Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-07-13

1854 barrels of salt last month.
p. elimInary work OH the Quincy In
land Improvement is i0brgin at ouce.!
Tie. Attorney General has decided
that low test oils cannot legally be burn-
ed in Oil stoves.
Rev. A. e. Dm sford. Adrian's dis
graced pastor, is now wv-king OH farm
IN New York state.
A Prohibition State convention to NOM
mate a full State ticket is called 10
meet at Lansing August IL.
Il; ke Superior miners feel discouraged
when their best llelnatite iron ore cDiy :,
brings So per ton delivered at Cleveland.
Rev. Mr.IIamilron, Of st. Louis. is a.
sensible preachers During the heated
hrin he oDly talks 10 llis flock fifteen
minutes at "a time.
Mrs. Jarvis Raymond, mother of the
late Henry Raymond, of he New York
Times, died at jackson few days ago,
aged so ye;rs.
Senator Ferry is at his home at Grand
Haven. and has patiently gone through
the regulation cut-and dried reception
by the citiZens."
GreenvilIe did not celebrate the Fourdl
morning they found that some wag had
draped the town in mourning.
The fishermen at Lexington are begin
ing 10 catch salmon in thier nets Ii will
be remembered that a lot of these fish
were put into the lake about three years
ago,
a terrific storm went through Alcona
county last Monday doing a great deal of
damage. A boy named Chapel was struck
by "a falling limb and perhaps fatally in
iured.
A new enemy of the potato crop has
appeared. 1t is worlr this time. and it
| is rs destructive as ever the Colorado
beetle was, but doesn't rear so large u
family.
Daniel Fenelon. of Port Huron. was
found dead i'm the woods Whitney's camp
about Tawas City last week. Excessive
liquor drinking is said to be the cause of
his death.
The wheat crop of Michigan this year
is almost certain to be larger than thas
of last. the average yield per acre will
be a little less. but the acreage is large
ly increased.
David III. Treat. of West Windsor, Ea-
ton county, has IA domesticated wood
chuck. which is as tame as any house cat.
and is on the most friendly terms with
his dogs aud other animals.
i Bay City W .i,ers appear to think that
i the killing of Jack Hayes. by an officer of
East Taw;.s. was pretty good thing for
the wor.a Il. large. It WAS fight for
lite viii, desperate ;l,d the officer shok.
to Xii - 90
III TfHssPaic.pvr c1,ovI q &,1oUn
beating the innocent grangers. who npe
[Ieyeron the alert 10 gdt something for
nOshing. The cheek;and saecess;nf these
il fellows make the lightning rod ineili
N greeN With with envy.
II. aThe Hon. James O'Grady has present.
:Jed the HougIlton Gonnty Historical
Society, ty,witlsa silver dollar of our tafhers,
q eicpinedip 1705-one OF the e 6xst. coinecll
! Pig the govalhent4aM of wbtA sthere
y Eere only 2oi,70l ever ardek, The
= fc((lsis very rare: q
; y4he pahysiciah of the state prison. ut
Ekh a1.ltai report gives only fohr deaths
k{opr Isl n and says that ''only two years
lin tlics}Gstory of the prison have a lower
1 ldeath rate prevailed-in 1S4S-when
81 Ithere yVfre no deaths. and in 1866, wheil
! there were only two."
a, Whitmore ESD, editor of the
\ tICaaiiTicNewS, has been appointed route.
! agent on the run between Grand Rapids
. and PetoSkav. taking the place of Mr. T..
o. Rose, of Big Rapids. who has been
Dr0mored and transferred 10 the route
between Grand Rapids and Detroit.
On Friday of last week. whiIes Charles
5 Christian was working near the top OF
, the inside of the lantern Oh the dome of
D capitol. I've lost his footing and fell about
IA feet. He was caught by some workrnen
q below. anil saved from a terrible decent
: ofabout 250feetinO tho basement.
Geo. X. Brown. of East Saginaw. has
:. received fIom Congressman EiiswortIl,
the appointment OF Cadet to West Point.
in place of young Sherwood who failed
to pass on account OF defective e.e-sight.
!, Mr.. Brown stood next highest in the
original examination OF applicants.
Ed. Chapele. the defaulting treasurer,
n recently convicted of ernbezzlement at
p Htrrisville. Aleoifa county. stands CON-
!, mtted in the hands of the Sheriff. there
being no Jail at that place. lie has until
!. August 10 to perfect his bonGs in the sum
e of $4,000. intending TO carry the ease up
Ito the Supreme Court.
. AT West branch, Oeemaw county. ON
y the 4ih man bv the name Of Malone
$ was engaged in firing an anvil. which
failed 10 "a off when he match was, ap-
:. piled. He then commenced prickipg
= powder into the vent. when the charge
J. was exploded. probably by the friction,
u the anvil blown to pieces. and the man 8
: face horribly muiilated. 1t is not known
whether he can recover.
Ell Two persons from Logansport. Ind.
~ have traced the body Of "A girl named
a King from that place {" the plckling pit
at the Ann Arbor University. They
have reason to think il .gas delivered al
the college Feb. 26. They did not fin,
e tine body but went home satisfied that il
N aud another f.om the same graveyard
were received i'm good order and wer,
both chopped up before the last class ex
iy aminations, or in March.
n. Last Saturday two girls named Cook
Ill of Lake Harbor. aged aboud 10 and ]:
We years. went bathing in the lake. The.
got beyond their depth. and were drown
. ing. when their mother attempted t.
a rescue them. but all three were drowned
asf The bodies We're found. and. with thai
lie nf a grandchla of their fathers. wllici
bad met a violent death only a day o
" two before. were buried Sunday
II Gen. Sooy Smith saw in the absorption
40 of tie Michigan Central by Vanderbilt
ms gooo opportunity TO renew his tmne
proposition, and he accordingly sent
'h' letter on the subject to a prominent Cit
ID zen of Detroit. The matter was talke
ar ever by few leading citizens at the resi-
!. t.enee of General Manager Ledyar.l. G
II tho Michioan Central m, S.,t,,rl., otog