Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-29
STATE NEWS.

tOl dome has arrived at Lansing.
Ground has been broken at Trayere
City for new Episcopal church
The Detroit fire department is to be
reinforced by a Babcock extinguisher.
Greenville had $3,400 fire Sunday. 1t
is charged to the running account OF a
tramp. ~
Two hundred and twenty-three boys
are being made over at the state reform
school.
That Monroe hardware store, managed
by the ladies, has made an assignment.
Lack of business and experience is the
alleged cause.
Work upon the new custom house and
postOffice building at Port Huron has
been suspended.
The hottest political fight i'm this state
seems to waged down in the old Fourth
congressional district.
I The burglars are ar1ning. They stole
about 500 worth of goods from Jack
son gun shop, Sunday night.
| Michigan wheat is about harvested,
and the croaker, croak he never SO well,
can find nothing to crOak about.
About 1000 people have become proba-
tionary Methodists i'm the Ann Arbor DIS
trict during the past six months.
| The Battle Creek Michigan Tribune is
confident that the regulating liquor law
is doing vast deal of good in that clty.
| Three deaths from sunstrOkc were re-
ported from, Bridgewater township,
| Washtenaw county, last week. All
fatal.
At the Grand Rapids fire Monday, by
which the old Michigan furniture factory
was destroyed, four fireman was badly
injured.
| Three horses per week is the average
| of the Clinton county horse-thicves now,
which is considered very fair work lor
warm weather.
The customs district known as the dis
| .rict of Huron, headquarters ut Fort
Huron,exported 81, POS, $50 worth of goods
during the month OF June.
William III. Forlman, aged GO years
and weighing 200 lbs, climbed the libcr-
ty pole iOl feet high, at Buchanan, and
put rope through the pulley.
Some of the Lansing folks talk about
locating the soldiers monument three
miles out of the city in a cemetery or inc
woods, or somewhere out OF sight.
Battle Creek will have base ball tour
nament OH the 81 of August, and Jack
son will have one on the 7tli, at which
200 will be distributed in prizes.
Thirty-five men i'm the great city OF
| Bay City, with its $4,000 inhabitants,
have actually come out boldly and signed
the roll of Tilden and Hendricks club.
A German woman named Evaleia was
terribly mangle.l by her husband ut Eass
Saginaw last week. She was stabbed i'll
nine places. The carver has been caught.
The Buchanan furniture factory hands
are reported as being OH strike. A re-
| ductiOn OF wages caused them to think
it was better to get no wages than low
wages.
Miss Abbie Ketchum, a graduate OF
the Kalamazoo seminary, has becis ap-
pointed a missionary to the Celestials at
NingpO. China, and will sail via San
Francisco.
Mr.. Robert McAuley. of TIC tug Gladi-
atOr a craft owned at Port Huron, de-
serves the national medal for saving life.
| His latest exploits were the saving OF two
| lives ut Port Huron.
The Republicans of Macomb county. at
their convention, sounded "a loud blast i'm
favor of CrOswell for Governor and Con-
ger for the fifth term i'm Congress. The
delegates were instructed to vote for
them us a unit.
| Grand Rapids has over 25 miles of
sewers and 13l miles of streets opened,
The total expenditure for the city water
works up TO May l was $350766 A.
The city now uses about 100000 gallons
of water daily.
The examination of applicants for
the naval eadetship appointment from
the Ninth district closed Friday evening
ut Traverse City. the successful candi-
date being Thomas G. Phillips, of Calu-
met, HOughtOn county.
The Grand Rapids Eagle has the fol-
lowing: This morning, July Eth, n let
ter is laid on onr table bearing date and
postmark of June 30, at Naples, Italy.
This is, we think. the swiftest postal rec
ord Grand Rapids can show"
George Fisher was arrested at Kalama-
zoo, July 16, for assault on his wife with
intent to kill. He attacked her with an
axe, cutting and bruising her about the
head, face, and limbs lie is thought that
one hand will h;:ve to be amputated.
VIM. Gage, farmer whose home was
near YpsiIanti, was killed by locomo-
tive ut that city Monday. He was driy-
ing across the track, became demoralized
at seeing train approaching. and sprang
upon the track just in time to get Killed.
The Bay City Tribune is responsible
for the statement that John F. briggs. of
East Saginaw, an eX-congreSsman and
former Greely follower, has decided TO
return to the fold from which he long
wandered. and will support Hayes and
Wheeler. G
Several kegs OF lager were considered ne
cessities at a Casc0, ST. Clair county.
school picnic, and several OF those highly
temperate friends of education got into
murderous fight, and u suit Tor assault
with intent to kill is the result. Nice
school picnic!
Recent Michigan patents: WooLlap-
ping machine, Ii. n. Range, Battle
Creek; lamp chimney cleaner. J.. Van
Drczer, Grand Haven; doOr-lOck, Ii. l..
Arnold, Grand Rapids; sleeping car, X.
ii. Bennett, Detroit; milestone dresser,
w. Coplin. Lockport. -
The sale of cedar posts at Alpena this
season shows pretty good rIde in that
have sold and shipped 100000, and Boil
ton & McRae have disposed of 10000. be-
sides what have beer shipT ell In small
lots by other parties.
The total amount of salt inspected dur
ing the month of June in the Michigan
salt districts was III, ,4S9 barrels. and the
total amount for;the season 5S9,l65, be-
ing an increase over the same time last
year of I93,006 barrels. 1t is estimated
that the salt produced this year will reach