Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-04

| Over 1900 fruit trees have been pur-
chased by Alpena county people during
the past year.
Over 100 members of the Lenawee
county pioneer society have died since
January l, 1880.
| In the balloting Saturday, at Luding-
ton, on the question Of bonding the city
for 5000 for drainage, the project was
voted down by t01. Err fst
Jackson parties talk of establishing a
line of Herdic coaches in that city. The
scheme includes six coaches, forty horses,
and full equipm ent, costing $12,2 $50
Some of the desks of the court house
in Berrien are to be made from black
| walnut log used as the main shaft of the
first mill built at Niles, about 80 years
ago. go 81 afif3sqTT {. q
DR.. S. s. Cutter one of the most cele-
brated physicians in the state resident
of COldwater, has been pronounced in
sane and taken to the asylum at Kala-
maz00. 0at
The contract for doing the work Of
plumbing, steam fitting and water pip
ing, at the reform school for girls has
been let to Wait & Williams, of Toledo,
for $13,0c7. ea fet.f
| The Senate has passed house file All
creating the 28th judicial circuit of the
counties of Kalkaska, Missaukee. Ros-
common and Wexford. The first cleo
tiOn under the act is to take place on the
first Monday of August next.
Senator Ferry was taken seriously ill
at Fort Wayne Tuesday on his way home
from Washington. He had prompt and
excellent medical attention, and all the
people of Michigan will be glad to know
that he will speedily recover, needing
only rest and care. -..r...,
A stock company, with capital of
ArbOr for the purpose of manufacturing
the electric light, patented by ]. W.
Langby, of Michigan University. The
stock is subscribed by Ann Arbor and
Toledo capitalists, the mandatory to
be located in Ann Arbor M. /, Wilcox, of
Toledo, is President: Philip Book, Vice
President, and B. P. Crane of Ann Arb0r,
Manager.
| Negotiations have been going on for
some time with English capitalists for
the sale of the lands belonging to the
Marquette, Hought0n and Ontonagon
railroad company. The sale has been
consumated, the English capitalists pay
ing for the lands $2,5O0y0OO in cash.
This will enable the company to go on
and complete their road and pay off
large portion of its bonded Indebtedness.
Post and Tribune.
Capt. Charles Greenwich, of Manistee
is the recipient of gold medal from the
| United States Treasury Department un-
der the act of Congress of June 20, 1874,
for signal herOism in saving life from
shipwreck. He is captain of the tug
| Williams, of the Garfield tug line, and
has saved "a persons from drowning in
waters of lake Michigan, nearly every
instance at the peril of his own life.
The medal was transmitted to him
through Senator Ferry May II, and was
| accompanied by a cOmmedat0ry letter
from Secretary Window.
Matthew and John Kerr, of Dover,
Lenawee county, had kind old aunt In
Ireland. and of her the Adrian Press says
that before her marriage, and without
the knowledge of the Michigan brothers,
she executed to them deed of some very
valuable real estate in the city of Bally-
mena, Ireland. On her marriage she
also executed to her husband q trust
deed of the properly, which at her death
should 60 to, Mathew and John. She died
about eight years ago, without having
communicated with the brothers con-
cerning the deed. The husband care
fully neglected it, became reckless and
involved, and his creditors seized upon
the property, and to their dismay were
told by him to drive ahead, he didn't
own it. The facts now come out and the
American consul at Ballymena seized on
the estate on behalf of the American
heirs, Matthew and John Kerr. They
have just received letter from him dis
closing the facts and asking them to
come forward and claim the property.