Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-17
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, MARCH II. 1883.

SATURDAY. MARCH II. 1883.
THE Secretary Of War has requested
the President to order court of inquir!
to investigate Gen. Hazen's administra
ton of the signal service The detail o.
the court has not been made yet, but il
may be expected in few days.
In the court of claims Monday judge.
ment for $19,535 was rendered for the
claimant in the case of Stephen Duncan,
executor, suit against the government
for cotton destroyed on the Mississippi
river during the war of the rebellion.
The bill providing for sending postal
orders of small amount at a cheap
rate will prove very great convenience.
Ever since fractional currency went out
of use and small bills became scarce it
has been quite inconvenient to make
petty remittances by mail.
A manufacturer Of Marseilles, ILL.,, hav-
ing suspicion that his employees were
not making altogether the best use of
their money they might, he privately
marked bills to the amount of 500 paid
out in wages. Within two weeks $342
of it had been deposited in the local bank
by the saloon keepers.
THE Secretary of the Interior has de-
cided the case involving the claim of the
state of California to tract of land,
about 100000 acres, lying upon the bor-
ders Of Lake Tularee. The decision ap-
proves the Creighton survey, and awards
the land to the state of California, under
the swamp land grant act of September
,28, 1850.
Iris reported in New York that Rufus
Hatch, who is now in London, has ne.
gOtiated with English capitalists, to pur-
chase 100000 acres Of land from the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana
and stock it with 100000 worth of
cattle. This has long been pet scheme
with Mr.. Hatch, but he was not able to
induce New York capitalists to join him.
DURING the recent session of Congress
President Arthur made more nomina-
tiOns to Office than have ever been made
in single session since the war, and
but four or five Of them were rejected by
the Senate. This is more than can be
said of any President, and if 1t means
anything it means that he has been care
full in his scrutiny Of candidates and
has made very few mistakes.
THERE was scene in New Haven
Catholic church last Sunday that might
be enacted in all churches with good re-
suits. The priest preached temperance
sermon, and then asked every man who
would take pledge to abstain from
liquor year to hold up his hand. Six
teen hundred hands were raised, and |
with all the solemnity of the sacrement,
the priest administered the pledge to
them-they on their knees, and he with
the crucifix in his hand.
THE President is letting the civil |
service refOrmers have their own way |
in the enforcement of the law which |
they have secured, but even then he can
mot suit them. Mr.. Eaton, the Chairman
of the commission, asked to have ex-
Naval officer Burt, of New York, appoint
ed Chief Examiner. and the President
very promptly sent his name to the Sen
ate, whereupOn Mr.. Burt, who is great
reformer, Indignantly declined to accept
a salary of $500 from the government
when he had been getting $4,000 year.
THE Chicago InterOcean is authority
for the statement that Michigan father
beats the world for discretion. A certain
young gentleman was paying attentions
to his daughter, and the old man wanted
to make match. He called the lover to
the parlOr one evening. and after telling
him that he should give his daughter
$4,000 as a dOwry, asked him what his
intentions were. The lover said he in
tended to marry her, and he did after
few months. When he reminded his
father-in-law about that dowry, the old
man said he would pay it in INSTALL
ments,-$3 week for sixty-fOur years.
He thought that would prevent her
from becoming extravagant, and would
be easier for him than paying the cash
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