Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-30
STATE NEWS.
Flint has little smallpox. !, -

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feet OF lumber last week.
There are 23.9O9 volumes and 5000
pamphlets in the University library.
Ypsilanti at last has new semi-weekly
newspaper, published by Will w.
Set ord. iIloo . sat -, W So sa9i
John johnson & Co.. Of Port Huron.
the b (burst bankers), are now In the
bankruptcy court. f,ff. I1,r .as..ys.
Battle Creek firms have purchased l06-
600 pounds of wool thus far this season.
Market nearly closed.
Oziel Levi. of Torch Lake. has been
sent to the reform school at Lansing for
TO Kill his mother '1s-i,
The Lansing guards get mp $50 fora
team from the different Michigan militia
companies to shoot for July 4th.
The Republic mine. OH Saturday, ship
ped 295 cars of ore, or 2.2OQ tons--the
largest shipment ever made In one day.
Miss Tripp. of CoIfax. killed bear.and
has his hide for trophy. That wouh
be nice trip for a timid young man to
take.
Otto Leuschner was Tuesday senten-
ced at Saginaw to pay fire OF $500 and
four months Imprisonment in the house
of correction.
Ice cream, made from milk that had
been scalded i'm a copper vessel. made
lively times for 40or so guests at "a Lapeer
county social.
Edward J. McPharln. James B. Pat
rerson and Henry E. Locher, of Michi-
gan, graduated. last week, at the Long
Island college hospital.
| A boat race i'm which the contestants
are to be ladies is proposed as one OF the
attractions and novelties at GOguac lake,
Battle Creek, on the GLORIOUS fourth"
Kruses shingle mill at West Bay city
(Wenona) was burned Saturday night.
Loss. including damage to several Ice
houses standing near, 5000. No insur-
ance.
One of the Flint churches believes in
dIverting all the money it can from the
ungOdly channels cut by the wicked cir
eus men. They set public tables when
Barnum came to town, and raked in $l6O.
Charles Wingartl. farmer of Edwards
burg, while drawing load of hay into
his barn. was struck by the tie above The
barn door, and received injuries from
which he died i'm an hour and . half. Ills
age was 60.
The graduating class at the University
this year numbers " members. of whom
|, 4lare Michiganders. Twenty one will
, be lawyers. 10 teachers. preachers, 4
merchants, banker. 2 Journalists, en-
gineers, and Is are undecided.
During thunderstorm. last Wednes-
: day. DR.. Fulton. of Otsego, was driving
under a large oak tree when 1t was shiv-
lar hx. E<rl, i1v to Rh0 he
AMI splinters tore the carriage top badly,
but the doctor and his horse escaped un-
|, hurt.
: On Friday night of last week. Mr.. r.
G. Hart, well known banker. Of Iapeer,
was arrested with a fast woman whom
he has been keeping in style there for
the past few weeks, much to the disgrace
of his family and tn the disgust of their
virtuOus community.
Considerable concern is felt nv the
farmers of Oakland county from the tact
! that the grasshOppers have made their
appearance and give promise that they
will do an immense amount of damage.
I. They are now on the Proper and several
other farms I'm large numbers.
A tramp giving the name of Charles
Johnson. went into Milford photograph
{ gallery. yesterday, and borrowed the pro-
, prietor's watch to wear while having his
picture taken. While the proprietor was
in the back room finishing the picture.
our tramp departed, watch. chain and all.
S At Ypsilanti, Sunday afternoon. two
chaps from Adrian. eager to exhibit their
skill i'm hOrsemanship. manned carriage
and, with TWO Young ladies for passen-
gers, began the performance. The cur
: tain went mp at 8 O'clock, and fell igno-
miniolsly'at 3:l5. Damage, SO, and u
broken arm--all borne by the gentle-
: men.
At Belden, Wayne county, ON the 24th,
!. Isaac Bumpus, a farmer living near Raw
4 sonville, shot and probably fatally
, wounded his wife. who few days pre-
!, vious had left him taking $1,000 in cash.
q He also fired at several men. one of
; whom was slightly injured. It Is said
that the wife has borne a bad'reputatlon,
and the public favor Bumpus. aa
A fire broke out i'm the large grocery
8 store of James Forbes. at St. Joseph.
. about two o'clock Monday morning. and
before the blaze could be extinguished il
had communicated itself to the clothing
Il and dry goods es tablishmeut of j. M.
: Chambers. and the building occupied by
the First National bank. Two of the.
c buiitlinsg were completely gutted. while
D the third one is i'm bal shape. The Of
flee of the ST. Joseph Herald, which oc-'
o cupied the second floor of one Jt the
! buildings, was totally destroyed. 1t is
: supposed to be the work of an iucdndia-
ry.
Saturday forenoon, young man
named George Barnum, working i'm Bow
: ems shingle mill. at Montague, was
caught by the cutting-off saw, and so
3 fcarfully mangled that he begged to be
/, put to death. 1t was decided b, four of
their physicians who attended him to
: amput;te the lett arm above the elbow.
the left leg above the knee, and half of
the right foot. The two aforementioned
!; operations were performed at once; ths
last the next morning. He showed heroi
pluck and nerve, and is apparently doing
we'll. His folks live at County Line, near
Newaygo.
Stephen S. Cross and his son, of Caro-.
Tuscola county, have been arrested and
placed under bonds in the sum Of $4,000. ,
to appear at the circuit court of Tuscola
! county 10 answer TO the charges one of
setting fire TO their hotel, and the sother
as accessory to the crime. The property
} was in litigation. and we believe was to
/, be sold i'm chancery i'm August to satisfy
, claims held by parties in that city. There
} was $4,000 INSURANCE OIL the building anG
$l,S0O OH furniture, the greater portion
: lof which was saved. Cross. the yeunger,
is said To have fired the house, at the III
!, sti&ation of his father. who was out ol
town that day.