Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-05
STATE NEWS.

Michigan has 300 lodges of Odd Fell
lows, consisting of over 1900 members.
A three-year old child of Sheriff Oscar,
of Midland, was burned to death Fri
day.
The Calumet and Hecla mining COM
pany has paid out $11, ,S50,00O in divi-
dends.
Over 600 emigrants passed through
Detroit last week bound for the Black
Hills and California.
The farmers of Grand Traverse are
selling LOCO bushels of potatoes a day,
to dealers, at 81 per bushel.
The Journal says State Superintendent
of Public Instruction FL. 8. Tarbel is
about to make Lansing his home.
Cadillac has reform club of 27O mem
bers, and they are planning for a club
room that will cost S1.500.
One-half the police of West Bay City
has been poisoned. 1t was the marshal's
valuable dog, canine Of great price.
DR. Reynolds organized reform club
of .246 members at Grand Haven April %.
Senator Ferry was one of the speakers.
George French. a proment lumberman,
was convicted of subornation of perjury
in Grand Rapids, April "a, after trial of
10 days.
Wheat reports from all over the state
are unvaryingly the same-"every pros
pect of an almost unprecedented yield
this year,.
Seven hundred and fifty red ribbon
men at LudinSton. and the wave is
spreading all through the region round
about that city.
Mr.. j. Collins, of Ravenna. Muskegon
county, loaded his gun with heavy shot
and then accidentally unloaGed it all i'm
his wnperson.
Paul Morris, of Grand Rapids. who
brought suit against the Nj. G. r. r. Co.
for $4,000 damages for the killing of his
son. has settled for $3.50.
John Aaron. a Spring. Lake farmer,
was buried i'm well 15 feet deep Satur-
day. He was-soon afterwards rescued. in
| a sadly demoralized condition.
| The union school building at Big Rap
| ids was damaged to the amount Of $4,000
| by fire, April "a. 1t caught from a stove
in one of the upper rooms.
Sheriff Crpssy, of Barry county, offers
500 for the living body of the scamp who
brutaliy outraged a young girl in the
fields near Orangeville on the 23d.
A party of 100 of the Illinois legisla-
tors will visit Grand Haven i'm June and
stay several weeks TO test the fishing ca
pacities of Grand River and the harbor.
Two Lansing men. members of the red
ribbon club of that town, recently assert
ed that since they began missionary work
for reform they had tie.l the red ribbon
OH the breast of over 1900.
w. S. Gum OF Grand Rapids, recently
bought 100000 bushels of wheat of Il
Chicago broker at at average Of $l.45 per
bushel. and sold it a few days ago at Sl.64
per bushel, clearing over $4,000.
At East Saginaw the startling theory is
advanced that little Emma Schung, who
disappeared six weeks ago, has been kill
ed tor the purpose of dissection. The
thought is too horrible to be entertained
a moment.
The people of The world at large may
be interested to know that the ''GreaI
Australian Circus" about to perambulate
Michigan and neighboring states, comes
from Mt. Clemens Mich, and is about to
go forth from its native lair.
The fourth infantry veterans were to
have their annual reunion OH the 20th of
: June. but it has been decided to hold is
on the 23d of May at Adrian, thus max
ing it come at the same time and place ut
the reunion of thesstate association.
DR.. Reynolds, the temperance agitator.
stopped at Muskegon for few hours
while on his way to Whitehall. and while
t there the gallant Muskegonites cornered
him and presented him with 500 chain
and cross for his accomplished wife.
Serves them right.
William Watson of Monroe married "a
l wife. April 13, and two hours fsOm that
time he could not find her, and has not
found her yet. William thinks she lett
him on account of his intemperence, but
!, as he has put on the red ribbon and
1, ! "dares to do right" he implOres her to
return.
e There was fire at Trufants. Montcalm
5 county, Oh the 9th ult, destroying $1,000
Y worth of lumber belonging to Hileman.
2 Hasser & Co. A special train from
: Greenville brought an engine. and that
Y saved the mills and other valuable prop
L erty. The special train covered III
D miles between Greenville to Trufants in
: 9K minutes.
Some of the Saginaw salt manufac-
; turers have formed company for the
!, purpose of engaging i'm the business OF
. making the finer grades of refined salt.
= II has been clearly demonstrated thar
!" the saline product obtained from the
= valley can be made into finer grades as
:. easily and cheaply as can the eastern and
y imported salt. The Michigan Salt makers
g also propose to do a great deal of ship
Il ping i'm bulk by car loads this season.
Van Waeener. the pruning hook agent
e who was arrested at Kalamazoo on sns-
O. picion of being the man who so horribly
b malrreated Mr.. Hewitt. was arraigned
Wednesday:he confessed that he assaulted
T. Hewitt with the intention of killing him
it and robbing him. He says he had beeli
is following Hewitt some time having first
: spotted him at Muskegon, and he came
:. on with the intention of robbing him. ex-
pectiny to 90 to the Black Hills with the
e money. He got only $3.50. Hewitt j.
is better and may live. Van Wagener is re
ported as thus describing his horrible
deed: II decoyed him into the woods
and his secured his revolver Oh
pretense that wanted to shoot blue
e j,v. | hal some trouble to get his face
IF from me. but finally succeeded partially
+ and struck him with the pruning shears
:. He fell partially. raised again. and
~ struck him twice more over the head
+. when he Cell and lay still. Then PLACED
the revolver TO his heart and shot fon
!, times and supposed that i hail killer
h him. [ certainly did not think it wa
e. possible that he could breathe a momen
longer.