Facts and Figures About Michigan and Year Book for 1886; a Hand
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Class Book COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT PRICE, 15 CENTS. FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT Michigan AND YEAR BOOK FOR 1886 INDEX ON, PAGE 86. Copyright, 1886, by Frank J. Bramhall. ThE»DeTI(0IT'^AP1ITAI(IUB| IS DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF Provldihg Patients and Invalids with all the comforts and advantages c* a first-class Health Resort. It is a large and commodious building surrounded by EXTENSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS ® ^ PATIENTS REQUIRING Special Medi8al©pSMFgiGaI5FFeatimenfc OK DESIRING Suitable accommodation while consulting some of the many eminent Prac- titioners of this city, will find in the Sanitarium all the comforts and conveniences of a home. THE * SANITARIUM Has recently been remodeled and enlarged to double its former capacity It is elegantly furnished throughout and provided with the most compljBte Arrangements for Turkish •:• Russian •>Yap()r •> and •> E]ectric-> Baths AND FOR ALL VARIETIES OF KLECTRICAL TRKA^rivIENT. A RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND TRAINED NURSES ARE ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE. No effort is being spared to make the Sanitarium the leading Medical Institution of its kind in the West, and its widespread and increasing popu- larity, both with the public and Medical Profession, is in itself an adequate testimony to its efficiency and usefulness. For terms and other particulars address THE DETROIT SANITARIUM, 260 Fort Street W., Detroit, Mich. FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT MiCfflGAN YEAR BOOK FOR 1886 jit.PL JRlbU 5llnjn^^ A HAND-BOOK OF THE STATE S' FRANK Xj BRAMHALL General Passenger DEPABTidENT Michigan Central. CHICAGO, leae. (copyrighted.) F. I. WHITNEY. O. W. RUGGLES, Ass't Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent. Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent. POOLE BROS. PRINTERS, CHICAaO. : V- sue THE SEASONS, 1886, Spring begins March. 20. .11.18 P.M. Autumn begins Sept. 22... .9.56 p.m. Summer " June 21 7.33 a.m. Winter " Dec. 21 4.12 p.m. CYCLES OF TIME. Dominical Letter C Radam (month of abstinence ob- Epact 25 served by the Turks) begins June 3 Golden Number 5 Mohammedan Year 1304, Solar Cycle 19 begins Sept. 30 Roman Indiction 14 Year 6647 of Jewish Era Julian Period 6599 begins Sept. 30 Dionysian Period 214 METEOROLOGICAL. The United States Signal Service has first-class stations established at Alpena, Detroit, Escanaba, Grand Haven, Mackinaw City, Marquette and Port Huron, and special display stations for the exhibition of cautionary and weather signals at Bay City, Charlevoix, East Tawas, Elk Rapids, Frank- fort, Ludington, Fort Mackinac, Manistee, Menominee, Montague, Muske- gon, Northport, Pentwater, Petoskey, St. Ignace, St. Joseph, Sand Beach, South Haven and Traverse City. The station at Detroit also prints Farm- ers' Bulletins. The cost of these stations, exclusive of the pay of the observ- ers, was, during the fiscal year, 1883-4 but $2,919. The cautionary signal is a black square in the center of a white flag and indicates the approach of a cold wave or northwest storm. The general weather signals are also white flags with various figures, as follows: red cir- cle or sphere, indicating higher temperature; red star, stationary tempera- ture; red moon, lower temperature; blue circle or sphere, general rain or snow; blue star, local rain or snow; blue moon, clear or fair weather. The red colors indicate temperature and the blue colors weather and the signals are combined accordingly. In Canada and some of the States these signals are used on railroad trains displayed on the sides of the baggage cars but have not yet been adopted by the Michigan roads. The calculations in the almanac are made according to Central Standard Time, or that of the ninetieth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, which is also the legal time of Michigan. The local or solar time of any particular place differs from Central Standard Time according to its longi- tude, being four minutes earlier or later for each degree of longitude east or west of the ninetieth meridian. A slight difference also results from difference of latitude varying with the seasons. The following tables show the latitude, longitude and most interesting meteorological data pf the seven United States stations and of the State stations at Lansing and Reed City reported by the Board of Health Variance Annual Mean Average from Range Annual Hourly Longitude. Standard Temp. Precipi- Velocity Time. 1883-84. tation. of Wind. Inches. Miles. Alpena N, 45 05 W. 83 30 26 00 107.0 38.21 8.8 Detroit N. 42 20 W.83 03 27 48 97.0 36.19 7.8 Escanaba N. 45 48 W. 87 05 1100 110.3 35.30 9.4 Grand Haven N. 43 05 W. 86 18 14 48 92.1 39.17 10.8 Mackinaw City N. 45 47 W.84 39 2124 103.4 t30.08 10.3 Marquette N. 46 34 W. 87 24 10 24 114.0 32.68 8.4 104.8 35.26 9.6 Port Huron i N. 43 00 W. 82 26 30 16 45 84 33 21 48 Lansing 1 N. 42 W. 85 80 18 00 Reed City I N. 43 50 W. t 10 Months. AVERAGE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES. MONTHS. JANUA^RY. moon's phases. d. h. m. New Moon 5 1 44 mo. FirstQuarter 13 6 24 mo. FuUMoou 20 1 45 mo. Third Quarter 26 7 31 ev. Vi m g-E H.M. 3 55 Washington first used American flag 1776. 4 52 East River Bridge begun 1870. 5 46 Gen. Wm. Hull court-martialed at Albany 1814. 6 36 Albion College burned 1854. sets Gen. Grierson's Mississippi raid ended 1865. 6 18 Charles Sumner born 1811. 7 13 Bank of North America opened 1782. 8 111 Jackson defeated Packenham at New Orleans 1815. 9 6 Mississippi seceded 1861. 10 4 Gen. Gordon Granger died 1876. 11 3 Michigan Territory organized by Congress 1805. mo. National Fast in United States 1815. 3 Schuyler Colfax died 1885. 1 6 Canadians evacuated Navy Island 1838. 2 10 Gen. Terry carried Fort Fisher by storm 1865. 3 15 New York State Lunatic Asylum opened 1843. 4 21 Benjamin Franklin born in Boston 1706. 5 25 Battle of Frenchtown 1813. Thomas defeated Zollikoffer at Mill Springs, Ky. .1862. rise Robert Morris born 1733. 7 3 Fitz John Porter cashiered 1863. 8 17 Battle and massacre at the river Raisin 1813. 9 29 Thanksgiving in New Orleans 1815. 4 10 37 Severe earthquake in New York 1841. 11 44 St. Louis Castle, Quebec, burned 1834. mo. Michigan admitted to the Union as a State 1837. 48 Com. Charles Morris died 1856. 149 William H. Prescott died 1859. 2 47 Timothy Pickering died 1829. 3 42 Attempted assassination of President Jackson 1834. 4 33 Rev. A. D. Mayo born 1823. FEBRUARY. MOON'S PHASES. D. H. M. New Moon 3 9 15 ev. First Quarter 11 8 46 ev. Full Moon 18 15 ev. fl» Third Quarter 25 11 11 mo. H.M. H.M 5 14 5 19 13th Amendment to the Constitntion 1865. 5 15 6 2 Michigan joint resolution of loyalty and aid 1861. 5 17 seti Franklin before the House of Commons 1766. 5 18 6 State $150 bounty act passed Mich. Legislature 1865. 5 19 7 Battle at Hatcher's Run 1865. 5 20 7 58 American Treaty with France 1778. 5 21 8 57 Daniel Boone captured by the French 1778. Mo 5 23 9 55 Gen. William T. Sherman born 1820. Tu 5 25^10 56 Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock died 1886. We 5 26 11 57 Treaty of Paris signed 1763. Th 5 27, mo. DeWitt Clinton died 1828. Fr 5 29 1 ( Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin County, Ky 1809. Sa 5 30l 2 < Com. Isaac Hull died 1843. S 6 58 5 31 3 ( Sherman occupied Meridian, Miss 1864. Mo 6 56 5 32i 4 ( 12th Michigan Infantry mustered out at Camden. .1866. Tu 6 55 5 34 5 i Fort Donelson surrendered to Gen. Grant 1862. We 6 53 5 35 5 52 Charleston evacuated and Columbia occupied 1865. 5 36 rise Charleston occupied by the U. S. troops 1865. 5 37 7 3 Fort Anderson, N. C, captured 1865. 5 39 8 1 Battle of Olustee, Fla 1864. 5 40| 9 25 British captured Ogdensburg, N. Y 1813. 5 41,10 83 Washington bokn, 1732. J. ilussell Lowell born. .1819. 5 42 11 37 Taylor defeated Santa Anna at Buena Vista 1847. 5 44imo. Clarke recaptured Vincennes 1779. 5 45 3J President Johnson impeached 1868. 5 46 13; Robert R. Livingston died 1813. 5 47 2 28 Henry W. Longfellow born 1807. 5 49 3 16 Earthquake at Lexington, Ky 1855. NIARCH. ^ NIAY. f JULY. moon's phases. d. h. m. New Moon 1 4 7 First Quarter 8 7 18 mo, Full Moon 15 9 9 ev fl® fl» §a3 Third Quarter 24 1 21 mo, New Moon 31 11 26 ev. H.M. H.M. H.M. Th 4 27 7 41 sets. The British surrendered the Michigan forts 1796 Fr 4 27 7 40 8 13 President Garfield assassinated 1881 Sa 4 28 7 40 9 2 Lee defeated at Gettysburg 1863 S 4 28 7 40 9 45 Declaration of Independence 1776 Mo 4 29 7 40 10 24 Admiral David G. Farragut born in Tennessee... .1801 Tu 4 30 7 39 10 59 Com. Joshua Barney born 1759 We 4 30 7 1133 1st Mich. Sharpshooters must, in at Kalamazoo. .1863 Th 4 31 7 39 mo. Port Hudson surrendered to Gen. Banks 1863 - Fr 4 32 7 38 6 1st Michigan Infantry mustered out 1865. 10 Sa 4 32 7 38 41 Abolition riots in New York 1854 11 S 4 33 7 37 117 John Quincy Adams born 1767 12 Mo 4 34 7 37 1 66 Gen.