Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-28
STATE NEWS.


county is a woman.
Lirut Frank S. Rice. U. S. A. of the
Michigan Military Academy at Orchari
Lake. is spending the holidays with bis
friends at Springfield, Ohio.
The prophet of the Iron Port predicts
that the amount Off iron ore which will be
shipped from the Menominee region next
season will APPROX mate 100000 ions.
ex-governor John J. B1gley. with
his usual generosity, bas sent 20 lbs.
each of nuts. cindy, and raisins as "a
Christmas gift to the reform school boys.
In one week this month 400 deer were
killed i'm RoscommOn county alone, no
less than 3l7 carcases being shipped
away by rail. SO the war of extermina-
ton goes OIL,
An experienced Muskegon lumberman
predicts that common lumber will sell
As low rs S6 per thousand feet next year,
ii the present Indication of an unusual
large crop are realized.
At Capt. Louttet's slipyard, in Grand
Haven. there are three new crafts to be
built this winter. IA tug vessel and "a
propeller. He has declined to under
take the building of still another pro-
peller.
The Il .rks in the Audi'o. Generals de-
pa. .tmeIt. last Tuesday presented General
Ely a beautiful vest chain of gold. Ia
which WAS attached a Nal e-e or OF
onyx. bearing the insignia OF Knight
Templar.
Judge Smith. of Cassopolis, Judge
Haight. o Lu'lngton. Judge Shipman,
of Culdwater, elcc'ed in November, have
ill qualified and entered upon tue duties
of their office rs Circuit Judge in the
| second. fifteenth and ninteenth districts
| respectively.
/ Israel B. Wolfe. of Arcadia. Gr.tiot,
county, has wooden clock l6 years old.
1t was originally brought from Germany.
and h1s been iii possession of some
member of the Wolfe family during the
period mentioned. 1t still runs and is
fair time-keeper.
| Ka-ge- -che-wan. the Oldest man in Em-
NIT county, died at Mil'lle Village. on
the 11th, of Old age. H.. was in tre
neighbOrhood of 100 yearS old. ami Il a
passed his entire life in Northern Mclii-
gan. He witnessed the passage of the
first steamboat through the straits of
Mackinaw.
Probably one of ;he most T.. IN rkable
suicides OH record was that of Mrs. Cor
bin, of Leroy, Osceol COUNTY. She :ook
an apron string, placed it abOu; her meek,
took an end in each llan,i. and deter
n:nedly pulled i'm opposite directions,
choking herself to death. falling OH her
face in the snow.
Hon. Joaathln Shearer. hlrirg sui .r-
ell sever, ly from bronch It's aIi pine IL
mOnia. aDd finding relief trGri IA SiDp'c
prescriptions. gives it for the b'.nrfii ,f
Others, as follows: Equal p.rIs #
honey, Bourbon whisky AMI cinamon
tea. TO DC taken often. in siniIlg ,ntities.
on the tongue. and inhaled. L. impmrts
warm, invisOrating sensation Ia the
lungs, and DESTROYS pain in short linr."
A curious aneclOte is told OF one of
HOughIon's bankrupt merchants, who
has just succeeded, in settling up lis af.
fairs. AT the final closing up of The mat
ter. it was found that the Bankrupt lack
ell JUS 81 40 Of paying certain per-
c'ntage 10 lis creditors. lie proudly
walked mp with a well filled pocketboOk
to the commissioner and said he would
pay tIie amount out OF his own pocket.
ami he did.-Ontondgon Miner.
While some MN were at work in the
woods near Flint few days since FILLING
trees, their curiosity was excited by the
rattle OF chains as Il tree struck mother
earth. Upon examining The tree "a large
iron trap with Il heavy chain was found
about thirty feet from the butt. and the
chlin running almost exactly through
the center of the trunk, firmly imbedded
in the solid wood. The tree. which is
one of good size IN proportion TO lis
height, was sawed off Oh either side of
the chain, and will be preserved as a
relic.
A case OF spontaneous combustion is
reported at the new clpiiol. During
Thursday of last week wOrkmen WERE
engaged in cleaning and oiling the desks
iu representative hall, and in the even
ing the floor was swept and the sweep
ingS, which consisted of oilel rags and
dust, were left Oh the dust pan near the
wainscOting ut the west entrance. About
midnight the watchman smellcd smoke.
and after some delay in getting into the
| room found the wainscoting and carpet
Oh fire where the dust pan had been
| placed. Three or four feet of wainscoi-
ing were destroyed, and several yards of
carpeting ruined.
The st. Clair Republican says: "Aprc t.
pos OF the tunnel project. Senator Nc
Eiroy has originated plan for building
The same which offers immense ad-
vantages over the Ortlilary method, We
are not at liber' y to give details, but we
will say that i'm case of construction,
diminished cost and general advantages,
it tar excels anything OF the kind. BY
his plan tunnel can be built at Il larSe
reduction from the cost of a bridge, and
with much greater availability. The
plans have been submitted to MIR. Muir,
General Manager of the Canada Southern
railway. and when the tunnel is built
Mr.. McElroy's plah, or some modifica-
of it, will probably be adopted"