Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-01-04
THE WIDE WIDE WORLD,

An immense crop of ice is being gath
cred at St. Louis, Mo. Something un
usual, ~ ~ =
The Nile last year forgot to overflow
and as Il consequence the harvest OF
Egypt is short.
The captain and officers of the steam
ship Pommerania have been acquitted
The inquiry decided that human effort
did all that was possible to avoid collision
and loss OF life.
The attorney for the estate of SignoI
Lock, of MatamOras, Mexico, advertises
for one Gen. viii A. Place, of Michigan
! or Indiana, as the heir to the Lock es-
tate OF $6,0O0,O00.
y London dispatch says the steamship
State OF louisiana is still OH the rocks in
Loeb Linnhe, and making water last. Ii
is DOW feared she will prove a total loss
Bo:h vessel and cargo are insured.
A Kentucky lady named Buckles has
fallen heir to an estate i'm Texas valued
at $3,000,O00. The strange thing abou,
it is that it was left by her father thirty
years ago, and she has just received the
Information.
The statue of Chas. Summer, which
was unveiled by Governor Rice at Boston,
last week, is q feet high with the pedes-
tai. 1t represents the senator delivering
IA speech. The simple name sumner
is the only inscription.
The divsiDility OF the electric light is
practically demonstrated i'm the London
Times Office. Tie lights can be modera-
ted and arranged to any and all cir
cumstances, and the cost is found to be
less than one-third that of gas.
A new bell, weighing $4,000 pounds
has been blessed nc Moscow, in memory
OF the emancipation of the >Bulgarians
With the exception of the Great Bell CT
Moscow, which weighs 44S,00o pounds
this is the largest bell in the world,
The Arctic steamer Jeanette has safe.
ly arrived at San Francisco. after a long
and difficult voyage from Havre, Franc
around Cape Horn, and this is
considered satisfactory evidence of her
staunchnesS and sea going qualities. She
will leaye San Francisco next June it'll
the American polar expedition, which
will enter the Arctic ocean through
Behring's str.its.
Vanderbilt has entered into contract
with Jno. S. Eager, of New York, by
which the latter is 10 furnish the New
York Central railroad company with iron
steamships to carry freight only to Liver
pool. Hamburg. Antwerp and other Euro
pean ports. Fourteen English built
freight screw steamers have already been
chartered the first of which leaves .Janu-
airy Sth. The new line is to be called
the Unicorn line.
A short time ago train of cars load
ed with silk wOIms, from San Francisco,
passed through Toledo and OH. via the
Canada Southern. to New York. The
train was special. consisting ola locomo-
tive and five cars. the latter being es-
pecally fitted up for this service. aud
running men especially detailed to look
after the precious freight, which is val
nd mt $l,500000. There were men t.
grease the aXles of the cars, look after
The wheels and attend to all details, and
all other trains had orders to keep cut OF
The way of this special. which ran as il
Salen were after it, quick transpoI tatiOn
being imperitively necessary in this SER
vice. The smoke stack of the engine
was covered with screen to prevent the
possibility of spark getting into the
midst of the cocoons, and every other
provision made against accident. even tC
carrying along Medicine fer the worms.