Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-06

NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1884.
THE coinage in the United States Mint
at Philadelphia in October was $1,411,-
600, and includes 100000 silver dollars,
and sol $50 dimes.
FRIDAY the Grand. Jury of the District
of Columbia found an indictment against
Colonel Burnsides, late discussing officer
of the Postoffice Department. charging
him with smbezzling $4,000.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Chicago In
ter Ocean, writing from the Chippewa
Valley, Wisconsin, lumber regions, says
that the low price of wages and all kinds
of supplies, should the winter prove
favorable one for logging, is likely to in
duee Lumber operators to put in fullv as
large crop Of logs as they did last win
ter.
Two POLICE iieutenants and two pa
trolmen have been indicted by the United
States Grand Jury at Cincinnati for pre-
venting qualified persons from voting at
the state election. They kept number
of negroes immured in station house
from the night of Oct. IL until the polls
were closed next day, and then dis
charged them without even an:examina-
ton.
SECRETARY MCCULLOCH visited the
Treasury Department Friday morning
and qualified in the presence of ex-Sec-
rotary Gresham and few others. The
oath of office was administered by ]. N.
Fitzpatrick, of the appointment division.
Secretary McCulloch has received large
number of congratulatOry letters and
kilograms from all parts of the country
and several from abroad.
WHILE Elijah Henderson, a tenant on
the Arnold plantation, Choctaw nation,
was playfully presenting a pistol sup
posed to be unloaded at several friends
assembled at his house it accidentally
went off and killed his wife. Henderson
became almost crazy, and begged to be
killed. He surrendered to the United
States marshal and desires to plead
guilty to murder so he may be hanged.
WISCONSIN is the leading cranberry
state, Michigan is second. The average
yield of marsh is $50 to to 200 bushels
to the acre. The picking season lasts
two weeks, and three bushels is good
days work. Seventy-fiye cents bushel
is the picker's pay. The Wisconsin, crop
is nearly all shipped to Chicago commits
sion houses, at 1915 to 50 bushel. A
we'll managed marsh containing 400
acres of vines will yield about $4,000.
and with very large crop the sum can
be nearly doubled. The entire crop of
the United States Is consumed at home.
THE American branch of the Salvation
Army has revOlted and declared their in
dependence from the English manage
ment, and have been incorporated as
distinct body. General Booth, the orig
inatOr and head of the army in England,
appointed Major Coombs his generalissi
mo in this country who, on the strength
of kilograms from General Booth, tried
to depose Major Moore, but the latter
stated that having been made distinct
ly American force he did not recognize
Booths authority. AS both branches
have sympathizers on this side of the
pond, it is likely trouble will occur in
the ranks.
The Steamer Rhein arrived at New
York Friday with the passengers and
crew Of the steamer Maasdam, burned
at sea. The Captain of the RheiH states
that at about 8 p. M, Oct "a he saw
steamer ablaze in the distance. Ho put
on steam and approached as near as pos
sible to the burning vessel, and then
sent out his boats. These picked up in
boats of the Maasdam all her passengers
and crew, 1856 in all. The passengers
numbered al, Of whom Al were children