Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-18
STATE NEWS.

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hoppers.
Congressman Ellsworth demands 800
900 damages from Shearer his assall;er.
Whitei all expects a jim of 4OOOoO0o
feet oi logs soon-the whole White river
drive.
The Ienawee county men un,ler
charge of grain swinHing wanta Change
of venue.
The sim ner meeting ofihe state POM
illogical Society will occur at Jackson.
June 70.
a fine lot of carriage hoes were
shipped from Hiilsdale last week for
England and Cuba.
The bride of a week il circulating a
paper at Hudson asking for subscriptions
to aid her in getting divorce.
A flourishing mormon colony exists
IN l.1peer county. and lis doctrines are
finding adherents in TuscolI county.
Rev. G. III. Brigham, of Ann Arbor
tenders his resignation as a member OF
the state board of health Ill health.
Miss Fanny z. Lowell, chosen town.
ship superintendent OF schools at Climax.
kalamlzoo county, hSs' been declared
imelig Bile.
a white robin with red spot on its
breast makes its home in .IomeSville
cemetery, and the superstitious make a
note OF it.
The marshal of Otsego has been orlered
10 close all saloons. the bonds of the
dealers having been rejected by the COM
mon council.
Mr.. HecoX. reir Centrevillc. sperI
about 800 in advertising horse that he
! thought was stolen, and found it mired
in ditcn on his own farm.
Pack. Woods & Co. are arranging to
build mill at Oscoda that will cut $50
NJ of lumber per day, and 4 salt block
that will make 200 barrels of salt per day.
The offices of clerk and register of
deeds of Clare county have been con-
snlidated by the board of supervisors,
ana the salary of clerk reduced 10 1890
year.
The frost of friday night did consider
able damage TO grapes and strawberries
in the western AID southwestern portions
OF the state. Kalam ZOO county seems
10 have got the worst nipping.
Mrs. Skyes, of Kalamazoo. has been TO
SouIh Bend. AM "abducted' her child
from convent school there, where it
had been placed by its father. from
whom Ms, Skycs is nov separated.
A hnil storm. accompanied by high
wind. devastated orchards. fences. croDs.
window-glass. and everything else that
was handy, in the southeastern part of
Washtenaw county. one day last week.
y hearing in the Rose Douglas contro-
yerSv was hal at Mason Tuesday evening
before Judge Huntington. TO certify to
, evidence oil the exhibits preparatory to
removing the case to the Supreme
Court.
Z. ii. Devore of Topeka. Kansas.
) writes TO al attorney that hc has claims
10 Go acres OF land situated in the heart
OF Detroit, through an ancient ancestor.
one Moses Devore, and wants the matter
looked up.
The Saginaw City Gas company have
appointed two men. the city government
two more, and these f0nr chose fifth
then The written decision of majority
is final as to the price of gas in that city
for the next five years.
VIM. Mccoy, of Oceana county, who
has bee hunted for a year, has been
fnaiIy arrested at Rock Island. H.. for
cattle stealing. Ii is said lie made WAY
with no less than so ed. selling them
10 butchers from time TO. time.
As a matter of fact many M.chiyan
fruit growers regard the recent frosts "a
something desirable-where it did not
bite too deep-for there was fear that
the trees would over bear However. i'm
some places it struck very deep.
The case of II. III. Morrison, the alleged
defanlling treasurer of the grand lodge
OF oddfellowS, was submitted without
; argument last Saturday, and he was
bound over to the lnglian county court
with bail at $1,000, two Sturgis friends
become his bondsmcn.
In reference to the charge that tbe
Michigan mutual life insurance company
loaned money in Ohio at nsurious rates
OF interest, "a committee reported to the
. Ohio house that the lDans were made
E under Michigan laws and that no blame
could be attached to the company.
| A coupe OF Hudson boys did quite a
. lively business for short time the OF her
day in selling rags. The valnables be-
ing slowed in a warehouse back of the
store. the boys extracted them from that
r place and sold them over again. The
intiamation was at LIST discovered. and
[ business resumed its wonted dullncss.
: A curious accident occurred at Farm
] ingtOn recently. a horse Owned by
4 Mrs Collins. OF Battle Greek, valued at
j $500, was lying down in stable. and
upon being reused sprang up, and in,
e doing so broke the bones of one of his
n legs. making it necessary to kill him.
O Upon examination il WAS found that the
animals bones were brittle as pipe
i stems.
= Congressman Elsworth-is reported as
:, saying: ii am nOl pleased with political
lite. am much too independent 10 be
successful politician. can not, and
will not. be Il d''magogue for any Office
IN he gift OF the people. | must act
It myself, and according 10 my own ideas
!. OF right, aud will. whether it is the popu-
lar thing or not" And lie will have no
: more of it.
While one Of the landings for the Sec
Old story of the south poriico at the
/ new state capitol WAS heng placed for
position Tuesday moriiirg. the derrick
mast broke, letting the stone. weighing
e about two ions. tall a distance of 20 feet
: to the steps belON. T. Almond. stone
}. cutter, was badly injured about the
heatl. The damage in dollars and cents
u is from Sl.5O0 TO $4,000 as nearly the
i whole porticD will have TO be reb .iilt
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The Ohio house voiel to allow Gin
cnnaIi apolher vote as 10 issue S3ODD.
u 0CJ OF bonds 10 complete the Southern
railrna;i.
r AT EImir,, r. Y. Catherine E. Beeciier.
e sister of Henry Ward Bcec'lrr, died at
4 noon Snn'lay, at the residence of Thomas
: K. Brcchcr.
There are Indications that the stea,n-