Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-03-18
CONDENSED NEWS.

The Illinois Central made $2,67O0S
last year.
Nineteen people were burned in tn,
Brooklyn fire.
The California Republicans will con
vene April 26.
| At Providence, the wife of Senator
Burnside died Thursday.
Babcock doesn't intend TO resign hi:
position in the army.
Some of the New York Republicans
favor Mr.. Evarts for the Presidency.
They have 100 feet of snow in some
places on the Central Pacific railroad.
The appointment of Dana to the court
of st. James meets with universal appro-
baton in England.
The Republicans in the Kentucky Leg
islature have taken a stand in favor OF
Bristow for President.
The cooperative bank of London sus-
pended on Monday with twenty-five shil-
lings cash in hand.
Deep SHOWS in Utah have caused the
death of 1000 cattle this winter, but the
beast Brigham survives.
The female suffrages are defeated in
Iowa. They found favor in the House,
but were dee tied i'll the Senate.
Rich gold mines are reported as dis
covered ON Deadwood and Whitewood
creeks, siXty-five miles north of Custer.
Montreal has in course of erection the
largest cotton mill in America. The ca
pacity OF the mill will be 100000 yards
per year.
Paris is enjoying the sensation of
flood. The Seine-is rising, and parts of
the Bots de Boulogne and Isle st. Ger
maine are under water.
The most encouraging accounts of the
jetty improvements come from New
Orleans. Captain Eads grows daily more
confident of brilliant success.
Ex-Gov-Senator Burnside has a new
office and a new title. He has been
elected field officer of the New England
battalion Of the Centennial legion.
Marsh, now hiding in Montreal, pub
fishes statement that he is going to fur
nish to the American press full state
ment of all he knows about Belknap.
The Senate has passed bill authoriz-
ing the Commissioner of Agriculture to
proceed against the locusts, grasshoppers,
and all such ''yarmints," and abolish
them-if he can.
Adjutant General Townsend has order
ed the stoppage OF any movements in
Texas in aid of the Mexican revolutions
and the internment of any Mexicans that
may cross the line.
Among the Democratic stump speakers
in New Hampshire this year is Col.
Frank Pierce, of Concord. nephew of
President Pierce, and an able and accom-
plished young lawyer.
Secretary Fish says that Minister |
Sehenek has resigned, and apparently. |
well founded rumOr says that England |
will make a formal demand on the United |
States for indemnity tor the losses of her |
subjects in the Emma mine swindle.
The stealing of $4,000 from jewelry
store in New York leads one of the daiiies
Of that city to inquire if it can be posi-
,harged, and therefore disguised and
Oured, have taken this method of get
ing living.
In San Francisco on Wednesday the
,reat mining suit of Richmond vs.. Their
ga was decided i'm favor of the plaintiff.
The owners of the Judgment are DIR.
samuel Smith, of Chicago, and Thomas
Taylor, of San Francisco. The proper
y is worth $l,000,000.
"Hundreds of persons are willing to
ttest with affidayits" the truth of that
tory about the shower of chunks OF
iesh at Nit. Sterling, Ky. Prof. Law
ence, of Louisville, has examined a
'iece of it, and pronounccs it mutton.
In Nepaul, India, last month, the
Prince OF Wales joined in tiger hunt.
eyen tigers were shot, six falling 10 the
'rince's rifle. Upwards of 600 elephants
we're employed in beating the jungle, and
be sight was OF an imposing character.
Mrs. Taft, the wife OF the new Secre-
ary OF War, came from Vermont. In
ltellect, culture, and practical common
ense, she is described as fitting com
anion for her husband, and her infu-
nee OH Washington society cannot fail
D be of most salutatory character.