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MICHIGAN. Mish'e-gan
"WOLVERINE OR LAKE STATE."
Name of Indian origin, signifying Lake country.
First white settlement within limits of State, Sault Ste. Marie, 1668;
organized as Territory, 1805; admitted 1837.
Area, 58,915 square miles; length of lower peninsula, from north to south,
277 miles; greatest breadth, 259 miles. Length of upper peninsula, east to
west, 318 miles; width, 30 to 164 miles. Length lake shoreline, 1,620
miles. Number counties, 82.
Temperature at Detroit, winter, 24deg to 36deg; summer, 67deg to 72deg:
rainfall, 30 inches.
Detroit the metropolis; pop., 133,269. Grand Rapids, manufacturing city;
pop., 41,934. Lansing, the capital; pop., 9,776. Pop. Bay City, 29,413;
East Saginaw, 29,100; Jackson, 19,136; Muskegon, 17,845; Saginaw, 13,767.
Detroit, Marquette, Port Huron and Grand Haven are ports of entry.
Number farms, 154,008. Value per acre, cleared land, $34.39; woodland,
$20.27. Corn crop, 1884, 26,022,000 bu.; wheat, 29,772,000 bu.; oats,
19,990,000 bu. Fruit raising an important industry.
Copper mines in Houghton, Ontonagon, and Keweenaw counties; valuable iron
ores in Marquette and Delta counties; coal in Shiawassee, Eaton, Ingham and
Jackson counties. Salt manufactured in year ending November 30, 1884,
3,252,175 barrels.
Salaries State Officers.
Governor $1,000
Lieut. Gov. $3 a day
Sec'y of State 800
Treasurer 1,000
Auditor Gen. 2,000
Supt. Pub. Inst'n 1,000
Adjutant Gen. 1,000
Secy Bd. Agr. 1,500
Insur. Com'r. 2,000
R. R. Com'r. 2,500
Immig. Com'r. 2,000
Chief Justice 4,000
Senators } $3 a day
Representatives } and 10c per mile
2 Dist. Judges 3,500
Pension Agt. 4,000
4 Colls. Int. Revenue 3,875 to 2,625
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Adrian $2,400
Ann Arbor 2,600
Battle Creek 2,600
Bay City 2,700
Big Rapids 2,300
Detroit 3,700
East Saginaw 2,700
Flint 2,400
Grand Rapids 3,200
Jackson 2,700
Kalamazoo 2,700
Lansing 2,700
Marshall 2,300
Muskegon 2,500
Port Huron 2,400
Saginaw 2,300
52 P.O. $2,200 to 1,500
38 P.O. 1,400 to 1,100
9 P.O. 1,000
Ranks first in copper, lumber and salt; second in iron ore; third in
buckwheat; fifth in sheep, hops and potatoes; sixth in wheat and barley;
seventh in agricultural implements; eighth in miles railway; ninth in oats.
Grand Haven, Au Sable and Detroit are centres of valuable fishing
interests; principal catch is trout and whitefish.
Population, 1,843,369: male, 958,551; female, 884,818; native, 1,419,395;
foreign, 423,974; white, 1,817,562; colored, 17,548; Indians, 8,259.
State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday
in November; number Senators, 32; Representatives, 100; sessions of
legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Wednesday in
January; limit of session, none; terms of Senators and Representatives, 2
years each.
Number electoral votes, 13; number voters, 467,687. Duelists are excluded
from voting.
Number colleges, 9; efficient public schools; school age, 5-20.
Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits excess of interest.
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WISCONSIN. W[)i]s-k[)o]n's[)i]n.
"BADGER STATE."
From river of same name; an Indian word signifying "Wild-rushing River."
First settled by French, at Green Bay, 1669; organized as a Territory,
1836; first Territorial legislature at Belmont, Sept. 1, 1836; admitted as
a State, 1847.
Area, 56,040 square miles; greatest length, 300 miles; greatest breadth,
260 miles; Mississippi river navigable throughout southwest boundary;
excellent harbors in Lake Superior on north, and Lake Michigan on east.
Port Washington, one of the finest natural harbors in tie world. Number
counties, 67. Temperature at Milwaukee; winter, 19degto 31deg; summer,
63deg to 70deg; rainfall, 30 inches.
Milwaukee, port of entry, great pork packing and beer brewing centre; also
grain and wheat market: pop., 158,509. Madison, capital; pop., 12,064.
Population Eau Claire, 21,668; Fond du Lac, 12,726.
Number farms, 102,904; average value per acre, cleared land, $26.27;
woodland, $19.55. Wheat most valuable crop; cultivation of flax increasing;
many acres devoted to culture of cranberries; buckwheat crop, 1883, 177,792
bu.; hay, 2,354,835 tons; corn, 1884, 26,200,000 bu.; oats, 45,940,000 bu.;
wheat, 20,083,000 bu. Latest reported dairy products: milk, 25,156,977
gals.; butter, 33,739,055 lbs.; cheese, 19,088,405 lbs.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Sec'y of State 5,000
Treasurer 5,000
Attorney Gen. 3,000
Railr'd Com'r. 3,000
Chief Justice 5,000
4 Asso. Justices 5,000
2 Dist. Judges 3,500
Senators, } $500 per y'r,
Representatives } mileage 10c.
Pension Agent 4,000
Indian Agent 1,500
4 Colls. Int. Revenue 4,500 to 2,750
23 Deputy Collect'rs 1,800 to 300
Collect'r of Customs 1,000 & fees.
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Appleton $2,400
Beloit 2,300
Chippewa Falls 2,100
Eau Claire 2,600
Fond du Lac 2,500
Green Bay 2,200
Janesville 2,500
La Crosse 2,600
Madison 2,700
Milwaukee 3,600
Oshkosh 2,600
Racine 2,700
Sheboygan 2,100
Watertown 2,000
Waukesha 2,000
Wausau 2,000
Whitewater 1,900
66 Offices 1,800 to 1,000
Extensive lead mines in Grant, Lafayette and Iowa counties; native copper
in the north, in Crawford and Iowa counties. Milwaukee clay famous for
making cream-colored brick. Iron ores in Dodge, Sauk, Jackson and Ashland
counties.
Ranks second in hops, third in barley and potatoes, fourth in rye and
buckwheat, fifth in oats and agricultural implements, seventh, in iron and
steel, eighth in hay and milch cows, and ninth in copper.
Population, 1,563,423: male, 811,051; female, 752,372: native, 1,069,433;
foreign, 493,990: white, 1,555,152; colored, 5,576; Indians, 2695
State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday
in November; number Senators, 33; Representatives, 100; sessions biennial,
in odd-numbered years, meeting second Wednesday in January; limit of
session, none; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.
Number electoral votes, 11; number voters, 340,482; insane, idiots,
convicts, bribers, betters and dualists excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 7; number public schools, 6,588; school population,
495,233; school age, 4-20.