Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-01-29

ACCOMPANY has been formed in London
to establish line of steamers to be built
with special facilities for transporting
cattle from the United States. The capt.
tai stock is $2,5OOOOO.
SENATOR BLAINE is confiden. that the
Senate will not pass funding bill at
lower rate of intarest than 81 per cent.
Great Britain, whose credit ranks high
est in the world, has never been able to
float her per cent consOls, which are
perpetual debt, at par, and he thinks
it would be dangerous experiment for
the United States to attempt to float a
$40 bond at that low rate.
CONGRESSMAN COx'S new appOrtiOn-
ment bill fixes the whole number of rep
resentatives at 3O1, with the following
losses and gains: Arkansas, California,
Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carroll
ma and West Virginia gain one each Kan
sas gains three; Texas four; Minnesota
and Nebraska two each; Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New Hampshire, Maine, Indiana,
Tennessee, Florida and Vermont lose one
and New York looses two.
Mr.. JUSTICE CAMERON, of Ontario in
formed the grand jury the other day
that some of the Justices of the peace in
fbof Drovi6;poa ORC nm hla 70 cpaIl fboir
names correctly and intelligibly. The
Toronto Mail intimates that one of them
signs himself a '.justass of the peas"
but doubts whether he is always just. 1t
is certainly possible that he is unjust to
the ass, which is an honest animal and
makes no pretensions.
EMERY A. STORRs is talked of, by some
for the position of Attorney General,
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat thus COM
ments upon it: IF Illinois is to be
hOnOred with seat in the Cabinet, the
friends of Mr.. Emery A. Storrs, of Chi
cago, will push his appointment as At
tOrney General. 1t would be hard to find
an ADLER man than Storrs for any Cabi-
net position. The stalwarts would like
to see him honored and rewarded for the
good service he did for the whole Repub-
lican party last summer"
SPEAKING of the apportionment under
the recent census, the members of the
Senate Census Committee all agree that
the apportionment will be made this
session. One of the members of the Sen
ate committee, who has given the mat
ter close attention, said the number of
members Of Congress under the new ap
portionment would be fixed at from 295
to BOB; the present number is, 293. This
will make Congressional district from
10000 to 10000. AS the figures are
at Washington, Ohio will lose one men,
Der and New York three, the latter's loss
being the largest of any state.
GENERAL WALKER, of the Census
Bureau, says in regard to the alleged
frauds in the census in South Carolina,
that he ordered Remuneration in
eight townships situated in as many diff
ferent counties, selecting those where
the most startling increase in pOpula-
tiOn was noticed. The results were care
fully compared. name by name and house
by house, with the first enumeration,
and in every case there was found a fur
ther increase. He expresses belief that
the enumeration was substantially cor
rect and hopes that it will be accepted as
such.
1T is feared that international COM
plications not heretofore anticipated may
arise in connection with the Nicaraguan
Canal scheme. The eastern end of the
route passes through strip of country
occupied by the Mesquite Indians. Some
thirty years'ago, when the Central Ameri-
can states separated into Independent
republics, Nicaragua laid claim to this
territory and several wars grew out of
the dispute. Finally England claimed
to exercise protectorate over the Mes
quite country and Nicaragua disputed
the claim. The matter was referred to the
Emperor of Germany, then King of Prus-
STA, who has never given decision.
Should he now decide in favor of Eng
land, the power of the Nicaraguan gov
eminent to make a concession of that
part of the proposed canal will become a
subject for consideration.
AT San Francisco, CAL, for years it
has been the custom of the Chinese Six
Companies there to allow no Chinaman
to leave for China without receipt from
one of the companies that he was clear
from debt and had paid his dues. The
system was really Matchmaking ar
rangement upon which the Six Compa-
MES thrived, as the companies had a con-
tract with the Pacific Mail and Occident-
al Steamship companies preventing any
Chinaman sailing on their steamers. At
the last session of the Legislature bill
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