Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-23
STATE NEWS.

| j. W. Smith of Eaton Rapids has been
engaged as superintendent of the Alpena
schools at salary of $1,000.
The contract for building the new
wing Of the Pontiac asylum has been LET
to James Dewey, of Detroit, for $62C-O
ROscommon will probably have the
round houses soon to be built for the
Mackinaw division of the Michigan
Central.
A. V. Mann 81 Co. have 90,000,0OO feet
of pine in Missaukee county, and they
intend to cut about 30,C00,000 each year
until closed out.
The st. Clair Republican announces
that the wife of eX-GOv. CrOswell is to
take course in French at SOmerville
school this summer.
The marshal of Berrien Springs found
a hog On the streets of that village few
nights ago. and promptly impOunded it.
The next day he learned it was his own.
An IOnian county paper says the Gov
ernOr has asked Manager Rich, of the
IOnia house of correction, to withdraw
his resignation, and that he has done
so.
The Grand Haven Herald concludes
that the only reason Guiteau has not
been hung yet is because it is such hard
walking frOW Ottawa county to Wash
ingtOn.
The Western Michigan agricultural
and industrial society has issued its
premium list for its third annual fair to
be held at Grand Rapids, September 26,
27, 2S, 20, and 30.
The Western Associated Press will hold
its annual meeting at grand Rapids,
Mich, this year, on Wednesday, Aug. II.
A trip to PetOskey and Mackinac and
some trout-6shing will be part of the
programme.
Gates & Fay have made sale of 300,-
600 feet Of lumber to Cleveland parties
at 81, $14 and $32. j. II. Hill & Son
made a sale of 100000 and another of
100000 Of lumber to eastern parties at
So, $l6 and 35.-Bay City Tribune.
Boring for salt at Manistee continues.
The well of Michael Engleman is down
$50 feet, and two other wells have been
started. Reitz Bros. have their block
nearly completed, and expect to be manu-
| featuring salt by the last of this month.
VIM. Hendrie, contractor for the Gay
lord extension of the Jackson, Lansing
& Saginaw railroad, sues sub-cOntractOr
Angus Mcdonald, in the Wayne circuit
court, for $24, 900 damages, on the ground
that Angus failed to carry out his con-
tract.
Livingston Republicans: Hartland
Township boasts of q crane rOOst. 1t
occupies several trees with from six to
| ten nests in each, and young cranes by
the hundred can be seen during few
minutes walk from certain spot on
l.. l.. Armstrong; farm.
Prof. Edison has examined samples Of
the iron sand found on the shore of Lake
Huron, just above Port Huron, and says
! it is more valuable than gold mine.
The iron is easily and economically
separated from the sand by EdisOn'S
new magnetic separator.
Balance of cash i'm the state treasury,
July 8, was $1'737, ,85S.21; receipts for the
week ending Is were $79,973.7S; pay
ments for same time $55,995.22. leaving
balance, July 16, 1881, of $1,761:936.77,
of which $590,O00 belongs to the sinking
| fund, $4S0,11S.73 are held in the trust
| funds and $691 ,81S.34 are available for
| general purposes.
A company called the Otsego and
| Crawford County improvement company,
and represented by o. K. nj. CutcheOn, of
Oscoda, and A. White and G. E. Wasey, of
Detroit. have filed articles of incOrpOra-
tiOn. The capital stock is fixed at $50,-
600, divided into five hundred shares of
800 each, with the improvement of the
Au Sable river and tributaries as its OBJ
ject.-OScOda NeacS.
Huron County News: We heard the re-
port last winter that woman at Case
vile had given birth to five children, but
could not credit it and did not notice it.
The Supervisor of that town, however,
includes it in his return of vital statis-
tics to the County Clerk as fact, the
mother being Mrs. Louisa A. Mintline,
wife of Frank A. Mintline; date of birth,
December 20. None of the children lived.
An unwelcome visitor in the shape Of
a milk snake, threet feet long, called at
the house of Frank Lantis, in Waterloo,
and instead of politely asking for seat
at the table took one on top. While the
folks were eating dinner his snakeship
came down from scuttle hole over the
table and cOiled up on Alice Lantis'
plate. She jumped five feet high and
struck 20 feet out of doors. The Grass
Lake News will furnish affidavits Of the
truth of this snake story.