Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-11-10


In Montcilm county family there are
lS children, and of this number five are
mutes.
An Adrian Alderman has been obliged
TO give bonds for his future gtol be-
havior.
A St. Louis .chap proposes to buy
100000 slaves this winter. So s lys the
Detroit News.
The loss bv the burning of the Plain
we'll Manufacturing company's works,
foots up to about $4,000; partly insured.
Pipenbrink & Sons, druggists of Grand
Rapids. hsve made an assignment. Lias
bilities $1,000. 1t is expected they will
pay 90 per cent.
George Recklee. an insane man, living
near Quimby. Barry county. shot and
killed his mother, Saturday night, and af-
terward killed himself.
1.-The Truth" was what Grand Rapids
paper was named, but the Truth is that
those who were soft enough to pay for is
in advance were woefully taken in.
The East Saginaw great mysterious
disappearance case did not pan out very
we'll Miss Varey only went as far as
Bay City, and now wants to come hOme.s
DR.. Henry. A. Reynolds, the red rib
bon agitatOr. was rendered farewell re-
ception and purse OF 800 ut Adrian
Tuesday night. lie soon leaves tor Indi-
ana.
Kalamazoo pays out about 500 per
month to iced tramps and vagrants. 1t
is now sensibly proposed to make them
earn their living by doing the village
work.
A "wild man," or rather poor de-
mented young fellow, is wandering in the
woods near Chesaning. He is naked and
eludes pursuit. How he lives is not
known.
Flint is plagued with the diphtherai.
So violent and malignant it is in its ma
ture that all houses where there are eases
of it are to be placarded with cards of
warning.
A 30-acre mari bed has been opened at
Caro-, and fine quality of mari lime is
being made from it. The supply is enor-
nous, the bed being from three to ten
feet thick.
Opposition is the life of trade, and at
Saginaw the strife is heaviest among the
undertakers. They have got down to al
most giving away collins, with hearse
thrown in.
There have been 4O9, ,OOO, 900 feet of logs
RATED out by the Tiltabawassee Boom
company this season--a large excess over
last years crop-and there are 100000
feet yet to come out.
! b. l.. Ward. of Cold water, is reported
TO have raised 1.l20 bushels of potatoes
on all acre Ct ground. Branch county
must have been surveyed with India rub
Der surveyors chains.
Cooley, the nan now in dnrance at
Adrian, charged with attempting to kill
his mOther-in-law has brother living at
Holly, n. Y, who writes that he has
neither money or inclination to help God
ley out OF lis scrape.
| The police of East Saginaw had a Sc
we're tussle With a .'laylight robber" the
other day. No one knows his name, but
as he had a Chicago q Lake Huron rail-
road pass in his pocket he is supposed TO
be a Port Huron editor.
The Guaranty fire insurance company,
OF New York city, has Withdrawn its
business from this state, and reinsured its
policy holders in the Royal London,
England. The Republic insurance COM
Ipany has also withdrawn.
Price. the heroic express messenger
/ who killed rObber who tried to rob him
! of the money in his charge, and who has
himself recently been arrested for steal
ing valuable express packages, was form,
r erly resident OF st. Johns. His parents
: now reside in Gratiot county.
At Bay City warrant has been issued
for the arrest of Rev. Father Klasik,
priest OF the Polish church in that city,,
e ,lfs
sielewaska. 1t is alleged that the priest
/, pushed her down in attempting to eject
her from his house. At latest accounts
the reverend gentleman has not been ar
rested.
, Several Grand Rapids telegraphers
planned to frighten another lightning
, jerker. the other night, by pretending to
be robbers. He got wind OF what was
being attempted, and when they began
operations he threw water and coal ashes
over them, and belabored them with all
old sword SO severely that one or two of
the crowd are laid up Tor repairs.
, auction socials'' are the latest vagary
i'm Michigan. The ladies all mask, and
put OH long gowns, cOncealing their forms
/ They are then auctioned of to the high
est bidder successively, and for that eve-
ming must accept the attentions and es-
cort off the fortunate bidder. Most anus
! ing situations and absurd complications
, arise, and that is where the tun Is sup
posed TO come in.
The following goose story is vouchcd
, tor by the Ioiifa Sentinel: '.One day last
week, Charles Hall saw flock of wild
geese settle OH the lake, near evening,
and awaiting until darkness had fairly
, Swallowed the earth, he took light in a
boat and rowed to the spot where he had
last seen them. The geese were attracted
. by the light and crowded toward the
boat so closely that he killed IL with one
shot, and knocked down and killed an
other by clubbing hig gum"
l At. .A.E. Ross lumber camp,one and one
half miles east of Fish Lake 81 of the 30
men employed were taken suddenly, Sc
I verely and simultaneously sick during
Friday night of last week, and have hot
been able resume work as yet. The sick
, ness was caused Dy eating of too much
: fresh meat, which is rare among thems.
The failure of George Campbell &
: Co., heavy lumber manufacturers of Pin
, coming. Bay county. is announced. One
OF the partners, George Campbell, lives in
Bay City; another is another George
Campbell, of Windsor, and the Bank of
Commerce of Canadahas an interest. The
bank is the principal creditor, having a
I mortgage OH the property for $320,O0O;
Mr.. Campbell. of Windsor, h S notes to
: the amount of $l20,O0O. Mr.. Campbell
l of Bay City, claims that the mortgage
was given ly MIR. CAMPBELL, of Windsor.