The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-19

2i2 2e q. In 1861 it was Soscol aud in 1870.
IL appears, from further classification By
sex and age, that there are go ST. more men
than women i'm the State Michigan thus verv
nearly offsets Massachusetts, which shows an
excess OF women to just about corresponding
amount. The total number of males in the
State Is G97. 1s4 of females 6s6 SAT. II ia
I Is.hef drneartening to discover that
this disparity of numbers has steadily
increased during the last decade. ami
That the percentage of males to the total
popu.suoh ~ now Inily per cent. larger than
IL was IN 1868. The total number OF males
aged ~ and over IL 1862 O26 being something
more Than half the total number OF males. or
these sT0s7 have never been married 259. 1879
are now married and 1896 are either widow
CIR VI uisoroeu. Inc census statistics ANAL
gamate these two widely different classes. and
we are unable to give any statistics which besr
upon the divorce question. OF the women over
IL there are IS, 064 who were never marrieJ
256, 800 are now married. and 80, GA are widows
or divorced. There are S03 married males nm
der II, and 1873 who are widowers or divorced.
whereas, OF the girls under Is no less than
g l21 are married and 544 widows or divorced
The percentage OF married TO the total popu-
lation b 1886. The percentage OF males over
81 who are married is 71.62, and of females
over Is is 1885.
An interesting class of statistics is that which
gives the population Of the State by ages. It
appears that the number Of males under 3
years is ~, 372; females. 80, 473 males 5 and
under 10, 86, SIS ; females, SO, 9S1 males 10
and under al, loo, 268; females 10 and under
IS 116, 235 males 81 and under As, 249 800 !;
females Is and under 49, 231, 1875 males 45 and
under 70, 107, 107; females 40 and under IS,
| HOT; males between Is and 80, 4,968 be-
| tween 30 and 100, 147 and 100 and over 49,;
| females rs and over, 4772. The proportion Of
males between rs and 30 has steadily increased
since 1854 and the proportion between 80 and
! 100 remains about the same, also those over
| 100 years of age. There has been steady de-
crease OF the proportion of females under 5
! years OF age since 1854 Also with a slight ey-
ception Of those aged and under 10. The
proportion Of females under 10 years of age
has steadily decreased since 1880, as shown by
the United States census.
| The total number OF colored persons in the
State is II, 032, decrease of over 700 since the
census of 1870.
The total number OF blind persons is 54s ;
deaf and dumb, 615; idiotic, GAS insane,
1,05S.
The census also gives an interesting list Of
the males in the State over 100 years of age
the law does not require any returns of female
centenarians They are eighteen in number,
wo of whom, Walter Holmes and John Smdt,
reside in this city. The oldest man named in
the list, BAIL HARRISON of Prairie Ronde,
Kalamazoo, whose age is stated at 10, is since
dead. The next oldest whose age is given il
Richard Sopenas, an Indian. of Menominee
county, whose alleged age Of 107 years cannot
be verified.
ii. Occupdtions-Of the 35S, $50 persons clas-
siied, 1864 are devoted to agriculture 49,
$50 to professional or personal service, 90 973
to trade and transportation, O,5Sl to manufac-
turing, 5.7S2 to mining, and 2, 444 miscella-
neous. The most numerous avocations noted
are farmers, lac, 800; laborers, 6,024; carpen-
ters II, G25; miners, $685.; black5miths, 5,016;
and lumbermen, 4,027.
III. Ldnd-The taxable land has increased
IA 443,5 04 acres, or 11914 per cent, since 1861
The increase from 1854 to 1864 was 4, 165. 10G
acres, or 5219 per cent. There are 45L SS2
acres, or nearly per cent. more improved
land reported than in 1870, and /, 1863, 1874 acres
or 56% per cent. more than in 1864. The to-
tails now are 26, $50 16S acres of taxable land
5,540, $40 acres improved 1909, 600 exempt
valued with improvements) at $50, sos, 727
and there are 113, 4l3 farms, containing 10, 2l3,
692 acres. averaging 80 acres each.
". Agricultural Products-The following i.
a summary of the principal agricultural pro
ducts of the State for the year ending Dec. 81
1873