MICHIGAN. 



MILLER, WILLIAM A. 



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arged, 26 males and 23 females were re- 

 ed, 14 males and 8 females improved, o 

 moles and 14 females uuiinprovcd, 14 nuik-s 

 nntl 11 females died. 



-alt production of the Saginaw Valley, 

 for the year, was 046,510 bbls. ; increase over 

 1869, 49,048 bbls. On hand at end of the year, 

 98,873 bbls. Tho shipments in round numbers 

 were as follows: to Chicago, 800,000; Tole- 

 do, 80,000; Cleveland, 55,000; Milwaukee, 

 85,000; other Lake Michigan ports, 26,000; 

 Sondusky, 20,000; Detroit, 10,000; Buffalo, 

 10,000. Average price per bbl., $1.25. 



The lumber statistics of the State, except 

 those of the Saginaw Valley and Huron shore, 

 which were carefully compiled by Messrs. 

 Geo. F. Lewis and C. B. Ileadley, of the East- 

 Saginaw Courier, and those of Muskegon 

 County and Detroit, are imperfect. The fol- 

 lowing figures are given, the estimates, except 

 the last two items, being those of the Muske- 

 gon News and Reporter : 



Feet. 



Sajflnaw Valley, proper 576,726,606 



Shore of Lake Huron 127,728,665 



Detroit 57,850,000 



Mukegon County 289,429,678 



Manlstee County, estimated 115,000,000 



Oceana County, " 67,000,000 



Mason County, " 59,000,000 



Grand Traverse County, estimated 26.500,000 



Ottawa County, " 170,000,000 



Lake Counties, Sonth of Ottawa, estimated.. 24,000,000 



St. Clair County, estimated 88,000,000 



Other parts of the State, estimated 200,000,000 



Total 1,756,783,834 



The following further statistics may be add- 

 ed : shingles manufactured in Saginaw Valley, 

 178,570m.; on Huron shore, 89,800m.; total, 

 268,370 m. ; total value of lumber, shingles, 

 lath, and pickets, manufactured in Saginaw 

 Valley and on Huron shore, $15,000,000. Ship- 

 ments of lumber from valley by water, 499,- 

 127,850 ft. ; by rail, 96,707,000. Total, 595,- 

 884,850. 



Several mineral wells in the State have 

 during the year become noted for their healing 

 qualities, and been great resorts for invalids 

 from all parts of the country. Those at St. 

 Louis in Gratiot County and Eaton Rapids in 

 Eaton County are most noted. 



The shipment of iron from Escanaba and 

 Marquette were as follows : 



Ore. Pig-Iron. 



EscanalMi, tons 461,885 15,203 



Marquette, tons 428,197 30,559 



Total 874,589 45,762 



This is a considerable increase upon the pre- . 

 ceding year. 'The shipments of copper from 

 Lake Superior ports were : 



Tout. 



Portage Lake, ingot 7,456& 



" " ore 8,3073i 



EagleRivcr, " 1,2*1* 



Eagle Harbor, " 1,876 



Gntonagon, " 824 



Total 14,188.* 



The production is stated by the Houghton 

 Gazette to be larger than that of any previous 

 year, but the precise figures are not given. 



Tho number of convicts in the State-prison 

 at tho beginning of the year was 044. Re- 

 ceived during the year, 804. Number at con- 

 clusion, 668. Average number, 845.7. Dis- 

 charged by expiration of service, 238; by 

 reversal of sentence, 1 ; on pardons, 18 ; died, 

 24 ; escaped, 4 ; total, 280. Disbursements for 

 rations, $80,486.70; for all purposes except 

 buildings and repairs, $84,807.01 ; for buildings 

 and repairs, $6,429.28 ; total, $91,236.29. Re- 

 c-ii[it3 for convict-labor, $90,682.66; from 

 United States, $7,807.1 7; from visitors, $8,368,- 

 50 ; miscellaneous sources, $2,056.69 ; total, 

 $107,457.67. Excess of receipts over expendi- 

 tures, $16,785.01. Crimes for which convicts 

 received were sentenced : arson, 5 ; adultery, 

 4 ; poisoning, 1 ; aiding escape, 1 ; assault 

 with attempt to murder, 10 ; assault with in- 

 tent to rape, 5 ; other felonious assaults, 5 ; at- 

 tempts to commit larceny in office, 4; bur- 

 glary, 27; breaking jail, 1; embezzlement, 2; 

 false pretences, 10 ; forgery and counterfeiting, 

 20 ; hiring and procuring arson, 2 ; incest, 5 ; 

 killing and maiming cattle, 1 ; larceny, 145 ; 

 malicious injury, 2 ; threatening letters, 1 ; man- 

 slaughter, 4 ; murders, 8 ; murder second de- 

 gree, 5 ; polygamy, 5 ; rape, 2 ; receiving 

 stolen property, 6 ; robbery, 14 ; escaped con- 

 victs recaptured, 2. Of the sentences, 7 were 

 for life ; 25 were 10 years or over ; 35 were 5 

 years or more, and under 10 ; 168 were be- 

 tween 1 and 5 years ; and 67 were 1 year and 

 under; average sentences, 3 years. Two hun- 

 dred and seventy-six were cases of first cor- 

 rection ; 25 of second, and one of third ; 58 

 were under 21 years of age ; 140 between 20 

 and 30 ; 60 between 30 and 40 ; 21 between 40 

 and 50 ; 17 between 50 and 60 ; and 6 between 

 60 and 70 ; average age, 29.1 years. The na- 

 tivity of convicts was follows : Austria, 1 ; 

 Bavaria, 2; Canada, 87; Cuba, 1; Denmark, 

 1 ; England, 8 ; Germany, 8 ; Holland, 2 ; Ire- 

 land, 22 ; Isle of Man, 1 ; New Brunswick, 1 ; 

 Norway, 1 ; Scotland, 6 ; unknown, 1 ; United 

 States, 210. Capital punishment was abolished 

 in Michigan in 1847. For the next eleven 

 years the convictions of murder in the first 

 degree were 2.73 per cent, of all ; for the last 

 eleven, only 1.28 per cent. 



In the State Reform School tbe number of 

 inmates at tho beginning of the year was 285 ; 

 received during the year, 85 ; discharged, either 

 finally or on ticket-of-leave, subject to recall in 

 case of bad behavior, 118 ; total remaining, 262. 



MILLER, WILLIAM ALLEX, M. D., LL. D., 

 F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry at King's Col- 

 lege, London, born at Ipswich, December 17, 

 1817; died in London, September 80, 1870. 

 He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, 

 and at a Quaker seminary in Yorkshire, where 

 he first imbibed a taste for scientific pursuits, 

 while attending lectures on chemistry. He 

 studied for the medical profession at the Gen- 

 eral Hospital, Birmingham, and entered King's 

 College, London, where he was admitted to 

 the laboratory of the late Dr. Daniel, as his 



