Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-19
THE NE WIS.
Grants income is $4,000 year.
England has unfayOrable weather.


served.
Canada is receiving good many Irish
immigrants.
Rev. DR.. Darnell left London, Cont,
also $1,000 liabilities.
Queen VictOria's new attendant is
named Francis Clark.
Wig wearing is becoming fashionable,
from SO to 5000 piece.
France exported 100000 worth of
silk umbrellas last year.
There are portable mills that cut 90
600 feet of lumber day.
1t is thought 100 new buildings will
60 up at Gaylord, this year.
Secretary Lincoln's wife, in bad health
for oyer year past, is better.
A Colorado man died from eating Ia
mince pie. Beware of dogs"
The City Council of TaylOrsville, ILL.,,
has fixed saloon license at $1,000.
Secretary Lincoln goes fishing for
one week on Pelee, in Lake Erie.
Boston leagues, Oh Decoration day.
will decorate the grave of Miss Fannie
Parnell.
Reports from corn regions state that
the planted corn is terminating and do
ing well.
For one of his size David Davis is the
most successful dOdger Of interviewers
on record.
A match factory to be erected at
Lyons, Iowa, 100000 matches day en-
plOys so men.
An Iowa editor was asked, "dO hogs
payP he examined his subscription
books and says mo-"
Eight hundred immigrants, aided by
England, sailed from Galway, Ireland,
for Boston, last Saturday.
Excellent bricks, for building purposes
and boiler covering are being made
from cOrks, refuse and isOlating cement.
Edison, the inventor, has worked I'D
an Electric Railway Company to develop
electricity as a motive power, capital
$2,0O0,000.
Senator COnger and wife~.visit Nor
folk for while. The Senator proposes
to carefully investigate Michigan mat
tiers this summer.
Gov. Butler protests against the land
ing of paupers from Europe in Massa-
chusetts, and thinks Secretary FOlger
should take steps to prevent such eXpOr-
tatiOns coming here.
! The Governor of Louisiana has called
a convention to assemble at Baton Rouge
June Is, to consider the building and re-
pairs of levees and the improvement of
Mississippi navigation.
John Callahan filled his three year-old
boy full of whisky at WOburn,
Mass, and, when the child re-
fused to drink more, the father threw it
in his face. The little fellow died in
commissions the next morning.
Bishop Peck has disposed of his prop
erty and in a happy old age says: 81
have an ambition to die without anything
| for am going to where l shall have an
infinite riches of kind that will suit
me better than any of these material
| things"
Senator James G. Fair, of Nevada, has
been guilty of sin according to his wife's
complaint, who wants divorce, the GUS
tOdy of her four children and her share
of the property. 1t is said the senator
Will not defend himself. but has agreed
to give his wife 100000 in cash and
$1,500,O00 in real estate, which seems
fair.
Precautions have. been taken at Hall
fax to guard against suspicious craft,
alleged to have left Boston few days
ago, loaded with tOrpedOes. for the pur-
pose of wrecking shipping in Halifax
harbOr. The crew are supposed to be
Fenians, and 1t is thought will begin
their work on he day Brady Is hanged
at Dublin.
The population of Ireland in 1881 was
5,174,836. According to the census of
1880 there were 1,S54,O00 natives of Ire
land in the United States. immigration
since the census was taken has brought
the number fully up to 100000. From
1920 to the present time the total immi
grafton from Ireland to the United
States is about 100000.
The young men who sport gold-headed
canes, smoke fine cigars, and lounge and
Ogle in front of theaters are not the flu
ture men of business and influence.
They are but the coming dr0nes who
will live off of the world without max
ing 1t better, and will die and not be
missed. As rule, the sooner they 90
the better for their families and for
society at large.-Inler Ocean.
Sir John Lubbock has been analyzfng
the balance sheet of the British govern
ment, and finds that Of e85, 100000 spent
in 1882 not more than e5,000,OO0 was for
the comfort or happiness of the people,
Twenty-Five million pounds was spent
for war and e6,000,000 for the punish
ment of crime. The United States gov
eminent spends about $100000000, or