Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-26
STATE NEWS.

At the Reed City U. S. land Office dur
ing the month of January 1886 acres
were proven up, 1,390 acres of hOmesteads
located, and 377 acres of land sold for
cash.
A steam drill at MenOminee has pene-
trated silver-bearing quartz at depth of
$50 feet. The silver can be seen with the
naked eye in the rock brought up by the
drill.
The Lapeer county Republican cOnven-
tiOn declared i'm favor of John L. Rich as
successor of O. d. COnger as representa-
tive in Congress from the Seventh dis
trict.
The Detroit gas companies are exert
ing their influence to prevent the adOp-
tiOn of the ordinance allowing the Edi-
son electric light company to lay their
wires in the streets and alleys of that
city.
The Saginaws are working lively to
secure the school for the blind. Saginaw
City has already picked out sight, and
East Saginaw has four patches of ground
which she claims ought to be decorated
with state institution.
Mr.. Addison Mandel, clerk of the United
States circuit court, Detroit, executed
deed on the foreclosure of the Detroit &
Bay City railroad on Saturday to James
Mcmillan and III. B. Ledyard. This COM
pleteS the transfer of the road as re-
suit of the recent auction sale.
The Macomb county Republican con-
ventiOn met at Mt. Clemens Saturday to
elect delegates to the Seventh district
congressional convention. The VIM.
Jenney men organized a separate con-
ventiOn, and the county will send two
sets of delegates to the district cOnven-
ton.
Capt. A. H. BOgardus the great shOOtest
has invited C. G. Jewett, of Howell, to go
to Europe with him as member of the
team he will take over the water to
match against Carver's team of wing
shots. BOgardus says he regards Jewett
as one of the best shots in the United
States.
Detroit claims to be at the head of the
car manufacturing cities of the world.
The gross business of the car companies
of that city amounts to $11,OO0O00 an
nually. The Michigan car cOmpany's
works are Also claimed to be more extern
sive than any other similar enterprises
in existence.
Astranger claiming to be an OddfellOw
in attendance at the meeting of the grand
lodge, swindled E. P. Kidder s. Co., of
Grand Rapids, out of 1925 sealskin
sacque, for which he gave bogus draft
on Nelson & Barber, of Ithica. He came
near defrauding other merchants out of
still larger amounts by similar trick.
Tuesday evening of last week party
of Battle Creek folks started out into the
country to make surprise party. On
the way they crossed pond, when the
horses broke through the ice, and
the surpriserS were very much sur
prised by cold bath, one lady narrowly
escaped being drowned. After getting
out of that scrape the party found the
house they were going to surprise near
by, and spent half the night i'm getting
their clothing dry. AS surprise it was
surprising success.
On Saturday evening party of lis
shipbuilders from the Clyde and from
Leith, the seaport town OF Edinburgh,
arrived at WyandOtte, and Monday they
began work at the shipyards of the De-
trOit dry dock company. They were
brought over by Mr.. W. Ii. Anderson, of
Detroit. who secured only picked men.
The newcomers were received with open
arms by the men at the yards, who gave
an oyster supper. The new arrivals are
not carpenters, but iron shipbuilders.