Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-05-07
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY, MAY 7. 1885.
STATE NEWS.


The State University's new gymaa-
SUM at Ann Arbor will cost $4,000.
The ladies of Big Rapids have petit
toned the council to refuse all liquor
bonds.
Saloon bonds at MaHistiqus have been
fixed at $4,000, and druggists bonds
at $1,000.
The upper peninsula pencil showers
will hold convention at Marquette.
jane End.
There is talk of an electric street rail-
way being constructed at Big Rapids
this summer.
The report that the II hour system is
to be restored at Ludingt0n is denied by
the mill men.
A Jackson workman found q Spanish
quarter of the date of 1882 in trench
five feet below the surface.
TO the credit of Ann Arbor be it said
there is not copy of either the Police
News or Gazette taken there.
At Cadillac liquor bonds have been re-
duced from 5000 to $4,000. The mem
bers of the city council got thirsty.
Mr.. James Lowe of Grand Rapids has
ia his possession handsome chest made
of English oak and nearly 300 years old.
During the past year Lansing has used
for sidewalk and other purposes about
$4,000 feet Of oak and 10000 feet Of pine
lumber.
1t has been determined to rebuild the
burned bank block at Marquette. Clear
ing away the rubbish has already been
begun.
Day e Co.. of Boston, take Grand Rap
ids $135,00O city hall bonds, paying
$l.05 3'100. Grand Rapids city debt is
$550,OOO.
For the three months ending March
81, arrests to the number OF 255 were
made by the Saginaw police. OF these
20 were females.
Mrs. Russ B. Packard, of Adrian, Mich,
whose husband died suddenly few
weeks ago, became ill Thursday and ex-
pired in few moments.
A large number of acres of tobacco
will be planted this season in the vicln-
ity of Ovid. Michigan will soon have
pare Virginia leaf of her own.
A Grand Rapids saloonist located on
tony Monroe street says he sells 1,5OO
pint bottles of beer daily and sometimes
1000. besides a large quantity by the
glass.
Charles E. Wright of Marquette has
been appointed state geolOgist by the
governor, and G. ID. LawtOn Of Van Bur-
en- county commissioner of mineral sta
tistics.
The men working on drives along the
Detroit, Mackinac q Marquette Railroad
received an accession ito their demand
for So day. They were receiving 81 20
and 81 so.
Kalamazoo has had case Of typho.
malarial fever complicated with menin-
gitus-a disease identical with that
which has prevailed so fearfully in Ply
mouth, Pa.
The Delta LAUNDERING Company al
Thompson and the North Shore Lumber
ing company situatedlat South Manis-
tiqus, expect to mako larger cut then
heretofore.
Michael Ryan, of Jackson. will prOba-
bly, succeed G. E. Smart as master me-
chanic on the Saginaw, Bay City, and
Mackinac division Of the Michigan Cen.
trail railway.
The test salt we'll at Ludington is
down 2,135 feet, with the drill still In
lime rock. The brine increases In
strength az the drill proceeds downward
on its course.
Henry Russell, an Osboda stage driver
has been bound over to the IoscO circuit
court charged with stealing q package
containing $500 from Algsr. Smith &
Co., of Black River.
The Northern Manufacturing company
of Bovine Falls has executed a trust deed
to l.. j. Rindge, of Grand Rapids, and
Charles Root. Of Detroit. The concern
will close its business.
The annual convention of the W. c. T
u, Of Michigan will be held at Albion
May, 1922 Miss Frances E, Willard, DR.
Henry A. Reynolds and Miss Anna Cor.
don will be present and make addresses
The Messrs Little. who operated 9
peppermint farm in Eggleston township
Muskegon county, last year, made such
u good thing Of it that they will 20 into
the business on large scale this year
On the Au Sable river 127,OOOOOO feet
of logs are banked, a decrease of II pei
cent on the product Of last year. Ths
Muskegon district report shows III, 800,
900 feet. of lOgs-but slightly varying
from the output of 1884.
County Trsasnrey Stsbbins, of Ken
county, who owns fine peach farm al
Sparta, says there are many live buds
and he expects small crop. One hun
dred peach trees are winter killed out o.
total orchard OF 1.500.
Port Huron's electric light hasn't go
used to business yet, and its wires cross
cd with telephone wires Tuesday might
of last week burning the switchboard
in the central Office, setting IRE to {
stable and dsmoralizing the light.
The Saginaw cargo lumber market il
reported dull and but little doing. The