Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-08-03

II Au s ,ble streets are to be lighted. Au
Sable is an enterprising village,
Lansing ami East Saginaw are to be IL.
Illustrated in the New York GBsplsis.
Carleton IislDor. Of 5Odus. Bcrrien
county, aged lOl years, died = few days
ago.
The Democrats of thcyOt district have
their congressional convention at Sault
Ste Marie september Ah.
Over eleven million feet ct rnmipcr was
shipped out of the Saginaw Valley bv
wafer last week aud nearly 6,0O0.0OO
shingles
Fine Grove, Kalamazoo cntnity~ Is in =
fiuttcr. A chap fus appearrd wth
government deed OF the place Gated s.
years ago.
A state that can raise % 55S.S11 BUSH.
els of wheat in year can stand = lxr.l
winter pretty we'll. That's the kind of
state this Michigan Cf ours is!
A great fire is raging in the woods
near Howard City, ut and about Cnfran's.
lumber tract. The citizens are dUiag alk
they IN 10 subdue the flames.
! The indications are that vcry ns,eiA
Of The great marshes b tween Bay CIy
and East Saginaw will soon be reel lin
I'd AMI made to blossom as the rose.
An observer says that the wheat crop
III ncriliern Wasi.tenaw and Livingston
c0unlirS was so large that fully one half
0f II is unsecured anu WAS exposed to
the recent rains.
| AT Midland they have been obliged to-
dig up seventy-five feet OF sewer in Or,feF
To rescue two COWS who had walked ulp
the sewer To escape the heat and black
flies, aud could not get back.
man named Stephens lately made
hls appearance at Muskegon and he was
so nice that he WAS soon engaged TO two
Mu~Scgon girls. Then his wife came from
Joliet. Ill.,, aad stopped the fun.
Miss Grice Mnrry. OF Holly. was dis
| figured for life Tuesday by "a terrible,
small boy with "A deadly revolver. The
ball, accidentally fired, Of course, passed.
through her nose and right eye.
A Gladwin county school nr'am toll
one of her scholars that he would frever
be President if he didn't study hartcr.-
Never expect to be President" slid tho
boy dnggedly; I'm Democrat"
There is a man I'm the copper region of
Lake Superior who, IN the early days Of
copper speculation mp there, liaf ched out
|
money, and is now i'm tile pOOrhOuse.
A Monte I'm county deputy sheriff
wished to arrest an lnlian, and TO make
the task an easy one, got him drunk.
Then The officer, whose name is Robin
son. was himself arrested for gfxiMg
whiskey to an Indian.
| DIR. Fish. of Flint. who has been namctP
for the U. S. consulate at Tunis. has
been given his choice of that or similar
position at Ching-Kiang, China. lie wig
probably take the latter as hc has once
before held similar position in Chira.
F. F. Hopkins. OF the Lu,lington Re-
cord. was taken in by a Chicago conf
lence man To The tune Of $500. Can't
pity him. No excuse tor q newspaper
mans having $500 i'm the first place, :.and
i'm being confidenced i'm tie next
place.
A Port Austin youth ssparkcd"
Port Austin damsel every Sunday night
for four years and did not come 10 terms
with her, and now her thrifty faGIer
presents to the youths parents a bill for
20S suppers-iOr he always came in time
for tea.
j A Bay CRY servant girl. giving to-
sleep-walking. walked out of second
story window, struck in flower bed. got
uI aud went to the front door. rang the
| bell aatl enquireh IT lre- mistress was in.
. She @;ss iw:iEs5cd arhf Dun TO bed.
sohn 5. lloyt. OF Tiiscofa county, Mich.,
/ the present governor of Arizoiia terri
| tory. will leave that section of the UnitcI
States as soon as the newly appointed
governor, Gen. Fremont. arrives. AMI
| will mt once 90 to Idaho. Of which terri
tory he has recently been appointe gov
| ernur.
Six Saginaw property-holders object
to giving the Detro & Bay City ,ilroad
company right of way through that city
for the Vassar branch, because the rail-
road will cross or use % streets. They
suggest setting aside certain part of the
city for union depOts of all roads coming,
there.
In the 2l district congressional eonven-
tiOn. hell at Adrian last Tuesday, Con-
gresham Edwin Willis, of Monroe. was
renOmifiatt,l by acclamatiOn. Henry
Wa,lron was chairman of the convention
and made stiff republican speech, IA
voring hard money. pledging Willis is
aid and urging hard work.
Two young men of Muunt Clemens
named Wolf and Van Br,Iut hid Il thrill
ing experience in gale OH Lake ST..
Clair. They were in Il small boat with
the sheet rope broken. tiller lost and one
Oar broken, and in that condition they
role out a squall three miles from shore
and finally ran ashore in a marsh.
Capitalists at Battle Greek are again
talking of starting into operation the
coming winter lis hoe fnctOry ami WOOL
ell mills. which laye laid idle for several
years. If they do, it will give employ
menI to 200 laborers. men. women and
children. Several OF the manufacturers
in that city are running IA hours day.
The Three Rivers Reporter. edited by
! Wilbur Ii. Clutc. one of the leading na-
tiOilalist speakers of this state. says that
the nomination of Il. X. Sherwood of
t Kalamazoo. was delibrate SELF out IL.
the Democracy. and demands another
convention. Clute doesn't say that Will
bur Ill. Cute wanted the nominations.
, but others do.
ing been closed, the Grand Traverse
Herald publishes "A statement at the bus
iness done AT that office since its cstab--
liehment, period of nineteen wears and
eleven months. from which it appears
( tn t. l.S43.7 100 GS acres were entered, and
hat tls r.. are still $4,000 acres of vacant
lands in the district,
The Peninsular cricket club. OF Detroit.
after conquering Canada and the Wes-
tern States. started east last Saturday af-
u Ter other clubs to Conquer. Their fist
contest took placr. Monday with the St.
e Georges club Of New York. The score
was ms follows: St. Georges club, first
S inn,ng, %; second. So; total. so. Pen-
: insulars. first inning. SO; giving them
V the game IN one inning by three. The
Il New Workers say they never met such i
y team before. The IItrall SAYS the bowl