Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-04-07
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, APRIL Z, 1888.

Austrian postal savings bank took in
100000 in their first month, January,
1883.
Balance sh 1t OF the steamship Great
Eastern for 1882: income, $785; expendi-
ture, $22.O4O.
Total national debt. tss cash in the
treasury, Sl,576,93 .2S8. Decrease dur
ing March, $3,344,S26.
1t Is estimated that the 700 guests at
the Vanderbilt hall represented $780,
100000, or 10 times the valuation of BOs-
ton.
United States Treasurer Wyman and
Assistant Treasurer Graves formally en-
tered upon their new duties Monday
morning.
For the financial year which ended
March 81 the revenue of Great Britain
was e89,O04,OO0 and the expenditures
eS9,Oe6,OOO.
A shower Of snow, the first for thirteen
years, fell in Rome a fortnight ago, and
the dome of st. Peters was white for
several hours.
The trout season opened in New York
MOnday,a an estimated number Of e.
900 disciples Of Izaak Walton improved
the opportunity thus afforded.
The New Orleans Democrats want to
bet all sorts of sums that Butler gets no
southern delegation next year, and will
not get 200 votes from all quarters.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the minis for the week ended
March 81 was $15O,999. The issue for
the corresponding period last year was
$14S,O00.
The steamer Indiana left Monday with
the first batch of immigrants forwarded
free by the British government to Amer
lea. The party numbered IS and was
principally composed of persons evicted
in COnnemara, Ireland.
A New Jersey railroad that paid $3.50
for fuel to run the engine of an express
train over its 100 miles trip, has made
experiments with prepared coal dust
and finds it successful fuel, costing
$1.05 for the same service.
Mr.. John Morgan, of COnyers, Georgia.
has bale of cotton that is thirty years
old, having lain in his lot since before
the war. He is having 1t repacked to
sell. He had about 100 bales at the time
of the war, and refused $4,000 in gold
for them.
1t is mentioned as an evidence Of the
rapid development of Mexican resources
since the introduction of Yankee mining
and railroad capital into that country
that the annual revenues of the govern
ment have mounted from ST., 100000 FIVE
years ago to $42,500OO0 last year.
Last December Paris man let loose
a toy balloon, to which he had card at
tached inscribed with his address and
the promise the finder of the balloon
would be rewarded by letting the writer
know of its discovery. The balloon has
been found in Russia, where it alighted,
1000 miles from Paris.
A report comes from Montreal, Canada,
that the right of a nun to take off the
veil and re-enter society will soon be
tried in the law courts there, as the Opu-
lent friends of a young krench-C Canadian
lady are about to apply for writ of ha-
beas corpusltOIcompell the mother supeior
of one of the local converts to open the
doors and allow her to leave.
The following notice was posted in
New Harbor, Maine: strait Green Back
Caucus to the lost sheep of Isreal, better
known as the greenback party, are re-
quested to meet in the second advent
Church of new Harbor, march the 10. 49,
S3, at three o'clock P. NJ, for the purpose
of selecting town officers. All green
hackers not defunct or stained with con-
fusion are requested to meet in full force.
COmitte."
Thirty-seven barges laden with 100000
bushels Of coal Saturday broke from
their mornings neal Smithfield street
bridge, Pittsburg, and were swept down
the river. On their way down they ran
into and sunk the steamer Abe Hayes,
cutting adrift six barges of coal she had
in tow; damaged the Dick Fulton, and
sunk 10000 bushels Of coal out of tow
of seven boats; the steamer st. Lawrence