Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-03
STATE NEWS.

A company has been organized at Big
Rapids, with capital of $40,C %, to build
large hotel.
There has not been day of even fair
sleighing in GratiOt county during the
winter, so says the st. Louis Herald.
The surveyors of the extension of the
Port Huron and Northwestern railroad
to Port Austin, are at work between
Sand Beach and Port Hope.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
company notified employees that their
wages would be advanced, cOmmmenc-
ing with the first of this month.
The Huron County News says. in that
county the farmers say the winter wheat
is badly frozen out and some of them
are undecided as to what they had best
do with their fields.
The Mineral Springs house, corner of
Huron and Main streets, Ann ArbOr,
was wholly destroyed by fire Monday
night, involving loss of $15,OC), with
no insurance so far as known.
A. C. Baldwin, of Pontiac, Judge of the
Sixth judicial circuit, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect the 10Th inst.
1t is thought the Governor will appoint
Since 1885 the governors of Michigan
have pardOned 878 criminals. Gov.
Blair was the most liberal in the use of
the power, granting 1876 pardons. OF the
whole number pardOned 81 were women.
1t is stated that speckled trout, weigh
|1T pounds apiece have been caught rear
Battle Creek, the product of trout fly
planted in some of the small streams
leading into the Kalamazoo river.
Since the close of navigation last sea-
son, according to the Northwestern Min
ing Journal, the refined copper sent out
from the lake Superior district amounted
to 4,50l tons, 499 ponds; and of mineral
773 tons 1928 pounds. p .ae a-fi
The Grand Rapids electric light and
power company has been formed, with
capital of 100000, for furnish
ing the citizens of that city with light
and power by electricity. The company
has petitiOned the council for permission
to place its conductors in the streets.
The firm of RyrersOn, Hills s. Co. of
MuskegOn are pushing the construction
of their logging railroad from the Mus
kegon river to NewaygO up PennOyer
creek to Pickeral lake, four miles dis
tant. The road bed is graded, all ready
for ties and rails. Some of the cars and
a locomotive weighing 10 tons have al
ready been delivered for the road. The
firm will put tug on the lake to haul
logs from the shores to the road.
The laws of Michigan relative to high
ways, bridges and drainage, with blank
| forms for the use of highway officers
and drain commissioners, forming a
pamphlet of 158 pages, have been recent
| ly issued under the supervision of the
Secretary of State. ALI the constitution
al and legal provisions are given in full,
with references to the decisions of the
supreme court bearing upon these mat
ters, and full index and side notes.
Lansing Republican. ~
Four months ago the insane wife of
Adam Dagenkolb, living four miles from
Northport, mysteriousIy disappeared,
and was supposed to have been lost in
the woods. No trace of her ever having
been found, foul play was finally sus-
pected, and on Sunday last a large crowd
of citizens gathered at Dagenkolb's
place to make an Investigation, An old
well recently filled up attracted their
, attention and they began to dig 10 out,
when Dagenkolb made an excuse to 90
up stairs and change his coat, but not
returning he was looked after and was
, found to have cut his throat from ear to
ear with table knife. Digging out the
well was continued, and finally the body
of Mrs. DagenkOlb was found wrapped
in shawl at the bottom of the we'll
with the throat cut. She had been mur.
dered by the husband, who suicided
when the discovery of his crime became
Il