Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-01
STATE NEWS.

i Loud, Gay & Co. OF Oscoda. have sunk
la'salt well and struck the salt rock ut
depth of $50 feet. &. - Z go ~
At Three Rivers. june IL, some one
killed one of James Buddman's horses by
cutting its throat. ,rfs7c,z kt.Ee (
The Cofdlwarer sogcfs are drilling
daily i'm order to teacif tile Detroit troops
on the 4th of Julv.o sio fraE s4FT
Three boys i'm Bronson, Branch county,
aged 10 years. have been imprisoned i'm
the county Jail for stealing.
Herbert A. Beard, a Grand Rapids no.
ftel bell-boy, is said to h:ive drawn $1S,-
600 in the Wyoming lottery.lu s.e5sf-f
A l6-year-old boy, of Farwell, recently
took a couple of wild bears weighing
respectively 250 aud 225 lbs.
James Burns of Lyons, was poisoned by
getting some horse medicine into his
system, and he died i'm terrible agony.
Adrian boasts of the only living honest
! lightning rod man i'm tile world. This
relic of an extinct-rare is named Hicks.
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company has paid Michigan losses aggre-
eating over $l20,OO0 since january last.
A Howard City saloon has croquet
ground added to its attractions. Billiards
must look out or its prestige will, be
gone.
The old 4th and the new 4th Michigan
veterans had their reaiiiOn at Hudson Oh
the 2lst. and it was q glorious time, the
boys say. .s,4 80 9essasl rswof
| In the city of st. Clair the advent of
| the circus is such great day that they
close the schools to let the small fry see
the elephant. laf f~
The Adrian girls stnck to their deter
mination to wear calico ut their gradua-
tiOn, but, heavens, didn't they dress up the
room they held their show in. ....s.
Jack Morgan, of the Isabella Watch
tower, is experimenting on the pleasure
and possibilities of editing paper iH'the
private cells of the county Jail. sisgxs
Fears are entertained at Battle Greek
that Wm. {. Wales, a student ut the Adj
vent college, has committed suicide. He
has been missing for several days.
Rev. T.. III. Pe.irce, pastor Of the Meth
Odist church at Battle Creek, breaches his
Sunday evening sermons out doors i'm
front of the church during the prevailing
warm weather.
In Adrian Sunday evening, June 18th,
a colored man set his dog on some cows
in the street, and Mrs. Biggins was run
over by the animals, knocked down and
her ribs broken.
1t was at Port Huron that a man
sought n divorce from his wife on fhe
ground that he was drunk when he mar
ried her. She says he was sober, and I'M
he goes for perjury.
The Odd FeIIows,of Hart ford.have done
nobly by the widow of one of their
brothers. They paid up $40 mort
gage on her house and saved her from be-
ing turned out of doors.
There will be competitive examina-
ton held at Traverse CITY, july 20. for
the purpose OF selecting 4 cadet for the
United States Naval academy from the
Ninth Congressional district, ns faaa.
James Corsett, a mill hand employed
about saw-mill at Jefferson. uillsdale
county, fell before a circular saw on Ihe
22'l and was almost sawed i'm two. II w,s
believed he could live but few hours
6 A man named Cook has put in. appear
ance..at the village of Lawrence and claims
all the real estate i'm that vicinity. He
seems to substantiate his claim and gfves
deeds upon the paymenrsef
small sum. s.. sn:.iafs T. 5sia ...o,z,.-.
There are two Houghtons i'm this state
OF more properly a ',Houghton". aud a
Houghton Lake. One is i'm Roscommon
county, and the latter In the Lake S,,'
perior region letter writers should
note the difference ss-a. !! :, a.r'f
. According to "A statement complied
rom trustworthy sources by CORES
DOndent of the Courier, the total amount
Of logs cut on the MuskeSoil and its
tributaries during the last winter was
'So,9O0OOO feet being "a, 100000 less than
Vas cut the winter before.
The postoffice at Ypsilanti was entered
~ burglars the night of JuneE1S. Tools.
etc.. living about, Indicated
extensive preparation for blowing ,lp the
afe, but sOmthing apparently frightentsI
hem away before they ACCOMPLISHED
heir.purpose. This is the third attempt.
The Marquette Mining Journal ssys:
One OF the pupils at st. JOseph's convent
Lansing has recently written the first
hree chapters of Genesis ON one side of
postal card. making i'm all some 2.36O
'ords. Tne words are legible and intel
giole, and the work was done without
ne and OF a microscopes z siilf .fsv
One of the beauties of that township
:hoOl superintendent law passed by the
legislature of rs. was
iown at Hamilton,@ GratiOt county.
here Bill Kerr. one of the aforesaid si,
erlntendents, has been fined SIS for dis
lrDlnS the peace, making faces at the
hol;lrS and Insulting the teacher.
A young Frenchman from Canada. n
ION OF wealthy and aristOcrati,. parents
1t drunk the other day mt Bay CITY and
legraphetl home to his friends that he
rs dead. A return telegram said.
spare no expense. but send tn. body
'me in metallic coffin.- The Bav Cjty
ys propose to do it if they have. to
AXE corpse of him.
An insane man named LAFAYETTE Stow
ing near Bloomingdale. Van Rura,'
unity, took a knife anu went forth fo
tcner some one. His brOther-in-Iaw
esiy Vaughn, went after hin,..and IL
IS he who received the bulcherine. He
IS Dadly carved up, and probably win
;. MIS-. Shaw was also cut by the
d-MaH. This is another instance of
beauties of letting insane persons roam
out home, following the full bent of
,ir own sweet Wills 10y AAf
)ne of the most novel Fourth of Julv
eoratIons OF the age is 10 be that ne
ldWater. Ii is TO be under the auspices
Liie Young Peoples Christian. associa-
n, and j called a grand religious cele--
alon. 1T is proposed for ;lll creeds to
= ana sing songs OF praise. patriotic
~ anu iisteh 10 brief sermons, after
icn ,ney.;'rc all to joiu in social pleas
anu III recOuntiny all that is good
true in our nation, and do a LITTLE, re-
iting OF evil. In fact. it is to be a sort
rec c-ior-;ll clmp-meeting, with palri-
trimming