Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16
STATE NEWS.

There will be fine show of Norman
horses at the state fair'neXt week. =. ri
The fish catch ON the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan is. getting 10 be very
small.
I = The Grand Haven News Journal sa -es
that Capt. Dicey was won lded but not
| killed. l9'iif t7"m 2ai 80 gs ~ ~
VIM. Shanks, Of Montrosc. Genesee
county, is l04 years of age, ami has son
50 ye;is old. $40
Grand Havens' city fathers are causing
a great deal of water-pipe 10 be laid for
fire protection purposes. - s-'i
Michigan farmers in some places have
more apples than they can dispose of. A
glut OF the market is feared. ,,..,..,...f -.
| There is either coal oil find at Grand
Ledge or a big sell on the natives, they
don't Know which il. Is us yet. '.la'i.'' p
The Traverse Bay Progress says the Elk
Rapids furnace has been turning out 200
tons of iron per week for several weeks.
! Coal has been found at Unienville, Tus-
| cola county. 1t was discovered ut depth
OF l0l feet, and is in Il vein seven feet
thick.il tar1D isnas slr8 eaiisri.is.i.-f
The Wiley Bros. at East Saginaw are
about to erect new salt block. 80 by
los feet. with = capacity of l50 bbls, pei
day.
Henry w. Lord, .of Pontiac has been
elected secretary OF state board of char
tiles in place of Charles Nj. CrOswell, re-
signed. ~ ssf.s. s4n ail s9Ii b.
Dick Little, the bass singer in the Coca
gia minstrel>, was formerly slave owned
by Mrs. f. B. Nugent, a lady now living
at Bay City. ""'' aiti- -
The Indications arc that the breadth of
wheat sown this year will be greater
than that of last, throught the wheat
growing portions OF the state. p
j. l.. Thompson, secrettry of the state
pOmolOSic:tl society. has established his
headquarters at JacksoH. and pomologi-s -
cal entries are pouring in on him. lan 81.
. 1t is little discolraging Ito some). to
know that out of 40 homesteaders who
lately moved into one township i'm the
PetOskey egion, but one WAS u Demo
Hcrat. 5a4s b. -sesfl
A large collection of Indian curiosities
gathered together BIZ Gen. Custer are, to
be sent to the Centennial department of
The state fiir. Mrs. Custer having con-
selntetl to their being exhibited there ~
Frank Peterson. Bei1ien county gen
tlemaii doing service tor the state Inside
the walls OF the Jackson prison. esclped
last week by scaling the walls. He was
re,aptured 1atcr in tile day and hauled
back. ll.i fitiR iI51, n1iisi 4if - iiaisl
TuScola county's coal mine. found lob
feet below the surface at the bottom of .
an artesian bore. has Developed into !,
first class flowing well. thfUwinga nine
inch stream of water with great tofce. Ii
is on the land of Henry Hess, of Union
vile. ~. 49,, rs...4 .tts.. f.
q Sojourner Truth. is evidently preiud-
iced. She says ifa Republican President
is elected she wants 10 live long enough
TO go and see him as she did Grant and
Lincoln; bnt it a Democrat is elected she
don't care a-bit how SOON she dies.
A crevasse. II feet deep and 30 feet
wide. in the canal of the Allegad Water s.
Power company. occurred Thursday
night of Inst week. from a defective fiume.
undertaking IA number of buildings. The
DANA. es will be heavy.ia> il will cause n
suspension OF work in 2 manufacturing
es al shments and throws about 30 hands
out OF employment iift'!iii' iss
While at work in the Leopold quarry
last Tuesday SINE of the workmen ull-
earti,ed a slab OF slate OH which was I'M
printed the outlines of Il perfect moccasin.
The ciiriositys WAS brought to town and
excited considerable wonder among our
some claiming it to be of prehis-
toric organ while others maintain that
from rs delicate symmetry it must be
that oi 5. b Anthony. or Pete Cooper.
or pOss bly, Willie Allen.-I. Ansc Nctp;.