Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-12-30
STATE NEWS.

suit on hand.
Grand Rapids is to be telephOnically
connected with IOnia and Greenville
next spring.
Eight degrees above zero is the lowest
notch tie mercury has reached in bleak
PetOskey this winter.
TIC. Phillip, few days ago, shot a
bear weighing 341 pounds, lin Monitor
township, Bay county.
The West Bay City council have au-
thOrized advertisements for proposal for
Holly system of water works, the cost
not to exceed $4,000.
The pOllywOgs have appeared at IOnia
and the blue birds at Battle Creek. Hail, ,
gentle spring! p. S. But don't sell your
flannels to the ragman yet.
Work on the Pontiac, Oxford & Port
Austin railway has closed in Huron
county, and will not be resumed until
the county thaws out next spring.
The Marshal Expounder says ''ten per
cent. mortgages kill a town." They
ought to know that at Marshall as well
as in any other town in Michigan.
James Swain is in trouble in MecOsta
county on charge of stabbing James
Mccarthy In quarrel about half a
dollar. Two stabs were inflicted, both
serious wounds. t
A Kalamazoo minister made the grand
rounds Of the saloons and bar rooms of
that place few nights ago, and Sunday
night told huge congregation what he
saw and what he thought about it.
The meanest thief of the month is the
constituencies cuss who. while an East
Saginaw minister was engaged in his
Sunday school Christmas festivities, en-
tered the pastors house and stole $40
therefrOm.
Congressman HOrr is billed to lecture
on ''Individualism" at Adrian tonight.
If he cuts loose on some of his favOrite
stories the audience will think they have
struck one of the rarest individalisms in
North America.
Geo. S. Jones, son of Mrs. POmerOy
Stiles, deceased, of Pontiac, was recently
killed by the cars in California. He was
walking on the track and being some
what hard of hearing was struck by the
engine, and his neck broken.
A Big Rapids rough nearly broke
citizens head last Sunday by striking
him with a whipstOck, and an officer who
was near by at the time refused to ar
rest the the rowdy because it was Sun
day. Nothing like having law-abiding
policemen.
VIM. and Henry Rockwell, who left
their home in Oakland county sixteen
years ago, are wanted, as a sum of money
has been left them by their mother, and
unless they put in an appearance before
April LIST, 1883, the cash will be divided
among the other heirs.
Henry Troin and Fred Wilcox were
arrested at OwOssO, Tuesday evening,
charged with some of the recent burglar
les. They pleaded guilty, and were
bound over for trial. They are young
men under 20. Herbert MatlOck, ar
rested on the same charge, has yet to be
examined.
1t takes Bay City to reverse the moth
er-in-law business. An old lady has ap-
piled to the Superintendent of the Poor
for money with which to reach her
daughter. Upon inquiry it was found
that after her son, citizen of that city,
had gone up north to work, her daughter
in law had refused to give her anything
to eat, and had turned her out of doors.
In giving sketch Of the life of Col,
Andrew McKinstry, who died at Jackson
on Saturday, the Patriot says: He was
one of the early pioneers of Michigan,
holding the position Of Colonel in a ter
ritOrial militia, stationed at Ypsilanti,
at the time when the stages going
through on the territorial road were
stopped and turned back, on account of
the prevalence of smallpox. Col. Nc
Kinstry and his men turned out and shot
the leaders of many of the stages which
persisted in going through, and quite an
excitement was OccasiOned.
About three weeks ago a middle-aged
German living not far from the Lake
Shore depot, butchered three or four
hogs, from one of which he made lot
of bologna sausage. OF this his wife
and himself ate, and in few days both
became sick, the symptoms being of an
unusual character, and DR.. Williams be-
ing called in he found they were trOub-
led with genuine trichinosis. On sub
jecting piece of the meat to micrOscOp-
ic examination the parasites were dis
tinctly seen, thus establishing the ma
ture Of the malady beyond doubt. The
man was able to visit the doctors Office
yesterday, but his appearance was that
Of man who had been subjected to an
illness of many weeks. What the out
come will be, of course time only can de-
termine, but fatal issue may result
jackson Patriot.
Battle Creek Journal: Beware of tramps
One walked into the house of Levi Elder
ley In JOhnstOwn on Friday last, and
after ascertaining from the three little
children that their parents were absent
he assaulted the eldest girl and commit
ted an uncomfortable crime upon her,
under threat of instant death II she re-
sisted. The parents shortly afterward
returned, heard the story Of their chill
dren, aroused the neighb0rs and a hunt
was Instituted that resulted in turning
ND and capturing the guilty partv. who