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15
Month
April
Year
1887
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The latest revlged figures on the amendment voto place the adverse majority between 3.000 and 3,soo. Even county in tlie state has now boen heard ín in. most of tlicm fully, tliough Manitou and Montmorency are too indefinite to be of service. There Is searcely a single county ín the state iu wliirh all reporta concur in glvtng an identioal figure as tlit; exact majority eilher for or agatnst the amendment. The varlancesareslight, and when the official canvass is made it will be found that the changea will pbout offset each other. The official canvass will probably show a majority of from 5,000 to 5.400 in t lie lower península for the amendnient; of from 8.400 to 8.800 against it in the upper península, and the extreme range in the state is from 3,000 to 3,800 against the uiiiemlment. Tlie returns on the state ticket show that the republiean candidatos forsupreme judges and regents have carried the state by from 5,000 to 8,000 plurality. Campbell ran behiud Long in some places, while the latter ran almost uniformly ahead of his ticket throughout the state. Tlie nest supreme bench will be made up of Judges Thomas fi. Sherwood, John W. Champlln, Allen B. Morse, James V. Campbell and Charles D. Long- three fusión and two republiean. It will be the first time that the bench has had five judges. The fifth judge, authorized under the rfcciitly passed law, is calculated to overeóme the difficulty heretofore experienced of having the court eventy dMded on important questions. Under the new law the terms of judges hereafter eleeted are for 10 years. The salary is $4,000, the legislalure having but recently defeated the bill to Increase the salaries to $7,000. The constitutional amendment relative to inoreaslng the salaries of state offieers Is carried by a liberal majority. According to this the salary of the governor will be raised from .1.000 to $5.000; that of the treasurer and the superintendent of the public instruction from SI, 000 to 82,500 eaoh: that of the secretary of state and the oomnii.ssioner of tlie land office from S800 to 88,600 eaeh; and that of the attorney-general from soo to ss.ooo. The law fuitlier provides that none of the officera shaii receive any feesorperquisltes for the performance of the duties of their respective offices. An Antl-SIavery Leader Gone. Dr. Nather M. Thomas, the pioneer physician of Kalamazoo eounty, and the leader of the anti-slavery movement in the western part of tlie state, died at his home in Schoolcraft recently, aged 85 years. Dr. Thomas 's ancesturs on both sides were Quakers, and he was a direct degcendant of Thomas Maoy, the first s'ettler of Nantucket Island. He came to l'rairie Ronde In June, 1830, and was a member nf the medical society öf Michigan territory. The country being then very thinly settled. the young doctor had a very wide range of practice, going soinetimes30 to40 miles to atteml patients. lie married a sister of the Hon. E. Laken Brown. He retired from active practice tliirty years ago. He was made an honorary member of the Michigan state medical society Jan. 19, 1889. All through his lift he was a devout frlend of the slave. In 1837 he. with 4i elUzena of Prairie Konde and Brady petitloned congress against the admission of Texas as a part of the United statcs while slavery existed in that country. This petition was presented by Senator Louis Lyon, who said, "This is the first memorial on this subject that has been presented from Michigan." In 1839 Dr. T.. with others united in the establishment of an anti-slavery paper. In 185 he was nomlnated by the llberty party for lieutenant on the ticket with James G. Birney for governor. In 1853 he was nomlnated for state elector on the free 8OÍ1 ticket. When the republiean party was formed at Jackson he jolned it, and eoiitinued with it to the ('ay of his death. Cullotl to a lliln-r Charle. Chas. II. Palmer died at his residence in Pontiac the othei morning, aged 73 years, of kidney difficulty. He was one of the first regents of the uiuvcrsHy. and n early life was a promineut teacher in different i Hes of Michigan. He married an educated lady and moved to the upper península, where he engaged quite extensively in iron and copper mining. He purchased some land adjoining the Calumet & Hecla mine Whlch proved valuable for mining purposes and led t a ííri-;it deal of litigation, whlch was flnally Inought to -a close 'n tlie United States supreme court about a year ago. The wrpreme court decided in favor of Mr. Palmer, and lie was granted one-third of the property in dispute. His share amounted to 8450.000 and was to be paid to him some time next innnth. It was chlefly through Mr. Palmer's influence thattïie eastern Insana asylum was located at Pontiac, and for some time he was a trustee of this asylum. Mr. Palmer was liberal minded. public spirited and a gentleman of ripe intclligence. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. He was one of the most prominent men in the upper península and well and favorably knmvn throughout the Btate. He leaves an estáte estimated at over $500,000. galt Statistici). The state salt inspector's report shows the inspection duiing March as follows: Counties. Barrels. Saginaw 109,755 Pay 89,106 Manistee 48,178 St. Clair 15,618 Mason 9,953 Huron 2,578 Midland 3,380 Total 278,577 COMI'AHATIVK. The inspection year commences December 1, and following is a comparative statement: 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. December, 194,069 '258, 450 259,618 230,205 .lanuary, 127,708 141,759 132,565 180,063 Febroary, 90,276 101,256 121,101 201,286 March, 162,450 173,025 190,927 278,577 Total, 574,593 674,490 704,211 890 151 Rather Fishy. The catch of the fishermen of Michigan amounted last year to nearly 20,000,000 pounds, yielding to the parties so engaged not less tiuin 8800,000, employing over 1,700 persons, steain tugs, 318 sail boato, :;:;■! pounds net boats and 165„skiffs. The valuc of the nets, boats, docks and buildings engaged in this traftic is estipiatod at Si. 100,000. The territory of the Ushlng grounds within the jiiiisdictlon of the state, in the great lakes. amounts to 30.000 square miles, or an area equal to three-fifths of the total land area of tlie State, Whlle the eoal line is over 2,000 ïiiiles in length. Tliis i-; totally exclusive of any of the I lidian water of the state, Fostcr Exonerated. The board of control of the state public school find that the charges of improper conduct witb lady eni])loycs, severe punisbment of children, the use of improper language to children and employés, deceit. and tanipeiing with the mail of employés, preferred agalnst Supt Koster of that institutimi, are not sustained, and íully exonérate the superintendent, but agree that hts late visits to the cottages were very Injndlclous. Foster has tendcred liis reslguatlon to take effect as soon 3 lüs successor shall bo appoluted.

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