Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-08-23
STATE NEW

For the year ending August /, there
were 1924 Al taken as admission fees
from visitors at the state prison. ,S.f5 =, =
George FL. Dingman, arrested at lAlpe-
ma on a charge of passing counterfeit
money, has been examined and held for I
trial. -.r..-v .......!e eI .!l...
The water in Cass river is so low the.
bullfrOgs have all gone to- Saginaw to
get few drops to cool their parched ;
tongues. hiI3 i 81 .H0i 3siii ="
The Vernon Herald tells of a. crane,
shot near that place recently, that was
| four feet long and only weighed 211s
pounds. s. ai.z aal 81. ~ .i-;''ll-''
| Mr.. Thomas Archer, of st Joseph Mich,
has demonstrated that figs can be sue.
cesfully grown in the fruit ,belt"' of the
''St. Joe" region. ~. ,,ge or;f. +.
West Bay City has tested the water
works system, and gets a; stream 40
feet high. The power is. supplied at
Sage & Co.'S mill, and pipes run through
the. city. 5regn-.a 4i5..-a.eiE ss
| Mrs. W. Fl. Jewell, of Farwell, died re-
Gently, but before she passed away ex-
acted promise from her husband that
no one should see her face after she had
ceased to breathe. 945 - -nai-l'
The Marquette mining journal still
talks about making territory of the
Upper Peninsula. Swinef0rd is. deter
mined to be lieutenant governor of some
thing before he dies.
Unadilla is village of 27O inhabitants
and is situated in Livingston county,
IS miles northwest Of Howell. 1t sup
ports three churches, and hasn't had a
law suit in IL years. No liquor is sold
there. - t...,
| The WyandOtte rolling mills have a
force of 500 hands at work, and the mer-
chant, bar, plate and sheet mills are in
full blast. The rail mill has orders, but
is shut down for want of stock, 1. e.
worn out rails to make over into new
ones. -f1b 1iIs9 nl. la 5.ii % lts4
| Erastus P. La Seur, his wife, five chill
dren and niece were Oyertaken by
storm in Minnesota, recently, and all
struck by lightning. Mrs. La Seur, two
of her children and the niece were killed
and the others more or less injured. The
La Seurs formerly lived at; Ann. ArbOr,
in this state. ~ .... ...r, y ..-.;-.
The frost of last Saturday night cut
corn and potatoes in Lansing and sur
rounding townships badly. There is
scarcely a piece of either within radius
of four miles that is not injured to some
extent, pOtatO-tOpS in many instances
being cut to the ground. In Locke town.
ship the frost killed corn. buckwheat,
| tomatoes, ETC., and ice formed on water
in the open air; but the damage was not
very extensive. e.--------------
| The Farewell Register learns that near
West Branch, Ogemaw. county, may be
seen perhaps the incest and. one of the
very largest hemlOck trees in Michigan.
There are two of them,' known in the
government field notes as .fUpcle Sam"
and "Aunt Betsey."f Both are now cut
down, and by actual measurement "Un-
Gle Sam" on the stump, inside the bark,
| is six feet and two inches in diameter.
The tree from stump to top is about $50
feet in length, and the trunk as it lies
on the ground, towers above the head of
an ordinary man.
The following cOnvicts have been par
dOned the IL months ending at this date:
Thomas Warren, sentenced January,
1873, to years for rape, from Branch
county; Darius C. Heath, sentenced Feb
ruary, 1878, to year for resisting an
officer, from Barry; Edward ID. Curtis,
route agent on Detroit and Milwaukee
road, sentenced December, 1877, to two
years for stealing from the mails, par
i doned by the President; James l.. jerks,
sentenced January, 1876, to II years for
burglary and larceny, from Detroit;
/ John A. Sarsgeld, sentenced g November,
1874, 615 years for burglary, from .Ber-
rien; Moses Barlow, sentenced June,
1878, for conspiracy to procure pension
money, pardOned by the President; Al
bert Odell, sentenced, June, 1877, to- 3
years for larceny, from Ihgham; Elgin
Lee, sentenced, January 1878, to IL
+ wears for seduction, from MOntcalm
county; Lyman B. Flint, sentenced 0ctO--
ber. 1877, to years for burglary, from
Livingston county; Frank Parish, sem
fenced October, 1866, to 20 years for rape,
from Muskegon county; Addison ID. Car
man, sentenced June, 1S74,7 years for
larceny, from Oakland county; Thomas
Cook. sentenced November, 1876 to s
years for rape, partOned on condition
that he abstain from the use of intOxi-
eating liquors, from Isabella county;
Samuel Sackner, sentenced December,
1877, to years for burning three stacks
of wheat, from Livingston county;
J Thomas Atwood, sentenced June, 1877
to years for burglary, from Genesee
county; r. Dicknins, sentenced June,
t 1878, for stealing letters, from Grand
Rapids; Louis RENEE, sentenced July,
1873, to Z years for assisting prisoners
Ito escape from Jail; Cornelius Guerin,
, sentenced June, 1877, for assault with
3 intent to ravish a child of 10 years.
Jackson Patriot.