Biographical Sketches

The Detroit Vree Press, in ita biographical sketches of the Senators and Representativos in the State Legislature, says of the merubers from this oounty : Jeremiah. D. Corey, Senator from the Fourth District (Washtenaw Couuty) was bom April 17th, 1816, in Ouondaga County, New York. He was educated at the Onondaga Academy, and carne to Michigan in 1833. Mr. Corey is a farmer, and has repeatedly held township offices, including that of Supervisor and Justioe of the Peace. He is a bank director and a railroad director, and was a meinbor of the Legislature of 1867. Mr. Corey has been a reader of the Free l'iess tbr forty years. Ezra D. Lay, Representativo trom the First District of Washtenaw County, was bom December 6, 1807, at Saybrook, Conneotiout. He was educated at district and select schools in Monroe ty, New York, and removed to Michi gan in üctober, 1833, Bettling on the farm in Ypsilanti where he now resides. Mr. Lay was Supervisor of Ypsilanti seven terme. Ho is by occupation a nurseryman, and is President of the Etisteru Michigan Agricultural Society. George Sutton, Rupresentative from the ïhird District of Washtenaw Coun ty, was bom in Warren County, New Jersey, February 17th, 1810. He carne with his father to Michigan in June, 1830, and settled on the farm of five hundred acres, on which he now dwells, in Northfield - beiug now and always having been a farmer. Mr. Sutton reoeived his education in the coinmon schools. He has held office in his township ever sinoe it was organized, having lilled the position of Supervisor, justice of the peace, etc. Mr. Sutton's popularity at home is attested by the tact that he carried his township at the last election by the largest majority ever given in it for a candidato. He has always been an uncompromising Democrat, a thorough temperance man, and is believod to favor the license system. A. K. Clark, Representativo from the Third District of Washtenaw County, was born in New Jersey, November 1, 1810. He removed with his tather's family to Séneca County, New York, and in 1836 carne to Michigan, settling in Saline Washtunaw County, where he has since continued to reside. Mr. Clark received a common school education and is by profession a farmer. J. E. Dallas, of Molson's Bank, Toronto, Ontario, absconded about three weeks ago taking with hini forty-three $1,000 bilis Cauadian money. He was traced to New York and the matter placed in the hands of detective Titus, who immediately set out for his capture. From a description of him and a few words in his hand writing he followed hini from hotel to hotel in that city, from there to Harrisburgi Pa., then back to Jersey City, and from there to Elizabeth, N. J., where he finally captured him on the 30th uit. On being searched $42,700 of the stolen money was recovered. Dallas was formerly cashier of the Bank of Com merce, N. Y. and afterwards, a member of a Wall street firm of brokers. The Lansing liepublican is now pub lished aemi-weekly, to be coutinued as such during the session of the Legislature, and permanently if the experiment proves satisfactory. The lïepublican has always been one of our favorito exchanges, and have always regarded it as the ablest and best weekly paper of the State. _ Eetukns received from more than 340 western pork-packing points outside of the six cities of Cinuinnati, Chicago, 8t. Louis, Louisville, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis, which packed last season within about 110,000 of all the hoga packed outside of the cities nauied, Bhow a fulling off aruounting to about 170,000, as comparcd with last suason. D. B. Dennis, of Byron, died at his residence on TueBday. Ho was wellkuown throughout the State, and especially among the fraternity of Odd Pellows, among whorn ha was known as " Father Donnis."