Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-04-12
CONDENSEDNEWS

Several business blocks burned at
Oconomowoc, Wis.,, last Monday night:
loss, 100000.
The Spanish constitutionallsts, Pro-
gressists and Republicans have coalesced
tor the electoral campaign, under Castel-
ar's views.
The Pope has sent an autograph letter
to Queen Victoria welcoming her tc
Italy, and expressing good wishes fol
her welfare.
Two Presbyterian churches in Buffalo
are connected by telephone so that one
preacher answers for both and saves the
expense OF salary.
The colored people of Louisiana are to
meet i'm convention at New Orleans or
the 18th, to consider the condition Of
their race in that state.
The army bill, as amended by the ad
dition of the political clauses, passed the
House last Saturday afternoon by vote
of l4S yeas to 122 nays.
Out of a state prison population of 20,
197 throughout the United States, but
13, 1S6 are employed i'm mechanical indus
tries, earning an average of 40 cents per
day.
The wind got rather fast on Mt. Wash.
ington Tuesday evening last week, blow
ing at the rate of 152 miles an hour
only fortr miles less than the highest on
record.
The United States steamer Plymouth
which left Boston for the West Indies
March Is, has returned with yellow fever
on board. Boatswain Egan died of The
disease.
Two-thirds of of the Durham England
miners have voted to strike against re.
duction of wages. This will render 25,-
0O0 men idle unless owners or pltmer
give way.
The Buffalo Express auguis from the
present aspect of affairs that JEFF Davis's
Lost Cause will speedily be followed by
a companion volume entitled The Caus,
Regained.
Woodford Mambrino, the famous trot
ting stallion that died in st. Louis las
week, had a remarkably brilliant record
Four years ago Bonner offered his ownel
$35, 900 for him.
Prof. Daniel Vaughn, we'll knowr
throughout the United States and Europ
as an astronomer, linguist and mathma
tician. died in the Cincinnati hospita
Sunday. aged 58.
The French supplementary election re
turns for tho chamber of deputies show
| the election of IL Republicans and on
Legltimist. Second ballots will be neces
sary in six districts
In the past two years it is said IO,0O
cOlored persons have left their Kentucky
homes and formed a prosperous commu
nifty in Kansas. They call the new set
tlement Nicodemus.
A device tor heating railroad cars will
hot water has been successfully intro.
duced i'm the east, by which a uniform
temperature is preserved and the cost i
greatly diminished.
Col. Sam Mckee, of Louisville, KY.
council for counterfeiters recently con
victed there, says he can prove that sew
eral United States secret service agent
had both manufactured and sold spuri
Gus coin.
4 A proposition is before the Illinois
Legislature to have but seXtennial meet
ings for the purpose of law making; tn
biennial sessions to be continued onl,
for the purpose of leyying taxes ant
making appropriations.
i The American locomotive that was OF
exhibition at Paris last year has beel
making q tour through France, Switzer
land, and Italy, with the most brillian
success. She attracted greet attention a
all places where she stopped, and Dire,
great crowds.
At Clifford, on the Iowa Central rail
road, John Bell, telegraph operator, age
10, shot Miss Robbins. lady frient
dead. and then telegraphed to the rail
road officials to send up another opera
tor, as he was going to kill himself. H
then suicided.