Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-11-15

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Grande, Arizona, the present terminus.
1t is intended to reach Shakespeare, N.
NJ, by March 1, 1880, and Messilla, on
the Rio Grande, 346 miles east of the
present terminus, by the end of 1880.
In fifty out of sixty-seven counties in
Pennsylvania the vote cast Tuesday
the 4th inst, has been officially counted
and Buffers majority reaches 47,021. The
seventeen counties to be heard from
gave last year Republican majority of
1851. 1t is estimated that Republican
gains in these counties will give Butler
$4,000 majority.
THE church also shares in the prosper
| ity attending the business boom, as is
manifest from the fact that the General
Missionary committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church appropriated six hun
dred thousand dollars for general mis-
sionary work for the year, being Jan in
crease of fifty thousand over the last
preceding appropriation.
A WESTERN exche nge breaks forth in
this figurative strain: 1t is fat year for
the west and south to the tune of 20OOO,-
600 bushels Of wheat and from 100000
to 100000 of corn more than was ever
before produced in the west, and 100000
bales of cotton more than was ever be-
fore produced in one year in the south.
The tobacco crop will be 100000
pounds more, and the sugar crop 100000
hogsheads more than ever before pro-
duced in one year.
THE managers of the New York Pro-
duce Exchange at their meeting last
week considered the request of the grain
trade to discontinue the use of the CEN
tai system, and passed resolutions de-
claring, in substance that the Produce
Exchange had committed itself in favor
of the system too far to withdraw, and
that the movement is in the interest of
trade, and in full accordwith the system
of demical coinage, and the one which,
when the convenience attending its in
PRODUCTION shall have been overcome,
will commend itself to the judgment and
support of the mercantile world. There
fore it is commanded that all transac-
tiOns in grain hereafter made and fall
ing due after Jan. 1, 1880, should be in
conformity with the Genital system.
INFORMATION has been received at
Washington that there will be two Ter
ritories knocking at the door for admis-
sion as states, this winter. These are
Dakota and Utah. 1t is claimed that
the population of each is sufficient. The
Dakotians claim for their Territory a
population 10000. In 1870 it had A.
600. The increase has been tremendous,
and there is now no doubt but that there
will certainly be enough to make a
state by the end of the present year. But
as it is settled mainly from New Eng
land and the Middle States, the pOpula-
ton is very "stalwart" in political SEN
timent, and the present Democratic Con-
gress is not anxious for the admission
of additional Republican states. With
Utah, the case is different, and Demo-
Gratis claim that, if admitted, it will not
enroll itself with the 'stalwart" North
western states in political sentiment.
The claim is freely made that Utah is
Democratic. This makes it improbable
that either Territory will be admitted
without the other. The subject will be
agitated this winter.
THE Postmasters of all the prominent
cities of the country have sent their an
nual reports to the department, and
they contain the receipts of the several
offices for the fiscal year ending the 3Oth
of June last. An inspection of their re-
ports show the remarkable fact that
Postmaster Palmer, of Chicago, did
more business last year than any other
postmaster in the country, except Post
master James, OfNew York. The year be-
fore the Philadelphia Office stood second.
Chicago has jumped ahead of the Quaker
City, and will probably keep its place
until, a few years hence, it will advance
another peg, and! overleap New York.
The postoffice officials are very much as
tonished at the amount of postal bust
ness done in Chicago, and regard the
showing this year as marvellous. More
letters were written and received per
capita in Chicago than in any other
town or city in the United States. The
receipts at the Chicago postOfice were
larger than those of the entire Gulf
states, and exceeded those of Tennessee,
Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia, and West
Virginia combined, although those
states represent a population of over
100000 people.
A SPECIAL telegram to the Inter Ocean
says: In Ohio circles at Washington
there is good deal of speculation and
consultation as to the SenatOrship. Fos-
ter, Garfield and GrOsyenOr had consul
tation about it while there, and Foster
himself had some conversation with the
President in reference to the interesting
topic. While the President does not wish
to take any part in. even to manifesting
his individual preference, it is under
stood that he would be glad to see Gar
field elected. The report that he had
signed document to this effect to be
used among Ohio Legislators is utterly
without foundation. He does not wish