Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
STATE NEWS.

Dogs owned by officers of the Pontiac
asylum killed $40 worth of sheep few
nights ago.
New wheat in the market at Rochester
brings from 90 to 95 cents. Potatoes
sell at 40 cents per bushels.
The single mills at Manistee Twill
commence operations next Monday, and
will run to the end of the season.
John Ash, the Oldest man in Eaton
county, aged 103 years and months,
died in Carmel township, Saturday.
Burglars raided the Port Austin post
office, Sunday, and got 81, 400 in stamps,
money orders, cash, express money, etc.
An order for 1000 barrels of flour to
DE made from the new crops and sent to
England has been received at Kalama-
zoo.
Governor Jerome accompanied by his
staff, will review the Michigan state
troops at Island Lake, near Brighton,
Ang. IA.
Two Kalkaska ATTORNEYS, who left Kali
kaska about six months ago for green
er pastures in Nebraska, are now back
home again.
,Adolph Fremont was scuflling in an
L.
one foot gone. A saw-mill is nice
place to wrestle in.
The State Agricultural Society are
putting up fine building on the grounds
at Jackson, to be used at the next State
| Fair for the exhibition of bees, honey
and bee-keepers' supplies.
Monday, in West Bay City, j. Schup-
pach, young man employed in mill,
had one of his hands sawed completely
off at the wrist by a circular saw.
Mrs. A. II. Moffat, mother of Speaker
MOifat of the Michigan house of repre-
sentatives, died at his home in Traverse
City, Wednesday, after an illness of only
| "a hours.
The damage by rain and flood in Ionia
| county to wheat, roads, bridges, ETC., is
estimated as high as $1,0O00OO; in Bar
ry county at 100000, and in several 9TH
er counties at over 100000 each.
Charles Burgess, of COmstOck, Kala-
mazOO county had six acres of wheat
which gave AZ bushels to the acre. and
16 acres which averaged 3656 bushels.
Monday Detroit and Toledo (O) were
| Connected by telephone. The distance is
sixty-fve miles, and they can "hellO"
at each other with the greatest salts
faction. sN
The Common Council of Big Rapids
has ordered the Mayor and Recorder to
purchase the necessary fOur-inch pipe
and lay it across the MuskegOn river,
thereby giving water facilities to those
on the east side.
A man at Berrien Springs has been
fined with costs Stat for circulating
genuine silver dollar. But he circu-
lated it with too much force and hit
man on the head probably fat man
who did not believe in specie.
Dan. B. Hibbard, of jackson assaulted
his sOn-in-law E. r. Smith on Sunday
and shot at him four times with a re-
vOlver without hitting him. Hubbard In
penitent over his folly. 1t is said that
certain business transactions during the
past few months have nearly crazed
him.
| Rogers City Advance: Mr.. Adam Wise
man, of Pressure Isle, brought us some
small specimens of what was apparent
| ly iron ore subjected to the action Of
heat, and says that there is any amount
of 1t on his land; also that there are
large pieces of it, or, as he terms it, solid
rocks of it, and that the road bed that
runs near by is mainly formed of kind
of iron dust.
Lake Superior Sentinel: Nose Lahore
and Thomas GO0dreau attended an ex-
citing and interesting convention in the
woods one day last week, the delegates
to which consisted of a she bear and
several cubs. Mrs. Bear signifed her in
tentiOn of running that caucus accord
ing to the dictates of her own conscience,
and as Nose and Tom had no weapon
with which to dispute her authority,
they concluded to submit to "boss rule"
for while longer, and betOOk them
selves to tree until her bearship ad-
| jOurned.