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

the last fiscal year the increase of value
in the stamp, stamped envelopes, postal
cards, etc., had been very large and
steady. The inference is that in times Of
great depressiOnlin business people do not
write as many letters as when they are
and cheerful
The oolored, men of. New Jersey re-
Gently held convention and resolved
''that the concilatory policy Of President
Hayes i'm an abandonment OF the Repub-
lican party, by which he was elevated to
the Presidency, and is and ought. to be
in that it has given and will
continue to give political power and the
control of the government to the very
men who sought its destruction"
THE Ohio State Journal says the Dem
ocratic ticket in Ohio is weakened by a
scarcely concealed arrangement i'm the in
terest of Pendleton for United States
Senator. Because of this arrangement
Henry B. Payne, hard-money Demo
crat, has been crowded into the back
ground and choked off. Payne was an
nounced to speak early in the canvass,
but the appointment was withdrawn.
The New York Herald publishes an
interesting article upon the proposed
ship canal across the isthmus of Pana-
ma, which is likely to awaken renewed
interest III this stupenilous undertaking.
The ground has now been thoroughly
surveyed, and the cost counted, and the
only obstacle now remaining to be remoy-
ed is The pOlitico-financial one, by which
interested nations will share i'm the con-
troll and cost of the canal. The success
of the undertaking would appear to be a
mere matter OF time.
The Canadian people of late seem to
have more confidence i'm Amer lean lite
insurance companies than they have in
similar institutions in their own dominion.
The policy-holders of that country since
1869 have paid American companies
nearly $1S,0OO,000. and during the last
year American agents received as, much
from them rs did the Canadian cOmpan-
les. Life insurance in America is not
as stable as it ought to be, but it is pre-
ferable to the condition of the business
in Canada, under system which afford
but little protection to the policy hold
CIR.
TIE London News is informed that
two living specimens of the Colorado
beetle were discovered on board steam
er which arrived at Liverpool from New
York. Upon receiving notice of the ar
rival of these two living bugs, Duke of
of Richmond and Gordon at once direct
ed the eminent cntOmologist, Mr.. An
drew Murray, to proceed to the SC enc of
A I'LL CclCnCu stSiOtfs diiu tlGcI COilSultd-
ton with the local authorities, proceed
to arrest the mischievIous movements of
the dreaded insects. At the latest ac-
llcounts the two living potato bugs had
not been caught. .aoi eg ri AI1i. Z
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| GENERAL SHERIDAN transmits a tele-
gram from Ord, enclosing one from Ben
cvedes, stating that the Mexican com
mander at Camargo was informed by the
commander of the Texas state volunteers
that he had been ordered by the govern
mcnt of Texas to pursue criminals
wherever found, even though on Next
can soil, in case they are not promptly
ydcivcred up. The Mexican commander
replied that he should obey his orders
from the Mexican government. Ord's
orders prohibit crossing on trails after
any sort of raiders where there are Mex
lean troops TO arrest and punish!outlaws
Ord added that il the state volunteer
cross they will not be assisted by him
and the talk about $4,000 troops was cal
culated to stop the efforts of the Next
CANS to extradite the outlaws.
The discovery Of two satellites O
Mars by Professor Hall, of the Nationa
Observatory, at Washington, Is ranked
among the greatest astronomical discov
cries of the century. The first satellite
was discovered OH the night of Angus
16. 1t was again observed on the fol
lowing nights, and the time of its revo
luton (about 80 hours) determined
When all calculations had been verified
Professor Hall officially announced thu
discovery. The distance of the satellite
from the planet is about $4,000 miles les
than,tha of any other known satellite
from its primary. The diameter is no
more than 100 miles. A second satellit,
was discovered on Saturday morning
18th ult., but the observations were no
such as to enable astronomers to speal
4 with certainty as to its existence. Thi
4 second moon is still closer to Mars thar
the first.