Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-05-27
WIDE. WIDE WORLD.

Brooklyn navy yard.
The dispatches from Kansas promise
the biggest winter-wheat crop that was
ever grown in that state.
The census statistics show that the H.
091 fishermen of Maine use 1O,112OOO
pounds of fish yearly for bait. They
couldn't help having great sport ii they
only caught their bait.
Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tri-
buue, has bran new Reid instrument
In his house. The tone is said to be
good, and he is reported to lie awake
half the night listening to it.
Director Hough, of Chicago Observa-
tory, says the comet will equal star of
the fifth magnitude by May 81, but ow-
ing to its nearness to the sun it will
probably not become a conspicuous OBJ
ject.
Indescribs.ble misery prevails among
the Jewish refugees from Russia who
have gathered in thousands at Brody,
Austria. Ten thousand are without
shelter and the citizens are unable to
feed them.
Simon Frazier, native of Scotland.
died in Albany last week at the cheerful
age of 105 years. But for the fact that
he was confirmed tobacco consumer he
might have lived to be 10, and his fate
is fearful warning.
The following House bills for public
buildings, at the points named, with the
amount of the appropriation as stated,
passed the Senate. Louisville, 100000;
Hannibal, $4,000; Detroit, 100000;
Council Bluffs. 100000.
A decision against Edison's telephone
transmitter has been given in the Eng
lish courts on the ground that the speci-
fications are too general to be entitled
to a patent, and shares in the United
Telephone company have fallen heavily.
In the United States $4,000 men are
employed in mining coal, while the
total amount of invested capital i'm min
ing is $256,502,373. The total output of
coal last year exceeded that of The previ-
Gus year by more than 100000 tons.
A DoOly county, Ga, farmer recently
found an alligator among his hogs, and
on attacking the reptile it jumped up,
threw off its shuck, and made its way
home, recognized by the farmer as not
distant neighbOr who had taken this
method to disguise himself for the pork
ly quest.
James Watson Webb, of New York, is
81, and smokes necessarily. Thurlow
Weed is "a, and drinks large quantities
Of Santa Cruz rum. Peter Cooper is 81,
and lives on diet of oatmeal. They
are all vigorous, healthy, and happy;
and why then shouldn't mixture of
oatmeal, tobacco, and Santa Cruz rum
be the elixir of life?
The people of the Pacific coast fear
that, in the event of the enforcement of
the Chinese bill, they will only get rid
of the Chinese for five years instead of
ten. 1t is argued that the saffrOn-hued
gentlemen will settle in the British pos
sessions for five years, acquiring citizen
ship, and then food into California as
British subjects. Mr.. Harte some time
ago remarked that "for ways that are
dark, and tricks that are vain, the hea-
then Chinee is peculiar"
A sparrow fell to the ground from the
Ivy that clings to the walls of Christ
Church, New Brunswick, N. j., and was
found to be sick and crippled. It's little
companions swarmed about it, express
ing intense anxiety, and tried to lift the
bird by catching its wings in their
beaks, but failed. Presently one of the
birds brought twig about four inches
long, and the sick bird caught it in the
middle. The others caught the ends,
and, flying away, carried the invalid tr-
umphantly back to the ivy.
James Wick, the late scotsman of
Rochester, was playmate of Charles
Dickens, in their childhood. He came
to this country in 1888 and set type on
the Knickerbocker with Horace Greeley.
He was editor of the Genesee Farmer for
years, secretary of the American pOmO-
logical society and member of the
Rnya horticultural institute Of England.
fp iis VS. great, AMI ii WAS re-
p0f GOAL OBS gift amounted to $780,
600 ge,g. iie went lnto the seed busi-
ness ~ 1860, aud the ladies of the Unit
ed States who have for years been fami-
liar with his attractive floral nuhlica-