Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-08-24


ACCORDING to the reports of the Ag-
Department the extreme heat
of July injured to some extent the spring
wheat of the northwest, In the east the
condition OF the crop is far better. In the
Province of Ontario the crop this year is
the largest eyer threshed there.
An investigation into the circumstances
attending the omission of the whole Sec
ton Of the Hot Springs reservation act
from the snndry civil bill at the close
of the congressional session involves two
members of congress and two clerks who
assisted in the enrolment. Startling de-
velopmcnts are promised.
FAVORABLE reports come from the
Russian oil regions near the Caspian
Sea. From one well there flows stream
of oil, free from gas and froth, forced i'm
to the height of seventy-five feet,
and yielding at the rate of ten thousand
barrels day. Americans with Ameri-
can machinery are doing their best to
improve these wells.
THE yellow fever reports from the dill
ferent points i'm the south are exceeding
ly discouraging, Nearly one hundred
new cases were reported in New Orleans
in one day, and the condition of affairs
elsewhere is equally gloomy. At Grena-
da, in Mississippi, all of the officials OF
the little town, with the exception OF the
Mayor, have fallen before the terrible
scourge, and he was reported dying.
CAPTAIN HOwGATE's polar expedition
must be abandoned until, at least, next
year. The Florence, it will be recollect-
ed, was despatched to the Arctic regions
some time ago to make preparations fol
the establishment of the first polar colo
ny. Congress having failed to vote an
appropriation to send out a relief ship
she has started for home, making the
best disposition possible of the stores and
supplies that have been purchased by
her commander in furtherance of the ell
terprise. Captain Howgate has mo-
abandoned his plans, but will renew il
December his efforts to remove the ice
bergs of opposition in Congress.
In the award of prizes at the Paris ex.
position che United States agricultural
exhibit has received diploma of honor
aud the United States educational exhib-
it gold me lal. OF the eleven objects o
art offered by the Agricultural Society o
France for exceptional merit in agricul
tural machinery in the recent field trial,
eight have bren awarded to American
inventions. DIR. Edward Fl. Knight, the
American juror of class No. 76, has beer
authorized to announc, the awards They
are as follows Mccormick binding
reaper; Woods binder; Osborne's binder;
Johnson's harves ter; DEGREES gang pillow,
Whitley's harves: er; Dederick's hay press
and the Chicago hay p,ess. The above
eight Tr'zes are independent of the med
ais of the exhibition proper.
~ Int Of nn
Monetary Conference last week, Mr.. Hor-
ton, Secretary of the American delega
ton, was admitte to seat in the con-
ference with the same rights as Other
members. Mr.. Groesbeck explained the
views of the United States government
and submitted a programme for the es
tablishmens of a common relation be-
tween gold and silver and of the liberty
of coinage. English, Swiss. Swedish
and Italian representatives participated
in the debate which followed. Germany
is invited to send representatives. Mr..
Groesbeck explained the Bland bill. He
said the motives of the American govern
ment were entirely unselfish, as it de-
rived no revenue from the mines of the
country. He submitted resolution af-
firming the desirability of fixed inter-
national rate between gold and silver and
of the Unlimited coinage of both as legal
tender, Mr.. Goschen, the English dele
gate, said England reserved the right to
maintain the gold standard unaltered.
REV. E. E. CASTER, of East Saginaw
finds fault with Governor Croswell for
using the pardoning power so freely
as he has. In recent sermon he said :
Tho present Governor of our state seems
as well calculated for and as much dis
posed to exercise the pardoning favor
toward criminals as any one we could
place in the Gubnatorial chair. And if
sympathy for villains is recommends
ton for reelection there is no reason
why Gov. Croswell should not be re-
elected" In regard to the position of
the reverend gentleman the Detroit
Evening News says: at God pardons
sinners as Rev. Z. E. Caster breaches
and for which he holds Him up as an OBJ
ject of alteration, it puzzles us to know
why the reverend gentleman should so
fiercely denounce like clemency on the
part of our worthy Governor. 1t is es-
pecially puzz!ing when we reflect that
the laws broken by our prison convicts
are merely human llxxS ar,1I that e., Ii