Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-16
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STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Wool is selling I'm Charlotte for from ~
to 30 cents.
joseph Segar. aged 60, was found dead
in q mill pond at Harrisville.
Miss Lizzie Tuck, the Hillsdale portrait
artist. has returned from her studies in
Europe.
Corn and oats have poor show I'm
Lenawee county, by reason of the go
we're drouth.
The adventists ale having tent meet
ings in grove inside side the city limits
of Port Huron
The sFree Methodistsn will hold a.
camp meeting at Ovid, beginning June
l9. and lasting seven days. s>.,r
Herbert Newton, of Chesaning, Sagi-.
nav county, drowned himself in well
Saturday. Said to be insane.
Hepery Beizell, an East Saginaw BUTCH
er. quarrelled with his brother Sunday,
and hung himself Monday morning.
Hon. E. G. d. Holden, Secretary of
State, gives lectures on Odd Fellowship.
and it is said they are splendid ones,
too.
Adrian thieves show culture as well as
cupidty, by stealing filchsias. geraniums
and other house plants that are lett out
doors.
If the Hillsdale Chair company owes
you anything you will get two cents on
the dollar, and ought to be very thankful
for that.
! William Kyle, of Tecumseh, while
cleaning out well, Tuesday, had his
skull cracked by falling stone. He
may not survive the blow.
These times have the people of South
Saginaw heard the supreme court say
that their annexation to East Saginaw
was lawful, and still they are not happy.
The Ypsilanti Commercial suggests
that Jake Martin lets the wrestling bus
ness alone hereaftcr-and many Ypsilanti
people who invested ducats say"Amen"
to the sentiment.
! The residence of A. A. Jordan, at Blu
chanan, burned last week with the COLI
tents. A defective chimney was the
cause. Insured for 81, 200 in the PhG--.
nix.
Some of the citizens of Flint have
clubbed together for the purpose of sup
plying their houses with water. At an
outlay OF $500 for l.ire they have secur-
ed a good water supp.
| The father uf ishes," Hon. George III.
Jerome, has planted 10000 eels in Goguac
lake, Battle Creek. and 5000 i'm st. Mary's
and respectfully demands that the Slip
perry fellows be severely let alone.
Orville Kneeland, Beford, Calhoun
comfy, went to church last Sunday and
did not take his pOcketbook along, and
so one of the heathen entered his house
and helped himself to share Of Orville's
| wealth.
| The Health Reform institute at Battle
Creek has been merged into the "Medical
and surgical sanitarium." The sanitar-
ium has existed IL years, has successfully
treated over 1900 cases, and has now 100
patients.
A Pittsford editor tied his horse to
stump and began setting fire to other
stumps near by, and soon his wagon,
buffalo robe. overcOat, bible and hymn
| book were burned, and the horse was
pretty well roasted.
Work on the narrow gauge railroad
from Paw Paw to Lawrence commenced
PRIV Paw on Tuesday. The spikes and at
ties RE mostly delivered, the engine built
and some of the freight cars. Work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. George N. Potter, of Benton town.
ship, Eaton county, owns horse, now 30
years old, that was driven over the stage
line between Lansing and Jackson from
1856 to 1862, then sent to the war, 'woun-
ded, brought back, and at present is being
used on farm.
The city of Battle Creek has Just recov-
L -<,1 s..1x int t,o ci~ rf 60
1887 80 against the administrators Of the
Duncan estate, i'm pursuance OF a promise
made by MIR. Duncan i'm his lifetime that
he would pay one ha OF the expense Of
bridge over the Kalamazoo river.
Daniel w. Ringer, formerly of Bellevue,
recently sent to his sister, Mrs. Henry
Hall, of that place, a portion of the scalp
of Lame Deer, one OF the noted Indian
was killed by the soldiers under COM
mand of General Miles, at Tongue river.
Montana territory, on the 7th ult. 1t Ii
about as large as the end OF The finger,
and the hair is eigteen inches in length,
and black as coal.
Otto Lenschner, the defaulting teller
of rhe East Saginaw savings. bank, has
waived examination and goes to the cir
cult court for arial, bail being fixed at
$2.4OO, The bank will not accept COM
promise, and he must stand trial on
double charge of forgery and embezzle-
4 ment.
Samuel Campbell, of Mt. Clemmens,
about 30 years old. was found dead Sun
day morning in an clubhouse with his
neck broken. He has been for many
years subject to nervous fits, and it Is
supposed that, while having one of those
attacks, ne fell i'm such way as to break
his neck.
Telegrams from throughout the state
show that the storm Of Saturday last did
i a great deal of good. The farmers
throughout Barry, Van Bhren, Calhoun,
Kalamazoo, parts of Hillsdale and other
counties had been feeling very
desp0ndent about the outlook for the
wheat crop, which the insects and the
drought had endangered, but the rain
mas materially raised their dropping spir-
rs.
A new trick with the iightning-rod
dcadbeats is described as follows In am
obscure place in the contract the blanks
have printed the words, "All rods to be
put up in the circular fOrm.' Then
these audiciOus scamps start their rod,
say at the end of the ridge on the roof
OF a barn, run it along the ridge few
feet; then halt way down to the caves,
and loop it back TO the roof in a ''circu-
, lar FORM" This operation is repeated on
the other side the rod run up to the
!, ridge again, and then down TO the
{ grOund. Thus tile farmer is furnished
, with about three times as much rod as
!, he needs. and has expected to get. He
protests; then the contract is shown him,
and finds he Is fast i'm the anent,s