Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-09-01

Chicago to shoot with the English team.
Twenty German families, of.East ,sagi-
inaw, are about to emigrate TO Arkansas
and found colony. -
p Cadillac has wrestled vainIy with the
fire king several times, and city water
works arc talkedlof. sg ina i'sE1:tifis
George fuller, of Maple Rapids. has
been driven insane, it is claimed, by his
wife's endeavors 10 get divorce. ~.
! The Franklin Iron company adyertises
for 10000 cords of wood. Evidently the
iron furnaces are to go in full blast again.
A notorious woman Of the town, at
East Saginaw, made her second attempt
to commit suicide few nights ago. She
still lives. =, ~,
q A child OF James Smith, of Coldwater.
two years of age, fell into a kettle of
water Saturday and was scalded so that
1t has since died. ai .Bssge 80 tssl 1.ii ~
A company composed of solid men has
been formed at Ypsilanti for. the purpose
of turning the elevator building into o
first-class Touring mill.
= Edward King, of Ypsilanti, mourns
the loss OF horse and carriage. They
were stolen while standing in front OF
nc OAouioi ACsiutuCc oasuiudy Cs0AF
ing. E..tra
The Bay City combination lock COM
pany will remove its tools and machinery
to New Britain. CT. Mr.. Fox, the pat
tentee, will be superintendent of the new
works. ,--.tf rarer.-
The residence of w. d. Martin. near
Holland, was burned OH Saturday night,
about midnight. Supposed to have been
set on fire by a neighbor. The result OF
a quarrel. b ,.4aoa.su es lo Lii1o'am
: An elevator is being built at East Sag
ilaw by the proprietor of the MayfOwer
grist mill. 1t will have a storage capaci-
ty of 6O,000 bushels of grain and 5000
barrels of flour. sei' sal -
Dexter May. of the. township Of Elba,
Lapeer county. claims to have harvested
S5 bushels of wheat from two bushels OF
seed sOwn last fall on a fraction oyer one
acre of ground. ,t.
"a bonanza manufacturing company
with capital (subscribed) OF $50, QUO, has
been es estab;ished at East Saginaw.' 1t is
for the purpose of NOTWITHSTANDING OF
new tangled tanning mill. 80. .,,..r,o.g
Cassopolis is excited over an elopement
which recently took place there. A well
educated young lady, aninmate of tho
house of one of the most respected citi-
zens, ran away with a patent right ped
dlpr.
On the night of the 9th the barn of
| O. p. Easton, near Miles, was struck BY
| lightning, and. with most of its com
| tents. including one horse, a bpggysa
wagon, cutter, hay, oats and corn, TO
| the amount of $1.200, destroyed.
DIR. Parkefo of Blissfeld, went to Og-
den, calfedia cousin to the door, and
"busted his snOut" tor saying a certain
lady was his concubine. Parker settled
UP an assault and battery suit, and that
cousin is Row in Jail OH capfas for slam
der. T.. 81. o,, 4 i: y1oi9c oasol E9sis
| Living near Holland are. Mr.. D. Ryche
and wife, whose ages are each 81 years,
On tire 39th of August they celebrated
the 66tif anniversary Of their marriage.
One hundred and twenty children,
grand children aud great grandchildren
were in attendance. -.4r .gil,eaii;ys
The wagon factory of Messrs. Day &
Rough, OF Buchanan, was TO resume OPP
eraiiOns last Thursday, thereby giving
employment to about 40 men who have
| been waiting for over a year for work in
| the factory. 1t will be under the man
1
agement OF the receiver.
Fred Taylor's shingle and saw mill at
| PierSOn, Montcalm county, was burned
Tuesday morning. 1t is thought the fire
WAS kindled by an incendiary, as the
mill has not been running for some time.
The loss foots up $4,000 or $4,000, with
a fair insurance supposed to be in force
OIL the property. 1is7i -
The barn of C. Fifield, a farmer living
rear Ypsianti, WAS sstrucksby lightning
and burned to the ground Monday night
occasioning loss of about. $1,000, which
| was insured in the Washtenaw County
Mutual. 1t will be recollected that Mr..
Fifield's house was burned some time
ago, when his daughter was burned 70
death and himself and wife were severely
injured. ~ 9
Edison, the electrician. who has Invent
ed the new and most effective practical
Telephone. it will be remembered Is q
| Michigan man. He was formerly train
boy OH the Grand Trunk railway, run
| ming between Detroit and Port Huron.
His home was at Fort GratiOt village,
where his relatives still reside. Edison is
still young man, and has become ale
ready one of the foremost electricians OF
the day. "
During the terrible storm of Tuesday
night, Rud0lk L. Green and John o..
| Miller. near Ann Arbor, were struck by
lligttning. Miller died soon after being
struck, bit Green is still alive. though in
a critical condition. Both were beneath
a tree i'm field standing together.
1.-THE lightning descended the tree strik-
| inc Miller OH the left side and Green on
the right. 90
Alpheus Allen of Marshal. man
about 90 years old, met with a terrible
death SaturslayIIight last. He went up
Ii ito the beliry Ot ttheyl'rasbyterian church
TO catch some doves that were nesting
there and by some means lost his footing
and fpll IA distance of 30 feet. He was
heared by oersoIis.in the street, who went
i TO his III and were directed to him by
his son, who WAS with him, and found
him in dying condition, the fall having
broken his back. He was taken to his
home, where he died ia short time.
In 1852 Minor Brown, of Rome Center.
Ienawee county, went to California, and
for over Fl years his friends, his wife and
his family had not heard word from
him. OF rourse. i'm the eyes of law, Brown
has been. dead many years, but the other
:. day. while Mrs. Brown was getting out
letters of ADMINISTRATION OH the property Of
;. ..Minor Brown deceased the said Brown
stepped into the probate office and tried
10 stop the proceedings. There are yet
!. some queer things to be done in the mat
II ter.as the fact that sons OF his have died
and had parts of his property disposed