Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-03-27
MICHIGAN NEWS.

Saglnaw's population has increased so
per cent. since 1880.
A woman is foreman in the Harbor
Springs Tooth Pick Factory.
The liquer interest In Scott county, Ia,
have raised $4,000 to test the prohibition
act.
Eastern parties have just purchased of
the Calumet and Hecla mine 500 tons OF
Bar copper for making wire.
There were Is bids for the Adrian
Court House. Nick VOss, OF Toledo, $43,-
500, was the lowest bidder.
George Winans, of Kalamazoo, has an
autograph letter written by President
Lincoln three weeks before his death.
DIR. Upton, Richland. sunk a well 1870
feet deep when water rose 14O feet. and
has continued at that depth.
The celebrated horse Harry d." has
been sold by its Kalamazoo owners, S:A.
Browne & Co., to Cleveland parties for
$500.
A Mt. Clemens girl and a c~igarmaker.
of the same piOus town have elOped.
The girl once before attempted to elope
with another man.
James McCann, Of st. Louis, was
found lnsensible, and no evidences of rob-
berry. He died shortly after he was found.
He leaves a large family.
Michigan tobacco and cigar dealers are
clamoring for the rebates due them from
government since the law went into ef-
feet reducing the tobacco tax.
John Kelly, of Hickory Corners. 45
years old and married, while i~ntOxica-
ted, was run over by the cars near Has
tings. His left leg was crushed and he
died about three hours after the &C.
cident.
Charles Harris and Amanda Burch met
fer the first time at the railroad depot,
Vanderbilt, Otsego county, on the arrival
of q train, and were married the next
morning.
The president of Michigan university
and the deans of the different depart
ments respectfully, decline an invitation
to attend the centenary of Edinburg
university.
1.-THE death IL announced OF Hon. N. II.
Bitely, one of the foremost citizens of
Van Buren, county, and who was elected
for three terms to the state senate.
The Port Huron Sunday Tribune has
an interesting letter from one who has
been in the lumber woods. The aggre-
gate cut near Port Huron is about 3d.
100000 feet.
The Hargrave Single Mill Company,
of Bay City, has filed articles of associa-
,tiOn, with a capital stock of $4,000, of
which $4,000 is paid in. The stock
shares are placed at $25 each.
Joseph 8. Clinton, q meat dealer of
Grand Rapid. has been found insane
at CO0persville. He left home a few days
ago on a collecting tour, and overwork
and business II )ubles are supposed to
have unsettled him.
1t is claimed that one of Pack, Woods
&Co's teams hauld 10000 feet of logs one
and a half miles on one pair of bob slsds
recently. 1t Is getting so that the fellow
who opens the c0mpaign OF big log
hauling yarns stands no chance.
It was a lively st, Patrick's day at
Chase. There were six fights, and 1t only
took Is minutes for n man to put
q head on" another, get arrested be tried, |
fned $25 and costs, pay up and get out
of town. This grasses all previous records. |
Mrs. William Stetcher, living at Avery's
brick yard near Traverse City, wishing |
to throw away some poison previously
prepared for animals, put 1t In an oven |
to thaw out. A boy and girl thinking 1t |
soup began eating 1t with q spoon. The
girl, aged about 8, died, the boy will re-
cover !