ali these reasons baseless, and that is that one establishment engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements of various kinds .is doing a large, successful and profitable business ; selling all the tools and implements it can turn out; scattenng them through the Northwest, the Territories and the Pacific States. This compauy has an agent in Chicago, another iii Denver, and another in San Francisco, all making handsome sales. And the manager assures us that the company, we may as woll say The Ann Arbor Agricultural Company, could use, and use profitably, $100,000 additional capital, and guarantee more than 10 per cent. interest on the investment. The extensión of their business would give employment to mechanica, trade to merchants, and growth to our city. Cannot some of our capitalists cali in some of their loans made on tough mortgages, and iuveet in this already firmly established euterprise or in some new one of equal promise ? Unless the Free Press reporter drew on his imagination, Supt. Doty, in his oration or address before the alumni of the Umversity, at their recent anniversary gathering, sketched a well-known cihzen as follows : Twenty years ago the college dormitories often wituessed scènes that would shock usnow. Many worthy young men boarded themselves, and many of the rooms contained a bountiful supply of what Sam Weller's father would style " wittels." I remember oue lad with an appetite üke that of an Indiana Methodist conference. He had a genial, happy way in assisting the most obtuse student in seeing the inequality of rations. His h'rst nocturnal discoveries resulted in the depopulation of many a well-regulated farm-yard, and rendered bird raising unsatisfactory in this neighborhood. This genial lad has grown to be the director of our observatory, and his fame has extended to many lands. That his present mission to China will be crowned with a success that will make us all his debtors, there can be no doubt. But the traveler who follows his pathway through the celestial flowery land will experience a scarcity in cdible i bird's nests.