Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-14
STATE NEWS.

MIR. Henry S. Sleeper, OF Kalamazoo.
Will be the Deputy of the State Land Of
flee under Commissioner Neasmith.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate. Monday, by the President was
that of James Gallup, to be postmaster OF
Grand Rapids.
Hon. Ira Stout, an esteemed citizen
of Alpena, died on the 9th after a short
illness; AT the time Of bis death he
held the office of Judge of Probate.
Steele, the Albion man who caused the
arr est OF II other students Of Albion coli
iegc. has to pay their board while they
are in jail. 1t costs him $56 per week.
The Supreme Court of Michigan adopts
the New York rule that, before proceed
ing against a guarantor, legal proceed
ings must be taken against the maker
without effect.
A Battle Creek woman warned LIQUOR
sellers not 10 sell intoxicants to her hus-
oand, but they did ii; and nov she haS
had i've of them arrested for not needing
her warning.
A lot Of Ionic columns, windoes caps,
ETC., made for the state capitol, but re-
Jected on account of errors. have been
sold for 30 20. They cost the state sew
eral hundred dollars.
Hon. James NJ. Neasmith, State Land
commissioner elect. is an enthusiastic
sheep raiser. Keeps his farm stocked with
the very finest sheep, and is doing
great deal 10 improve the breeds In this
state.
Miss Estella French, of East Tawas, is
perhaps the first woman who ever held q
position in the United States signal SER
vice. She is telegraph operator at East
rawas, and attends to the signal service
work there.
Several parties who were injured fn
in the Grand Rapids s. Indiana railroad
smash-up neir Howard City, last sum-
mer, are bringing suits against the COM
pany for sums aggregating between $40,-
600 and $4,000.
The GratfOS county dogs have been
libeled by accusations, of sheep killing.
Ii is now proven that the destruction of
mutton is dine 10 large and fierce wild
cats. One man caught four of these fe-
lines in his sheep pastures.
According to the report of the
Comptroller of the currency the Detroit
banks. i'm the ratio of their reserve of le-
gal tender to- their liabilities, are stronger
than any other banks in the country eX-
cept those Of San Francisco and Cleye-
land.
On Monday, at Marshall. the oase
against the ex-students OF tho Battle
Creek Advent college. Arnold, Hughes
and Hoyt accused OF burglary, etc.. came
up. Arnold pleaded guilty and goes to
Jackson for three years. Hughes and
Hoyt pleaded not guilty of receiving
stolen goods.
Charles preston, of Hunters Creek. La
peer county. was killet. By Detroit tS
Bay City train at Lapeer on Sunday
morning. lie was intoxicated aud starI-
ed ahead of the train. bat caught his
foot in switch frog. or Between the
track and the guard Iail, and, before the
engine could be stopped, he was C. ash.sl,
Preston originally came sf0m Cam
bridgeport, Mass.
Last Saturday afternoon seventeen stu
dents from.the Albion college were lodg-
ed in the county Jail at Marshall on a
capias. The facts in the case are thus
briefly stated by one of the students.
The plaintiff i'm the case is himself stu
dent OF the college in qnesnon, who for
some cause was expelled from an organ
| lied society Of the college students, OH
account OF which he caused the arrest
| OF the society as a body, The complaint
charges the young men with an attempt
| to defame his character by eXpelling
him from the organization. The pecu-
liar feature of This is that they are by no
means college rOwlies, but the yffy
cream OF the college-respeclable young
men.