Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-18
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PAPERS, MEN AND THINGS,

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Victor Hugo's pen has netted him
100000. -,
Adirondack Murray thinks horses have
souls.
Anne E. Dickinson has travelled 49,
600 miles this season.
| Nichol, teller of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, absconded on Saturday, tax
ing over $4,000. a
The Hon. Henry J. Blow, of st. Louis,
died suddenly of congestion at the United
States Hotel, Saratoga, on Saturday.
The Rev Adirondack Murray is said,
by a profane Western newspaper, to
preach next to no doctrine except horse
doct'rin.' sesl
Alexander II. Stephens says that Gov.
Allen, of Ohio, is Zone of the ablest and
most remarkable men the country has
ever produced"
Several New Y. TX magnates, worth
in the aggregate SIS, 600, 900, rode to the
races in one omnibus, but the boys on sal
aries hired carriages.
Hon. G. M. Adams, of Kentucky will
have the support of the Kentucky dele
CATION for the Clerkship of the next
House of Representatives. -.
The Alcorn University, designed for
the elevation of the colored man and
woman, has cost the state Of Mississippi
| an f1a1 1oc
In the seven years that DR.. McCosh has
already been at the head of Princeton
College the University has received ST.
250000 in the shape of donations.
Gen. Joseph E. johnson, it is now sta
ted on good authority, has accepted the
thrice refused command of the Khedive's
army. The salary is stated at $4,000 a
year. 33 5ea ei ai"
Mr.. David f. Porter, son of the late
Admiral Porter, sailed from Boston OH
Saturday, OH his way to Egypt, where he
will accept position on the staff of the
Khedive. ai PCS q h+
Seventy-nine of the members Of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Convention, or
ljust one-third of those voting, voted
against laying Mr.. Sowden's hard money
resolution on the table.
i Messrs. Moody and Sankey have been
invited by the Young Mems Christian
Association and the ministers of Balti-
more to visit that city and hold series
of religious meetings.
| Commodore Perry's flagship, the Law
renee, sunk in Erie harbor sixty-two
years ago, was on the 18th raised and the
: bottom found to be in good state OF
preservation. She is to be exhibited at
the Centennial. s.-..r.7
Helmbold thinks it is worth about
$125,OOO to be shut up in lunatic asyl-
um, and has charged the amount upon
his books against the Kirkbride hospital,
and, sued them for the amount.
One Chauncey Rose, of Terre Haute.,
Ind, Qong may his tribe increase) do
mated $450,0O0 for the endowment of a
polytechnic institute and industrial
school in that city. The cornerstone was
laid Saturday with the acclamation of his
grateful fellow-citizens. feW
The Boston Independent Chronicle for
March 18th, 1898, contained the follow
ing marriage notice: SAT Bedford, on
the Sth lust, Mr.. James Wilson to the
amiable Miss Dolly Glason, both of that
place, after long and tedious court
Ship" fa"
| Cap. Webb swan across the English
channel, from Dover to Calais, on Aug.
%, accomplishing the feat in 81 hours and
40 minutes-two hours less time than
Boynton occupied in making the same
trip with his patent life preserver Webb
used no floats nor artificial aids of any
kind f
The tunnel under the British channel
will be nearly $50 feet below the bottom
of the channel. The channel is about
200 feet deep at the deepest part Sir
John Hawkshaw, the famous British en-
gineer, thinks, there is no doubt that the
tunneling scheme will be successfully
carried out. s. a1 "a, 8as ~
Two important documents concerning
Shakespeare have been discovered recent
ly. One is said to show conclusively that
there is no substantial foundation for the
scandal respecting the poet and Mrs.
Davenaut. The other Is volume con.
tanning six plays ISSUED during the life OF
the poet, including the frst edition os
"Troi,us and Ciessida,"
The people of England are to enthusi-
astic over the feat of Captain Webb in
4 swimming the channel that they are ask
ing that the honors of knighthood be
conferrcdup him. In connection with
the proposition it is stated that the an
cestor ofthe famous house of Buocleuch
was knighted for having carried buck
up steep hill for the qualification of
: monarch. i.-s ssrfss
Ralston, the president of the Bank Of
California, was the proprietor of the CAL
ifornia Theatre, and the hacker of John
Mccullough, the tragedian. Personals
and socially he was extremely popular.
He was lavish of his money, a liberal rat
ron of talent of whatever sort, and enter.
tanned like European potentate. NEXT
to the Bank of California the eitv of
San Francisco was his dearest pride. and
the pains he took to do the honors to visit.
crS from Eastern Sta tes win not s1o,, ho