Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-02
STATE NEWS.


}. 80, ,196 grangers. and more coming Y!lat
: Adrian has its first wooden pavement.
: it is in an alley, and is private enter
: prise.
ri Battle Creek has just discovered it has
ingly happy. - e7trsd~ .e3iey hpo
The grangers of this state will probably
make a combined effort 70 secure the pass
+ age Of law for taxing mopey.lenders.
: Lieut. Root, of the Cofdwater Guards,
came near getting the life Knocked out
Of him III gymnasium the other day.
There is-a man in Altegm, not Yet
ltwenty-four years Of age, who has been
: married three times aud is still fresh and
green.
/ The new U. S. custom house and post
I Office building at Port Huron will proba-
bly, be ready for occupancy about Feb
ruary.I leli lo ....fly-arr ,l.t ,sti,5 ~ qTrnI
An AlmOnt man has voted at seyen-
i teen presidential elections, and before he
i dies would like to know the result of the
last one. Gls ip~-s. ooi EDEsIib Ilshi
"A tweive.year old boy has been arrest
ed in Saginaw county, charged with
horse stealing. He did The job in bread
| daylight. -. ~
The protracted meetings at Marcellus
have caused four marriages already, and
quite revival in several other pairs OF
hearts, IL irdf haRAf ssv q nsaN
! There, was a great deal of talk, about ,
club of 400 rGreenbackers in Buchanan,
butt the whole county only gave 34f votes
for Peter Cooper. . Oh b7n-a.f''2i' -lei'a5i
4 Louis Crofoot, Pontiac's representative
lat D<s. s<xrra and ic nf
home. His thirst for military glory is
fully satisfied, no doubt.
A lawsuit about dog was, carried to
the supreme court, from Saginaw couil-
ty, and a new trial ordered. 3 Itwas final
ly settled, but cost the parties $4OO. afdl
Even being a member of the church
did not prevent a Kalamazoo man from
being bound over for trial on charge Of
obtaining money on false pretenses.
/ 1t is claimed that more fine horses are
reared i'm Oakland county than in any
other section of the state. This is especial-
ly true of the district outlying Milford.
Sweeles, one of the nell who tried to
rob Lincoln's tomb. used to drive stage
between Plainwell and Allegan. He
never read the journal; hence his wicked
ness. ug st- aul rs -trsc-s
The Anti Masonic Howlers will howl
| their horrible. hOrrid tale in a series Of
meetings at Hastings next month. Now
j look out for revival of Masonic senti-
ment. 's..s~r;sg asgj ;i.indsla aar
The ladies of the Grand Rapids Chris
| tian union are about to establish a little
healthy opposition to the saloons by
opening coffee room, or sort OF Holly
Tree inn. ao IN usauaat
The Baptist pastoral union OF south
ern Michigan will meet ut Jonesville, De-
cember 5:h and 9Th. commencing its ses.
siOns OH the after noon of the 9th. at two
o'clock. 3aI ..sfas - - LliToieg Ilsl.
Tom MCGEE, noted rough arrested at
| NewagQ OH a telegraphic order from Sag
| inaw City after desperate fight OverpOw-
cred the sheriff and two deputies and es-
capped OH the 22d. iiq
Judge James X. Knight, formerly of
Kalamazoo county, was shor and killed at
st. Louis, Mo, OIL Saturday. He is a sOn
Of Godfrey Knight, of SchOolcraft. A La
ter dispatch has it that Ire shot himself.
All over the state there appear 10 be
premOnitOry signs Of the regular winter
revival The churches are girding up
their loins, and will do their best to coun-
teract the influence of the campaign de-
moralization. SA s''
Mrs. Robinson (McCarthy), of Bay
City, tried for numbering her adopted
SON, by cruel beatings and starvation, has
been found guilty OF fmurder in the second
degree, and sentenced to state prison for
fifteen years. ii" 'i.~''ft'lti' Fl -''>
Mrs.iJ. F. Fricke, a lady sixty years of
age, hung herself i'm an clubhouse near
her residence, six miles solIthwest of lar
peer, on Friday. Her reason had become
unsettled in consequence Of domestic
trouble, it is said. MOI 9hi I3E .b3Hus1
Too much religious fervor Sc unsettled
the mind of Mrs. Robinson a lady living,
up the Saginaw Valley and St. Louis rail-
road, that ON Friday night she arose from
her bed walked cut to the barn and
hanged herself. 1sa ~ 9di To- boB-z
The wholesale liqnor dealers are hav-
ing spiritual seances with the newly
elected representatives. The spirits come
in bottles and i'm cases, and the liquor
committee room will be this winter as
nice place as it WAS two years ago.
The Paw Paw True Northerner man
has run that paper for six years without
ever having attempted to collect from de-
linquent subscribers. but now patience
sharpened stick and gone out on, tn
warpath.
A case worse than Intimidation has
been discovered in Ottawa county. A
man named Martin Il. Jepping living
three an,l One-half miles from Holland,
came into town this week AMI declared
that he WAS nor aware OF am ell, ction hav-
ing been held this year. 0ae1iteaif
The books of the custom house at Port
Huron show that during the quarter end
ing September 30th, 1864 emigrants en-
tered the United States at that point,
These came from Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick. CaiIada. Russia. Germany,
Poland, Iceland. Norway. Sweedeh.
France. Prussia. Portugal. England, Scot
land, Ireland, and Belgium. ~
Eugene Bentley.,a a well-known farmer,
of Eaton county, has received a sentence
of two years in the state prison at Jack
son. for stealing span Of horses. n car
riage and double harness. Mr.. Bentley's
aged father and mother, also his wife,
and children We're IN attendance at the
trial. The prisoner was deeply affect
ed, 'i 37n'a4f si'1
An estimable Port Huron lady Is suffer-
ing from the effects of an accident which
some Years ago, and of late one,
Of the pecilliarities of her casei is that she
will 60 to sleep OH the slightest provoca-
ton. while eating. waking about the
house, or at any. time, and Is always
weary and sleepy. The case excited gem
eral interest and the lady herselfis the re-
cipient Of much sympathy from those
who know Of the matter. amal .