Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-26
THE isTATE.

in Bay City during 1882.
Marquette has 104 telephones, Ishpe-
ming ID and Negaunee AZ.
A census just taken shows Elk Rapids
to have 1900 inhabitants.
There are about 80 millions of solid
log jam In the White River.
Polish church at Manistee blown down
Friday evening last week; loss $1,000.
Horse thieves are getting in good deal
of their peculiar work in Branch county
just now.
The vineyards in and about Benton
HarbOr are being greatly injured by cut
worms, that do their work by night.
The telephone wire from Grand Rapids
has reached Saranac, IOnia county, and
is still stretching itself towards Detroit.
A storm Sunday night raised the.
water in the river at Bay City to such a
height as to food Easements and wharves.
The first meeting of the Northern
Michigan trOtting circuit at Big Rapids,
July 1912, Premiums, $3.50.
Seven young men of Grand Rapids
were on Monday fined 90 Al each for
playing base ball on Sunday.
A Detroit grocer claims that he sold a
quart of strawberries and snow shovel
to resident Of Selden avenue on Mon
day.
Monday there was more or less snow
generallyOver the state, except here in
the northern part, with cold, strong
wind. ., ri
The Corunna Universalist church was
struck by lightning Thursday of last
week. The steeple and lower part of the
building were shattered.
Reading, Hillsdale county, has 10 men
whose aggregate weight is 2,645 pounds;
the heaviest of them all, John Quincy
Adams by name, weighs 440 pounds.
Among Michigan representations in
the Chicago railway exposition is a
piece of the strap rail first used on the
Michigan Southern road 30 or 40 years
ago. t.l
A child at East Tawas, was recently
seized by horse, dragged through a
fence and carried around the yard until
rescued by the mother. The child was
badly bitten, but will survive.
Cut-wOrms are doing serious injury
to the vineyards of st. Joseph county.
In the vineyard of Mr.. HI. MOrrOy over
1000 of the worms have been killed.
The only time to kill them is at night.
The Bay City council is trying to
make out that ex-Treasur CussOn is
short 5000 in his accounts. He claims
the amount was paid for bonds, that
were cancelled, of which no entry was
made.
When $4,000 more in stock is sub
scribed $4,000 being already subscrib-
cd East Saginaw will begin the erection
of new academy of music, which will
be model building and seat upwards
of 1900 persons.
Harvey W. Cool was cut completely in
two at the waist Tuesday afternoon, by
being thrown upon large circular saw
in E. r. Phinney's mill at CarrOlltOn,
Saginaw county. He was % years old,
had been married month and his par
ents reside at WeedspOrt, N. Y.
A rumOr was current in Marquette
last week to the effect that railway
company is in process of organization
to build as an independent line an ex-
tension of the ID. M. 81. M. road from
Marquette through to Montreal River,
there to effect junction with the Nor
thern Pacific.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at
the Wolverine paper mill in Detroit on
Monday afternoon. VIM. Thompson,
the engineer, was killed, and Peter
Frank, fireman, fatally injured. Proper
ty to the amount of $4,000 was destroy
ed. There was an insurance of $4,000.
Farmers throughout the state are COM
planning about being delayed in getting
in their spring crops, on account of the
wet weather, and say it is the worst sea-
son, in this regard, ever known. In
some portions of the state fears are eX-
pressed that there will not be more than
half crop.
The Buchanan Record gives an account
of one of the most remarkable events
ever occurring in the state, the recent
wedding anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson, of ROyaltOn, Berrien county,
who have been married eighty years. Mr..
Johnson is 1O4 years old, and Mr.. John
son is 1O3. All of the neighbOrs within
radius of four miles, who are fifty
wears old or over were invited to be
present and partake of the feast pre-
pared in honor of this aged couple.
The Muskegon News says: On Satur-
day afternoon the life-saving crew went
out i'm their large surf boat to pratice,-
and they had a pretty big sea to contend
with. When out five miles squall
struck the boat and capsiZed it, throw
ing all the men into the water, but as
they had their cork suits on they had
no difficulty in keeping afloat. The
boat righted itself, as it is intended to
do, and the crew got in and came back
to the station house none the worse for
their adventure.