Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-21
CONDENSED NEWS.

Ice, snow and frost i'm Delaware and
other counties of New York state, Sunday
night.
Ex-Governor Hershel johnson died at
his residence, in jefferson county, Ca,
Monday night, aged 68.
1t is estimated that 6OC00 persons are
absent from New York city for the sum-
mer, and some $500 houses are closed.
The mail contractor on the route be-
tween Fort Davis, Tex, and Ell PasO, N.
NJ, asks for military protection against
indians.
At Oakland, Cal. Mrs. K0llaher and
her three children were burned to death
Sunday night. The fire was the result
OF drunken carOuSal.
A manuscript of the gospels, written
on purple parchment i'm silver ink, and
embellished with miniatures, has just
been discovered Calabria.
The miles of new railroad built i'm the
states and territories i'm the year 1879
were 4,725. A pretty good showing for
the first year of resumption!
John Dudley, of Chicago, won the
O'Leary 72 hours walk at Buffalo, max
ing 414 miles-the best record for con-
test of this nature by tive miles.
The oldest living graduate of the
West Point military aca0emy is Wright
Merrick of Lexington, KY, aged SO, a
member of the class of 1922, and its sole
| survivor.
Owing to the crop movements the de-
mand for the standard silver dollar in
Ttn np1n loo
$685. Goethe largest amount ordered in
one day for more than year.
Secretary of State Evarts writes that
the case of the Rev. j. w. Parsons, the
missionary murdered on Turkish ter
ritOry, will have the earnest attention
of the United States government.
The StaffOrdshire, England, manufac-
turer pays So II for pudding ton of
iron; the Pittsburg, Pa, manufacturers
pay S. { , for pudding ton of iron, an
| increase of So 3S in pay secured to the
American mechanic by the American
system,
The American objections to the
Panama Canal having been waived and
naturalization of the canal under the
guardianship of the United States accept
ed. DIR. Lesseps wishes to issue 600,C D.
CO francs in shares in Paris, London,
New York and Frankfort.
Emigration returns from Liverpool for
July show an increase of 5000 compared
with July, 1879. Thirteen thousand
enigrants went to America. All the
cabins of the steamers now leaving
Liver pool for New York, and for some
weeks to come, are fully engaged.
At a recent New York tenement house
fire young gamin named Oswald Nor
rissey exhibited great bravery in res
cuing a child from the burning building
where the firemen and police refused tC
enter. As a reward of merit the New
York Herald is raising a fund to enable
the brave lad to secure an education,
and at session of the Detroit board
of trade purse of $5O.5O was raised fol-
the benefit of the fund.
The rifle match between American and
Canadian teams at CreedmOOr, Saturday,
was won by the Americans, they leading
at each range. The score was as follows
800 yards, 439 to 427; 9C0 yards, 416 to
407; LOCO yards 418 to 4O1. The scores
made surpass anything ever made in a
match between teams of six, excepting
the recent match of Col. BOdine at Dolly.
mount. There was no trophy depend.
ing on the American-Canadian match
and the amateur club will probably send
a team to Canada next year.