Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-03
STATE NEWS.
Jackson will not get its free mail de-
livery before February or March

JackSOn Will not get It's free mail de-
livery before February or March
George W. ROby & Co.. of Ludington,
have bought 140,OO0,OOO feet of standing
pine lumber, of the Flint & Pere Mar
quette railroad company.
Duncan McPhail had his leg SO badly
hurt while logging above Alpena that it
had to be amputated below the knee. He
has wife and six small children.
All New Years swear offs" at Mar
quette end with, 'and not drink another
drop this year, unless the D., M. g. NJ. r.
R. gets there, in which case, hooper upr'
On Christmas the reform school bows
were granted a half holiday, filled to the
chin with good victuals, and quantity
OF jack knivesAthe gift of Geo. K Grove,
of Lansing r' ~ -
The shakers of Lebanon, New York,
own great deal of real estate in GratiOt
Co., Mich. and a few days ago they sold
about $4,000 worth of it, the purchasers
being parties at Ovid.
A native of Pompeii, Gratiot county,
has gone south to dig up S13,OO0,OOO in
coin, the location of which was revealed
to him by squaw who "sees vi ons."
Of course he has sure thing on it.
Mrs. Hamilton, of Alpena is i.ut 25
years old and has lost three children.
Her afflictiOn has dethrOned her reason
and she is violently insane-sO much so,
indeed, that she has been sent TO an
asylum. s
| Randolph Rogers, the sculptor. has
sent to the Soldiers and Sailors MOnu-
ment association his contract for the
completion of the monument, and adds
that the work will be commenced i'm
mediately. %
| As further result of the visit of State
Treasurer Prichard and Auditor General
Latimer to the upper peninsula, the state
treasury has received $443.12 specific tax
past due, paid by the Palmer iron min
ing company.
The case of Mrs. Garret Garrison
against VIM. j. Steele, a saloon keeper
of South Bay City, for selling LIQUOR to
her husband, was tried in the Circuit
Court last week and resulted i'm YER
dict of $1,000 for plaintiff.
Judge White was received with band
of music, a procession of citizens and
public supper on his return to Luding-
ton from Grand Rapids on the oath,
where had made such a splendid fight
for the defense in the famous ejectment
suits.
Over 1000 presents from all over Mich
igan and from other states were dis
tributed from Christmas tree at the
Kalamazoo asylum on Christmas eve,
and Thursday evening an entainment
was given for the amusement of the
patients.
W. E. Smith, of Paw Paw, editor of the
National Independent Ia greenback
organ) was arrested Monday night on a
charge of publishing obscene literature.
Several hundred pamphlets were found
in his possession. He was admitted to
bail and will have his examination next
: week. -q,f,ef
MunsOn, one of the thfee-card monte
vermln who have SO long infested the
towns on the line of the Grand Rapids &
Indiana railroad, has at length been
brought up with round turn and SEN
fenced to the house of correction for
year. Haynes, his partner, is still at
large.
The Detroit Board of Trade Tuesday,
by resolution. instructed their Freight
, Committee to enter into negotiations for
the establishment of a lake propeller and
barge line between Detroit and Buffalo.
1t is said this action grows out OF the
unfavOrable discrimination in railroad
rates in force against that city.
The forthcoming report of Superinten-
dent of Public instruction Cover will
; show that Detroit, with an estimated
{ population of 10000. has school popu-
latiOn of 1854, of which number 1887
were enrolled in the schools last wear.
The whole number of teachers employed
is 245, and the total annual cost of ed
ucatiOn for each pupil enrolled is $l6 IL.
; Mr.. H. P. Daily, well known Mich
, igan stock man, informs the Detroit
: News that Mr.. VIM. Newton, of ntiac,
T will leave for Europe in few days, TAX
ing with him 800 fat sheep, averaging
: from 175 to 1S0 pounds apiece in weight.
Speaking of the excellence of Oakland
, county as raising district, Mr.. Daily
! says that in May, June and July of last
year between 600 and 800 head of Oak
) land county cattle were sent east, and
one batch of twO-year-Olds, taken out of
the lot at random, Outweighed like
number of prime Illinois three-year-Olds.
Mr.. Orson Briggs sold hog last week
to drOver, that turned the scales at
1000 pounds. This hog was born on the
farm of Mr.. Briggs four years ago, of
poor but respectable parents. Her early
life was passed much after the manner
, of all other hOgs-in eating everything
| that she could finland although there
|. was nothing in her early days that gave
/. promise of a peculiarly brilliant future,
l yet she has managed, with limited re-
sources at her command, to become the
mother, within IL months, of SO pigs.
7 And during her career she has carried
away one red and three blue ribbons
: from our fair grounds, in attestation of
a her superit qualities. She was a hog
/ what was hOg.-St. Louis Herald
Charles squires, farmer living IL
miles southeast of COOpersville, is the
E owner of a cow which is entitled to the
q blue ribbon. The productive qualifica-
e tiOns attributed to this maidenly bovine
! seem almost incredulOus, but Mr.. SQuires
is farmer whose word would not he lues-
toned, and he declares that the story is
C not Oyefdrawn. The cow is but Az wears
o old at this time. At the age of IL months
/ she became the mother of twins. The
+ spring before she was three years old
s she went two better, and was delivered of
Il four calves at one birth. Last winter
t being an "Off year" for stock. raising,
0 this energetic young cow decided to
t take matters more mildly, and dropped
r down one notch, and the increase of cat
# tie through her individual efforts was
# but three young bullOcks. One month
S ago she became the mother of a fine
n pair of calves which are doing well.
II making i'm all eleven. The COW is re-
Is ported to be in quite reflective mood,
% and it is useless to predict what her ar
d rangements are for the future. Michi-