Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-05-20

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Rock Island, ILL.,, INDUCED in $4,000
fire on Saturday night, which was pretty
fully insured.
Capt. Chester Pixies residence at New
port, was burned Saturday night with a
loss of $4,000.
The English government will entertain
favorably the request for amnesty to the
Irish political prisoners.
The Protestant Episcopal diocesan con
ventiOn of South Carolina has refused ad.
mission to colored churches.
If the Philadelphia hackmen had had
the charging of Balaklava there would
have been a mighty different result
says the Danbury News.
A St. Louis dispatch relates as the re-
suit of a charivari i'm Dalgreen, Mo-, one
of the sercnaders was killed and two bad
ly wounded by the irate bridegroom.
Even in the harvest times clocks en-
| plOy only their regular number of hands,
and are about the only employers that
don't allow their works to be stopped by
strikes.
With the exception of Pennsylvania
all the other states in the Union have
not expended as much money, reckoned
together. as Japan already has upon this
our Centennial Internatio lal exhibition.
The Mexican government troops are
rapidly concentrating around Metamoras
and preparing to attack it. The revolu-
tionists in the city are fortifying their po-
sition and preparing for determined re-
| sistaEce.
Mr.. Silas Noble. of Elm Hall, has a
vinegar barrel, which he says was built
in Detroit just 100 years ago. 1t is all
heirlOOm-or barrel ratlier-in the fami-
| ly, and can boast Of more mothers than
Brigham Young. il.
The Argo, which is said to be the lar
gest steam pleasure yacht i'm the world.
has arrivc,l at Philadelphia with party
Of English gentlemen. They have been
voyaging to the West Indies and Mexico.
AMI have now come to witness the Ex-
hibition.
The Philadelphia Inquirer strongly ur-
ges the reduction of the price of admis-
sion to the exposition from 80 to 25 cents.
on the ground that the present charges
will virtually close the doors against
hundreds of thousand of wOrkingmen
and their families.
All the Chicago officials except the
comptroller, have recognized Mayor
Hoyne, who has appointed the standing
committees Of the council, and whose
action and authority are recognized by
that body. Mayor Colvin is left out i'm
the cold, and is going to bring quo ,rar-
ranto suit against Hoyne.
Massachusetts has been without a gov
ernment for day or two past. The
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Pres
ident of the Senate are absent from the
state. On Wednesday New York Off
Ger went there with reQuisition from
Gov. Tilden for the rendition of pris-
Oner. The officer went to the capitol,
but found the executive department de-
serted. Finally he persuaded the prison
er to deliver himself up.
The Methodist general conference at
Baltimore Monday received memorial
from the Baltimore conference, calling
attention to loss by the book concern
of $26l,0 900 net capital, and requesting
the New York concern to explain the
loss. The memorial was referred, as was
also a resolution to adopt i'm place of the
present form of the Lords prayer, that
form found in Matthew vi, g.; A
motion was made and referred, to strike
out from the baptismal ritual the words
church of Christ"
Some of the Boston newspapers are
more favorable in their criticisms of An
Ia Dickinson than the New York journ-
ais have been. The Transcript says
"Sha did not act Anne Boleyn merely.
she was Anne Boleyn;" and it adds:
Last nights performance was a success
a decided success, all things considered" !"
The Herald says: '.She has safely and |
creditably passed the ordeal of first
night. and the unanimous verdict of the |
vast audience will be that her debut was
success" The Post thinks that Sex
cepting few trifies i'm the way of defects
which beginner could not hope to en-
tirely avoid, the debut of Miss Dickinson
was magnificent success"
Oriental travellers say that Chinese
gentlemen thinks it beneath his dignity
to manufacture his own witticisms. He
appreciates wit, and he is fond of tea
but he would as soon grow his own tea
as make his own jokes. When he goes
into society he carries in his pocket
package of prepared witticisms and rep
artees, which he has pure hasei at the
nearest joke-shop. When conversation
flags, and he perceives an opportunity
for saying something brilliant. he draws
a humorous remark from the top of his
package and gravely hands it to his
neighbor. The latter as gravely reads it,
and, selecting from his bundle of repair
tees the one which is appropriate; returns
it, with a. bow, to the original Joker. |
The two then smile in courteous and |!
undemonstrative way, and resume their |
conversation feeling that they have ac-
quilted themselves with conspicuous bEil- |