Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-08-26
STATE NEWS.

Centreyille is an unhappy place. Not a
Democratic lawyer in the village.
ST. Joe sets up the claim of having the
finest school house in southern Michigan
Michigan loggers are getting ready for
business, but they sing very small this
year.
Opposition has brought the boat fare
from st. Joseph to Chicago down to %
cents. 3T
A Kalamazoo firm have contracted to
ship -four from Kalamazoo direct to
Europe. ,r,-,-.
The Saginaw Methodists have decided
that it is wicked to hold camp meetings
over Sunday. f ita
IA church society at Centreville is get
ting up Niagara excursion. Fare for
tie round trip, $S.
VIM. Biglow changes his, residence
from Charlotte to Jackson. Horse steal
ing sends him there. 3igirrIDa Ioa
The Bay City Tribune says that travel
on the Shore Line boats is 20 per cent
lighter this year than last fIW
Fenton is to have good town clock,
costing about ST 500. just what every town
needs, il it can he afforded.
When you buy st. Joe peaches you in
variably get cheated in the quantity.
The baskets are below the standard.
Edgar Fuller. respectfully connected
young man of Bronson, shot himself last
week. Jealousy was the assumed cause.
The Kalamazoo light guards have got
a ''pipe of peace" which holds two
pounds of tobacco and takes two men to
load it.
At Democratic pole-raising rear Sag
inaw City the supports gave way E;lnd the
pole fell, crushing the head of George
Gassman.
1t is said that the name OF the Chicago
s. Lake Huron railroad is to be changed
again. This time it will be called the
Northeastern road. 10 nl nHir3
Mrs. III. L. Stevens, OF Port Huron has
cactus IL years old, IA feet high, and
six feet i'm diameter. 1t is now in bloom,
having fresh flowers every night:
Notwithstanding the facts that the
newspapers have all killed off SOjourner
Truth, that venerable eli lady is TO
preach at Galesburg next Sabbath.
The barrel works of Saginaw City have
an order for 100000 grease boxes, to be
furnished by the lst of April next. The
works give employment to 1873 men and
boys. N f
S. w. Fitzgerald, a lawyer of Albion,
was sentenced by Justice Gardner, on
SAT urday to pay "A fine of SO and four
days i'm Jail for alleged contempt OF
court. iteJ 81 9-~s- I-eg
The Rev. G. r. Merrill, who lately re-
signed a Congregational pastorate at
Adrian. Mich, has accepted IA call to the
Second Congregational church at Bidde-
ford, Me. ","i ns ~
Here is the biggest wager yet recorded
on the election. At Saginaw, bet of
$1,000 worth of property has been made
that Tilden does not carry New York by
10000 majority.
The Democrats have boarded up the
lower lights of their headquarters at
Adrian, an Improvement on painting the
lower sash and standing green screen
before the door. -sf...a. "a, 4.
r. d. Bullock, of Jackson, has secured
the few thousand dollars in notes, etc,
stolen from him some time ago also has
caught the thief, Arthur nj. HawleY, u
former employe. oleya s8N saiaia
Three Flint girls started off TO SEE the
Centennial the other day. Their friends
assert that they are better able to take
care of themselves than nine-tenths vi
their natural protectors are. - '.'iii
The practice of charging a small lmis-
sion fee at camp meeting grounds is
getting to be quite prevalent in this state.
Ihis claimed that the disturbing element
is thus kept away from the sacred gather
ings.
r AT Midland, last week, at the close of
political meeting, the firing squad. loaded
up an old cast-iron cannon for One more
shot, and the old thing worked the wrong
way, exploding and seriously injufing
Peter Brazaar and slightly wouhding all
other mali. 'Nv7''' 1't' eh"issi s4Ai
The Goguac boat club. Of Battle Creek
90 in tor making their organization a
pleasurable thing for their friends. They
are havinga barge built which willselrry
about 40 persons. Ii is 81 teet long and 3D.
nch beam, with upholstered seats and
room for plenty OF comfort.
A case was tried before Justice Maginn,
of the village of Mount Morris, When the
Jury rendered the following laugLabl. ver-
diet: we the jury find, according TO the
evidence. the defendant guilty, but do
not think the papers issued by"Maginn"
sufficient to hold the said defendant,
Aprccious gang Of thieves and vandals
exist at or hear Bat Creek. On Saturday
night they stole two horses, a top buggy,
and several sells harness, and then entered
the Methodist church. where they c,lt up
the organ. and pulpit. chairs and carpets,
destroying S7UO worth Of Church
property. a,.,.;..,, = ..sa....,I
The capitalists of the Saginaw. valley
are getting sick OF doing only the coarser
part of lumber manufacturing, and one
by one they are engaging in the work
of finer manipulations of their stocks-
The last venture i'm that line is made by
John q. Owen. of East Saginaw. who
dips heavily into the new bonanza OF
wealth. aas4 ;sr rHr
The folowing-is from the Kalamazoo
Telegraph: "A most remarkable piece
of robbery was con>urnmated at Norris
MiIler's. 100 Msili-street, last evening. by
which this p1r .far mtE~cliant Was tire
loser csrab9tr so i'm bills. About = a.
clori. arr ..lst after Mr. NJ. had Iefs the
.1ore 20 ss5 to tea, a seedv-feoking strang
er entered the store and begged the use
o. aileedlc to sew an apparent "Trip IA
bis pants. Miss W., thinking very
strange Of such request. gave him the
needle. bnt watched bim closely. The
fellow went down to the back end of the
store. took chair and began to sew 1t
is believed that while he was sitting
there the real robber entered the back
window. secured = rcll of bills that Was
i'm the desk and male his way out, The
sewing man" having secured his place
the better to make Signals 10 him