Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-09
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The Hillsdale chair factory has BEEN
ldismantled.
The ladies ofGalesburg have organized
a library association.
There were $50 prisoners at Jackson at
the close of the month of November.
a Leelanaw county farmer has raised
the Centennial squash. 1t weighs loo
ipounds.
Silas Bates, of Algansee. starved to
death, his throat swelling up so that he
could not swallow food.
d. B. Ide of Battle Greek has shared in
two months SS3 wood ducks and los NAL
lard ducks at Walcotville.
The state association of spiritnalists
meets i'm annual convention at Sturgls
Dec. 10th, 10Th and 18th.
VIM. Shaw, Saginaw nimrod, had his
left arm blnwed of by the accidental5 dis
charge OF his gun. Sunday.
Up in Bay City club of spirtualists
has been formed, and spook-jerking in
all its branches is being practiced.
The Manistee Times says that there has
been more marriages in that place
this year than any other two years in its
history.
A Saginaw city butcher, of good char
acter, is called upon to tell how a lone
widows three COWS got into his slaugh-
ter pen.
IL is said that Mrs. BertzolG of Grand
Rapids has been. frightened into in-
sanity BIZ pretended ghosts got up by her
husband.
Holly people are very anxious to get
another editor TO come there, where he
can be fed Oh promises until he starves
to death.
A little son of Mr.. Gardanier. of Mar
shall, was seriously, and it is feared fatally
injured on Saturday by being thrown
from carriage.
A set of instruments for ssthe use of the
United States lake survey were received
at Detroit last week direct from Germany.
They cost the government $4,000.
"Kilbourne is probably defeated" says
the Traverse Bay Eagle. Well yes, prob
ably he is. The 5000 or 1000 majority
ths other fellow got makes it look that
way.
A rustic, while rendering $40 bill to
1
of Dowagiac. on the I'd instant. was jos
tied by unknown parties and the money
taken.
| A new bank has been opened at Muske-
gon, called the Exchange bark. George
S. Goodale, late cashier of the Muskegon
national bank, will be cashier of the new
institution.
Burglars blew up the safe in the store
of Buel s. Kelsey, at .Jonesville, on the
9th, and got about 5000. They also at
tempted to rob bank and jewelry store,
but failed.
Arthur Bartlett.a Battle Creek boy, who
knows something about stars. is going to
do popular lectures on his favorite science
this winter. He promises to be Il star lec-
turer i'm fact.
The life OF a newsboy at East Saginaw
is not all roses. One was recently
knocked down and beaten with n club by
big rlffian. and another has been badly
chewed up by a big dog.
The prisoners i'm the Saginaw county
Jail made plan TO escape. last week,
said plan including the killing.or dis
aiding of the jailor. 1t failed, however, at
the last moment.
Deerfield, Lenawee county. is probably
about the smallest town in the world
where daily paper is published. The
Ray is an .'cight sheet" paper, folded and
shines for 81 per anum.
Chas. Rogers, Of Buffalo. and James
Howe. Rochester. were the men who rob-
bed the store OfW GibersOn at Mt. Nor
ris few days ago. and they have been
arrested at East Saginaw.
Sojourner Truth. of Battle Creek. is one
of the few public characters who is able
to stand up OH the lecture rOstrum and
emphatically deny the truth of the obit-
uary notices being constantly published
about themselves.
The Argus advertises to give Sl5 suit
of Clothes TO the newsboy who sells the
most papers before January lst, and the
stranger who steps into Grand Rapids
never has any trouble now to buy an Ar
gus If he wants one.
| A Lapeer school teacher who talks
geology has been especially enthusiastic
over beautiful specimen of crystal.
His enthusiasm diminished somewhat OH.
finding out that it was rock candy sent
to him by one of the class.
| The show managers set before the stu
dents of the university Miss Helen Potter
4 anu ucT al HltiStici
show. and said: '''rfls night choose We
between these two," and the boys went
to sec the minstrels. of course.
The people of Athens are not so partic-
ular about points of doctrine as the
Methodist conference court is. That trib-
unal having suspended Mr.. Rork from
the ministry, the Athens church society
ask him 10 keep right ON preaching for
them.
Mrs. Sarah Henry. wife of Jnhn Henry,
a farmer who formerly resided near
Blissfield. has recovered damages from
| Blisstield saIoon-keeper named David
Lemly, for having sod her husband
| liquor. under the influence of which he
was killed.
The HiIstlale Standard has the follow
| ing: lit is said of Il reverend gentleman
who or late has been more devoted to
politics and the stump than To religion
and the pulpit. that hc led off church
service a few evenings ago by singing:
| ..Sound the lauT timbrel
Ger Egvp''s dark sea!
If Iilden's elected
There's po -toflce for me-"
| What is TO be known as "'rhe Southern
Michigan Poultry association" has been
formed vt Three Rivers. It IL not
merely Local, but spreads lis broad wings
over everv chicken in that part Of the
state. The first hen parade will be AZ
Three Rivers in January.
One hundred and fifty Adrian boys