Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-31
STATE NEWS.
Pontiac is organizing rife club.

Pontiac is organizing rife club.
Eyart is rejoicing over discoveries of
iron and coal near that place.
Washtenaw county will have the largest
crop of barley this year ever known there
The state Prohibition Temperance con-
vention meets at Jackson. July 27 and %.
The residence Oft. B. Raymond, near
Wenona, was burned on the 25th. Loss,
So 900.
Work was begun On the Kalamazoo end
of the Hastings G. Kalamazoo railroad on
July 10.
The keepers of the state prison, about
40 in number. are to have uniforms of
dark blue.
a son of Brigham Young proposes to
enter the law department Of he And Ar
bor university.
A number of the young men Of Man
chester are discussing the idea Of forming
a military company.
The work on the new United States
court house and postofice at Grad Rap
ids will commence August 18th.
Mrs. Strong, the woman who burned
Barnes paper mill, was sentenced to ten
years in state prison by Judge Taft.
The President has signed the commits
sion of Francis 3. Stockbridge, of Michi-
gan, to be Minister Resident at the Haugc.
A large excursion party from Fort
Wayne, Indiana, visited Grand Rapids on
the 10Th, to view mrtters of interest in that
place.
A railway accident occurred on the %. b
at the Grand Trunk Junction near Detroit.
Two trains collided. Several persons
mere injured but none fatally.
Fifield, he great rilieman of Michigan
is a gentleman-farmer living near Jack
son. He has shot at Creedmore, and came
very near going with the American team
to Ireland.
! Ann Arbor saloonists are eroaning owe
a city license fee of$l0O. When they paio
their state tax they supposed that was all
Now, however, comes the city tax, which
they have to pony up also.
A musical instrument drummer was rid
EN- on rail at Hillsdale, on the oath, 70
Insulting and attempting to seduce youn
girls. The indignant populace took tlli
manner of giving him mcrited punisr
ment.
The Detroit Scale Works have set u
the largest scales ever manufactured i
the West. They will weigh 80 tons, an
) are to be used ia the Detroit and Milwar
kee railroad yards for weighing freigh
cars.
James Calvin a colored vagabo d G
= Battle Creek, on the 23d mmitied arap
on Ella Rexford little girl seven years &
age. lie was arrested and arranged befor
the Circuit Court at Marshall the f.lloV
ing day, and sentenced to ten years in th
state prison.
The Springport postofiice was robbed O
the goth Of between $50 and $50 in postag
: stamps. 10 mail matter was disturbed
The thieves are believed to be followers {
the circus which visited the town the da
5 before.
4 Bay City is raiding it's pretty waite
: girl saloons, and trying its city marsha
Y on q cbarun Of oIlo1-;no 4bo-, +o ,.o,,,o q:
open for the consideration OF 81 per nigh
t to him in hand paid by each of The esta!
0 lishments.
Gladwin county has not lawyer in i
5 BY way ola joke a few persons voted fc
: Frank S. Burton, editor OF the Midlan
Independent, as prosecuting attorney an
: thereby elected him. Although not Law
: yer, he qualified. and now the board
S supervisors have voted him az annual SAIL
ry OF twenty-five cents.
Ii On the 24th inst, the city marshall
: Bay City caused the arrest, upon writ
u capias for libel. of John Gibbs, saloon kee]
; er, and John Thompson, constable. Ba
I was fixed at $4,000 After being Jailed a
hour they procured bail and were hber
: ted. The charges of libel grew GU.
n stateme nts and affidavits against Al
d Craney, rejecting upon his official miscol
n duct.
The Board of Control Of the state Fir,
> mans Association met in Kalamazoo 9
the 26lh. 1t is probable that arrang
IS ments for astate tournament will be Pc
,. fected. The board consists Of James Ca
l. anaugh, Muskegon; James Battle, Dttroi
it Thos. O'Neil, Kalamazoo; w. r. Foste
v Coldwater; 81. ii. Brown, Battle Creek; :
E. Lusk, Jackson: S. d. Pord, Allegan;
N F. Sellick, Paw Paw; G. A. Johnson, S
st Louis; Highly Dickinson, Coldwater;
b H. Seymour (statistician), Detroit.
o. 1t is noticed that 20 trademarks ha,
J. already been secured in the Patent Offit
for the word Centennial" as applied
various articles of manufacture, such
almanacs, cigars, backing, bitters, shirt
. watches, and even lager beer.
Old Aunty Stewart turned her Ill!
birthday a few days since at Liberty, Il
+ diana, and toddled around among b,
u neighbors smoking her pipe as thoue
Is nothing had happened. She recollec
seeing G. w. when he crossed the Del
,r ware and hapnenad To ha in Yorlvtoxx