Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-07-05
STATE NEWS.

Hillsdale college wants $4,000 more
moreIln the way of endowment funds.
DIR. John Kost, of Adrian college. has
Deem chosen president of the the Kansas
agricultural college. ,..,s.... i,.,a,..,,
| D. 9. Baker, Of Buffalo, bought and
shipped 10000 pounds of butter at Char
lotte during last week. D-'Ei'l'I'a - ~
| Gray, Toynton & Fox, of Detroit. deal
ers in pyrotechnics, report that they
received larger orders for Fourth of
July fireworks than ever before. ~ .,f.
farmer residing in 2 the vicinity of
hudson, while plowing on the border of
swamp on his farm recently, found in
one place 149 Indian arrow heads. ia,iii g.
| Asa B. Hadsell one of the early set.
tiers of Oakland county, fell dead i'm his
wagon while driving to Pontiac, on
on Saturday last He was S5 years old,
The editor of the Allegan Democrat
gives his subscribers notice that for some
weeks hence he will devote his time more
to the collection of his accounts and less
to writing political editorials.
During performance given by Fore
paugh's circus at Hastings, one of the
Davenport Bros, in making a somersault
over seven elephants, failed to alight
right, and broke one OF his legs. 80
The Greenville Independent like the
TRIBUNE, is now ground out upon q
handsome power press-and it serves the
Independent right. 1t deserves good ma.
chlnery and plenty of prosperity. bsssi.si
Henry Cross, good old farmer of East
Arlington, worked year after year until
he had saved up $1,000, with which he
proposed to buy a farm to give his boy.
He hid the money i'm his oat bin,. and
that night both h-oats sand money were
stolen. g .y.t .. = - -, = =
Hawkins Taylor, OF Washington. d. C..
bid In the contract for doing certain mail
carrying in Macomb county for S75 per
annum, an he now wants to subIet il
at $40. As the contract calls for .4e5
miles OF stage driving, he does not find
any sub-contractors.
The extension of the Detrol.. LANSING
q Northern from Blanchard to Big Ran,
ids is booming along in fine stvle through
asplendid pine forest, and will be com
p.eted in about six months The number
OF men at work will soon be increased
from 800 to 500. ''' q" .
Railroad agents all over the state are
making a big fight for the wool blls;5ess
which lasts about six weeks. and like. n
fight. at wake is very lively while il
does last. Competition has SO reduced
the rates that the transrc ion of wool
days less than almost er c,1ss of
freight. -
A joint meeting of the state lard of
agriculture, executive committee of the
state agricultural society andi of the Off
GERS of the state grange, was held i'm the
Agricultural college, i'm Lansing, June 25.
They resolved to hold ANIMAL meetings at
the college, and "blew up" tho late la
mented legislature because it failed to
vote more money to said college: ~ ''i'
The telegraph dispatches say that old
oile Doty, one of most noted thieves that
ever encumbered the EARTH, and who AT
one time figured to some extent i'm this
county and was sentenced to term
in the penitentiary by the circuit court.
was dug out of a clay bank cave near
Elkhart few days ago. Asa matter of
fact Sile died several years ago. but the
Eikhart story may be true, for the old
cuss had way of turning up in odd
places at odd times. He got out of the
ONO state prison once, and i'm less than
week had stolen horse from one of b;s
Hlllsda!e neighbors and was in Mich
igan prison.