Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-02-04
STATE NEWS.

Saginaw city owes $ls7,SOO bonded
Indebtedness, including school bonds.
The Treasurer Of Marquette County,
Mich, has resigned, his accounts being
$4,000 short. He has handed over his
property to his bOndsmen.
At the state hatchery there are 23,OOO,-
600 white fish incubating, and at Paris,
MecOsta county, the commissioners have
about 100000 trout eggs on the Matching
trays.
Col. d. B. Parker of the postOfIlce de-
partment has raised $500 for the family
of Ira Humphreys, the faithful mail
carrier who lost his life in the Michigan
forest fires.
Prof. John O'Hara of Ann ArbOr, one
of the oldest and most learned of Mich
igan's citizens, died in Washington, d.
c., Saturday night of paralytic stroke,
at the age Of so.
Mrs. Winn, of Niles, Sunday gave birth
to triplets, two girls and a boy, the whole
three weighing Is pounds. One of them
died and it was feared the other two and
also the mother, would die.
Manistes Times says: 1t is reported
that the +. q p. M. intend taking up the
railroad track between the Manistee
junction and LudingtOn, thereby leav-
ing Ludingt0n without any railroad
whatever.
The Fraser house at Bav City was
closed Wednesday morning for q month
or six weeks, while the house is being
thoroughly repaired and reftted. Mr..
Van Deusen retires from its management,
and his successor Is not named.
The German Land Association of De-
trOit has contracted to furnish 1900
cords of cedar from their settlement,
Jacobs Town, above Point st. Ignace,
to Chicago parties. Arrangements for
the delivery of the cedar. have been
made.
| The bill to appropriate $4,000 for sur
yeying the route of the Michigan ship
canal was introduced in both branches
of congress Monday, by Mr.. Ferry in
the Senate and by Mr.. Lord in the House.
Referred in each case to the committee
on commerce.
News is received of collision Thurs
day night of lasteweek on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern near Sturgis,
Mich, which completely wrecked two
freight trains including Is cars and two
engines. The carelessness of an operator
was the cause. The loss is heavy.
The balance of cash in the state treas
ury, Jan. 81 was $685., ,438.64; receipts
for the week ending Jan. % were $74,-
| 109,39; payments for same time $26, 709.-
81; leaving balance, Jan. 28, 1882, of
$1,440,83S.52; of which $5S9,OO0 belong to
the sinking fund, 1928, ,252.60 are held in
the trust funds, and $22S.5S5.92 are
available for general purposes.
The shingle manufacturers of Saginaw
valley organized sort of trade associa-
tiOn Saturday, with an executive COM
mittee, and fixed the present prices of
shingles at So 80 for clear butts, and $3
65 for xxx, subject to change by the
executive committee from time to time.
Saginaw and Bay counties, in 1881, man
ufactured 304 ,025, 900 M of shingles.
The Port Huron Times of a recent date
| gives some interesting customs statistics,
comparing the figures of the customs
houses at Port Huron with those at De-
trOit for the year 1881, and the values
thereof. The foOtings are as follows:
ImpOrts-POrt Huron, $7,603,921; Detroit,
$7,305, 1888; Port HurOn's excess. $297,-
9S8. Exports-Port Huron, $1O,23O,4 ,448;
Detroit, 81, ,742, ,686; Port HurOn's excess,
$9,881 ,568. The tonnage of the vessels
entering and clearing in the district of
Huron was 1924 ,083 tons in excess of
Detroit, and the number of immigrants
that entered at Detroit during the same
period was 76,117, an excess oyer Detroit
Of 57,753.