Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-11-23
STATE NEWS.

00U,000 feet for that river this winter.
Tie JACKSON prison inspcc. ors have
Just ordered transfer of Is co ivicts TO
Ionia. *-'
WIN. Dani'ls of Royalton, Bcrrien
county. tell out Of wagon. one day last
week. and broke his neck.
Another 'original Jubilee singer
troupe" has becu formed. This time the
'foriner slaves" are all from Niles.
Oae firm at Tecumseh have bought 81
GOO barrels of apples this fall, 800 of
which were shipped to Belfast, Ireland.
f. Ga,ijot. a keneenaw county mining
expert has beei, commits ioned chief en-
gineer OF tie Japanese governments
coal mines,
! The Germans in several parts OF the
State have begun 10 circulate petiiiJiis
asking the incoming Legislature 10 re-
peal the prcseiI. Stale liquor law, or modi-
y it SO that it shall be acceptable 10
| tlieln.
The trustees o. the Ann Arbor schools
decide Monday 10 order the schools
closed tor two weeks on account OF the
prevalence OF scarlet fever in the city,
The disease is raging seriously, almost
amounting To al epidemic.
Th Re are no beeheapcrs within l2
miles OF Carson City. Montcalm county,
enough to get up a convention ali by
themselves. So they are going TO hold
one at that place, ID, C 'mber 3 !. when
pi actical topics are 10 be discussed and
permanent ASSOCIATION formed.
Three farmers in IOnia have been ar
rested for Stripping camp ground Hear
| them of some 4 900 feet or lumber used
in making sheds. seats. platforms etc.
They yaid for HE lumber, and the fiies
besidcs. The stealing Was AS petty AS "
WAS Improbable.
Wm. VI. Crann Ill has been arrested at
ST. Joseph, on Il Charge of marrying three
wives within len months. The first,
Meta Walton. of Kalamazoo; The second
"A young lady at B.ntonHarho and the
last, willow by the fine OF McAllister,
of ST. Joseph, about month ago.
| Ii. III. Mosey. of Marion. Perry county
Alabama, writes 10 the people OF Mpc.i-
gan rs follows; "rhe reiatiy-s or friends
OF Adjutant Noble, Of the Second Miehi-
gan lfa.Itry regiment. can get his sword
by addressing M. Twas captured du-
ring the siege ai Knoxville. Tenn"
Mai shall Expouader: An Old invalid
soliier o. the Ninth Mic gan cavalry,
wants very much to find the address of
Isaac Putnam. who enlisted in the Ninth
from Albion, willie a student at the col
leg". Pal ers giving this circulation
/ will 10 al old soliier an Important ser
vice
The State Land Commissioner sold at
public auction on the l4th. swamp lands
heretofore licensed as h,mesieads. 1857
100 cres. IT an average of 81 56% Per
acre lie also soil ;it private sale the
some class of lands, 4.S09 acres. ut All
average OF 81 IL per acre. Bids received
for forfeited school llnGs amounted 10
$1,000.
Herman Moran. young man employ
ell in Dolsen q Chapin's salt works at
Bay City. fell into "A grainer full of scald-
| ing brine OH the 18th. He was rescued
as soon IA possible from his awful stua-
ton. but so badly sealded that the flesh
nearly dropped from his bones. He sur
vived in awful agony for only few
hours.
The hooks OF the secretary Of the uni-
versity show that there is AN attendance
in the differnt departments of 1886, stu-
dents, rs follows: Literary. 437; law. 400;
medicine and surgery. SIS; pharmacy,
80; Dental cole e, 56; Homeopathic
Nedicrl College, Sc. Of this number
l2S are women, of whom.72 are in the
literary department, II in the medical,12
are studying homeopa " intend to
be la yfers. and l is III the dental school.
The Legislature OF 1877 passed joint
resolution directing the Autiitor Gener-
al to charge the sum of $l2. 0S5 81 to the
account of Clare comfy, AMI credid S.
lS5 50 TO Midland, and the balance OF
81, 800 to Mecas;a county. Clare county
sued ont an injul c,ion to restrain the
Auditor General from proceeding as re-
quiz ed by the Joint resolution, and this
suit has Just been tried before Judge
Huntington, who has dismissed the ap-
plicsiion, thus deciding against Clare
cOanty.
The annual meeting of the State
Pom illogical society takes place at Paw
Paw d .cember 3-5. The follow are the
topics proposed for discussion: The yel-
laws in the peach; horticultural impli-
ments-their adaptation 10 the work to
be done; atmospheric drainage and or
cl.ard location; nai keters amateur Or
chard; OF cl.a 4 fertilizers md cultivation;
progress in Horticulture; size VS.. quality
l.. mari ct and family fru 6; arrange
ment aud making out o. orchards; plant
lice-thungs, and other insect enemies;
how stali we utilize our rain-talls?
In the summer cf 1873 negro who
lived with the Cherokee Indians in the
lniian territory. foully murdered his
employer, one j. G. Gould, a hertIsman
and tried to Kill felow-crnploye named
Hiram Mann, of Port Huron, Mich.
Nann's head was split open with an ax
and he was otherwise b. RI By n,ur. d,
4 but he subsequently recovered aud islen-
Itfiei Jas Diges, his wo ld-be mu. derer
who. Or various escapes from trial, has
at last been caught. tried. convicted and
sentenced to be hanged on the Goth Of
next month.