Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-08
STATE NEWS.
u A prominent Niles family Sports a coat
of arms.

The texas fever is raging in Kalama-
zoo county.
The Kalamazoo insane asylum is
''chuck fll.n
Grand Rapids scoops the state on
failures just now.
4 Hudson church has been converted
converted into gymnasium.
| Eight farmers i'm the township of Brou-
son. Branch county. have lost over $40
hogs by the cholera.
The dam of the Newaygo tub factory
burst few days ago, and the piOprrForS
will put in steam power.
The Mother of the Wallace sisters,the
wel'-known actresses, died at the Morton
house, Grard Rapids, last week.
Major Cole, the welI-known Michigan
evangelist, is now holding powerful re-
ligiOus services at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A STANCE animal is prowling around
Sunfield township, Elton county killing
hogs and sheep, and keeping small boys
in nights.
The Ames M. E. church at Saginaw
| City (Penoyer farm) is heavily i'm debt,
and is advertised for sale to "a isiy the
claim.
Shackcton & Bennett's Touring mill
at Sherman, Wexford county. barmd
Monday afternoon. Loss, $6,0e0 with
some insurance.
An attempt to organize a grcei.b:ck
club in Dexter. Eaton county, fizzled be-
cause only eight i'm an audience of 2J0
wanted more greenbacks.
Seth Nibbelink. of Ottawa. was Il
wealthy man. and when he died hc cut
one of his sons off with s.. The lad
kicks" and wants $500.
The Ingham county seat war still RACES
lansing wants it, and Mason is fighting
hard to retain it. There will be fun nc
the Januuy session of the supervisors.
| A lady lawyer is about 10 hang cut her
shingle i'm kalamazoo. Miss Cameron
has been studying tor a long time. and
will soon apply fer admission to the bar.
Joseph Miller, the deaf and dumb
farmer. living near Niles. who Was ar-
cused-of criminal assault on two little
girls. has been bound over for tri. |.
Bail,$5CD
The grangers of Michigan number Co.
90l. and have 593 oranges. They Will
probably make big trrn out OF Lansing
. OH the llth. the time fixed for the aliii,ial
grange meeting.
Bay City people are little particular
about where their smallpox hospital is
situated, ard will enjoin every effort to
have one built within sabbath days
Tourney OF the city.
AAvoman known as "Aunt Latte
Harrington, who was supposed TO lie
nearly 100 years old, recently died in the
Jackson county poor-housr. Sic l,ad
been a county charge tor 30 years.
Mcssrs. Knight & Paine, firm of
prominent business men of Blissfick'.
Lemwee county. failed Monday. THY
assign To A. ID. Gilmore. They owe De
troit and Toledo parties $4,000. Asses
fixed III about $4,000.
Tie people of Midland still have fai'h
i'm their gold and silver discoveries. Que
man. j. 5. Eastman, has $1,000 mora
| of fai II i'm the richness OF the find. and
he sc ldom works on a "blind lead"
The president of the Village of Decatur
has issued pronuncianrnto TO parents
and unruly boys" The ukase states That
profanity and unruly conduct ow The pat
of the boys is herea ter 10 be vlritt Il whh
severe punishment, etc.
Several farmers wives residing near
Decatur brought s'cloth of sold Ios. :
bush slips of an itinerant florist NY"
Years ago. Price 81 per Zip. last year
they did not bloom bnt this year hey
bore a few runty Lawton blachbtrrics.
About three months ago. Mrs. VIM.
Barber. of Howell. fell from her chair.
and stuck the points of a pair of Shears
into her knee. The injured limb ston
began to swell, and at last her suflrrings
were such that last week death elIsutd.'
Samuel ID. Jackson, n merchant of
Grand Rapids. has been arrested Tor OBJ
tanning goods of Boston firm "I, false
| pretensp The arrest WAS made on :.
reauistiOn from the governor OF Mass.
chusetts A writ of habeas corpus has
been served OH the officers who made The
arrest. sf.l iT
One of the horse thieves who ha> be"n
operating in Kalamazoo county had whi'
| him when Overhauled by the vigorous %
ficer full set of camping out and cock
| ing utensils. three pairs of rubber boots.
grain bags. two ugly looking butcher
knives and heavy dirk knife. spring
chicken, pipes tobacco and other thing
to make him comfortable and his enemies
sad-hearted.
The total shipments of iron ore froia
NJ ,rquette, LAnse and Escanaha This
year were 965.057 tons, against 9159D
tons last year. The Mining J"t'rii;tl
remarks, however, that the diinini>ir,'t
consumption of ore at local furnaces and
shipments by rail will more than over
| hal,noo this increase i'm lake shin
nents SO that the final summing up will
show a considerable falling off, as cum
pared with the total output of the mines
in 1875.
A dispatch from Joncsville, date ries-
day. saws that on Thursday Ut l>t
week. Emma Mccarthy diei. and ".
Friday corners jury began the work
of finding out what or who killed her.
The inquest was a long one, and whei
their finding was finally rendered, the
verdict was at once sealed, and rle result
of the investigation thus kept from the
lpublc for a>sime. However, it is now
said that it recites that Miss Mctarlhy
came to her death from the effects of an
abortion brought about by DR.. Harry. 4
physician OF Hillsllale. Before the girl
died she male "a full confession ri lier
shame and sin, and charged the plterni-
ty Of her expected child upon one or the
, other of two well-known young ms.it ot
JOnesyille, one Of whom is reporei Ia
have paid her $50 to keep still amt say
! nothing about it. The young men are
, persons OF very good standing. and even
the girls dying statement ds"s not shake
the belief of some in the boys innocence.
} OF conr e. Jonesviile Is excited about tho
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