Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-26
STATE NEWS.


blow works, which will move from SOUTH
Bend, Ind.
Thomas Ford. aged 1O1 years, was
morning.
In at least one place, Bsrrien Springs,
it is recorded that the REVEALS are too
much for skating Kinks.
Rogers City people haul beef to Alpena
and bring back beer. There IL only the
difference of letter between them.
All the members of the present board
OF railroad control were re-app0inted by
Gov. Alger and confirmed by the senate.
Isaac Paulding a resident Of Adrian
since 1886, Is son OF John Paulding,
one Of the captors Of Maj. Andre in 1850.
A large portion Of the water pipes at
Cadillac are on a prolonged bust, and the
milkmea complain bitterly OF "hard
times"
Articles of Incorporation Of the Sault
Ste. Marie and Southwestern railway
company, capital $l2,O0O,0OO, have been
fled at Lansing.
The Elk Rapids charcoal furnace made
20,500 tons OF iron last year, the best on
record. 1t will close April l, as the ore
yelRs runs out then.
Teams cross from Manitou Island to
the mainland Oh the ice, distance of IL
miles, a feat that has not been accom-
plishsd before in many years.
An extensive fruit growing firm of
South Haven, after an examination OF
the peach buds, sold the entire product
OF their orchard for $3.50.
A lumberman who is considered well
posted states that the lumber cat in the
vicinity OF Big Rapids this winter has
been fully equal to last year.
Progressive euchre is all the rage in
Lansing and club which includes sew
eral, senators and representatives as
members meets at tho Lansing house
every Tuesday evening.
An examination Of peach trees made
in Allegan aud Van Barren counties in
dictate that there is yet chance for fair
crop, though many buds are fouRd frOz-
! en-.
The saloon keepers of Escanaba, fear
ing the counter attraction OF new rink
to be built there, have resolved to boy
colt every business man who has stock
in the enterprise.
The test salt well at the Detroit mill
yard, Bay City, reached depth of 1925
feet Saturday, and the borers are still
pounding away at the depths of mother
earth with the hope of reaching the SOL
i'd rock salt.
A statiOner told reporter that he had
had quite boom in the foOlscap and
legal cap trade this winter. The pur-
chasers were nearly all Democrats, who
were engaged in circulating petitions
for Office.-Bdy City Press.
Capt. Chas. Moiles, who has during the
past few months been engaged with Car
kin, Stiekney 81 Cram at the st. Clair
fats, where the firm have dredging
contract, is down with the small pox at
his home In East Saginaw.
Writing of the influence Of skating
Kinks, the Mt. Clemens Monitor says:
There are no divorces here yet. The
public schools suffer some. the prayer
meotings slightly. household dates per-
haps a little, and the sale0ns q great
deal"
The wolves in Nontmorency county
are mads desperate by hunger and live
stock has to suffer. At Hillman last
week pack OF them stole hog which
was hanging in citizens back yard
and seon made sausage OF the carcass.
Another valuable gifts just made to the
state university library is that of the
American philosophical society of its
printed TRANSACTIONS from 1882 to 1884,
thus mpleting the library set from the
foundation of the society by Benz. Frank.
lin,
From nine mills and elevators in Van
Barren county $4,000 bushels Of wheat
were marketed during the month OF jan
uary. In Allegan county the number of
bushels were al 400 from thirteen of her
twenty-five elevators and mills, while
from nine OF the twenty in Kalamazoo
county there were 81 ,944 bushels mark
eted.
The editor Of the Fife Lake Comet
thus bows to the inevitable: We under
stand State Oil Inspector La Du has ap-
pointed John Puleifer deputy for this
district, and the editor OF this paper, who
has enjoyed the OmOluments Of the Office
for the past two years, steps down and
out. This is all right. ITO the victOls
belong the spoils."
The university cooperative society,
which lost its stock Of supplies in Sat-
urday's Ann ArbOr fire, is an OrganiZa-
tion of students for the purchase OF books,
ETC., at first cost. The stock was well
Insured, and at meeting of $50 students
Saturday afternoon it was decided to
continue the organization 'aDd 60 new
members were added.
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