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CASS 59 401,154 bushels of wheat, 312,434 of Indian corn, 90,835 of oats, 55,077 of potatoes, 11,934 of flax seed, 10,516 tons of hay, 310,588 Ibs. of butter, and 56,444 of wool. There were 4,989 horses, 4,361 milch cows, 6,181 other cattle, 18,186 sheep, and 14,706 swine. There were 7 flour mills, 31 saw mills, 1 manufac- tory of cars, 4 of machinery, 9 of carriages and wagons, 5 of furniture, 2 of iron castings, 1 of linseed oil, and 5 of saddlery and harness. Capital, Logansport. III. A "W. central coun- ty of Illinois, bounded N. W. by Illinois river, and N. by the Sangamon, both of which are here navigable by steamboats ; area, 350 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 11,580. The surface is level, and consists of prairies and woodlands ; the soil is extremely fertile. It is traversed by the Peoria, Pekin, and Jacksonville, the Springfield and Illinois Southeastern, and the Rockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis rail- roads ; the Jacksonville division of the Chica- go and Alton railroad intersects the S. E. comer. The chief productions in 1870 were 139,219 bushels of wheat, 1,146,980 of Indian corn, 168,784 of oats, and 4,136 tons of hay. There were 3,513 horses, 2,281 milch cows, 6,198 other cattle, 4,235 sheep, and 12,685 swine. There were 3 flour and 2 saw mills, 1 paper mill, and 2 manufactories of carriages and wagons. Capital, Beardstown. IV. A N. central county of Minnesota, nearly encircled except on the west by the Mississippi, which rises in Itasca lake on its N. W. border ; area, 4,750 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 380. It is watered by numerous streams and lakes, the largest of which is Leech lake, in the N. part. Pine and other timber is abundant. The Northern Pacific railroad passes through the 8. part. The estimated value of farm pro- ductions in 1870 was $1,770; of live stock, $1,360. V. A S. W. county of Iowa; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 5,464. It is trav- ersed by the Nishnabatona river, an affluent of the Missouri, and watered by affluents of the Nodaway river. The Chicago, Rock Isl- and, and Pacific railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 54,529 bushels of wheat, 235,500 of Indian corn, 23,144 of oats, 13,857 of potatoes, 7,061 tons of hay, and 56,185 Ibs. of butter. There were 954 horses, 868 milch cows, 2,398 other cattle, 1,386 sheep, and 1,820 swine. Capital, Lewis. VI. A ~W. county of Missouri, bordering on Kansas, intersected by a branch of the Osage river ; area, about 1,000 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 19,206, of whom 502 were colored. There are numerous springs of good water, and several quarries of limestone and sandstone. The sur- face is moderately uneven and occupied chiefly by fertile prairies. The Pacific railroad of Missouri crosses the S. E. corner. The chief productions in 1870 were 205,789 bushels of wheat, 1,711,952 of Indian corn, 262,472 of oats, 82,859 of potatoes, 12,100 tons of hay, 252,508 Ibs. of butter, 22,680 of wool, and 19,- 281 of tobacco. There were 8,053 horses, 1,441 mules and asses, 5,366 milch cows, 13,514 other cattle, 9,187 sheep, and 33,140 swine. There were 6 flour and 7 saw mills, and 6 manufactories of saddlery and har-' ness. Capital, Harrisonville. VII. A S. E. county of Nebraska, bounded N. by the Platte river, and separated from Iowa on the east by the Missouri ; area, 570 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,151. It is well watered and fertile, the surface being undulating prairie. The Burlington and Missouri River railroad trav- erses it. The chief productions in 1870 were 224,670 bushels of wheat, 674,558 of Indian corn, 137,986 of oats, 78, 107 of potatoes, 11,971 tons of hay, and 171,262 Ibs. of butter. There were 3,310 horses, 2,748 milch cows, 4,370 other cattle, 2,098 sheep, and 7,419 swine. There were 8 flour and 2 saw mills, and 3 manufactories of saddlery and harness. Cap- ital, Plattsmouth. CASS, Lewis, an American statesman, born at Exeter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1782, died in Detroit, Mich., June 17, 1866. He was the eldest son of Jonathan Cass, who served in the revolu- tion and rose to the rank of major in the army. In 1799 he was stationed at Wilmington, Del., where his son found employment as a teacher. In the following year the family went to Ma- rietta, Ohio, where Lewis studied law, and in 1802 he was admitted to the bar and began to practise in Zanesville. In 1806 he married Elizabeth Spencer, of Wood co., Va., and shortly afterward was elected a member of the legislature. In this capacity he drew up the address to Jefferson embodying the views of the legislature on Aaron Burr's expedition, and drafted the law under which Burr's boats and provisions, built and collected in Ohio, were seized. From 1807 to 1813 he was state marshal. In the^war of 1812 he was colonel of the third Ohio volunteers under Gen. Hull, and after Hull's surrender was appointed colo- nel of the 27th infantry, and was shortly after- ward promoted to the rank of brigadier gen- eral. At the close of the campaign he was in command of Michigan, and in October, 1813, was appointed governor of the territory. He acted as governor, and ex officio as superin- tendent of Indian affairs, for 18 years, during which time he negotiated 22 treaties, secured by cession of different tribes immense tracts of land in the northwest, instituted surveys, con- structed roads, built forts, and organized coun- ties and townships. In 1815 he purchased for $12,000 a homestead tract of 500 acres in De- troit, which the subsequent growth of the city made immensely valuable. In 1820, in com- pany with Schoolcraft and others, he explored the upper lakes and the head waters of the Mississippi, traversing 5,000 miles. The results of this and of subsequent expeditions were published in the " North American Review " in 1828-'9. In 1831 President Jackson nomi- nated him secretary of war, and he was at the head of the war department during the first two years of the Florida war, 1835-'6. In