Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-09-22

EDITORIAL NOTES.
BEN HILL says one OF. the two candi.
dates for President i'm 1880 will hail from
the south. He hopes the south with its
1873 votes, will not allow the north to die
tate in convention platform and name
candidates. He remarks, incidentally,
that he has no presidential ASPIRATIONS.
ACCORDING to reports returned 20 the
State Board of Agriculture the yield of
winter wheat i'm Illinois:in 1867 was 90
5l0.032 bushels ;'spring wheat, 2.9SO.524
bushels; total wheat crop, 81, AGO, $50 bush
els. 1t is estimated that 8.935,4l1 acres
have been planted i'm corn this year, and
that the yield will be 272, 766,12l bushels.
The oat crop of the year is reported at
81, l45Oe3 bushels.
The Importance of the capture of
Nicsics now becomes apparent. The
Turkish hold on Montenegro is loosen
ed, and the. hardy mountaineers are free
to act with the Servians against the
Turks. The Turks lost several thousand
men some weeks ago i'm an attempt to
save Nicsics. The outcome marks that
bloody campaign failure.
MIR. Cox is charged with saying to a
friend that he confidently expects to be
Speaker of the next House, because he is
ami always has been opposed Subsidies.
Mr.. Randall has written letter to say
that he confidently expects to be Speak
err, because he will get the southern vote.
which is almost unanimous i'm favor of
subsidies. If they: are both right the
man who is on the wrong side of the
substituting question:had better subside.
The New York Sun admits that the
prospect Of the Democrats cvrrying New
York at the next election is not so flat
tering as the average Democrat thinks
1t is. 1t warns the leaders that the party
cannot stand internal divisions. AS the
had a majority of 10000 last
fall in that portion of the state outside of
New York and Brooklyn. and as internal
divisions would tell heavily on the city,
the Democratic prospect is not altogether
ACCORDING to the Cincinnati Enquirer
a combination is forming between the
Pacific Mail company, a new steamship
line called the Occidental and Oriental
company, each for a subsidy of half a
million year, and the Texas Pacific
lobby, the whole to bear down together,
IN the hope OF tipping a majority vote
fOr these schemes. 1t will be heavy
loading, and the public will watch the
.teeter board" with. corresponding inter
.st and anxiety.
TIE soldiers monument at Dayton
Ohio, was unveiled on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER II, in the presence of 5000 vete-
rams and 10000 citizens. Glowing eulo-
yies of the soldiers of the volunteer army
If the republic were madeby President
Hayes, Secretary of War McCrary, Chief
Justice Waite and General Butler. The
is the result of the efforts of
he officers and veterans OF the soldiers
home, and is designed to perpetuate a
memorial Of the valOrOus deeds of the |
ommOn soldiers. The monument is not |
MY pail fOr,but there is surplus Of$1,-
1852 i'm the treasury to ornament the
PRESIDENT HAYES attended the re-
lion of the Twenty-third regiment of
ohio volunteers, of which he was for
nerly colonel, at Fremont, Ohio, Friday
# last week. Among the distinguished
ersons present, besides the President,
we're Generals Sheridan, Rosencranz, j.
}. Cox, ScammOn, Keller, Lee. j. and
J. Duvall, COOts, Kennedy. and num-
er OF others. Of civilians there were
resent Secretary McCrary, Chief Justice
Waite, Senator Matthews, &C., &c.-the
most of whom made short speeches.
General Kennedy, who replied to the
ddress of welcome, i'm speaking of Pres
dent Hayes, said that it was his fortune to
now him when when be could know we'll
10Th his good and bad qualities, and he
esired to bear testimony to the purity
f his every purpose, and that a drawer
nd better soldier never went to battle.
lie was ever ready to divide his last blan-
,et and last piece OF bareback with his
oldiers.
DETAILS concerning the collision of
he ships Avalanche and Forest show
hat it took place at 9:l5 Tuesday night,
september IL. dozen miles southwest
# Portland. The ships were beating
lown the channel on opposite tacks. The
Forest struck the Avalanche amidships,
ebOunded and struck her twice further
1T, causing her TO founder In about
hree minutes from the first striking.