Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-28

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taller.
Oklahoma Payne is at Arkansas City,
Kansas, with wagons and full equip
ment for again invading the Indian ter
ritOry.
The government has already paid over
$700,OOO,OO0 in pensions to soldiers Of the
late war.
Cardinal Manning is 70 years old, and
became Roman Catholic when he was
43 years old.
Delaware peaches have reached the
eastern markets and are said to be of ex-
cellent quality.
De Lesseps says positively that funds
are assured for the construction of
second Suez canal.
A sponge measuring eight feet In cir
conference has been taken off Key West
and is said to be the largest in the world
A letter from the home of David Davis
describes him as being fond of reading
novels and playing waggish tricks upon
his friends.
Our exports of wheat -four during the
fiscal year reached 8 million barrels, an
increase of 215 million barrels oyer the
previous year.
Chas. Fisherman, patient in the In
sane asylum at Rochester, MIMI, suicid
ed by jumping into the furnace in the
boiler room.
We exported 40 million bushels of
corn during the past year, falling off
of three million bushels as compared
with last year.
There was terrible storm in Kalam-
azoo county Monday night, doing a
great deal Of damage.
Gen. Supt. Kimbal, of the life saving
service, has left Washington for tour
of stations on the northern lakes and to
select sites for new stations.
Col. Ed. Richardson, of Georgia, is said
to be the largest cotton planter in the
world. He has 1900 acres in cotton and
expects to ship $4,000 bales this year.
Here is the beer score for 1882: New
York, 3,060,698 barrels; Brooklyn, S36,376
barrels; Philadelphia, 1.023,514 barrels;
Chicago, 675,553; Boston, 1855, l40 barrels.
Encouraging crop reports come from
Nebraska. The yield of rye and barley is
said to be very large. The wheat harvest
has commenced and the crop is found to
be excellent.
They are sure gold will be- found in
near Ishpeming. and other claims are
being staked out.
Mrs. James Bergher, of west Bay
City, on Sunday last gave birth to three
boys, weighing 519, 615 and 6 pounds,
respectively. Mother and boys doing
we'll.
A fire broke out in the retOrts Of the
Vulcan furnace at Newberry Sunday
morning and destroyed the retOrts,
chemical buildings and saw Mill. Loss
1925, 900; partially insured
Thirty different suits have been
brought against the trustees of the
Brooklyn bridge for damages growing
out of the Decoration day panic. The
amount claimed is about 100000.
1t is estimated that 10000 people at
tended Tom Thumbs funeral at Bridge.
port, Conn.,, on Thursday, of last week
four-fifths of them women and girls. The
little widow tainted at the grave.
Senator Jones, of Florida, who has re-
Gently returned from a visit to his birth
place Ill Ireland. brings back a sad .ac-
count of the present condition of that
country and has no hope for the future.
Reports of improvement on Southern
rivers show expenditures for the past
year of nearly half million dollars
while the engineers estimate that $780,
600 can be prOfitably expended thereon
during the next fiscal year.
tendent of the state fish hatcheries died
Ic& Do 10 rhnr lxr of lie
ease Tuesday last week. His funeral
MasOns and Odd Fellows at Marshall.
Ouartermaster General William
Shakespeare has compiled manual Of
the militia of the United States and Of
the state of Michigah; also the rules
and regulations OF the state military
board for the use of the Michigan state
troops. 1t will soon be published.
Michigan lumbermen may be inter
ested in knowing that the Chicago lum
Der receipts of last year up to the It'll
of July were 866,117,0OO feet, agains
year. leaving difference of 200, 14S,0U
feet in favor of the season of 1882.
Cucumbers, according to M. Deliee
caterer Of the New York club, should b.
peeled and put to soak in ice-salt waite
at least an hour before served. The sal
extracts the poison and the ice render
them brittle and easier to be digested.'
An incident of the celebration of tn
golden wedding Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rober
Cornelius, which took place at thei
country place. near Philadelphia, tn
other day, was the presence of all tn
children and grandchildren, NUMBERING