Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-12-13

POuulHS peIlOu IdSt year.
A PARIS dispatch announces the prev
alence of heavy snowstorm Thursday
and Thursday night of last week in that
city, generally throughout France. The
fall was such as to partially suspend
railway travel in some of the districts.
WASHINGTON Specials state that the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency agreed to report favorably Buck
ner's bill requiring the national banks
to keep One-half their reserve in gold or
silver coin. If passed, the operation of
the bill would be to put into circulation
that amount of legal tenders.
THE recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in the Iowa
Emigration Company case unsettled the
title to millions of acres of fapm lands
in that state. In consideration of that
fact, and the multifarious interests in
volved, the court has reversed its decis-
sion, and opened the case for reargu
ment. .- '. -...1.
THE committee of Republican Sena-
tors to consider the subject of the finan-
cial policy has about unanimously de-
cided to, recommend that no action
whatever be taken relating to the circu-
lation. Mr.. Carpenters resolution
declaring against any disturbance of
the currency will probably be Endorsed
by the committee.
GENERAL GRANT has accepted the!kin-
vitatiOn of the Milwaukee Chamber Of
Commerce to visit that city, and left to
that body to fix the date in May, or not
later than the tenth day of June. An
effort will be made to change the time
for the Wisconsin soldiers reunion, now
fixed for August, so that it shall be held
during the Generals stay.
| AT last the Ohio men seem doomed to
disappointment so far as the British
Mission is concerned. A Washington
dispatch states there is little doubt now
that Ex-Governor Bullock, of Massachu-
sets, will receive the appointment. He
is man of imposing presence and large
wealth, and can do the honors Of the pO-
sition without reference to salary.
SECRETARY MCCREARY has found a
way of rewarding the heroic conduct Of
Captain Dodge, of the Ninth cavalry,
who, with his company of cOlOred
soldiers, so CALAMITY rescued Captain
Payne, few weeks ago, when beleaguer-
ed by the Ute Indians, after Thorn
burgh's death. Colonel Prince, of the
pay corps, has retired, and Captain
Dodge will be promoted to Major and
Paymaster.
WASHINGTON specials report that q
project has been started at Philadelphia
for raising quarter of a million dol
lar testimonial to General Grant. The
suggestion is made that the affair may
have originated in the all-pOwerful de-
sire of Presidential aspirants and their
friends to get the General settled in pri-
vate life. He, of course has not been
consulted in the matter, and has given
no indication that he would accept such
testimonial if rendered.
DURING the eleven fiscal years ended
June 80, 1870, we derived from Great
Britain 56.337 per cent of all the salt i'm
ported into the United States; during
the eleven calander years ended Dec. 81,
1878, Great Britain sent to this country
1891 per cent of all the salt she ex-
ported. The American market thus be-
comes an object of great concern to Eng
lish makers of salt, who will zeal0usly
join in the threatened crusade against
our tariff at the present session of Con-
gress, when an effort will be made to
place salt on the free list.
A BILL has been introduced in the
House by Mr.. Fort, designed to render
the custom houses at interior points
something more than mere branches of
that at New York. Itprovides that what
are called direcet imports shall be
made direct to these custom houses, in
stead of being halted and hindered as is
now done at New York. The provisions
of the bill ought long ago to have been
embodied in the law, in order that the
merchants of inland cities might be
placed in an equality as importers with
those of New York.
THE announcement is made that Edi-
son has at last brought to successful
conclusion his experiments upon the
electric light, and that Christmas pub
lie exhibition of his discovery will be
made at Menlo Park, every house in
which he promises to illuminate with
electric jets. The result will be await
ed with much interest, and if, as is
claimed, he has indeed discovered prac-
ticable means of subdividing the cleo
tric light, the day is close at hand when
it will supplant gas and all the means
of illumination now in use.
THE total sales of provisions in the
Chicago market during the six days end
ing Friday evening of last week were
the largest ever reported in the history
of the trade. The demand on Eastern
and outside speculative account was un-
precedentedly large. Mess pork advanc-
ed $2@2.25 per barrel, with sales of $685.
600 barrels. Lard was in brisk demand,
and nrieas imnrnYad 4OMS1 ner 100 lbs