Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-19
WIDE WIDE WORLD.

The millers of Minneapolis intend to
grind 20000O0O Ebushels of wheat this
year.
OF the population of Washington some
$4,000, or nearly One-third of the whole
are cOlOred.
The first bale of cotton has just reach
ed the New Orleans market, being two
weeks later than last wear.
The new three per cent. bonds are not
being applied for quite as urgently as it
was expected they would be.
Corrected census returns, as made by
the school canvas, give Chicago "a pOpu-
latiOn of 562, 1893. an increase since 1880
5O3,053.
The Secretary of the Treasury esti-
mates that over $2OOOOOOOO of bonds will
be SURRENDERED for exchange into the new
8 per cents.
Capt. Shaw, chief of the London fire
brigade, sailed Saturday for America to
attend the convention of fire Engineers
at Cincinnati.
Track-laying on the Canada Pacific
has reached BAT miles west of Winnipeg
and is advancing at the rate of three
miles day.
black walnut grove that was plant
ed by Wisconsin farmer about 20 years
ago on some waste land, was recently
sold for $4,000.
Senator HOar of Massachusetts, has
written long letter to his constituents
justifying his action in voting for the
river and harbOr bill.
The city of Bangor, Me-, was visited
by tornado Tuesday night which dam
aged property to the amout of $4,000,
OF possibly twice that sum.
The bi-centennial of the landing of
William Penn will be celebrated at
Philadelphia in October, and extensive
preparations are in progress to that end.
An old landlord says that not more
than half the summer resort hotels will
escape loss this season, and that not
more than one in five will yield profit.
The Admiral Seymour who has been
paying his cast-irOn compliments to
Arab Pasha is such dandy that in all
his later years he has been Britishly
called the Swell of the Sea.
An Illinois distiller is of the opinion
that there is not so much whisky drank
as formerly Which, perhaps, is ac-
counted for by the fact that there is less
Democratic party than formerly.
The sultan has ordered Arab to lay
down his arms and has authorized the
British to occupy any points on the 18TH
mus of Suez which they can use to ad-
vantage in their military operations.
Henry Clay's old Ashland homestead,
after two generations, returns to his
family. 1t has just been purchased by
Maj. Henry Clay Mcdowell, husband of
the granddaughter Iof the great states
man.
OF old John Browns children John
Brown, jr., Owen Brown and Ruth
Thompson are at Put-in-Bay, Jason
Brown is at Akron, o., and the rest OF
the family, including old Johns widow,
are California.
The Minneapolis Tribune thinks that
the present temperance movement is
destined to sweep over the entire cOun-
try, and that it will engulf and strangle
every political organization that resists
its course. So far its tide has not known
single ebb.
A Toronto gentleman has received a
letter from an ex-officer of the Confeder-
ate army that cavalry expedition is be-
ing organized in the southern states to
aid Arab, and requesting him to join
the expedition expected to start for
Egypt in a few days.
President Arthur has determined up
on strict enforcement of the eight-h0nr
law as it was construed during the ad.
ministration of Gen. Grant. The Attor-
ney General however, thinks the law
imperfect, and that additional legisla-
tion WILL be necessary to its enforce,
ment.
The Quincy Wing calls the word
"sumptuary" in Democratic resolutions
the bass drum in a brass band which
sounds pOnderOus, but amountsto moth
ing; and declares that neither those
who put it in the platform nor those