Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-02-14
STATE N WS.

The Flint and Pere Marquette rail-
way sold 1857 acres of land in January
for $32046.
The Michigan car works of Detroit.
will build $50 box cars for the Atchis0n.
Topeka & Santa Fe road. 5.i5 ~
During January the Wyandotter rolling
mills turned out 538 tons of plate iron,
17O tons of sheet iron and 700 tons of bar
iron.
Michigan furniture is sent to Great
Britain and sold 25 per cent cheaper than
it can be produced there. e-5
The St. Clair river at Marine City is
blocked with ice. The steamer Aberc0n
broke loose and was pushed on to the
bank.
The Rev. A. H. Fletcher, pastor of the
Congregational church i'm Armada, died
Sunday night, three hours after his even
ing sermon, of neuralgia of the heart.
Coal has been discovered about 60 miles
north OF East Saginaw, between the F. &
P. M. R. r., and the northern extension
OF the jackson, Lansing & Saginaw rail-
road. .4
Engine No. %, which hauled the ILL
fated Pacific express into the jaws Of
death on the night of the 10th of October
now does duty as a yard engine at that
place, rs..
The Lansing Republican says there is
| rumOr that the Grand Trunk intends
to build branch road from Lansing to
Grand Rapids, on which work will begin
about April 1.
Fred Paasche, LudingtOn fisherman,
became so chilled and exhausted while
endeavOring to get ashore in q snow
squall, few days ago, that he died be-
fore help could reach him.
There are 6,325 school houses in Mich
igan, and the value of school property in
the state is $9,011,45 If Michigan pos
sesseS anything of which it should be
more proud, let us hear of it!
Gov. CrOswell has designated Hon. T.
nj. Cooley justice of the supreme court,
to preside at the term of the Lenawee
circuit court which commences on the
| 18th. Judge Cooley has written that he
accepts the appointment.
The Aleona County Review says R. A.
Alger & Co., have recently met with the
loss of 100000 feet of long timber. The
piles to their boom at Black River gave
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into Lake Huron by the ice.
| Cal. Acan, while intoxicated, fell from
the st. Joseph river bridge on the Sth.
One foot caught in brace and he was
suspended long time. When discover
ed by some boys he was found in a near
ly dying condition, but will recover.
A Clayton minister has been arrested
for marrying people. on the ground that
he wasn't a full-fedged divine. The
people living together whom he has Join
ed, begin to look dismayed, and are rush.
ing pell-mell to the nearest justice of the
peace.
Ere many weeks the st. Clair Repub-
lican is to be published in an old church,
and where once resOunded the voice of
praise and prayer will be heard the rat
tllng OF a new Campbell press and the
frantic yells of the devil as he screeches
for "copy." ~
| The organization of the new Grand
Rapids national bank was completed
Friday, of last week. The officers are as
follows: President, C. II. Bennett, of
| Plymouth; vice president, Freeman God
| frey; directors, c. H. Bennett, Paul Sick
cite, F. Godfrey, w. B. Ledward, z. F.
| Uhl, /. NJ. Clark, EnOs Putnam, George
Long and william Herpolsheimer.
The Grand Rapids pest house is con-
yenlently located in cemetery-thus
| giving cOnvalescents a cheerful land
scape, and making the work of the sexton
and undertaken very light. However, it
IS charged that when patient comes
there these parties are morally sure Of
a job, as the pest-hOuse is not warmed,
aired or ventilated for years at time.
The forthcoming report of the State
commissioner of insurance will show
that the risks written in Michigan dur
ing 1879 aggregate 1858, ,584, ,26S AZ; prem
iums received, $1,7S9,724 so; losses in
Cured, $99l, ,S74 Al; losses paid, $1,O2S,-
1856 81. This business was done by
Michigan companies, those of other
states. Canadian and other foreign COM
panies.
| A. L. Aldrich, of the Flint Glote
answers the resolution pertaining to him
which was passed at the recent meeting
of the State Press Association, by saying
that ne is prepared to instantly turn
over the association funds in his DOS
session as soon as he is properly con-
ylnced that the present association is
the legitimate successor of the one that
made him custodian of its fund.
The warming for railroad route to
the rest of the world, which is now api-
tating the people of Manistee, bids fair
yet to crystalize into active operations:
but there seems to be no agreement upon
which way the road shall run. One
party favOrs going toward the Flint g.
Pere Marquette road at Ludington, while
another thinks a connection with the
Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad via
Sherman and Manton would be- best.
However, 1t as asserted that when it
comes to action the city will be . unit in
favor OF one or the other project.