Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-03-31
SITE NEWS.

A Flint writer publicly denounces the
reform movement and upholds the l.cr. T
traffic.
| The first national bank of Bay Ciiy
will reduce its cadital from $40O O.,3 ~
$25O,O0O.'
| A Saginaw City man testified in re-
form meeting. that the exquisite coIoririg
Oh his nose has cost him over Sl0aa.
Sergeant Childers, the lightning
zouave-drill-Inan has abandoned Tire
flowing bowl and is now preaching lr-
form.
Can anyone tell what "a probable In
intent to commit burglary" is? Tiih i
what they committed a tramp in CarnTe-
vile for.
Nils has reckless citizen, who re-
Gently amused himself by shooting iu'o
hotel dining room while the e ests
were ut table.
A reward of 500 has been offered for
the discovery or return of Emma SciIun',
the little Saginaw girl supposed TO li;A~
been kidnapped.
A Gratiot county man stopped his pa
per because ''it encouraged secret Su,-:-
eties by only publishing the initials OF
the officers titles"
Respectfully referred to the Anti-PH'-
ming Society BLUE glass will cure collie
if you take out tae pane and remove The
wind-oh. in-Adridn Times.
Mrand Mrs. Luther Harvey. of Monroe,
celebrated the Goth anniversary of ti,cir
marriage OH Tuesday last. at which iotr
generations were represented.
Two Kalamazoo lovers were so nv :
terious in their wooing that their reiirc-
ment was intruded upon by the Officers.
who thought they were robbers.
| A Mr.. Forester. who il is snpposetl''"'i
been suffering from mental disease. WAS
| found dead in the road near MOrencl .sG
week. His body WAS entirely nude.
Two sleigh-loads OF young folks rtu y
ing lr IN the church ut Inkster indulge III
horse race on the old race track on
Sunday last. II was Il highly moral hoiss
race.
Tn the circuit CO: r, for the county of
Bay, few days ago, a case was tried win
eleven Jurors. Tie twelfth was too
drunk to serve and the judge ordered
him kicked ont.
Justice Stearns. of Adrian. recently
tried a man for cruelty beating three
|
bonds, bat will have TO go 10 prison Il iie
strikes the little one again.
T at a "social dance in Adrian, on Nc
KenZie street. tle other evening. one fs-
male drew revolver 10 shoot aiotheri i"r
"swearing against her husband" b.
; standers prevented the shot.
A. w. Payne, supervisor of the town
ship of Flynn. Sanilac county, was co
victed a few days since of einbeZZlemtt
Of township funds and fined $40 air,
costs, making about $44. The next day
he was tried for forging poor orders. a'li
was bound over for trial i'll The circuit
court.
Washtelaw county claims to have the
oil est soffice-hOlder i'm the stste in the
person of A. NJ. Doty, who has bc'n
township clerk or deputy OF the town
ship of Ann Arbor % years. But this Is
outdone by Senator Baxter, of Hillsdale
county. who has been member of tli'.
State Board of Education for over -
years.
. On the night of the oath the passenger
coach OF train on the Grand Rapids to
!. Indiana railroad was disabled near Aus
, tin. The conducto. sidetracked II
coach and passengers at 7.30 T. NJ, ant.
with the engine. directors car and bag
gage car. went ahead, and left the pas
sengers there until o'clock next NOR,
! ing. They naturally protested agiinss
that sort of work
An itnerant dealer in hair goods visit
ed Richmond few days ago and got
, possession of nearly every .'switcb, set a!
:.frizzes." and other bits of false hair ia
the place. saying she designed renovatin.
them cheaply and well. At latest ac-
counts she has not returned, and there i
not hair enough on all Richmond femin-
Unity TO make good hand-hold In fam
lily fight.
They have a singular way of closing
, up disreputable houses i'm Clam Lake.
The station agent at that place is credi
tel with having surrounded one OF them
with Il large rope and hitcned the end OF
4 it TO locomotive. The whistle sounded.
: little steam escaped. and the once prond
! mansion was leyelled to the ground.
t The torch was then applied to the wreck
and i'm very short space of time every
+ thing was quiet Oh the line OF of the rail-
S road.
/ Some seven years ago Jonas r. Brazee.
q tenant on Il farm near Charlotte. disap-
= peared one night, taking with him iiis;
debts amounting to nearly $500. Search
was made for him, hut no clue could be
y obtained OF his whe e Il o iis, and th mat
t has until recently remained mystery.
A few days ago each of his creditors re-
ceived letter, post-marked Portland.
Oregon. purporting 10 have been writ
.e by Brace. and inclosing the exact
amount due each. including the prin'.i"al
and interest 10 date. and also cont: lining
an explanation 10 the effect thas the
cause of his leaving as he did was owing
/. to his embarrassed circumstances and
cll of courage to meet his creditors
without the ability TO pay them.
The following statistics were read bv
t Vice President Humphrey at the meet
t ing of the county superintendent of tine
pocr at Flint yesterday: Fifty-five out
OF rs counties i'm the state own poor
;. farms and buildings. The total number
Z Of paupers maintained in poorhouses for
n the year 1876 was 5.lS3; males, 3,70l /; fe-
a males, 1882: number of children under
= Is years rec lived, 1924; number OF ill
sane in poorhouses. sos; number OF
!, idiots. 230; number of blind, 40; number
: of mufes. 10; numb sr Of births for the
: year. 10; humber of deaths, 236; total
S amount expended i'm care and support OF
t the poor by superintendent of poor.
: $602, ,626C6; total expenses OF maintain
e ing pool houses and farms during the
o year. $500 677.73; average cost of eari,
poorhouse. $4.0l2.32; average salary paid
keepers of ponrhouse. $63S.30: average
e cost Of each pluper per year. 1922 %; rs-
Q iinat Il vilEe ofpoor farm prodnets, $6l.
202,33.