Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-09-08
STATE NEWS.

One of the rising industries of Cold
water is yeast factory.
An Ingham country justice has beer
granting divorces it is said.
A northern Michigan agricultural socis
ETY. has been organized at Greenville.
Bob Burdette,the Burlington Hawkeye
man, is to lecture at Bay City on the
25th.
Mrs. Beaumont, the Milford woman
who whipped child so numerically
with strap, has been fined $50.
The people are asked to believe that L.
e. Gage, of JOnesville, raised 500 BUSH
els OF onions OH one acre of land.
A few years ago the state fish culturists
planted whitetish in Orchard Lake. There
is now fair crop almost ready tor har-
vesting.
1t has been decided by special electioif
to issue bonds for a loan of $4,000 to build
an iron bridge over the river OIL Main
street at Owosso.
The Hon. Alonzo c. Davis, a member
of the last legislature. from Isle Royale,
and Miss Mary E. Talman, of lansing,
were married OH the 4th inst.
The Battle Creek board of education
has over $1,000 i'm its treasury-rathers'an
unusual thing for Michigan school
board at this time of the year.
An extensive mass of very fine marble
has been discovered at Lake Hamburg,
forty miles west of Escanaba and near
the Breitung mine on the MenOminee
range.
At Mt. Clemens last Tuesday morning
a cOlOred boy. aged z. named Leo
Sparks, from Detroit, fell into hot salt
vat. He was scalded so badly that he
cannot recover.
Newton Truax, of WatertOwn. Thscola
county, was milking cow near straw
stack on the 3lst ult.. when the stack tell
down upon him, killing him and also kill
ing several COWS.
The supervisors of Lenawee county
have invited the people to come and see
the new Jail at Adrian, and. judging from
the Adrian Times police reports. the peO-
pie are responding nobly.
Pound Master Ransom, of Grand Rap
ids, has caused warrant to be issued for
the arrest of Mrs. Scheuffier. on charge
of obstructing the pound master. She OBJ
structed him with club it is said.
Four years on the 10Th of this month
Saxon colony settled at Forestville, i'm this
state. On the anniversary Of the day
they will have an appropriate celebration
and ex-EmigratiOn Agent Allardt will be
their speaker.
Remington B. Harris, the land forger;
who swindIed SO many people in Berrien,
Cass, st. Joseph, Allegan and other coun-
ties i'm this state, was captured at Cham.
paign county, ILL.,, a few days since by Js
HI. RittephOuse.
The Adrian ladies are busy praying
with and tor Cooley, the man who tried
to murder his aged mOther-in-law. Per-
haps Cooley needs it tall-meantime too
much good care and kind attentions can-
not be thrown away on his unfortunate
victim.
The big snake seen near Battle Creek
is declared to be no myth. or fafcy con-
jured up by scared people. Sober, earn-i
est people adhere TO the statement that
the snake has been seen, and does really
exist. The next thing is to capture and
kill the reptile. and how to do so is puz<
zling the people of that city.
A prisoner from Muskegon, on his way
TO ttie mouse Oi cOTTectloil, Juupcu lTOuk
a train on the Detroit & Milwaukee rail-
road near Nuncia last Monday while if
was going at full speed. Sheriff Ryan, Of
Muskegon county, who had him i'm charge
jumped after his prisoner to catch him
and was considerably hurt The prison.
er escaped.
The Courier. of East Saginaw, has re-
ceived reports from 15 counties in north
ern Michigan relative to crops. All the
reports, with one exception, say corn and
potatoes are full average. OF the latter
only one reports the potato disease As
having appeared. The oat crop averages
about 40 bushels to the acre, and wheat
about % bushels to the acre.
An exchange says: The Hon. c. c.
Comstock, a leading capitalist OF Grand
Rapids, is about to repair the dam across
Grand river at that point, and ii the citi-
zells of the cities and villages along the
river will decide upon an economically
arranged -shutn he will place one iif
his DAM Guess he will, anyway-no'
matter what the citizens dot the law is
enforced.