Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-24
STATE NEWS.


The Porter coal mine at jackson has
been flooded by water, and work is sus-
pended for time. fa5
Gov. Croswell has appointed Silas B.
Gaskill, of Lapeer, Judge of the sixth
judicial circuit, in place of Augustus c.
Baldwin, of Pontiac, resigned.
Some one stuffed lighted matches in
the letter box at the Muskegon county
pOstOffice few nights ago, destroying
the letters and nearly destroying the Of
fee. .,.-.s. ~ nis
The East Saginaw water bonds were
awarded to w. j. III. Pollard of StOnning-
ton, Conn.,, at his average bid of 102I
premium, delivered at purchasers ex-
pense. le.a e
Twenty-Five students of the Advent
college at Battle Creek marched through
the streets of that city last Sunday, and
split all the wood for all the lone widows
in town.
Monday, as John L. White was riding
in the woods near Manistee, tree fell
upon him, dangerously if not fatally in
juring him, and killing the horse upon
which he was seated.
Alvin j. Shearer, postmaster of Alpine,
Kent county, disappeared few days
ago. On Sunday he reappeared-in the
river at White Pigeon. Whisky and
water are the alleged causes of his death.
Boating sharps are advised to keep an
eve on ManiStee this season. P. McElgun,
the eX-Saginaw Oarsman, has organized
a crew of big river men up there, and
is training them for the coming regat-
tas.
3 Gen. Benz. F. Partridge was unani-
mOusly elected supervisor of Portsmouth,
Bay county, at the last election. He is
1 Republican and the town is Democrat
| ic, but they generally elect him without
dissenting vote.
John Dickson, of Manistee county, is
| Il years old, and is now living with his
| fourth wife, who has presented him a
| laughter, which makes the tally of his
children just 36. He is also grand-dad
10 33 others. Wonderful climate up in
Manistee!
The new smoke-staek at Pack, Woods
& Co.'s refuse burner in 0scoda is mon
| 81 feet in diameter; the ma asOnry on
which it stands is 20 feet high, making
the extreme altitude of the stack, inclUd-
ing the spark catcher. 130 feet.
The vandepoele Electric Light associ-
alton of Detroit filed articles of incorp0r-
alton last Saturday afternoon. The cap
ital stock of the company is $i25. 900;
shareholders Charles VandepOele, 1920
shares; p. E. De Mill, GOO; II. A. Lacey.
800; Thos. S, Sprague, $40; Geo. n. Chase.
$40.
The heavy land case of David ID. Oliver
vs.. Henry S. Cunningham, Garret B.
Hunt, Jacob ErcheIman, Calvin Haines.
Phillip NJ. Ranney. Geo. j. Robinson and
Henry NJ. Robinson, after pending in the
| United States Circuit Court for nearly 10
years, has been decided in favor of the
complainant. 7V ggiie5a
! Michigan now contains two hOHses of
correction, one big state prison, a reform
school, two public and some private
lunatic asylums, and has about con-
| tracted for another house of correction.
If this thing keeps on, the decent, we'll
behaved people of the state will all be
required for prison keepers.
The MuskegOn Chronicle of the 18th
saws: LAST week Mrs. August Ball was
presented with girl baby weighing al
most two pounds. The infant is about
i IL inches long, with a head about the
size of common rubber ball, and fingers
a little larger than a match. 1t is well
formed and healthy, and has pleasing
look. Its little sister rocks it to sleep in
an ordinary doll cradle"
A committee of Detroit, Flint and Bay
City printers have issued call for a
State convention of journeymen printers,
to be held i'm Detroit, May 21, 1880, for
the purpose of organizing State Aid
society composed wholly of printers
Every journeymen printer in the state
is requested to consider himself invited
to attend. The objects stated in the call
are: a. To provide in some way for the
care of, or assistance, to members when
i'll or out of work. (2.) To bring the
iprinters Of the state into more inti-
mate knowledge of one another, for
social as we'll as business advancement.
i (39 To establish a bureau whereby a
a member in any part of the state may
readily learn of the best points to seek
employment when out of work, a. To
adopt measures looking to the perfection
of communication between the journey
men of the state for mutual benefit, in
aid of both employer and employed. o.
And for any other purposes that the con-
vention assembled may decide upon in
furtherence of the general benefit of the
lcraft.