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

CONDENSED NEWS.
Decrease of national debt during Feb
ruary, $7,90O,OOO.
Massachusetts, House defeats wOmen's
suffrage by vote of 1877 to 60.
The legislature of Missouri has tabled
prohibition by small majority.
The oldest wooden mill in the United
States is said to be in North AndOver,
Mass. 1t was built In 1901.
Nine Americans are in prison at Pan
anna awaiting trial for the alleged theft
of $4,000 from the railroad company.
Notwithstanding the prOhibitary law
of Kansas, it is said there are over 600
saloons in full blast in that state. Does
prohibition prohibit?
Mace and Slade gave boxing exhibit
ton at Washington Monday evening
which was largely attended and highly
enjoyed, tbs said, by the aesthetic Con-
gressmen.
The regions along the lower Mississip-
pi are suffering as usual from broken
and breaking levees. Three have broken
in Louisiana and the railroads in the vi
cinity are under water.
The judiciary committee of the Penn
.sylvania legislation have reported favor
ably to the House on the bill removing
the executive business and session of the
legislature to Philadelphia.
At Simmons 8 Gap, Georgia, there is
man of so years who is now living with
his ninth wife. He has So children. and
at recent reunion Of his family more
: than 800 of his descendants were present.
Many houses have been swept away
and others moved from their foundations
by the flood at ShawneetOwn, Ill. The
railroad depot was destroyed, and the
loss in the town is estimated at $780,
600. g
1t is reported that Judge Vim. Law
renee, of Ohio, First Comptroller OF the
Treasury Department, will succeed Chief
Justice ID. X. Carter, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, when
Carter retires.
In 1896 the Swedish government Offer
ed reward of $4,000 guilders for the
discovery Of the northeast passage. This
reward, which has been unclaimed for
nearly 300 years, is now claimed by Nor
denskjOld, the arctic explorer.
For five business days last week the
exchanges at twenty-fOur clearing
houses amounted to 1901, 1876, 1888, against
$1,O07 ,816,873 the previous week. There
has been a large decrease in New York,
but throughout the country there Is no
ticeable q great improvement in the
spring trade.
George Scheller, who kept the bar at
the NeWhall House, was indicted at Mil
waukee Monday for setting the hotel on
ara uo 70 iufn pnnrf plQQdQd
not guilty, and bail was fixed at $4,000.
1t is thought Messrs. Nash, Antisdel and
night clerk Delaney will be indicted for
manslaughter.
The speech which Mr.. COnger deliver
ed in the Senate on Saturday with de-
Tense of the printers union men in 1t
has been highly appreciated by the
printers. They waited upon the Sena-
tor in body and expressed their thanks
for the interest he had taken in their
behalf. They also sent Mr.. COnger an
elegant floral design which graced his
desk Monday.
On Saturday last the charters of more
than 300 national banks in various
parts of the country expired. Nearly all
the banks first established went into
operation on February "a, 1868, and
thelr cnarCer period OF twenty years mas
terminated. Almost all have been ex-
amined by special agents, and will go
on without delay under new charters,
but with the same organization. The
Others will do the same as soon as the
examiners report upon them.
A Montana stage driver noticing that
a woman passenger had placed all her
wraps around her child to keep it from
freezing, began to fear she would sue
cumb. He stopped, and sure enough
she was growing drowsy and stiff. He
put his coat around her, rubbed her,
swore at her, dragged her around, but
all to no purpose. Finally he drag
ged her out, put the child inside and
started off. She then began to scream
and followed as fast as possible. After
two miles she was thawed out.
The Military Company.