Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-03-27

The New York Herald has been polling
the Connecticut legislature on the Pres
idential question, with the following re-
suit: Senate-Grant, 5; Blaine, 3; scat
tering. 8. House Grant, "a; Blaine, 4S;
scattering, AZ. In second choice Blaine
leads.
A. L. CONGER, chairman of the Repub-
lican state committee of Ohio, has pub
lished card saying that he is earnestly
in favor of the nomination of Senator
Blaine for President, and denying the
report that he had written letter to
Sherman declaring himself Sherman
man.
DIR. GEORGE III. ELY left Washington
for his home i'm Cleveland last week. He
is quite satisfied that the objects for
which he went there, namely. to prevent
the bridging of the Detroit river, and to
secure an appropriation sufficient to
complete the Sault Ste. Marie improve
ments, will be accomplished.
THE Illinois supreme court has decid
ed that the election last fall which re-
suited in vote for the consolidation
of the three town governments of Chica-
go into one, was not regularly held I'M
der the statute and therefore was void.
This will necessitate the keeping up of
three expensive governments another
year.
THE House committee on ways and
means agreed to strike out the word
Seizure" i'm the Senate bill, relative to
the seizure and forfeiture of vessels for
breach of the revenue laws. The effect
of the House amendment will be to leave
the law relative to the seizure of vessels
still in force, but the bill protects them
from forfeiture.
THE train-men on the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania railroad struck Thurs
day of last week. The effect will be to
throw out Of employment some three
| thousand miners i'm no wise connected
with the strike. They are employed in
coal mines to which that road affords
the only outlet to market. The strike
cuts that off. by stopping the running of
trains, and will lead to a suspension of
mining operations until traffic is resumed
on the road.
ACCORDING to the official statements
| the total amount of exports of provisions
| for the month of February was $12.147,-
| $50. For the same month last year the
amount was S9,17S,2S3. 1t will be no.
ticed that the falling off in the exports
of provisions for a single month has
been almost So, 100000 while the increase
in imports during that time has been
unprecedented. This decrease in ex-
ports and increase in imports causes
some alarm among treasury officials, as
it is expected that when the official re-
turns for February are all i'm that the
balance of trade will appear against the
United States for the first time i'm five
years.
MORE supplies having been rendered
for the relief of the Irish sufferers than
can be conveniently loaded on the United
States ship Constellation. Secretary
Thompson said that it was probable that
he would cause the tanks of the vessel to
be removed in order to make more stOr-
age room. If the Constellation, with
such additional space, cannot carry the
supplies offered, and another cargo can
be obtained, a second vessel will be sent
| to Ireland. Secretary Thompson says
the Constellation cannot bring back emf
| grants On her return voyage from Ire
land, as there is no authority for such
action and the vessel possesses no accom-
mOdatiOns for this purpose.
A RESOLUTION was introduced i'm the
House, Friday of last week, directing the
President to notify China that our gov
eminent desires an abrOgatiOn OF the
clause of the Burlingame treaty, under
which citizens and subjects of either
power shall have the same right to set
| tie i'm the territory of the other that is
granted to the subjects of the most ia
yOred foreign power. 1t is under this
clause of the treaty that, so long as the
| United States is open to immigrants
| from any other nation it cannot be closed
| against the Chinese; and, without the
abrOgatiOn of that clause, Congress has
no power to pass statute limiting or
excluding the immigration of the Ceies-
| tialS.
WASHINGTON kilograms state that eX-
Senator Christiancy is going to apply
for a divorce from his wife. 1t is init
mated that the couple have not been en-
jOying extreme felicity the greater pOr-
tiOn of their married life. When he
went to assume the duties of Minister to
Peru she refused to accompany him, but
afterwards followed. Mr.. Christiancy
has retained Edward C. IngersOll, of
Washington, as his attorney. tits claim
ed evidence, of a scandalOus nature, has
been obtained sufficient to secure an I'M
conditional divorce. On the other hand,
Mrs. Christiancy asserts that she in
tends to obtain divorce, and claims to
have good reason therefor, on account of
her husbands cruelty and harshnesS.
THURSDAY of last week Representative
HOrr, of this district, took part i'm the
debate on the deficiency bill, and his
speech was greatly enjoyed by the Re-
publican side of the house, and was
spoken of as the most interesting event
of the day. Among other things he said:
'The gentleman from Ohio McMahOn)
has stated, as reason why the Demo-
Gratis had right to violate the law and
refuse an appropriation for marshals,
that you Republicans once violated the
law 1t seemed to be the highest idea
and ambition of the Democratic party to
try and follow the meaneSt things that
the Republican party had ever done.
Had it come to this, that the Democratic
party had no higher idea of legislation
than to follow the mistakes of the Repub-
lican party? Was it true that the mean
est things the Republicans had ever
done seemed to the Democracy to be in
the line of retrenchment and refOrm?'
THE New York Herald declares that
the Democrats, even if united, will "have
hard work to carry the fall election, and
they are so little harmonious that no