Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-11

Late fruit at Grand Haven and there
abouts has been injured by the early
frOSts.
The work of grading, etc., preliminary
to building the new summer resort hotel
at Grand Haven, will soon begin.
The state board of agriculture is asked
to appoint R. E. Trovbridge to the va
can't prOfessOrship of agriculture at the
agricultural college.
Robinson, Leteellier g. Co., at Grand
Rapids, have bought of Clancy and Me-
Intyre, 1000 acres of pine lands, for
which $137, 900 was paid:
The Adrian disaster nearly ruined the
Knights Templar band of that city,
damaging uniforms, music and instru-
ments to the extent of $500.
The Secretary of State has received,
during the fiscal year ending September
30, for fees for various copies of pa
pers issued out of his Office the sum of
1928 Sc.
The report of the Port Huron water
board shows that for the past four years
the receipts for water have exceeded the
expenditures. For last year the excess
was $2,7S6.37.
A dispatch which read "Come to Fowl
er with the horse" was tortured into
"COme to Fowler with the hearse," and
Grand Ledge undertaken hurried over
there with his cadaver cart.
Hillsdale is ahead once more. At the
St. Louis bench show Tuesday the first
prize for imported English setter dogs,
was awarded to Druid" owned by Mr..
Arnold Burgess, of Hillsdale, Mich, over
the famous setter "COin."
Mrs. Stearn, mother of Matthew Stearn,
of Campbell, IOnia county, is 104 years
old, and has made a practice of working
in the harvest field each year for the past
so years, and this year raked and bound
four dozen bundles. Her son, with whom
she lives, is over 20 years old.
Wednesday of last week 27 vessels
cleared from Bay City loaded with TO-
100000 feet Of lumber, which would
bring in $4,000 in freight money. Sew
eral million feet more were probably
shipped at Saginaw, making the largest
days shipment of lumber ever known on
the river. =.
The session of the United States court
at Grand Rapids opened in the new gov
ernment building last Tuesday. The
court rooms and rooms attached there
to and the office of the collector of rev.
enue are on the second floor. The post
office is to occupy the first floor in few
weeks.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana rail-
road company reports sales OF nearly
$4,000 of its land grant lands in Sep
tember. The largest transaction OF the
month was with Austin w. Mitchell, son
of G.. Z. Mitchell, president of the Second
National bank at Hillsdale, who bought
tract of pine land valued at $1,000,
and proposes to remove to Cadillac and
attend to cutting it and manufacturing
it into lumber.
Superintendent Galloway, of the De-
trOit and Bay City road, reports business
on that line more brisk than it has ever
been before. Lumber is coming out
with rush. Vessel freights have ad-
vanced considerably and still the vessels
cannot be got to do the business. The
railroads are appealed to, but they can
not furnish enough cars to meet the de-
mand. The lumbermen do not stop to
inquire about rates; they only ask "Can
you give us the cars% The prospects
upon this road are most encouraging.
The Army and Naval Journal suggests
that it would not be bad idea for the
people of Michigan to procure dupli-
cate of the West Point statute of Gen.
Custer, to be set up i'm his own state. 1t
says: "SOme time ago there was move
ment for that purpose, but no money, we
believe, was raised. At that time, how
ever, the original statute had not been
publicly seen; so that now the movement
might find more fruitful response. A
duplicate of the statute at West Point
could be had for just about half the cost
of the original"
A reward of $4,000 has been offered
for the apprehension and conviction Of
the murderer of Chas. FL. Morris and
wife, of Decatur township, Van Buren,
county. killed on the night of September
%. The local officers are hard at work
trying to unravel the mystery, and a
force of Chicago detectives are on the
trail. Lately theory has been estab-
lished that the murderer was former
lover of the beautiful woman who was
so cruelty murdered. His name and a
record of his later movements are we'll
known, but for obvious reasons are with
held by the officers and the press.
There is much excitement at Portland
caused by the belief that r. B. Smith,
proprietor of -four mill has abscOnded,
leaving debts which will foot up to $685.
| 600, perhaps, most of it to persons who
have signed notes with him. A large
amount of wheat that was stored in his
mill by farmers, is believed to have been
sold and the money gone. Mr.. Smith
was man in whom every confidence
had been placed, and was thought to be
upright and honorable i'm his dOings.
He has held offices of trust, and was
once member of the State Legislature.
He had been drinking heavily of late,
and this is believed to have caused his
downfall.
The expenses of the agricultural col
lege for the year ending September 80,
! 1881 more. The inventory of buildings,
farm, stock, etc., fOOts up $267,617. The
students labor during the year amount
ed to 5000. The college has received
from the congressional land grant 235.-
673.37 acres. The sale of these lands is
under the direction of the land grant
board, consisting of the Governor. Audit.
or General, Secretary of State, State
Treasurer, Attorney General and COM
missioner of the state land office. OF
these lands 1880 acres have been sold,
creating fund of $3.50, 1872, the interest
of which at per cent. is applied to the
support of the college. The total num-
ber of acres which have never been sold
is 156,731. The forfeited acres vacant
were 4,916, making the total acres of va.
cant land 161, ,647. These lands lie in
the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Antrim
Benzie, CharleyOix, Cheboygan, Crane
! Traverse, IOScO, Kalkaska, Leelanaw
Manistee, Missaukee, MOntmorency, Os
coda, OtSegO, PreSQue Isle and Wexford