Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-09-03
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1881.
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.


United States.
American capitalists are building
street railway in Toxic, Japan, and also
railroad in the provinces.
A bO) TX was recently returned to the
Boston public library which had been
missing for more than 20years.
The enormous sum of $4,000 is now
on the sea en- route to this country to pay
for wheat. But that will not pay for
the crop of Dakota alone.
The law passed by the last Pennsyl-
vania Legislature prohibiting payment
of wages in "store orders" went into eff
feet in that State last Thursday.
John HancOck's chair, the one in which
he sat when he signed his name to the
Declaration of Independence now stands
in st. Paul's Church at Norfolk, Va.
One of the great packing houses at the
Chicago stock yards was burned Friday
night of last week. The loss is estimated
at from $75O,CJo to $1,OOoOD }, largely
covered by insurance.
At Indianapolis, on Saturday, Judge
Giles, of Baltimore, on his honeymoon
trip, got very much intoxicated and
wanted to murder his bride. In the
morning he was sober and cOntrite.
Mother Upright, the lady who sent ten
sons to the Union army, was at the Clear
Lake, Iowa, camp meeting the other day,
and had quite reception. A purse of
800 was raised for her in few minutes.
General Hubert, Of Belvidere, the
newly-appointed representative of this
country, presented his credentials to the
Provisional President of Peru on July
26. at the same audience that Mr.. Chris
tiancy, the retiring Minister, officially
announced his approaching departure.
The little old "gold wagon" which
for years has done duty in transporting
gold from the New York Custom House
to the Sub-Treasury, has been laid aside.
~ 10 cotiudIcu 0udo ~ hoo Vdiliou az
least $500 tons of gold in its numerous
trips, with value Of not less than $5t >
100000.
The Chicago Times says; Eight thOus-
and acres of land in the vicinity of Lake
Calumet, south of Chicago, have been
purchased by single syndicate for ST.
100000. The purchasers are leading
spirits in the New York, Chicago and ST..
Louis railway, the Western Indiana and
the projected belt railway. The tract
was until recently owned by Jacob For
syth, who vainly tried few years ago to
get $685. % loan on it. Now he sells
for $1,2C 1000. This tract will be present.
ed as eligible for manufactures. shops,
etc. The purchase has given an impetus
in real estate matters, particularly in
that section.
The recent death of Mrs. Willard Fill
more recalls singular incident con-
nected with her two husbands. In 1S47,
while she was the wife of the Hon.
Ezekiel Mcintosh, Of Albany, Mr.. Fill
more was candidate for the position Of
State Comptroller of New York. Some
persons who desired to defeat his cleo
tion raised about $4,000 for the purpose
and placed it in the hands of Mr.. Nc
Intosh, instructing him to place it in
the bank in his own name and not to
make the matter public. He did as de-
sired, but before the fund could be drawn
out to use for election purposes the
treasurer fell sick and died. Mr.. Fill
more was elected Comptroller, and many
years afterward married Mrs. Mcintosh
and received, as part Of her dowry, the
money that had been raised to defeat his
election. The ex-President used to enjoy
telling the story, and often remarked
that the money was placed where ii
would do the most good" to him.
Thomas o. Connell was buried by the
snow of an avalanche in the Mosquito
range in Colorado, and it was impossible
to dig him out until July, when 1t was
found that the mass had settled and
thawed so that he could be found. After
long and laborious work, they came up
on one of his boots, and he was soon un-
covered. A vacant space was found Of
about eight inches around him, where
the ice had melted, and outside of this
six inches of solid ice was found all
around the body. The position of the
body when found was that of man run