Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-04-06
STATE NEWS.

The Muskegon saw-mills are ripping up
pine again.
Muskeso1 has Gre alarm telegraph iha 4
only cost $l0l.
I One hundred and fifty nets are now set
/ in Saginaw bay
| at the recent Charlevoix Circuit there
We're only two cases on the calendar.
| The Michigan Central Railroad directors
have declared dividend of per cent.
Mrs. Ward. owner of the Ludington mills
proposes to haul her logs by steam here
after.
The orsanizstio of the Port Huron anil
Northern railroad has been legally com-
pIeted.
Bishop Gillespie confirmed fifty.oue cam
didates at Trinity Church, Miles. on Sunday
evening.
The kalkaska county people who went
10 Arkansas to settle last year are slowly
lirnping back on foGt.
Judge Cooley. of Michigan. has been
agreed upon in commillee as third Pacific
railroad commissioner.
Hattie Hall. of Adrian. girl of IA, has
been sent the Detroit House OF Correction
TILL Il as common prostitute.
The Detroit Evening News has settled
its libel suit with Judge Reilly by paying
$1,000. and making a complete apology.
Rev. j. w. Brown. of Cleveland, former
ly rector OF Christ church. Detroit. is men,
toned possible successor TO Bishop Nc
| Closkey.
Altoona county is "picking up' There
are now 800 acres sown with wheat in that
county. Truly "the wilderness shall blos-
som as Il TOSe.'
Encouraging news is received from e. p.
Ferry. of Grand Haven, who is making ain
! extended California trip for the benefit OF
his health.
Settlers throughout Emmett county have
| cleared more ground during the past winter
| than AL that has been cleared before i'm
the county.
Ann Arbor is just now The scene of a re-.
markable Temperance revolution Hum
dreds are tying on the red ribbon and chang
ing their iipple.
An "Hones; Money League" opposed TO
infiation. has been organized at Howell,
Robert Hunter. Jr., President, and NJ G..
Barber Secretary.
All the drives on the Mnskegon, with the
SHNcP'tob vi iiOuSutou Adke, udSe Dccb
started. Reports from the MenomineS
give summer stage of water.
On the Doth OF this month many Miclf
gan lodges of Odd Fellows will duly cele-
brate the 5Sth anniversary of the establish
meiIt of that order in America
In shelving Hon. James O'Donnell, who
has been mayor Of jackson for two terms,
the citizens of that place lost the best
mayor they have had for many years.
There hasn't been fire i'm Saranac for
for about six years. and the most disgust
ngly daspOndent chap on the face of The
earth is Saranac fire insurance agent.
Pitts & Grange, a firm of lumbcimen who
are operating on the Chippewa river this
spring. have Il lumber slide two miles long,
and slip The logs into the water at lively
rate.
Among the inmates of the Lenawee
county poor house is John T.. Smi. n. a.
soldier OF 1912. He is So years OLD. and
car,ies scars received at Plattsburg IN
1914.
Business on the Grand Rapils and Indians
Railroad is larger than usual this spring.
both ways. A good deal of lumber goes
south, and an Increasing quantity of goods
come North.
During the pas: 19 years over 100000
have been spent or road and street making
at Adrian. aud still they caIlnot touch bot
tom wi h ten foot pole in some of those
same streets
"Wild roved an Indian eirl.' but when
she stole goods of "a Fremont grocer he yank-
ed ner TO Jail jus; rs if she was an iinro,nan-
tic white woman. Here's business for In
dian Agent Lee.
The United States land Office was re-
moved from IonIa 10 Reel Cuy March &c.
The books. papers, aud furniture of the OF
flee filed "a car. The Office was located at
ionia AZ years ago.
A mar named Allen Long undertook to
floor l6-years old bow named Bradley. i'm
collar aud elbow match. at Paw Paw, last.
week. The boy. however, threw him, aud
broke his leg bones.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Company, it is reported, will early in the
season purchase a large quantity Of new
steel rails to replace those now in its track
which are worn out.
Frank A. Hooker. of Charlotte. has 70.
ceived his commission as Circuit Judge Of
the 5th Judicial circuit, vice Van Zlle re-
signed. The appointment appears To-
please the public in that district.
A quit claim deed from Frank G. Brgclow
TO Louis Sand, conveying lands in Olsego.
Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake Missaukee and
Wexford counties. has Just been put on ree-
ord. ,he consideration being $250O0O.
A new ereenback paper has been born in
Haslings-lhe Barry COuuiy Sentinel. Phil
n Nskern is at the helm. With three papers
for Hastings 10 support there Is 4 prospect
for business for the journalistic undertaken
soon.
The Lenawec county grand jury impan->
neles. for The purpose or Investigating the
Adrian depot grain frauds. have found a
bill OF indictment against e.. r. Hough.late
freight agent. The bill charges him with
embezzling Q) 5000 bushels of grain. He
was arrested and hailed out.
A man named Gillett recently started a
jewelry store at Beldlng, run it a week,
sold ont to another jeweler, stole the goods
the same night. left town and was arrest
ed at lonla OH his way TO Grand Rapids
and sentenced to four years in state prison.
All these events took place within :wo~
weeks.
The Allegan Journal areues that fhe fact
of the state fair being held at Detroit this
year will result i'm disaster To the State AQ-
ricultural society, As Detroit is too remote
from other paris of the state" etc. The
same argument was'used when the fair went
10 Saginaw, but the society still lives aud
prospefs.
The Apena lumbermen say they hare
5000. 600 feet of logs banked. 1t is said
g<l. 4 4 y {oo ofl lr.rc fat1f