Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-05-14
CONDENSED NEWS.

At noon Sunday, the thermometer in
New York marked 20 degrees, and at 3:3(
P. NJ, so.
Cigars and cigarettes will add about
$10OO0OO0 to the internal revenue re.
ceipts this year..
The Census Office states the people of
the United States pay annually $780,
250, 100 for their daily newspapers.
Texas has passed law giving pen
sion of public lands to all confederate
soldiers who enlisted from that state.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations will recommend the adoption of
Senator Morgan's Monroe doctrine resO-
luton. - srs - -.s.ssss- -s....s. +.
The, Rugby, Tenn, cOlonists pay
their physician a stated salary. There
is SO little illness he would starve on
his fees.
Commissioner Raum estimates that
the internal revenue receipts this year
will aggregate about 100000 more
than last year. ps 'l.iiI.
Stanley Matthews's friends claim con-
| fdently that he will be confirmed by at
least ten or twelve majority in spite of
the adverse report. ........,.
Under the hew French tariff American
machinery, which formerly paid from Is
to SO francs duty, will be admitted at
francs, the same as English machinery.
Gen. Joseph Lanes death leaves only
two surviving generals of the Mexican
war-Gen. Patterson, of Philadelphia, 80
years old and Gen. Harney, 81 years old.
Seventy years ago the first Christian
baptism of HindOO took place. There
are now in India, Burmah and -CeylOn
five hundred thousand native Chris
tians. - ''.'- ~
The four men arrested in Philadelphia
for completely in scheme to defraud
the government in connection with the
star route service had partial hearing
and were held in $1,000 each for further
examination. nsaas
The POstOffice Department is consider
ing the legal questions involved in a
plan to cut down the expedited star
routes to the point where they were be-
fore Brady increased them to there pres
ent proportions. asiaF e'- G go
Of the 1.OOOOOO,OOO acres of cultivat-
able land in the United States, only 1111s
per cent. are used. The 1856, ass, ,320
bushels of wheat, corn, oats barley, rye,
buckwheat and potatoes raised last year
were produced on 105, ,9S3,605 acers, and
the cultivation is in most cases care
less. SEQ i''t' y 81
Chairman Jewell, of the Republican
National committee, has issued a cir
cular inviting expressions of opinion
from Republicans throughout the country
i'm regard to the best method of electing
delegates to the next national conven-
tiOn. 1t is the purpose to so arrange
mattersathat the incidents of the last
convention cannot be repeated. n.
The Presidents plan is said to be to
withhold further nominations until
action on Robertson is had. This for the
reason if he kept on sending in new
names the Senate would have, Just so
long as he pursued this course, uncon-
tested nominations before it, and the
realfght would be delayed by his giving
the Senate other material to act upon.
He does not propose to give it such
material. - a98iYa1I oaf
The Senate Judiciary comm ittee
Monday voted to report adversely on the
nomination of Stanley Matthews to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
and the nomination was reported accOr-
dinghy to the Senate in executive session.
1t is understood that the vote in COM
mittee was as follows: In favor of con-
firmatiOn, Mr.. Lamar; against, Messrs.
Edmunds, Logan, Ingalls,, Mcmillan.
Davis of Illinois and Bayard; absent,
Messrs. COnkling and Garland.