Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-03
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. M. j. Dee. of Detroit. has resigned
from the board of visitors to the Orchard
Lake military academy, to which he was
appointed by Gov. BegOle.
Three prisoners cut hole through the
side Of the ROscOmmOn Jail Sunday
night and escaped, but were caught and
returned Monday morning.
MuskegOn is anxious for an early
opening of navigation, while Port Huron
ard several ports don't want vessels to
go into commission until May Is.
A Mrs. Neuman, of Port Hope, Huron
county, recently died and the usual fu-
neral arrangements were made. but be-
fore they were carried out the deceased
awOke.
A bentO the new bridge of the M. & a
O. road at Tecumseh, while being raised
Monday, fell, instantly killing a laborer
named Flooring, and breaking the legs
of two others.
A pair of American bald eagles have
made their home near Stony Point, Mon
roe county, Mich, on the margin of Lake
Erie, for many years, and it Is believed
they are nearly, IL not quite, IS years
old.
Up to Monday ninety-twd individuals
received votes for United States Senator.
Three of the ninety-twO-viZ., r. w. Fer
ry, Edwin Willitts and Perry Hannah
have had votes at every ballot without
exception.
Manuel Lenhart, imprisoned at Ne
waygo, for murder, heard the sound of
jewellers enjoying dance in an ad-
jacent building, and, believing it was a
party intent on lynching him, died in
his cell of fright.
Owing to number Of men being in
jured on the Flint q Pere Marquette
railway last week the officials of that
road have ordered brakemen to use sticks
in coupling cars, and have supplied each
man with the same.
During the winter every tug boat and
schooner at MuskegOn has been broken
into and some articles stolen. In one or
two cases Intellectual attempts were
made to set fire to the boats, but not
much damage was done.
: A we'll known fruit raiser of the vicin-
ity of Jackson is authority for TIE asser-
tiOn that the peach buds in that section
are to large extent destroyed. 1t is be-
lieved the buds of harder fruits, especi-
ally apples, are uninjured.
VIC. Humphrey, who has been con-
nected with the military department Of
the state and secretary of the state mill
tary board since 1873, has resigned from
the adjutant-generaPs Office and accept
ed a position In the Office of the secretary
of state.
Alas, poor Conrad The wife Of Con-
rad Casper. labOrer in the rolling mills,
Springwells, gave birth to triplets the
other day, two boys and girl, whose
united weight was 271a pounds. On two
previous occasions Mrs. Caspar present.
ed her husband with twins.--Evening
NeWs.
Superintendent Perry, Of Grand Rap
ids, reports that city full OF tramps, who
beg food from house to house to during
the day, and apply at headquarters at
night for lodging. They are anxious to
be sent to IOnia for ninety days, which
would take them through the winter.
He is at loss what to do with them.
A.P. Swineford commissioner of miner
al statistics has issued special report
on the iron and copper product OF Michi-
gan for 1882. The total amount OF iron
ore mined in Michigan last year was g.
8,307 tons, valued at $24 1868, ,742, and
copper 57.259, 1877 pounds, valued at $1O,-
Sal ,40S. The aggregate value Of the two
is nearly $35,OOO,OOO.
| Ann Eliza Young upon reaching
Vicksburg. en- route to Bellevue the
other day, found that the train on the
Grand Trunk had been delayed by q
wash out at South Bend. and would be
too late to get her to Bellevue in time
for her lecture. She Immediately -tele-
graphed to Battle Creek for special
train and went on her way rejoicing,
although the special was expensive. The
Kalamazoo Gazette, in commenting on
her pluck, remarks that had she been
Brigham Young's first wife instead of
the 10Th, he would hardly have practiced,
| II he had taught polygamy.