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MICHIGAN". 



which can be raised ; while the article of to- 

 bacco, if not equal to that raised in Cuba, 

 closely approximates it. That the needs of 

 Mexico heretofore mostly supplied from Eu- 

 rope will, at no distant day, be obtained in the 

 United States, for which will be returned the 

 articles mentioned, Mr. Nelson regards as cer- 

 tain. In commenting upon the development 

 of Mexico, Mr. Nelson places railroads as the 

 first among her great needs. This is especially 

 the case, from the entire absence of navigable 

 rivers throughout her borders. The incipient 

 step in the supplying of this need is the comple- 

 tion of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico, 

 which will be folio wed by the speedy construc- 

 tion of others of great importance, some of 

 which are already begun. 



Mr. Nelson regards the relations between 

 the two republics as very satisfactory. The 

 Lerdo Administration is desirous to remove all 

 cause of complaint on the Kio Grande, and 

 has dispatched thither SenorDon Emilio Jalas- 

 co, an able lawyer and statesman, long a resi- 

 dent upon both sides of that river, and thor- 

 oughly acquainted with the people, to investi- 

 gate and report upon the alleged depredations, 

 with a view to putting a stop to them. 



Evidences of the vast mineral wealth of Mex- 

 ico are becoming manifest from day to day. 



MICHIGAN. The result of the November 

 election in this State was as follows : For 

 Grant, 138,808 ; Greeley, 78,651 ; O'Conor, 

 2,878; Black, 1,278. Grant over Greeley, 

 00,157. This includes two counties the vote 

 in which was not received in time for the 

 official canvass. On Governor, the vote was : 

 For John J. Bagley, Kepublican, 139,259 ; 

 Austin Blair, Liberal, 82,149 ; William M. 

 Ferry, Democrat, 2,732; Henry Fish, Tem- 

 perance, 1,232. Bagley over Blair, 57,110. 

 The following persons, all Kepublicans, were 

 chosen to the several State offices named, by 

 majorities varying but slightly from that of 

 the Governor: Henry H. Holt, Lieutenant- 

 Governor, over John C. Blanchard, Democrat 

 and Liberal ; Daniel Striker, Secretary of 

 State, over George H. House ; Victory P. 

 Collier, Treasurer, over James A. Hollow ; 

 William Humphrey, Auditor-General, over 

 Neal O'Hearn ; Byron D. Ball, Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, over D. Darwin Hughes; Leverett A. 

 Clapp, Commissioner of the State Land-Office, 

 over G. H. Murdoch ; Daniel B. Briggs, Super- 

 intendent of Public Instruction, over Willard 

 Stearns; Edward Dorsch, member of State 

 Board of Education, over E. Feldner. The 

 proceedings of the nominating conventions 

 have failed to reach us. 



At the same time three constitutional 

 amendments were voted upon. The first was 

 to authorize municipalities, that had issued 

 bonds in aid of railroads, to provide for their 

 payment. This was voted down : yeas, 44,- 

 684; nays, 70,893. 



The second proposed to increase the sala- 

 ries of circuit judges from $1,500 to $2,000. 



This was voted down : yeas, 57,326 ; nays 

 58,987. 



The third was to limit the number of judi- 

 cial circuits to ten. This also was not adopt- 

 ed: yeas, 47,972; nays, 65,848. 



The salt manufactured and inspected in 

 the State for the year was 724,481 barrels, 

 being a slight decrease as compared with the 

 preceding year. All of this was manufactured 

 in the Saginaw Valley, except 30,615 barrels, 

 made in Huron County, and 792 barrels made 

 in Macomb County. The manufacture was 

 also begun at East Tawas, and will be contin- 

 ued the succeeding year. Dr. S. S. Garriques, 

 the State Inspector, says, in his annual report : 

 "From all points reached by Michigan salt, 

 we are having the most favorable reports of 

 its quality, and it is rapidly taking the prece- 

 dence in all the markets of the West." Rock- 

 salt is reached at White Rock, in Huron Coun- 

 ty, at a depth of 1,700 feet, and at Alpena at 

 a depth of 1,130 feet, and the brine from this 

 is purer and stronger than that now used in 

 manufacture on the Saginaw. 



Messrs. Lewis & Headley, in their annual 

 statement of the business of Saginaw Valley, 

 make the following estimate of pine-lumber 

 cut in the State for the year that part re- 

 lating to Western Michigan being taken from 

 the Muskegon News, and Reporter : 



Feet. Feet. 



Sajrinaw Valley and Huron Shore 874,169,480 



Genesee County 114,000,000 



Lapeer County 34,500,000 



Huron County 49,000,000 



St. Clair County 52,000,000 



Sanilac County 19,000,000 



Detroit 37,500,000 



Miscellaneous in Eastern Michi- 

 gan 35,000,000 



Total in Eastern Michigan 1,215,169,480 



Muskegon County 407,383,747 



Manistee County 161,900,000 



Mason County 74,000,000 



Ottawa County 95,000,000 



Oceana County 40,000,000 



Grand Traverse, St. Joseph, etc. 95,000,000 



Menomonee County 186,115,360 



Miscellaneous in Western Michi- 

 gan 40,000.000 



Total in Western Michigan 1,049,399,107 



Total in the State 2,264,568,587 



This is exclusive of shingles, lath, square 

 timber, etc. The most diverse estimates are 

 made of the probable continuance of the sup- 

 ply of pine-timber ; some intelligent parties 

 considering it incapable of exhaustion for a 

 long period, while others believe it will soon 

 disappear. One important change in the mode 

 of bringing the logs to market is introduced by 

 the extension of railroads. Formerly the logs 

 were hauled to streams, and then floated down 

 to the mills with the spring floods ; and in a 

 dry season they might lie over for want of 

 water to float them. Now, where railroads 

 are convenient, they are transported to the 

 mills on cars. 



The production of copper for the year was: 

 in Houghton County, 12,543 tons; Keweenaw 



