Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-02-11
CONDENSED NEWS.

There are in Congress eight Irishmen,
four ScOtchmen, five Englishmen, and
three Germans.
The new capitol at Albany has cost
nearly $12 100000, and is still far from
being completed.
The loss to England by the last three
years. bad harvests is estimated at from
$10O000OO0 to 100000 year.
The farmers are blowing in Dakota,
with the weather as warm as May, but
there is plenty of time for cold snaps
yet.
The billiard match at Paris last week
between SlOssOn and Vignaux ended in q
victory for the American player. Score:
Slosson, 1900; Vignaux, 1858.
A terrible disaster at the Midlothian
mine, in Virginia, left twenty-seven
widows and one hundred and orphan
children to the care of charity.
The Muscatine railroad In Iowa is 60
ing to plant catalpa trees along the sides
of its track, the intention being to use
the trees as living posts for barbed wire
fences to protect the track.
Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt is proba-
United States. Her age is 80, and she
has million for every year, in addition
to marked personal attractions.
A stage with eight passengers attempt
ed to cross the Mayo Bridge over the
James River into Richmond, when a
span seventy-fve feet long fell thirty feet
to the water without fitting, carrying the
coach and its load safely down.
The Mayor of New York has received
letter from Colonel Won Steuben, ex-
pressing the thanks of the family for
their hOspitable reception in the United
States, and stating that Emperor
William was highly pleased to learn the
details of the visit.
In small grove which adjOins the
Shenberger residence, near Cincinnati,
an army of crows take shelter after
night. They assemble by thousands an
hour after dark, and an old man living
near the place says that, to his personal
knowledge, the same grove has been
their dormitory for sixty years.
When Jay Gould secured control of the
Iron Mountain Railroad he cut down the
wages OF all the men employed, and is
now compelled 10 hire watchmen and offer
rewards for the detection of discontinued
labOrers who set fire to freight houses
and wood piles and displace switches.
1t was a poor move for economy.
Great snOwstOrm ragged throughout
the Eastern States and Canada Saturday,
which in some places was said to be the
severest known for several seasons. The
entire coast between Maine and Virginia
was covered with deep snow, averaging
foot or more in depth, and the rail-
roads were all blOckaded.
The National Board of Health has
formulated statement shwing the
number of deaths from smallpox which
occurred in 66 cities of the Union during
the year 1881. Philadelphia stands num-
Der one; there having been 1919 fatal
cases in the Quaker City during the
year. Chicago comes second with S22
deaths. New York followed with 453,
Pittsburg, in proportion to population,
had much larger death rate from the
dread disease, for mortality reaching
444.
There is an intimation that an Amer
lean Catholic Bishop is to be appointed
to the office of paldelegate to the United
States, an office almost wholly unknown
to this country. 1t resembles that of the
papal nuncies of Europe, and will rep
resent the vicegerent. This will avoid
the direct reference to Rome, as hereto
fore, of all important matters relating
to the temporal or spiritual government
of the church. 1t is said the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little Rock, will
receive the appointment.
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