Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
STATE NEWS.

A new Congregational church was re-
Gently organized in Walton township,
Eaton county.
Kelic hunters have already begun chop,
ping down the new custom house build
ing at Port PurOn.
One hundred dollars fine and $40 costs
was the assessment levied on Marshal
| auctioncer for doing business without q
license.
The body OF James Frary, aged 60. Of
Deerfield. was found dead I'm the road
May l. Foul play is suspected, as he had
money.
At Marquette. on the 7th, five-year.
old boy, son of j. Mcnamara. was burned
to death, his clothes catching fire from o
bonfire.
The members of the Flint bar have pre-
Sented Judge Turner well executed oil
portrait Of imself, and an excellent horse
and buggy.
| A gold watch chain, diamond ring. and
other valuable articles were stolen from
residence Of Mr.. Henrys. of Marshall on
Saturday last No clue to the burglars.
The large steam saw mill of Withing-
ton e Cooley, of Jackson, located at CheS-
ter Center, Eaton county, burned to the
ground few nights ago. Loss 4,5O0;
no insurance.
| A man i'm Ida. Monroe county. got a
$40 bill changed i'm saloon one evening
recently, started for home, and was over.
taken by two men, who made him give
up his money.
| /, A Niles paper says ragged, homeless
boy was kicked off a train ut DOwagiac
for having no money with which to pay
his fare. The fall broke two of his. ribs
and one shoulder bone.
A Mr.. Whitehead. of Jackson swallow
ell u seven-eiehth-inch copper tack l5
years ago, and after roaming about i'm
undisturbed freedom it cOolly turned ont
of his shoulder blade last week.
A young woman named Rebecca Puff
enberger. living near Charlotte, commit
ted suicide on Friday night by taking
poison. Cause assigned is dependency
over an accusation mad. against her char.
! acter.
Mr.. Darius Willetts. of Adrian town..
ship. was out driving with two ladies on
the eth, when his horses ran away throw
ing the three to the ground. Willetts
was seriously injured, but the ladies were
| unhurt.
A Fort GratiOt saloon-keeper stood the
| red ribbon invasion without whimper.
but when his bartender ran away and
took 800 of the S. KS money. then the
iron entered his soul and he lifted up his
voice and wept.
On Saturday last the engine house or
the Chicago & Lake Huron railroad sit
uated i'm Battle Creek, burned TO the
ground. and two engines were destroyed
The mechanics loose all their tools. The
| fire is supposed to have originated in the
oil room from spontaneous commissions.
Two things who by courtesy had been
called men were lef, by Thomas Wells. of
Cellars Springs. to care for his house and
little daughters few nights. One Off the
brutes, named Armstrong. has been ar
rested charged with Outraging one of the
little girls. and the other, named Lewis.
is sought for by the officers.
A sad accident occurred few miles
north Of Chorlotte on Tuesday Of last
week. While Mrs. w. III. Gould was en-
gagged i'm washing. and was carrying a
pail of hot suds across the room. her lit
tie three-year-Old son ran against her,
causing the water to slOp over on to the
chilli. sealding him so badly that he lived
only short time.
The Mining Gazette has the following
item: "Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward
Howe. Jennie June. the Rev. f. E. Hale,
the Rev. James Freeman Clark, Prof.
Swing, and other celebrities from below,
have rented for the season DIR. Gartner's
summer residence on Grand island, east
of Marquette. and intend TO live there
during July and August"
Certain directors and gentlemen con-
nected with the Kalamazoo, Hastfng e.
Lowell narrow gauge railway were i'm
consultation at Grand Rapids on Friday
of last week and determined to place
100000 of the bonds npOn the market at
once, and if successful to Immediately
proceed to collect the balance due on
subscription and commence laying the
iron on the Kalamazoo end of the track
at once.
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Martin, of Detroit,
has commenced snit in the circuit court
of Branch county against F. L. Warren
of the s. M. hotel. at Coldwater. claiming
$4,000 damages for the death of her hus-
band, VIM. Martin who fell over the bal.
usrrade in that hotel last October, while
and received injuries from
which he died the same day. She charges
that the liquor was procured i'm the hotel
and that her husband came to his death
through the effects of the liquor.