Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.


Edward M. Fillmore, cousin Of expires
ident Fillmore, died ut Elgin, ILL.,, Thurs
day night of consumption. aged 70.
Ben Hawkins, a negro murderer, was
taken from Jail Thursday night at
Franklin, Texas. by mob and hanged.
The preprletors Of the Hotel Bruins
wick at New York, made aA assignment
Thursday, giving preferences for $oS,OOO.
The Hon. John B. Read, brother of j..
Buchanan Read, the poet, died Wednes-
day of last week at New Philadelphia,
Pa.
Near Radical City, Kan, the widow
Bonham and her son and daughter were
found murdered in their house Thurs
day morning:
There are 671 convicts in the Kentucky
Psnitentiary, and for three months they
have not done days work, except those
ia the cook house.
Tho steamship Wilmington, from San
Francisco for Victoria with passengers
and freight, is many days overdue, and
it is feared that she has been wrecked.
William life, ablasksmith Of Stock
ton, Md. has sailed for England, where
1t is said, an EarldOm and fortune
awaits him.
Matte Reed shot and fatally wounded
at Youngstown. Ohio, Thursday, Edward
Shell, who had seduced her and refused
to. right the iOng.
The loss by fire in the United States
and Canada during January is $S,500O00
more than 100000 above the average
January loss in nine years.
In the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank
Thursday enc man engaged an official
in conversation while his partner" ap-
prOpriated $500, and both escaped.
A bill has been introduced in the New
York Legislature to make it finable Of
fen se to send flowers or tokens of SYM
pathy to convicted murderer or fslOn
in prison.
The corpse Of a young and beautiful
woman, recently shipped to Sweet Hall,
Va, by an unknown person at Balti
more, was buried there by the railroad
company, as no person claimed it.
Nearly 500 employees of the Lowell
(Mass.) manufacturing company chiefly
weavers and boys, have struck against a
decrease Of 10 per cent, in wages and
were elected from the yard.
: In court at New Orleans Thursday Pat
Ford confessed that he alone killed A. H.
Murphy. Judge Ford stated to tse jury
that all the knowledge he had of the
crime was obtained by hearsay.
Miss Florence White Of Brookston, Ind,
who first poisoned her illegltimate babe,
and then burned the remains, was given
two years in the State refOrmatOry by
Jury at LOgansport, Thursday.
The steamship Seryia reached New
York, Thursday, after q foarfully tenn
pestous passage, looking like wreck,
and the Alasks, due last Saturday, has
NOT yet been spoken at Sandy Hook.
r. II. Goodman, grain shipper, began
suit at Lafayette Thursday against the
Lake Erie and Western Road for $4,000
damages, for determinations against
him in the past eight years.
While $50 guests were cOngratulating a
young couple who had just been married
at Plato, ILL.,, Wednesday evening, the
parlor floor of the residence fell into the
cellar. But three persons were injured.
On shaw's Island Washington Terri
tory lunatie who lived in n lonely spot
killed hunter and later shot and killed
one of the shsriff's posse. The latter
then burned the cabin, tho murder0us
maniac perishing in the flames.
The total loss by fire in Wooster street
New York. Thursday morning, will reach
100000. Up TO last evening whisky and
cod liver oil, which had submerged the
cellars was still blazing. Sixty families
in the district were driven to other quar-
tors.
In view Of warnings Of the intention
of dynamiters TO destroy the victoria
bridge at Montreal, wooden shanty
was built on the ice near each end Of the
bridge, and three guards are posted at
night. This will be maintained all
winter.
The New Orleans PIcayune says that
a striking feature in the wOman's de-
partment Of the exposition Is the dis
play of beautiful work made by aged
women. In fact the 80-year old ladies
make more credltable showing than
those of Is and 20.
Marcus +. II. Moe, assistant secretary
Of the Chicago public library, 10 missing
and his accounts are claimed to be short
anywhere from $500 to $4,000. The dis
closure caused some CONSERVATION
among officials of the librrry. in view of
the recent disclosure of thefts by Otto
Funk, another emplOye.
The Kelley barb-wire patent owned by
Wavhburn 81 Moen, expired Thursday,
and its reissue is controlled in Joliet.
The Glidden reissue also owned by
Washburn, has been declared void at st.
Louis. and is being contested at Lsavsn-
worth, which leads a "moonshine" man.
ufactursr at Joliet to believe that a cri-
sis In the barb-wirs industry il at hand.
Daniel Kullman. laborer at Scranton,
Pa, steel mill, was caught while putin
on q belt Friday morning and was
whirled around a shaft several hundred
times a minute and slammed against
the beams at every revolution. Before
tina machinery stOpBed HIS feet and