Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-12-17
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10, 1881.
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.

oApiOoioh III Coiiioiy, III DciSiuiu iooo
week.
Old members believe that the present
session of Congress will be an extremely
long and INTEREST," ng one.
Wolves are ravaging the focks of
Waupaca, Wis.,. farmers. bounty of
Sll per head if offered for the animals
dead.
Number of pOstmasterships subject
to presidential appointments, now va
cant, 300; number of applications for
same about 1900.
The star-rOute cases will not be
brought before the grand jury in Wash
ington until the close of the Guiteau
trial, which may last two weeks long
er.
Speaker Keifer is devOting cOnsidera-
BILE time to preparing the various COM
mittees, but it is anticipated that the
lists will not be ready much, If at all,
before the holiday recess.
Cannon the Mormon Congressman
from Utah, who contests the seat with
Campbell, who has the Governors certi-
fcate, really got more votes, but being
unnaturalized is thereby disqualified.
Russian public journals are incensed
at President Arthur's reference to the
treatment of Jews in that country, and
want to know why he didn't say some
thing about England's treatment of the
Irish.
The Nova Scotia authorities are con-
sulting with the Medical Society of the
province at Halifax with reference to
dlphtheria, which last year killed off
two thousand Of their inhabitants.
Later particulars about the terrible
fire in the Vienna theatre, of December
9th, adds to the horrors of the occasion.
The number of people actually reported
missing is 600, but it is feared the losses
of the unknown will swell the death
list to 700. Liberal subscriptionslfOr the
sufferers are being made.
A cabinet meeting was held in Wash
ingtOn, December 9th, at which all the |
members except Attorney General Mac
Eeagh and Secretary KirkwOod were |
present. Affairs in Alaska, cowboy |
ruflians, and the question of substituting |
a telegraph line to Peru and Chilli were
the subjects considered.
FIRST Assistant Postmaster General
HattOn has made ruling that the send
er Of any request matter (natter request
ed to be returned If not delivered in
specified time), has right to lengthen
or shorten the time originally named on
the envelope, but the letter or matter
must remain as long as three days in
the office of destination. POstmasters
shall return the matter upon snch re
quests without charge of additional post
age. The same ruling applies to card
matter containing simply the name and
address of the sender.
The President has signed money or
der convention with Victoria and New
South Wales. The Emitted States ships
large quantities of agricultural imple-
ments and other exports to those colon
les, and receives therefrOm no small
quantity of wool and other products,
and the money passing backward and
forward has to be put in drafts which
are clumsy and incOnvenient at that
distance. Tie convention was drawn
up and semitic Victoria in August last,
where they were approved, and have just
been returned to this country for sigma
ture. The facilities thereby secured will
be appreciated by all exporters and
manufacturers, but especially those
upon the Pacific coast.
THERE will be at least seventeen con-
tested election cases in the House of
Of which fifteen comes
from the South. There are two contest
ants from Virginia, four from Alabama,
four from South Carolina, two from
one from Florida, one from
and one from Missouri. Three
cases will attract the most attention,
They are those Of Maxey againse Dibble,
Of the Second South Carolina District;
Lowe against Wheeler, of the Eighth
Alabama district; and Lynch against
Chalmers, of the Sixth Mississippi Dis
Erict. There is hardly a doubt that in
two of these cases--the ones from Ala
bama and Mississippi -thatthe contest \
ants will be seated. In the South Caro-
lana case the ouestion is whether a dad | [