Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-05-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Williams College this year.
The salary of a lady in waiting t
Queen Victoria is $1,000 per annum.
The census of Washington, nsari,
completed. shows total population 0
204,500.
An autograph letter of General GeOrg
Washington was sold In New York Mon
day for SIS.
The French Canadians at Quebe,
maintain that Riel must NOT be hanged
their organ claiming that he should b
magnanimously treated.
BY nearly a party vots-Rspublican'
veting no, and Democrats aye,Cthe us'
of Representative Hall at Springfield Ill.
was refused ex Governor st. John for
lecture.
The Wisconsin State Historical Society
has been presented with clock which
was manufactured ia Holland 25O years
ago.
A large portion of tho fOethlll region
of California is being devastated by such
swarms of grasshOppers that they threat
en- to be nothing shsrt Of plague.
Alex. Hubbard, the young Milwaukee,
an who swallowed a trade dollar three
weeks ago, has the coin in his stomach
still, but is in good health.
The longest legitimate word in the
English language is disprOpOrtiOnabls-
ness.
Ben. Perlsy Poors says he has shaken
hands with seventeen Presidents Of the
United States.
Australia lost $44,OO0,C0O, from pleurO-
pneumonia, introduced by a single cow
that was supposed to have recovered.
The formal opening of the Confeder-
ate Soldiers home at Richmond, Va,
took place Wednesday of last week, the
G. A. r. assisting in the ceremonies.
In the Commercial Convention at At
lanta Thursday forenoon resolution
that public Interests required contin-
uatiOn of the silver coinage was defeat
ed by heavy majority.
A mysterious disease has broken out
at Paris Roads, a small town eighteen
miles from Pittsburg, Pa. All cases
prove fatal, and thus far eight persons
have suceombed and eight others are
stricken with the malsdy.
Four robbers were caught in a store
at Burton. Ohio, Wednesday night Of
last week, and in the ensuing fight one
Of the burglars was killed. citizen fs.
tally wounded, and another slightly
hurt. The robbers escaped, carrying off
$4,000.
"Weaver's election saved you," said a
Democratic member of the Legislature
to Gen. Logan the evening of his cleo
ton. mo" said Gen. Logan with
smile, "ths Lord was on our side from
the beginning. lie saved me.
Major Burke the retiring director Of
the New Orleans Exposition. has suffer
ed much in health from his work in that
capacity and is also said to have incur
red personal obligation to the sum Of
$4,000.
John Leveridge, Esq, of New York is
'aid to DO the oldest lawyer in the Unit
ID States. He was admitted to the bar
n 1911, and fought In the war with Eng
and ithe following year. Only a few |
lays since he argued case in court.
The Rev. David Winters who died at
Dayton, Ohio, Saturday 10th inst, had
'een In the ministry for sixty years,
Ind Is said TO have married more people
han any other one man in the cOuatry.
Jp to April 22nd he had married $500
couple.
Mr.. Henry Bsrgh, the humanitarian,
wants a law passed making it felony
or young people to get married before
he age of IS, and he would have clergy
nen scOurged who marry young people
With no visible means Of support.
The Misses Manning, EndicOtt, Lamar
AL a fvrn Ian
ers Of Secretary Bayard are not yet in
ocisty, but will be debuantss next win
er, and pending that time the veteran
ten: Perley Poore ventures to call them
Cabinet rosebuds."
Hanlan, the Oarsman, reached San
francisco Thursday from Australia and
acknowledged fair defeat by Beach,
7hOm he designated as the best man he
YER met. Beach is willing to row any
ian in the world, and allow travelling
expenses, and Hanlan expects to- meet
i'm again In about eighteen months.
A fellow down at Cincinnati visited a
ewspaper office to redress his grievan-
ss with club. After the conclusion
his exercises he was carried to the
earest drug store for arnica and stick
lg plaster, and reported to all inquir-
rs that he "had been kicked by mule"
he editor stuck the usual sign next"
a the door and went on with his leader.
The expenses of the Republicans in
arrying the Thirty-fOurth Illinois Dis
let, exclusive of printing the tickets,
as 81 cents. Cheap enough when 1t ,
considered that the district was over
helmingly Democratic and that Weav-
g election secured the RETURN of GAL
mt John A. Logan to the United States
snats, thus ensuring the control of !
lat body to the Republicans, during ,
|evelands administration. !
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