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


There are now 42O prisoners in the
IOnia prison, loss of SO since March Z.
Oscar f. Treat of Oxford, Mich, is de-
barred from practice in the Interior de-
partment or any of its bureaus.
Howard City citizens have already this
spring set out 1926 shade trees, of which
II were around the school house.
Montague log and mill owners, like
those of MuskegOn, will operate their
mills only 10 hours day this season.
The boOms and Is mills at MuskegOn
began running Monday 10 hours a day;
the remaining mills will soon follow
suit.
Special dispatches from Paw Paw,
Benton HarbOr, and st. Joseph report the
fruit prospects good, especially for small
fruits.
The Manistee water works well has IL
feet of water and is thirty feet in dame
ter, and will furnish 100000 gallons
per day.
The Hubbardston Advertiser says that
during the recent fire lot of hens be-
came 80 trrified while huddled together
In corner as to drop 30 eggs.
Out of no would be teachers examined
in Eaton county, only twenty five re-
ceived certificates; and even that ratio
is larger than in some parts of the state.
The sisters of st. Dominic are prepar-
ing to build $4,000 Catholic school
building at Grand Traverse. Part of
the building, to cost about $4,000, will
be constructed this season.
The first person to cross the great
bridge at New York in q vehicle was
Miss Mabel Morrison, Ia months old, who
was taken across by her father in her
baby carriage, Sunday week.
The special election in Saginaw City,
last Saturday, to authorize the council
to make present of 100000 in city
bonds to the county to build a county
court house, resulted 327 yeas; 108 noes.
Mrs. Elvin, of Bad Axe, Huron County,
will be 100 years old next September, is
in good physical health and her mental
faculties are almost wholly uhimpared.
Henry Little, of Kalamazoo, celebrated
his Seth birthday on Saturday. He has
been a resident of Kalamazoo county
So years; Mrs. Little, who came
to Michigan with her husband, is 81
years old.
Among the points at which river and
harbor work will be continued during
the next fiscal year, with money unex-
pended from the appropriation of August,
1882, are the HarbOr of Refuge, Grand
Marias, and Sault Ste. Marie river.
The Bay City Tribune says the cost of
tobacco consumed by the male inmates
Of the county poor farm of Bay county
equals the cost of the flour consumed in
that institution. The men are to be cut
down to four ounces each, per week.
Mrs. John Ager, of Nanistee, is the
mother of twin girls over two weeks
old, whose united weight is only three
pounds and half. Both can be held In
the palm of ones hand, and seem des-
tined to enjoy the customary age of life.
The Rev. A. Hastings Ross, pastor of
the Congregational church OF Port HUI
ron, on Sunday preached two able SER
mons, showing that less crimes in pro-
portion to population were committed
now than in the 18th or 18th centuries.
After all the clamor against the Ferry
brothers for the alleged unwarranted
use of the credit of the Michigan barge
company, that was raised during the
senatorial election, Edward P. FERRY
has been elected president of that COM
pany for the ensuing year.
The safe of C. G. Mitchell's store at
Gaylord, was broken open last
week and about $3.50 in currency taken,
besides a large amount of notes and
mortgages. The latter were found Fri.
day morning in lumber pile some dis
tance from the store. The tools we're
taken from VIM. Churchill's bla cksmith
shop. No clue to the burglars.