1885 in Michigan

none 1885 1885 Events from the year 1885 in Michigan. 3 Office holders right|thumb|140px|Gov. Alger State office holders Governor of Michigan: Josiah Begole (Republican)/Russell A. Alger (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Moreau S. Crosby (Republican)/Archibald Buttars (Republican) Michigan Attorney General: Jacob J. Van Riper/Moses Taggart Michigan Secretary of State: Harry A. Conant (Republican) State Land Commissioner: Minor Newell (Republican) Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Newcomb Clark (Republican) Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: James V. Campbell/Allen B. Morse Mayors of major cities right|thumb|140px|Sen. Conger Mayor of Detroit: Stephen Benedict Grummond Mayor of Grand Rapids: John L. Curtis Mayor of Flint: William W. Joyner Mayor of Saginaw: John S. Estabrook Mayor of Lansing, Michigan: William Donovan Mayor of Ann Arbor: Willard B. Smith Federal office holders right|thumb|140px|Sen. Palmer U.S. Senator from Michigan: Omar D. Conger (Republican) U.S. Senator from Michigan: Thomas W. Palmer (Republican) House District 1: William C. Maybury (Democrat) House District 2: Nathaniel B. Eldredge (Democrat) House District 3: Edward S. Lacey (Republican)/James O'Donnell (Republican) House District 4: George L. Yaple (Democrat)/Julius C. Burrows (Republican) House District 5: Julius Houseman (Democrat)/Charles C. Comstock (Democrat) House District 6: Edwin B. Winans (Democrat) House District 7: Ezra C. Carleton (Democrat) House District 8: Roswell G. Horr (Republican)/Timothy E. Tarsney (Democrat) House District 9: Byron M. Cutcheon (Republican) House District 10: Herschel H. Hatch (Republican)/Spencer O. Fisher (Democrat) House District 11: Edward Breitung (Republican)/Seth C. Moffatt (Republican) Population Sports right|thumb|140px|Sam Thompson Baseball 1885 Detroit Wolverines season – Under managers Charlie Morton and Bill Watkins, the Detroit baseball team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 41–67 record. The team's statistical leaders included Sam Thompson with a .303 batting average and seven home runs, Charlie Bennett with 60 RBIs, Stump Weidman with 14 pitching wins, and Lady Baldwin with a 1.86 earned run average.1885 Detroit Wolverines Sports Reference LLC Baseball-Reference.com November 1, 2017 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DTN/1885.shtml 1885 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - The Wolverines compiled a 2–1 record.2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book University of Michigan 2012 August 9, 2017 22, 61 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120456/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf dead John Hibbard was the team captain.2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13. American football 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team – The Wolverines compiled a 3–0 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 82 to 2. The team captain was Horace Greely Prettyman.1885 Football Team University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library November 1, 2017 https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1885fbt.htm Chronology of events January February April April 14 - A bill passed the Michigan Senate providing for the creation of the Michigan Mining School, later renamed Michigan Technological University. The bill became law effective May 1 May June thumb|right|140px|St. Mary Catholic Church July July - A strike by mill workers in the Saginaw Valley shut down 98 mills, idling 8,000 men. The strike focused on demands for a 10-hour work day.http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/lumber-strike-1885.html Saginaw Valley Lumber Strike of 1885 / BAY-journal 2017-11-01 2015-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510081526/http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/writings/lumber-strike-1885.html usurped http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=L1413.htm Michigan Historical Marker: "Ten Hours or No Sawdust" 2017-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100906183151/http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=L1413.htm 2010-09-06 usurped August August 16 - St. Mary Catholic Church in Detroit's Greektown was dedicated.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14824926/for_the_glory_of_god/ For the Glory of God Detroit Free Press 16 August 1885 5 November December December 1–2 - Police were called to restore order as parishioners at St. Albert's Polish Cathoich Church in Detroit protested the removal of their pastor, Father Kolaskinski, by Bishop Borgess. One man was shot to death on December 24 in continued unrest.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5431184/polish_riots_and_lemke_family/ Polish Riots and Lemke Family Detroit Free Press 26 December 1885 1https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5982125/st_albertus_fr_kolasinski_and_the/ St. Albertus, Fr. Kolasinski and the Lemke family Detroit Free Press 28 December 1885 3https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5431423/polish_riots_and_the_lemke_family/ Polish Riots and the Lemke Family Detroit Free Press 28 December 1885 4https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5982287/st_albertus_fr_kolasinski_and_the/ St. Albertus, Fr. Kolasinski and the Lemke family Detroit Free Press 31 December 1885 5 December 3 - The Barnum Wire and Iron Works in Detroit was completely destroyed by fire, a blaze the Detroit Free Press called "the most dangerous conflagration that has occurred in Detroit for many years".Ends In Smoke Detroit Free Press December 4, 1885 1https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5982190/st_albertus_fr_kolasinski_and_the/ St. Albertus, Fr. Kolasinski and the Lemke family Detroit Free Press 29 December 1885 5 December 16 - The murder of Frank Knoch and his family was discovered in the Springwells section of Detroit. The gruesome murders shocked the city and remained a focus of the news for days thereafter.Murder and Arson Detroit Free Press 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828157/murder_and_arson/Bullets In Their Brains Detroit Free Press December 18, 1885 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828226/bullets_in_their_brains/Justice Moves Slowly Detroit Free Press December 19, 1885 1, 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828272/justice_moves_slowly/Nothing Against Him Detroit Free Press December 21, 1885 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828380/nothing_against_him/The Springwells Horror Detroit Free Press December 21, 1885 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828409/the_springwells_horror/Cut Into Bits Detroit Free Press December 22, 1885 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14828492/cut_into_bits/ Births right|thumb|140px|Edna Ferber March 6 - Ring Lardner, sports columnist and short story writer, in Niles, Michigan August 15 - Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright (So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant), in Kalamazoo, Michigan Deaths June 15 - Petosegay, merchant and fur trader and namesake of Petoskey, Michigan and the Petoskey stone, in Petoskey See also History of Michigan History of Detroit References 30em