Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-22

to erect suitable. building for the state
fair. " :.
i Pumpkin seeds relieved young man
in Owos>o. tile other day, of tape worm
35 feet in length.
i '.Sojour1ier Truth, . the celebrated ne
rtss.s we'll known throushsut central
Michigan, Is dead.
4 J. II. Jones, Of Branch county, is pro-
posed for Observation-Disclosures on the
Republican ticket.
Grasshoppers are doing good deal of
damage in Dayton. TuscOla county.
They manifest preference for clover.
The citizens of Monroe have taken
steps towards erecting a magnificent.
monument in memory Of Custer and his
culnrades.
| 1t is reported that vein of coal has
been discovered 100 feet below the SUR
face on the BextOn farm, a few miles east
OF Bay City,. s..... .
There Is great activity among the iron
mines at Marquette. and every ton OF ore
that can be mined this season will find3
ready market. -, III -
Miss Waldron, of Webster. Washtenaw
county, has gone 20 days without food or
drink, the stomach utterly refusing all
n0urishmcnt. aa ~ a'e
The famous case in Lake county. of
forgery. against George l.. Clark. former
~ OF Lowell. MISS, has resulted III Yer.
dict of acquiital.
Under the new postal law the salary Of
the Lansing postmaster has been redured
$500 aud elerk-hire $3.50, making total
reduction of 81, lao.
The American Swedenborg publishing
society has given the works Of Sweden
DO e in 19 Octave volumes to the agricLl'
tural college library.
The following is a list of candidates for
Congress i'm the second district: Boses.
CutcheOn, Childs. Carpenter, Rynd,
Spaultling, Willett, and Waldron.
The tug Vulcan with a raft of logs
measuring nearly fue million feet passed
Port Huron at 10 O'clock Tuesday fore
noon. The raft was in excellent shape.
Wheat harvesting is nearly through
with in Kalamazoo county. The farmers
report the crop will not be hear as gOod
as they expected. Shrunken wheat is
the complaint and small yield.
A reduction of wages from II TO 20 per
cent took place at the Buchanan Furni-
ture manufactory Monday morning. and
all the men are on 4 strike. The mana
ger has gone to South Bend and Mislla-
wauka for men.
j. d. Burns, of Kalamazoo has some
famous autographs in his album-or, ra-
ther, the autographs of some famous peO-
pie. He has the signs manual OF Robert
Burns. Aaron Burr, Washington, Hamil-
ton. Lincoln, etc. =
j. f. Warner. the great circus man Of
Lansing, is bankrupt. II;sshOw went to
pieces In southern Illinois last week. 1t
is said that number of Jackson citizens
are heavy losers by this failure of the
Lansing Snowman
j. Lowthian Bell. the great English
ron master, DR.. Wedding and DR.. Masler-
borg. of the Academy of Prussia, and of
he German Centennial commissions. are
N Marquette. and propose a thorough
Of the Lake Superior irofi
'egiOn.
Prof. j. B. Steere, of the University.
tarts for London i'm week or two TO he
rome during the college vacation. lie
axes a large number of birds and other
pecimens with him, of which he has
duplicates, to make exchanges for the =
museum.
At three o'clock Monday morning Tor.
eEt &c Dacey's saw-mill. near Muskegon.
'urned to the ground. together with con-
iderable lumber. lath. etc. Loss
bout $4,000; insured tor $4,000 Cause
Unknown. 1t will porbably be rebuilt
-srsflsi ~.
The Michigan Republican association
u Washington has appointed compaign
composed of the following: G.
V. Partridge. J.. Moses. Levi Bakon.
larry Sherwood. +. M. Marble. w. T..
reery, G. o. Maynard, w. HI. Bartorr,
oseph Warren.
d. X. Hurlbert. of Grand Rapids. has
cen buying wool at 81 points in. this
ate. and has secured about 100000
ounds. The average price paid by him
rs been 26 cents. He has marketed only
bout 100000 pounds and is holding the
.mainder for rise.
The contract for grading and com-
eting the gap Of the Chicago a,,A Lake
urOn road from Lansing to Flint has
.en awarded to Clark Bros. of Chicago.
be contractors have already commenced
Ork. and the intention is to have the
ad completed in .ime to secure a share
the grain trade Ofthc west this fall.
Mr.. Arthur Everett. young man of
NV Paw. became crazy the other day
d ran mp and down the streets pro-
aiming himself 1.-The roaring bull oS
i>han. searching for truth" lie was
It i'm Jail, where he made the night hid.
us with cries of fire and murder. He
rs once before insane.
1T Albion. Thursday of last week the.
eriff from Bay City attempted to arrest
e of the men connected with Fore-
nghs circus. when the fellow drew n
ife and STABBED him and ran. The sher.
fire,i revolver after him four times
e OF the shots striking i'm the hin.
unding him severely. but not prevent
, him from leaving on the train.
The Michigan Central rrilroad shops NJ
,kson junction are rnning under full
st. A number ofnew road and switch
are being bnilt-among them
r locomotives. weighing 40 tons each
. tens heavier than any engine hereto
e used OH the road. to rum AtlsvAie
Pacific express. Owing to- the ms.
rOus stops ON the west end of tire road
locomotives at present hauling these
ins are unable to make their time.
clear title to the "Bntfcr plat in
It Huron has been seeure,l. The
essary papers for signature went
nss the Atlantic twice. and though sew
states of the Union before all tie
latffres were obtainetl. The title cf
missing third rested with the heirs
solomon Sibley. who were ali found.
last one being Mr.. Sidney d. Miller,
Detroit. 1t Is estimated that the prop
involved l. worth nearly $l,00O,00O.