Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 81. 1884
THE UNITED STATES.

Three Gloucester h5hlng SchOOnerS |
carrying crews Of AZ men, have been
given up as lost.
Edward Whymper, the Alpine celebri-
ty. has gone to Africa to try the ascent
of Mount Kilima-Njaro.
Rumored shortage Of $50 600 i'm the ac-
counts of the city treasurer and city
collector of BayoRLe, N. j.
George T. COmins & Co. State prison
contractors at Concord, N. H., owe $14O.-
OOO with assets of only $1,000.
At Petrolia, Pa, Thursday morning.
Thomas VALLEY, while handling reyoI-
yer, shot his 6-year-Old sister.
New York World Dem.): There are
large numbers of free-traders and rev.
enue reformers In the Republican ranks.
George W. Lawrence,a wealthy banker
at NORTH Manchester. Ind, has become
insane, and Thursday was ordered sent
to the State Hospital.
Six fishermen who boarded schooner
which was carried out of Ming's Blight.
N. f., by slot ice, are supposed to have
died OF either hunger or cold.
Mr.. Oscar A. Droege has just entered
into contract with the Mexican Gov
eminent to plant 100000 trees in the
Valley of Mexico within four years.
At Halifax, N. s., two sisters and
brother of Roger Amero imprisoned at
Boston Oh charge of murder. have be-
come insane through grief at his posi-
ton.
Mr.. Roosevelt denOunces prohibitions
lists in the New York Legislature, says
that they deserve little attention from
the Republican party, and that prohibit
ton in New York would mean free rum.
An Indianapolis dispatch states that
the Hon. John G. New arrived home
Thursday evening, having resigned his
position as First Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury to attend to his private
business.
A stock company has been organized
at Chicago to build structure nine
stories high, with three fronts, at an es-
timated cost of 100000, for use as an
opera house, on the corner of Clark and
Washington streets, next summer.
Miss Lena GOettig. who was to have
been married Thursday at Baltimore, M.
d., was buried instead. dying from the
effects of burns received last Tuesday,
The six young ladies selected to act as
bridesmaids ofiiciated as pall-bearers at
the funeral.
Yet should the tariff question be made
the issue in the Presidential contest
next year would support the most VIC
lent Republican prOtectiOnist against
tn most conservative Democratic rev.
elue refOrmer. Let this simple fact be
remembered.
Miss Sallie Maclean, the fair author OF
"Cape Cod Folks" is an unusually pretty
woman. Two young artists at New
York reception last winter agreed, with
out collision, upon certain young lady
as the handsOlnest one present, and 1T
turned ont to be the witty Miss Maclean.
According to the last statistics there
are In Paris 1871 800 dwellings inhabited
by rich or well-tO-do people, amounting
to 100000 individuals, and 472,0O0 houses
for 100000 wOrkmen or poor people,
About 100000 humaR beings are living
in .'garnis" or secOnd-class tenement
houses.
Cleveland Plain Dealer DENY: The
Cincinnati News Journal continues tC
howl for free trade and weep over the
downfall Of PendletOR. The Democrats
of Ohio are not in favor of free-trade
and thew see now that the News Journal
gave bad advice when it advertised thu
reelection of Pendleton.
Cleveland Leader (Rep.) 1t is highly
probable that the prOtectiOnists In TIT
Democratic party will succeed in pre-
venting any decisive tariff action In th'
House this session, but they will not b'
able to prevent the free-trade maJorlt.
from showing all friends OF pr0tectlol
that in self-defense they must supper
the Republican ticket next fall. .
much is already certain.
Fred Douglass, the well-knOwn cOlore
leader, was married at Washington
Thursday evening, to Miss Helen N
Pitts, white woman, formerly OF Avor
NY. The first wife of Douglass, VIII
was a cOlored woman, died about yea
ago. The woman he married Thursda
is about 35 years of age, and was en-
pleyed as cOpyist in his Office while .
was Marshal of the District. DOugls
himself is about 70 years Of age, and Ina
daughters as old as his present wife.
Charleston IS. c. News Dem.): Thel
is no truth In the assertion that "thre
fourths of the white population OF ii
South to-day dislike the United Stat.
Government" Among the older Soutl
erners there are some, no d0uDt, WI
have never forgotten or forgiven the i
iuries and losses caused them by the i
vason Of the South. But even the
rarely 90 to the length of positive Zee
ing of dislike. There is not to be f0uI
in the South, in our opinion, even 81
gle man who disllkes the United stat
Government in the sense of wishing
harm, or desiring that it shall be broug
into disrepute.
Philadelphia Press (Repo: valia