Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-01-04
STATE NEWS.

The Globe Mills, of Tecumseh, are shin.
ping 100 barrels OF flour 10 Ireland every
| week.
1t is reported that w. r. Burt & Co..
of Saginaw, have recently closed several
purchases of pine land on the Tiitabawas.
see and Rifle rivers, aiiGlinting in all TO
upwards of $4,000.
The Battle Creek hoe factory. Which
has been idle for two wears. has star,ci
up. They Intend to make 5O.O0O hoes
this winter. They will give cmnIov-
ment TO 90 or 20 workr.en.
Grand Rapids aldermen have hcar,
that many women in that city who re-
ceive AID from the poor fund are better
dressed than are the wives OF the said city
| iaihers, ahd therefore a committee has
been appointed to see aboiit it.
The Bay County Agricultural society
Is making ample preparations for tho
Farmers institute TO be held Mt Bay Civ:
feo. 4th and 9th, and co daily invites
every one in northwestern Michigan who
reels an Interest in such things 10 be
present.
| On Christmas day the Ladies' Christian
Union OF Lapeer, sent TO every iutliyens
family IN the city basket containing 4
Quicken or turkey, pound OF butter. Il
quarter OF a pound OF tea, pound of sugai.
ana loaf of bread. That was practical
christian charity. no mistake,
The following is stat, ment of The re-
celpts and disbursements of The. Stafs
treasurer Tor the month eitiing Drce,n
Der ii: BIllnce November 30. S23g
lof Us; receipts for December. Sgo.64l II.
disbursements, $l3375S l6: balance o1
hand December II. 500, 2,O66 9S.
A man prospecting for fine pine lands
III hosscommon county, list week, found
SIX hne deer dead in ihe woods. where
they had been either wantonly killed
ana LETT for carrion. or, what Is more
| prOoaDle; had escaped FROM the hunters
In Wounded condition, and died after
wards.
There were Al conticts received at tbe
State Prison during last month. % dis
charged. 1 parIoned aud l died, leaving
just 500 in prison. an ircrelse of II. The
death occurred on the 3lst; Marshall Plat
man, OF Detroit. sent ii year ago on 4
seven years sentence for horse stealing.
de died very suddenly oil heart disease.
DIR. j. j. McConke, of Nashville. Bar
ray county. has bought 6l0 acres Of land
| 1900 w "i'Oh culIGtioD, GfliA lray-
erse county. 200 OF which has already.
been cleared off its timber. lie intends
to set out from 1000 To 1000 fruit trees
and have 1000 sheep on The ground with
IN year. mixing sheep RAISING Il Special
ity.
,. Slagh', Of L;lding:og has sued the
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Com
pany for damages, for injuries received
by himSel: and wit. last August, on The
OCCASION of the Baptist excursion. The
lr:1l comes off January 9th. at BIZ
Rapids. Miss Goshong, al.o of Luding.
ton. has settled with the company. re
ceiving $l.ll5. She is I.o5 Yet ale 10
leave her room.
The Saginaw Cuurirr reports, upon
authority of the rece'yrr of the United
States land office at East Saginaw, that
there is great activity in loclting land
Ior homesteads. For the quarter ending
Dec. III, the amount OF land located by
h0mesteaders will eXered 22000 acres, Il
greater amount than during any CORES
pondlng period since the office was estaL-
iished. The great bulk of The lands
taken up during The current quarter are
located i'll Ogcnaw county, and mos, nf
the homesteaders are mechanics, etc,
from the oyercrowde;l cities of the cast
men wha hara e;It-lnnse with the deter
mlnation OF earning their lIyih1 Dy rTrr-
age.