Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-01-05


The Indications are strong that Eng<
land will take part in the European war.
Cleveland papers brag that that city
is again coming to the front as grgin
market.
The Indiana Democratic convention is
to be held Feb. 10th, and there will be
!, 900 delegates. y
A man at Eigartown, Mass, offers a
chrome to any person in that place at
tending church service every Sunday
morning for the next six months.
Senator Cockrel, of Missouri. is strong
~ in favor of = constitutional amend-
ment prohibiting the pensioning ofrebe'
soldiers. The great statesman is probably
opposed to a solid North.
Denver, Colorado, has added from g.
600 I'd 5000 to her permanent population
during the year and her trade with all
the surrounding country has been So
100000 larger than in any previous year.
One of the saddest sights at the Chica-
90 baby show was that of a lonely father
who entered his babe as competitor tor
one of tue prizes, hoping thereby to get
means 70 buy the necessary comforts for
his sick wife.
| j. II. Farley, the new Democratic Sem
atOr. from California, rs lawyer, an an.
tisubsidy man and a free trader; and is
i'm favor of silver. but wants it us good as
gold. He is opposed to Chinese iInmi-
grafton. ~
| The contractors for the Brazilian rail-
road have received a telegram from the
Brazilian Secretary of State stating that
colored men will enot be permitted to
enter the e4pire as a part of the working
force of the contractors.
Bedford, the Colorado Congressman, is
young, wary, keenwitted lawyer. with
what Sam Weller would call "a gift O.
the CAB gallopin'." He is an awful
talker, and very parsimOniOus of facts.
He went TO Colorado TO get office.
Red Berry, all Okanagan chief. of
British Columbia. killed an old woman
on the ground that she was witch. He
reported what he had done at the white
settlement, and asked reward for
Kidding the f1ocks and herds of an evil
spirit and doing tile community great
service. He was, much to his surprise,
arrested and put i'm Jail.
! During the year past the American So
ciety for the prevention Of cruelty to an
finals has prosecuted 525 cases of cruelty
in New York and Brooklyn, and has
brought about 4S7 convictions. Special
agents or street patrol turned out of har-
ness 1851 horses that were lame and sick
and the agents humanely destroyed l.
202 horses, and AGO small animals.
William NJ. Tweed has offered to con-
fess Judgment in all the city suits now
pending against him. These include two
suits on the $6.000,000 claim, the same as
that in the peoples suit, in which judy
mept has been recovered, and suit OF
| $4,000 against Mariner and Tweed, and
one for 100000 against G. ). Miller and
! Tweed. The corporation counsel has ac-
| cepted the offer of the last two suits.
A young school teacher at Lancaster
| Pa. was recently tried on tlUenty-onc in
dictments for stealing from hotels. market
wagons, stores and houses, variety OF
goods, such as shoes. blankets, vests
IpantalOoLs. sugar ami beefsteak. The de-
| Tense was "kleptOmania." and he was ac-
Quilted OF all but two Of the charges; and
tor these was sentenced to nine months
imprisonment.
There are now in operation in Dead
wood, Central City. Gayyille. and the
connecting camps. some 10 mills, carry
ing over 1000 stamps; and all accounts
agree that the gold products of the Hills
is. increasing, and the promise for this
year is excellent. The quartz mines and
mills are working right along through
the winter. The Black Hills gold product
for the year is figured at pa millions.