Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-04-27


,mue bill levying tax of sixteen cents
per ID ON tobacco. So per thousand OH
cigars, and 81 25.per. thousand OIL cigar
Elites not weighing more than 211a lbs. The
income tax is two per centum Oh all
sumsyovcY $1,000.
The Republican state central committee
held meeting ia Detroit OH Thursday.
aid it was decided TO hold the state c,ii-
Sention in Detroit OH Thursday, June l3.
1t is era tifying TO know that the men,
Ders of the committee aud prominent
present at the Wednesday
meeting were strongly in favor OF Il
sound C rrency platform, !,
A BERLIN correspondent says Russia
does Aes hesitate to intimate privately
that she will not object To the. eOngr s.
discussing all Of tile more important
clauses OF the treaty, but declines to make /
its validity dependent upon the consent
OF the powers. A preliminary conference
to settle whether this offer will be salts
factory is still possible, but doubtful.
{ A NEW style. of paddle wheel has been
invented and placed OH the steamer
Massachusetts at New York. 1t was
tested last week and on tile first trip the
steamer made nearly twenty-three miles
an hour, with less power than is usually
applied. The wheel works by pressure
Instead of impact. The blades are twice
the size of ordinary blades, but the
wheels contain only halt the usual mum
Der.
Hon. WILLIAM ORION. president OF
the Western Union Telegraph company,
died Monday morning, of apople KY, in
New York city. The sudden demise of
Mr.. Orion removes from the sphere of
eai thly usefulness one of the most ener-
getic of workers. Under his skillful man.
agement the telegraph interests of the
country have grown 10 gigantic proper
lions.
The French Expo sition is to be OPEN
ed with considerable splendor that is,
there will he an exhibition of royalty
and royal pageants, although the original
features which characterized the Centen-
NAL Exposition will be absent. 1t has
been determined, by both the German
and the French Governments, not to al.
nit pictures in the art exposition from
either side representing scenes of the
of the late war.
IT is perhaps not generally known
that work on the tunnel under the Brit
ish channel is quietly progressing. The
experimental shaft at Sangatte is already
o,,o - L -i---s water mark nair of numI>r
throwing out water which works i'm
plentifully; while in the chalk bed under
the channel a trial gallery has been open
ell perpendicular to the shaft; If no Sc
rious obstacles are encountered in this
gallery up to distance of S,2Sl feet the
grand tunnel will be begun.
SPECIAL dispatches from st. Peters.
burg indicate that a new hitch has Oc
Cured in the negotiations. One CORES
pondent says fatty that Germany pro-
posed that the congress should be sum-
mOned to revise treaties OF 1856 and 1871,
Russia accepted the PROPOSE, hut Eng
land has rejected it, and again insists on
her original conditions. Itnow remains
to be seen whether the dispute may not
be settled by & preliminary conference.
The Lansing Republican gives the
official vote cast in ~ counties on the
two proposed amendments TO the con-
stitutiOn-the first to authorize the Su-
preme Court to appoint its own Clerk,
and the second to lessen the liability of
corporations. The negative majOrities
cannot be overcome by the returns from
the counties not reported. The total
vote cast did not equal one-fourth of the
vote usually cast at a general election.
The vote on the amendment relative to
Supreme Court Clerk stool, i'm favor, 3d.
313; against, 34,712 On amendment rel
alive to corporations for. "a ,74O; against
1904. b'eaef 1855
AT the suggestion of Congressman
MCGOWAN and Keightly. of Michigan.
Secretary Evarts has sent a circular to
the consular service requesting reports
on the following subjects: First, price of
labor among laborers of all classes;
second. cost of living of laboring classes;
third, comparison of the present cost
of living and rates of wages with that
for the last ten years; fourth. the cost of
produce and its market price; fifth, the
amount of paper money in circulation,
and its relative value to gold and silver
together with its fluctuations during as
many years as can be accurately obtain
ed. and the causes which have produced
fluctuations. dI stf
A WASHINGTON telegram says: Now
that the Mexican question is settled, there
has been no time during the last four
administrations of this government, when
the United States foreign relations have
been more quiet. The result of the last
arbitration under the treaty of Washin0-