Michigan State News

The Cen-un ISureau announues the populatioii of Michigan to ha 2,089,793; lncrease 4."j, s"i5. Tho Fourth district 13 as follons: Col.NTIES. l'ot). Inr Allegan 38.D13 1,098 Barry 23,708 M.&jg Berrien i.. ■-■,.: 4,453 -' aosts i,i6i Kalamazoo :i.t.iT4 4,839 Kent i u ;i. e 36,683 Muskeron 8B.979 13.3BS Nowayfío a.,4( r,778 Ocena ir..-Mí 3.S85 Ottawa a",3;i U,30S St. Jogepb a..4)l l.2 van B'irun ;n .i 315 Decreuc. The total pnD'ilation for tho district is 411,071. In mi the population was 878,058, showin' an Insrease of 08,018, or 18.83 pur ci-ui The foUowin,' a:'e tiie fturoi for the sixtli distriut: Cou.nties. y,„. i„cAlger i.ï4 1,245 Baraga ao 4 1,3'M CUlppewa 11. l 6,668 Uelta (8,110 8,498 flogebic J3.181 13.181 Houghton :4..i7 12,384 Iron 4 4:a 4v432 Isle Kuyul" i: ko Keweenaw 3,K92 1,378 Luce 2.4 1 2,431 Mackinac l,kn 4.900 Manitou 8 0 474 Miircjuette 39.M9 14.1S5 Menuminee 33.8SU SI 63 Ontoniiijon 8,780 1,185 Schook-raft ' 5.7J8 4,233 ♦Decreus.'. The total population for the district ia 180,627. In 18S0 the population was 86,419. The increase, thtsrefore, has been U4,208, or 109 01 per cent. THE POTATO CROP. It Ih Unpr c iRiitrilly iriri-, and High Prlcsi It l'rollt .blo. The potato erop in Northern Michigan ia all that could be desired. In the Traverse I!ay roción enough potatoes hiva been grown to supply several Siatej, while throusfh the central part of the northern district such a erop as the one tuis year has rarely been gathered. Last yea all the potatoes wanted could havo been h;ul fur from 10 to 15 cents a bushei, tha erop in other parts of the country being large; but this yoar the erop being a partial failure ejsewhere will run prices up. The farmers are receiving from 65 cents to ,75 cents a bushei delivered on board the cars. Lirge shipments of potatoos are being made by rail and water from Traverse City. iii'a tii in .uicltlg-aa, Reports to the State Bo;trd of Health by fifty-seven observers in different parts of the State for the week ended October 4 indicated that typho-malarial fever, inflammation of the brain, erysipelas, measles and diphtheria increased, and cerebro-spinal meningitis, whooping cough, pleuritis and dysentery decreased in area of prevalence. Diphtheria was reported at twenty-two places, scarlot fever at thirty-one. tyohoid fever at forty-one and measles at four places. W.irk of Mic!lltil C uii;i t'-iHIlieil. The Michigan Congressmen engineered 94 special pension bilis through the House, of wnich Belknap introduced 80, O Donnell 18, Uliss 13, Burrows 8, Allen 8, lirewer 5, Cutcheon 5, Whiting 4, Chipman 8 and Wheoler 2. -Mr. Stephen ion was not called on to introduce a single pension bilí, and Capt.iin Allen made 70 changos in the Seoond district post-oflices and 32 old soldiers were appuinted postmasters. Shot by hu jir:ii;r Husband. Dr. Robert K. Muir, a veterinary surLeon of Jackson, went to the house of his father-in-law, (porge Denogel, in Union City, in a rage of jcalousy, and fired several shots at his wife and James Uyard. liyard was slightly wounded, but his wife was unhurt. Muir was arrested and will be examined November 7. He believed that üyard and his wife had sustained improper relations. Centius Stat stics. The population of sever.il towns is given as follovvs by the Census Bureau: (rand Rapids, 64,147; increaso, 32,131. Kalamazoo, 17,187; increase, 5,920. Muskegon, 22,608; increase, 11,406. Ishpemin?, 11,184; increase, 5,145. Menomineo, lü,(i il: increase, 7,318. Marquette. 0,096; increase, 4,400. Negaunee, 0,001; increase, 8,180. Feil l'nder the Wheels. John Morrison, a brakeman on the Michigan Central, attetnpted to board a train at l!iy City, but feil under the wheels and had both legs run over and was fatall v injured. He was aged 85 years, and had been employed on the road thrce weeks. His parents live at London, Ont. o Short but Neway Ittvn. A Petoskcy man ran his horse upon the streets of that village until the animal dropped dead. The University of Michigan opened with the largest number of fieshmen in the history of tho institution. The entiri? flre department of Detroit was called out by a fire in Posselieus líros.' furniture factory. The damago ra sio.ooo. Bees stun? four horses to death at May field. Henry Hoauregard when passing through the woods near Ishpeming was mistaken for a bear and shot William Olson, of Iron Mountain, was fatally luirt uhile coupling carp. The ferthcomini volume of Michigan Farm utatistics shows that of tho 138,170 farmers in ttie State 43 percent, own an average of thirty-two sheep each. The Lansing young men have organïzed a syndicate and willgivoentertainmenta to raise money to go to tho world's fair with. John Steves, a saw-liler in the Hawey saw-mill at Marquette, was run over by a log carriage and almost icstantly killed. He leaves a family at Muskegon. The followúig figures will givo somehing of an idoa of the amount of business transacted at the Secretary of State's office: Letters received during September, 2,74."); mailcd, 1,142; books, 0; shipped. '),010; papers rcci ved, T.994; lostal eat-ds, 4 1; mailed, ÜÜl; election :!ank:i sent out. 88.168.