Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-10
STATE NEWS.

steam supply heating system,
There we 81 murders and attempts to
murder in Michigan last year. ~c-
1t is asserted that fully one-half of the
cargo OF the steamer City of Toledo, re-
Gently wrecked near Ludington, was
stolen. si-4 .f3.s 're.fr 80 80
= The Flint and Pere Marquette have
sold more farming lands in Mason cOun-
ty the past year than in the previous
five years combined. dllg = airf
The total collections Of internal rev.
enue in the first district during Decem-
Der were $85,69093, against 1894, 1886
for the similar period of 1878. el
Stone & Masters, a firm of Cleveland
iron workers, have purchased the Pigeon
River furnace, at Caseville, Mich, and
will put it in blast in the spring.
The Marquette Mining Journal re-
ports that charters have heen made by
vessel men to carry ore next season
from Escanaba to Cleveland at 81 70 per
ton. :,
S. c. Merrill, of IOscO township, Liy-
lngstOn county, has discovered bed of
mineral paint on his farm. 1t is ten
acres in area and from six inches to two
feet in thickness. srsf. rrftrs-e
There is no record i'm existence ON
Lake Superior that shows SO uniformly
cold and bOisterous weather as charac-
terlzed the month of December just ended.
Gazette. gfo =
The diphtheria RACES so fiercely at East
Saginaw that the board of health has
appointed committee to inquire into
the advisability of closing the primary
schools for one month. G2llis
A lizard four inches long was recent
vOmited from the stomach of James Nc
CalIy, of Lincoln, Isabella county. Mr..
McCally hasn't the remotest idea how OF
when the reptile got there.
An old gray-headed man is going to
school in district school house in Wash
lngtOn, GratiOt county, in order that he
may learn to read and write and thus
correspond with friends in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack, of Big Prairie
ROnde, celebrated the Goth anniversary
of their wedding few weeks ago, and
Mr.. Mack, who is "a years old, has trav-
eled over 1900 miles during the past
year: II
hO &utSnlSoL pcOp1c uOW
at Leadvlfle held grand reunion on
Christmas day at the Tappan house in
that city, and the published reports
thereof indicate that they enjoyed them
selves.
PhilO Parsons, of Detroit, has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Croswell as member
from Michigan of the national COM
mittee to arrange for the celebration of
the anniversary of the surrender of Corn
wallis at Yorktown. 9H
At MOrgan's lumber camp, Farwell.
there is tame bear which has become
so far civilized as to drink whisky.
smoke a pipe, chew tobacco, etc. They
are now teaching him to swear and
dance round dances.
The village of Fife Lake is reputed to
be such moral and quiet place that,
Notwithstanding its well known thrift
and business prosperity, there have been
but two law suits contested there in six
years. So says the Cadillac News.
Columbus Harris, a "mOOnshiner."
and James Nicholson, mail-rObbing
postmaster, sentenced by the United
States Court of Alabama to Is months
and two years respectively, have been
dOmiciled for these terms at the Detroit
house of correction.
Richard GibbOn, an inmate of the
state prison, has sent John B. Upton, of
Big Rapids, a beautiful Christmas box.
GibbOn made it himself. and it is de-
scribed as wonderful bit of handiwork,
containing over 1900 pieces of wood.
Upton defended GibbOn at his trials
During the month of December Engi-
neer Clinton B. COnger, of the Northwest
ern Grand Trunk railroad, ran his engine
6,284 miles, of which 6O94 miles was in
hauling passenger trains. John Condor
ran 5,128 miles. The master mechanics
report says COnger's run is probably as
large as any other ever made"
The rain has done immense damage
to roads and bridges i'm the southern
part of the state. There were several bad
washOutS in Allegan county Sunday,
but the railroad trains are on time the
roads having been fixed up again. In
Lenawee county the damage varies from
800 to $1,000 in each township. The
swing bridge over the Grand river at La
mont was washed away Sunday night.
The Scientific American says Nh
Samuel S. Burt of Marquette, Michigan
has invented an improvement in elevat-
ed railways. 1t pertains, first, to secur.
ing the track rails upon ties which are
so constructed that their ends are made
elastic, thus adapting them to yield
when train passed over the road. The
manner of construction adopted to secure
the requisite elasticity is to slot the ends
of the ties and insert rubber blocks be-
tween the posts separated by the slot.
Gov CrOswell has made the following
appointments: Members of the board Of
control of the Michigan reform schoo
for girls--Mrs. James +. Joy, Detroit
Mrs. s. L. Fuller, Grand Rapids; Mrs
COurtland B. Stebbins, Lansing; Mis-
Emma A. Hall, Flint; Hon. Charles 7
GOrham, Marshall; Hon. William H
VALIDITY, Adrian. Trustee of the Michigan
asylum for the insane Robert Burns. O
Kalamazoo. Inspectors of the Michigan
military academy-Isaac MarstOn, Ba,
City; Vim. o. Hughart, Grand Rapids
Ira R. GrOsvenOr, Monroe; VIM. E. Quinby
Detroit; Moses Colt Tyler, Ann Arbor.
Those people who thought that ther
would be no candidates for the Reput
lican nomination for Congress in tn
fifth district are going to be disappOint
ed. The Reed City Clarion proposes Ez
Lieutenant Governor Holt, Francis Smit
and David Mclaughlin of Muskego
county. The Cedar Springs Clipper prt
poses 4. NJ. Marble of IOnia, and tn
4 Allegan Journal, without expressing il
individual preference, mentions the TO
lowing as available candidates: HI
Sessions of IOnia, E. G. D. Holden, Ebe
Smith and A. B. Turner of Kent, C.
, Nelson of Muskeg0n, Senator George
Farr of Ottawa, aud w. B. Williams. la