Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-31
THE VIDE, VIDE World.

Charleston, S. c., had S250,OO0 fire on
the 24th.
No danger isapprehendedin Tennessee
from floods.
Since July lst 1000 Carlists have been
Aihanaz Joscie Coquerel, the eminent |
French Protestant minister, is dead.
The Carlist losses within the past three |
weeks are estimated at 1000 men.
The crops along the Union Pacific Rail-
road are said to be i'll excellent condition.
Twenty-thrce more crooked whisky in-
dictments hive been found iu st. Louis.
The damage by inundations in the
south of France will reach over $l5,00U.-
0O0.
Rendelrs planning mills and other build
ings in Newark, n. j., were burned on the
24th. Loss, $50, 900.
Fifty-two indictments have been found
against citizens of Milwaukee for being
concerned in the whisky funds.
Rooney, Dolan &c Co., dry goods mer-
chants, of Montreal, have suspended; liza
bilities, Sl00,000.
Isaac NJ. Singer. the inventor of the
Singer sewing-machine, died in London,
Eng, on Saturday, aged So.
The bankers at Saratoga have adopted
a series of resolutions favoring the re-
sumption Of specie payments.
1t is said that strong, well-armed and
equipped body of Uncapapa Sioux are Oh
the war-path in the Black Hills.
Sweeney, M'Clauey & Co., of Wheeling.
". Va, have failed; liabilities S156,000;
estimated assets, $4,000.
Ingleside, Mass achusetts summer re-
sort, was burned Sunday evening. In
surance, $4,000; loss not known.
The rapid decline in cotton with several
| cotton failures, has created a gloomy
feeling in Liverpool.
French revenue receipts for the past
year have increased 79,000,000 francs
over those Of the previous year.
Schultz g Mohr, general merchants,
| No. East India avenue, London, have
failed. Liabilities, Sl,500,000.
The City bank of Montreal and the
Royal Conadian bank. of Toronto, are to
be united, with a capital of 81, 100000.
Hiram V. Wentworth's shoe manufac
tory at South Milton, Mass, was burned
on the oath. Loss, $4,000; partially i'll
sured.
The wife of Col. Merrill, e. S. A., wa
enticed on bOarc the tug Mike Norton
!, Wednesday. at Washington, and groSsl,
/. outraged.
The decrease of emigration from tn
ipOIt of Liverpool in the last six months
as compared with the same season las
, year, is 1885.
! The Spanish Government has deter
mined to contract loan of S7,000.000 t
indemnity the owners Of emancipate
slaves in Porto Rico.
By the capsizing of row boat in The
harbOr of Toledo, on Tuesday, youn.
2 man named George Bennett and his siste
Rosa were drowned
q Incendiary fires are almost nightly oc
currence in London, Ont, and insurance
companies are preparing for genera
: withdrawal.
i The names Of thirty-nine mail contrac
tors have been sent to the department O
justice for prosecution, for falling to per
iorm their service after their bids were &C
cepted
. The contest for Chief of the Cheroke
nation is getting more excited every day
? The competitors are William 2. Ross all
Onceletella. The election takes place i
August.
1t is said that Mayor johnson, of Cincin
| matt, is to be impeached for various acts G
! omission and commission, the chief q
; which is his efforts to control the labor
Of the police at the last election, when h
was candidate for reelection.
The English stockholders have got i
!. bank $2,5O0,000 Of Erie funds. obtaine
from the sale of second consolidated mort
gige bonds, which they are holding t
meet claims unrecognized by the Fri
company, and Dorman B. Eaton has gon
: over to try to recoyerit.
f July returns in the Department of A. gri
: culture show that the acreage in corn
about per cent. greater than last yeal
New England has reduced her acreag
I about . per cent, and the Pacific state
f about / per cent. All the great cor
growing regions have increased thei
acreage.
The principals in the Collie failure, c
London, have been lodged in Jail pendin
acharge Of obtaining $l.OO0,O00 on falls
I preterses. The bail is fixed at $4,000
!. each. The firm have about $S,000,0O
fraudulent bills afioat, cf which the Lon
: don & Westminster bank holds S2,5OO
0O0.
: Jerome Markell has been arrested q
o Canton, o., charged with having commit
!. ted the most extensive robbery that ha
ever occurred in that locality. The proI
erty stolen consists OF nearly $4,000 i
: mortgage notes, $500 worth of silverwart
J; gold and silver watches, and other article
of total value of about $4,000, whic
= We're owned by Mrs. Catharine Meyer.
II He was an awfully mean man. II
!. carried $50 counterfeit bill to make
:. show Of it sometimes when fingerin
for little change. His poor, hard
working wife had been begging him fo
a nice gold chain she had seen in sho
window down town. One day he felt i
merry mood, gave her g counterfeit bi
and told her to buy the chain. Then b
D left home laughing, and he came hom
full Of jokes. 1t appeared to be the haf
d piest day OF his life. He made fool {
: the old woman. But the old woman woE
r that gold chain at the dinner table, an
b called the brute her s'dear old darling.
S This put another face on the whole affai
: Ithad ceased to be a joke to him. Tt
n jeweler called before dinner, and handin
S him the base note. told him to ssshell oui
e $50 if he wished to escape annoyance. q
S shelled out, and has never been able to sc
e the point of his own joke. But the poo