Michigan News

liY (! lal report of tho .State Fish Cominissioners, ivc learn that the deposita of ova in tho nover] lakes and utroama of our State aggregatc 1,532,000 whi'efish, 2GC.0OO sa'mcii, and 115,000 phaiJ. CAStTAI.TlKS. The rcsidcnce of David Herriek, of Alpine, Kent county, vas ilr-strored hy flrO laat week ; : : nt Negaunce a few uights ago destroyed tbc residenee of George Sheldon. But little was fiaved, and tho total losa on the house and furniture is $12,000, on whioh there ÍB an insnrance of r,.5C0. A iiiiE at Grass Lake last week destroyed tbree barna belonging to 1'. Francisco, n which werfi Beven liorses and a large stock of hay and graiu. Loss over ïCflOO ; insuranee, 84,000. John L. Yons, a young man employed at Nestor':! camp, near Eaut Saginaw, wan accidentally killed, a few days ago, by a falliug tree. Deeeased was nboat '28 years of age. MISCKI.I..A? EOUS. A mix has been introduced in the Legislatare appropriating 5,000 for a monument to Pere Marquette, the pioneer missionary explorer of the Northwest. The site of the monument is to bo at Ludington, where Father Marquette died and was bivricd. A eonsiderablo nvmibor of memberH regard Mackinaw as tlie more rit place, tbat being the point where the first mission was eetabUsbed in all tuis regiem. Itev. Georoe D. Giixerpiew aa conaecrated áa Biíihop of Western Michigan, at Ht. Mark's Church, Grand Itapids, a few days ago. About fifty clergymcn and neven lïishops were present. Atnong the audk-nee. which iillod every part of the church. prominent ri'pretfcntativeis from all the Wentcrn citiea were to bo seen. Biahop (lüle!-;iic will at once enter upon the duties of Jjis omce. The diocese ia now fnlly established and officerétf, and he will rind a largo field for work. He ie about CO years of age. well preF;erved in health, and posesses a vigorous intellect. contract for building the Inisane Asylum at J?ontiac bas been awarded to CótAé ' Tap ping, of Jackson, for (317,689. Títere were several bidders from Chicago and Milwankee, one of whora was a little lower. bat, r.ll ttaafs censidered, the bid oi' tho Jackson finn wa considered the most satisfaotory. The Grand Rapids Times aays tukt there is no doubt that the total loss sustained in the peacli-growing regions alone by the late temblé weather will foot up over a million of dollars, and go fiir toward keeping up bard times along the lake shoro. BHCHIGAH FRUIT P1M1SPKCTS. Tve condense the followiug important informi ation from the statistical report.} of the fruit prospecta in Michigan made at tho late meeting ' of the State Pomológica! Society at Lansing : The report as to the v'alue of th ■ orenarda were variable - from $100 to $1,000 por ture, aocur.ïiiig io agf, variety, and nearoess to marlet. A low avrr■ ngi'. OBÜniiite of tin: lwaririK apple orcliudé of tho county iw ?"200 per acre, the peaeh orcharda at $300, r:n,i öie :. l Joining lands at from $25 to $50 per aert-. As u whole, tlij orcijards ara iu as Uealtliy a contiitiou aa in 1872. j It appoam that the winter of It7i-:i injared but u portion of tho fruit tmda of the appli s, TO üiat tho j „ 1,1 of fruit m 1H7-: i7;, li-jt the increaaed price aliz. d fcr the nhnv. made the net proSt gr t.r. '.'i 1S71 !!■■ yiil't of appla was grcatly iacrewad, no that the uct returns wero even more than in 1H72 or 1S7!. Tho poach buds were fajiired by the coltl int,r iü the cantero portiaB of 'the county, while in üie western portion the erop was gtiod an.l the iu t r tuina w re ajauaoall; large. Allowiüg nearly S,OOQ acres for the ir. ■ that dot the eounty of nn Bnr-n, and the waete surface of the i'aw Paw, Black and othur small gtrea-mn, which cross in cheir meantiertngB nearly one-half of all the aections oi land, ttiere v.oiüd remain 400,000 croa of land, one-tMr ! of -n-hich ia suitable for appie nrchards and om'-third for p.'íi{ h orchards, leaving o u -í'. r ■ for farining, timhi r and ads. Of í!i" 133.J8.1 aerea of land, ba 7,"2- acr3 were set iu 1873. in ;, 1 i ré m ■■■■■ 1,526 tl'.at yiclded '.iio,4M,i baskets of ' apples, nctting, at a lo'.v average price, $83,793.60, or ! $5i.91 per acre. Jr, r ■ 162,703 lmshris, . bringinK $89. 48a, O! . . ,■■ , ü 1871 tb, re i were 1.8J0 11: I ri80 buKhols, ! netting $125,600. or íf8(Jt per .'.ere, ,.i cii was a Btïady net increaae per acre Ia-the face of the cold wi-it.'Vof 1872-1!. In 1872 bnt 945 acres were set to peachep. Allow; ing oue-thirJ fbr Ocflring, ihe 315 acre produced 62,959 bnahels, viekuiyj $91,393, or over i-W0 r i acre In 1S73 'ont-fifth. or fi;l acrei in Bbuül Haven labore 'J.072 bil hela, hringing net Í27.2UC, ! oTf.iv: : l thiriy-one dollarë and ncty1 eiwit eefih per acre. Tn 1874 thero vere 420 :trres in at, virt.üng 81,100 bushel, n.Ltii g 1Í6,15O. or : $330.28 per acre. Tio pear orchardB, in 1872, yielded net 328 per acre ; ju 1873, fóGO ; in 1874. IÍ50. The plum orchards, in 1872, xnade a net yield of : $3.1: per acre ; in 1873. $288; in 1874, Í420. ! The cherry orcharde, in 1872, made returns of $407.40 par acre ; in 1873, $401 60 ; in 1874, Ï450. The grape vinr yards, in 1872, produced $276 per nor.' ; in 1873, $440.50 ; in 1874, {440. The rtrawberrj plantatlons, in 1872, yielded $289.10 i per aer.: ; in 1873, $919.50 : in 1874, 8237.50. Tho currants, iu 1372, net $4G8.C0peracre; . , .8, ' $493.20; iu 1874, $460. The average net per acre for the last three years, ! for apples in bearnifr, was $00.73; for peachee, $343,99; fi.v pearn, $440 ; fcr plnnu. $347 ; forchiTU'9.67 ; for grápea, $386188 ; for etrawbenies, $a66.88( for CUTrants, Ï470.00. ïh average per acre for all fruits was $342.52. Allomnf! all the apple land in Van Burfn county to bc set and in bcarinr, jt vonld produce, at the low priee of fifty centB per bushrl, $9,199,977. AllowinR the peach land to be set and in hearing, at $1 per bushei, it would anionnt to $16,(66,600. Added to the proJuct of the apple i land oreharding in Van turen county would yield annually over tirmtii-Jive million dollars.