Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-01-01


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In connection, where every description of book
and job printing is promptly executed.
CHEBOYGAN, MICH, JAN. 1, 1885.
The people of this great common
wealth can congratulate themselves
that it is now sx-Gov. Bsgols.
MICHIGAN, up to Dec. 18th, had con-
tributed $525.52 to the Garfield National
monument association, and the total
collections amount to 1882, 399,64.
INSURANCE companies will have good
reason to remember the past year 1884.
The total fire losses have been fully
$116,0O0,000, and is without a parallel
with the exception of the year 1871.
The state press are eOndemning in the
strongest terms Governor Begol0's recent
pardOning of SEINE notorious criminals
from the state prisons. He seems to full
Iy adopt the Democratic cry of turn the
rascals out" as his retiring policy.
1T is suggested by the New York Free
man, the leading organ Of the cOlOred
people, that sum Of $4,000 for Gen.
Grant be contributed by the cOlored peo-
pie in $1.00 subscriptions. 1t would be
q graceful acknowledgement of the ser
vices rendered this race.
ZONE hundred dollars for twenty
words" was the rate established for the
first Atlantic cable in 1866; forty cents
word was the rate announced by the
Commercial Cable company few days
ago, and the old cable companies imme-
diately came down to tho same figure.
IT is said that President Arthur is
fairly in the field as candidate for U.
8. Senator from New York. His expert
ence in public affairs and general knOwl-
edge of his state peculiarly fits him for
the position, and should he secure the
position would represent the great state
of New York with credit to the state and
himself.
THE Toledo Blade is agitating the or
ganization of new temperance move
ment. The Blade can see the great ne
eessity for some measure that will les
son the number of dram shops, as TOle-
do with a population of 10000 has 800
whisky and beer shops, in which 1t is
estimated that three million dollars are
spent annually.
DEMOCRATS have run Ohio absut two
years and nearly every leading city in
the state is wellnigh bankrupt, and the
farmers of various counties have seen
their taxes steadily increasing under
the rule of the promised "reformers."
This year the taxes are about One-third
larger, and the state has not yet begun
to pay back the $2,C00,C00 to The saloons
which was promised thom for their sup
port of the Democratic ticket in 1884.
WASHINGTON enjoyed the finest sleigh
ing Christmas that had been known in
that city for ten years and the day was
turned into regular carnival, every
continuance that weuld slide being
brought into requisitiOn. 1t is so sell
dom they have sleighing that but few
cutters are owned in the city, so that
when they have an opportunity to glide
over the beautiful, the turn out exhibits
a grand display of nondescript convey
an ces,
The only bill before Congress that
seems to interest the southern people is
the Blair Educational bill, and the de-
lay of the House in passing it is the
cause Of some sharp criticisms in that
section. 1t is justly stated that the fail
ure of the bill will be charged to the
Democrats, and the President is known
to favor it. All the pleas that it is not
constitutional are brushed aside as
worthless in comparison with the good
the South will derive frem the measure.
FROM letter in the Chicago Tribune
from correspondent in Iowa 1t would
seem that prohibition does not work very
satisfactorily in that state. The writer
says that the law fails to prohibit, and