Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-09
TOWN TALK.


TOWN TALK.
The buckwheat cake season is near at
hand.
Should not Cheboygan have a reading
room?
Additional local will be found on the
first page.
A nice lot of ladies furs just opened at
II. Wertheimer's.
P. M. Lathrop's show window presents
q very fine appearance.
A large lot of new and stylish goods
just received at NJ. Wertheimcrs.
a large stock of flowers and plumes
just received at M. Wertheimer's.
A good line of corsets, hoop skirts and
bustles, just received at M. Wertheimer's.
Some needed work in the gutter is be-
ing done in front of Fexer's jewelry
store.
Thompson Smith has already sent in
two lumber camps and expects to put in
another.
The Northern boats are running witha
great deal of regular irregularity about
these times.
Mr.. John Mckay returned home this
morning after an absence of nearly a
month outside.
Col. Duryea was quite sick few days
the early part of the week, but is now
about well again.
Many of the lumber vessels, especially
the tender and aged craft, are being put
into winter quarters.
The Marine City arrived early this
morning with full compliment of
freight and passengers.
Preaching at the Congregational
Church Sunday morning by Rev. M. w.
Strickland, of Prentissvale, Pa.
The recent heavy rains have had the
effect of producing exceedingly bad
roads in all directions from town.
The sales of lands for delinquent taxes
commencedat the court house on Monday.
The attendance was not very large.
The Mission House at Mackinaw is
closed for the season, and Capt. Franks
and his family have gone to Detroit.
he M
corning the late Albert Molitar is priRci-(
pally taken from the Alpena Pioneer.
We neglected to note last week that
Morris Wertheimer had returned from
the outside with large stock of season.
able goods.
The new Methodist minister preached
his first sermon to his present charge
last Sabbath. Avery favorable impress |
sion was produced.
Mr.. Uphsn returned from Mackinaw
Thursday, where he had been awaiting a
boat a week, on which his family should
take passage for home.
Young men who loaf on the street COR
ners are losing much valuable time. 1t
is only step by step with toilsome effort
that great things are done.
Defective drainage caused pond of
water on Main street in front of Lynn's
meat market on Wednesday almost deep
enough for swimming purposes.
The sidewalk over the ravine near the
residence of Chas. r. Smith should have
railing put up on it. Units present con-
dition it is nothing less than dangerous.
A large force of men have been en-
gagged during the week wheeling back
and leyeling the earth thrown out in
deepening the channel by Macarthur
Smith & Co.'s dock
Those who failed to see the eclipse last
week Wednesday morning will not have
another opportunity to see recurrence
of the same one for something over thir-
teen thousand years.
The steamer Van Raalte, which runs
between Traverse City and Petoskey, ex-
tends her trip to Mackinaw every Satur-
day, and, returning, leaves Mackinaw
Sunday morning. This is quite con-
yenience to those wishing to make rail-
road connections.
Three gentleman representing pro-
posed Mennonite settlement are said to be
looking at the land along the line of the
Grand Rapids aud Indiana railroad. We
have once before suggested the propriety
of an effort being made to induce set
Element of them in this country. j