Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-07-22
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1882.
WIDE WIDE WORLD.

miles OF track.
Some gre It Dutch capitalists are going
to reclaim the Zuydor Zee. The dykes
will be stupcndous.
Indiana has little state debt of 3d.
$4,000 on nearly all of which she is
paying six per cent.
Senator Hill of Georgia is worse. He
had to take his food through a tube Sun
day. His death may occur at any time.
Republicans in congress now have it
In mind to settle some of the pending
contests as to seats before adjournment.
At the public schools in Portland, Ore
gon, four medals for proficiency were
offered by the mayor, all were won by
girls.
According to the late census returns,
illinois produced 3,121, 1856 bushels of rye,
or about One-sixth of the rye crop of the
Nation.
Shipments of provisions during the
last six months are $20,000,0O0, less
than during the first six months of
last year.
Education in the south is having
boom and women are hereafter to be ad-
mitted to the University Of Mississippi
in all its departments.
The rapid growth of Winnipeg is
shown by the fact that the assessed val
uation Of Portage la Prairie amounts
this year to $7,5OO,O0O, while last year it
was only 100000.
Two Indiana farmers quarreled about
wrench, and went to law. The costs
of court and counsel fees Ehave reached
$1,7O0, both litigants have mortaged
their property to raise the money, and
the case is continued.
The Kansas wheat harvest has closed
and farmers are rushing the new wheat
into market as rapidly as possible. They
report the extraordinary average yield
of 25 bushels an acre the state over.
The trade in Northern farm imple-
ments is much greater than ever before
through the South. 1t is said that more
reaping machines have been sold in
Georgia this season than the entire cot
ton belt possessed year ago.
The spinners and weavers at Law
renee, Mass, who have been on strike
for fourteen weeks, have issued a call for
aid, They claim that their wages have
been reduced from Is to 25 per cent to
make up losses sustained by incompetent
cy of mill management.
A significant fact in connection with
the ,freight-handlers strike in Jersey
City is the support offered by outsiders.
The National Baking Association, of Ho-
boken, donated 1000 loaves of bread, and
several prominent men-not politicians
gave generously Of cash.
Among the bills which will probably
be passed in the House, under the sus-
pension Of the rules, is bill agreed up
on by the Ways and means Committee
providing that on all imported materials
used in ship building there shall be al
lowed full rebate of duties.
A young man by the name of Crew, of
Wilmington, Ohio, carried off the prize
at Princeton, being cash and a scholar
ship valued at $1,7OO. second prize of
5000 was captured by Hillsboro, Ohio,
lad named Hibben. The eastern boys
will have to look out for their honors.
Secretary Lincoln has issued a circu-
lar letter to employees of the war depart
ment. calling for full information
regarding their positions, date of their
appointment, what state, etc., and also
inquiring the number of relatives, if
any, otherwise employed in the govern
ment service.
The figures which represent the spread
of the Geographic system in Europe are
enormous. Russia leads, very natural
ly, in total length of miles, her aggre-
gate being over $4,000 miles. But in
length of wires Germany comes first, as
she has nearly 10000 miles. Finally,
Great Britain is highest in the number
of messages, in which she reaches 3d.
100000. France stands very high in all
these respects, without being first in
any.
The bill reported from the committee
on printing by Mr.. Hawley fer the print
ing Of the tenth census reports provides