MINNESOTA. 



MIKAMO.V, MIGUEL. 



The total expenses of the prison for all 



purp. << .liirin,' tin- year were $38,548 05 



28,598 68 



$6,94947 



Minnesota is making comiiHiidable effort- to 

 !o lor I!M- in-' 1 ! ities of the unfortunate, 

 ami to secure the welfare of society by tlio pnn- 

 i>hmeiit or reformation of tlio criminal and 

 Kct'iige for juvenile oir.-ml- 

 r>t:il>li-hcd, ami will soon be 

 to receive inmates. A Hospital I'or the 

 Insane was opened some years ago, and is af- 

 fording great comfort to that class of unfortu- 

 i'lit the accommodations are not adequate 

 to tlio wants of the institution. At first, the 

 mi-tees liad provided for the admission of fifty 

 patients. During the year additional buildings 

 been supplied, making the capacity one 

 hundred. In that time 97 patients had been 

 <1, of which number 10 had recovered 

 and boon discharged ; two had died, and 84 re- 

 mained. Since December 1st more patients 

 had been received, and at the end of the year 

 the hospital was full. 



The building for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind 

 Asylum has been about completed. It is of 

 stone, four stories in height, with ground di- 

 inei'.Mons of 80 by 45 feet. The grounds com- 

 prise 45 acres, presented to the State by the 

 citizens of Faribault. The asylum is located 

 on a bluff, overlooking the town and a magnifi- 

 cent vista of prairie, lake, and woodland scenery. 

 Til-- number of pupils in the Deaf and Dumb 

 department is 27; in the Blind, 4. 

 Agriculture is the prominent interest of the 

 . and wheat the staple production. The 

 crop of the year has been estimated at 8,000,000 

 is, and probably exceeds that amount. 

 The other cereals are raised in large quantities, 

 but there are no data for estimating the entire 

 crop. The total area of the State is 51,479,- 

 2 i-2 acres, and the arable area 32,000,000. The 

 total amount in the hands of settlers is 4,633,- 

 341 acres, while the balance of 27,366,659 acres 

 is la-Id by railroads, the State, and speculators. 

 The increase in population is very rapid, but, 

 without any official data, it can only b6 estima- 

 The immigration of the year is quite re- 

 liably estimated at 60,000. Add to this the 

 natural increase, and if the estimate of the pre- 

 vious year be correct, 340,000, the present pop- 

 ulation cannot be much less than 400,000. The 

 State has not yet devoted much attention to in- 

 ternal improvements. Several important rail- 

 roads have been projected and are now in prog- 

 ; hat will soon establish intercommunica- 

 tion with all portions of the State. The total 

 number of miles constructed in 1867 was 116, 

 and 216 J- miles were previously in operation, 

 making in all 332J miles. 



The forests of the State are very extensive, 

 and 1'urnish immense quantities of the finest 

 lumber. Reports of the surveyors of logs and 

 lumber for the first, second, and third dis- 

 tricts, show the amount of logs scaled in 1867, 

 as follows: 



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149.562,218 feet 



118,807,502 " 



Third District (none scaled) 



Total 263,429,720 " 



There are no reports from the other districts. 

 The e.sti mated value of these is $2, 107.'.) 7*;. 41. 

 An estimate of the surveyor of the second di- 

 trict gives the amount of lumber manufactured 

 in that district during the season of 1867 at 

 79,146,000 feet. Estimated from unofficial 

 sources, the aggregate value of the lumber-trade 

 of this State for the year 1867 is $3, 625, 1-';".. 



The election for State officers was held on the 

 5th of November. Governor Marshall was re- 

 flected by a majority of 5,372, in a total vote 

 of 64,376. The vote on the impartial suffrage 

 amendment was as follows : 



For Amendment 27,479 



Against 28,794 



Majority against 1,315 



The vote to amend the constitution, on the 

 subject of taxing national banks, was 43,093. 

 The majority against the proposition was 25,- 

 609. In accordance with an act of the Legisla- 

 ture, a vote was also taken on a proposition to 

 provide a sinking fund to pay the holders of the 

 State railroad bonds. Upon this question 51,- 

 698 votes were cast, and the majority against 

 its adoption was 47,728. 



The Legislature consists of 68 members, 

 divided as follows, viz. : Senate, 22 : Republi- 

 cans, 15; Democrats, 7; House, 46: Republi- 

 cans, 33 ; Democrats, 13. 



MIRAMON", MIGITEL, a Mexican general and 

 revolutionist, at one time President of Mexico, 

 born in the city of Mexico in 1830 ; executed 

 as a traitor at Queretaro, Mexico, June 19, 1867. 

 He was the son of General Miraraon, and was 

 educated at the Military Academy of Chapul- 

 tepec, which he entered at the age of sixteen. 

 He joined the army while yet very young, and 

 served first under Alvarez, rising to the rank of 

 first-lieutenant. Ills conduct displeased his 

 superior officer, and he left the army for a time, 

 but subsequently joined it again, was promoted, 

 and in 1856 made a pronunciaraiento against 

 General Comonfort, then the Liberal President. 

 In this attempt at revolt he was unsuccessful, 

 and fell into Comonfort's hands as prisoner, who 

 soon pardoned him, and received him into the 

 palace. Comonfort not long after betrayed his 

 party to the Conservative or Church party, and 

 was obliged to fly from the country, and Benito 

 Juarez, Judge of the Supreme Court, became 

 President under the Constitution. The Church 

 party, however, had possession of the capital, 

 and made Zuloaga President and MSramon com- 

 mander of the army. The latter attacked the 

 Liberals at Abualulco and Queretaro, and 

 routed them, when he was appointed governor, 

 of Guadalajara. But his ambition was too 

 great to be contented with this, and he camo 

 to Mexico, and gathering around him somo 

 malcontents, assumed the title of* "Acting 



