Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-20
TOWN TALK.

The editor is absent ; his scissors and Quill
Arc left with the ''devil " to handle at will;
And this ia inserted, kind reader, that you
Nay tor once, while you read, "give the devil
his duen
Oh the snow, the beautiful snowl
New winter hats at Mrs-Huckins'.
Ladies hats at cost at Mrs. Huckins'.
Next Thursday will be Thanksgiving.
Winter, stern old winter, is here at last.
Additional local will be found on the
nrst page.
Bad weather this week for the internal
nayigators.
Mr.. j. FL. Waterman arrived home on
the st. Joe from a trip outside.
Keep your feet warm and dry and es-
cape colds, coughs and lung fever.
Rev. W. II. Ware preached at Riggs
settlement last Wednesday evening.
A very pleasant dance occurred at the
Benton House on Tuesday evening last.
The season for loafing around the street
corners has come to an end. 1t is we'll.
The stage for Petoskey left for the first
time this winter ON runners on Friday of
this week
Sunday school concert at Duncan on
Sabbath next at 2:30 p. nj. The public
generally is invited.
The epizootic has new and harder
unconstitutional nasalis maligna"-but
it don't hurt the horses so much as it
used to.
. The bark Golden West, which was
loaded with lumber here during the
week by Macarthur, Smith & Co., sailed
on Friday. @ ~
The absence of the editor during the
most of the week will account for lack
of the usual amount of local matter in
this issue. ,
The st. Joe arrived yesterday after
noon heavily loaded with freight and but
few passengers. She will make at least
one more trip.
Hon. j. b. Haviland, State Swamp
Land Commissioner, arrived i'm the vii
lage from his trip to the north shore on
the st. Joe this morning.
Last Sunday the weather prophet of
the village stated that we should have
two weeks of fine weather. The indica-
fsouS that mill poxut ,,,r;,,o
There is something radically wrong in
the management of the household when
things assume the appearance of fu-
neral every time father comes home.
I'm the present condition of navigation
upon our inland lakes it requires about
three days to make a three hours jour-
ney. We trust that next year this VII
be different.
McArthur Smith & Co., are putting
the goods upon the shelves of their new
store room. When finished, their store
will be one of the most complete in the
northern country.
Mr.. f. II. Williams, of L'Anse, the Sc
nior member Of the firm doing the
dredging i'm our harbor, has spent the
past week i'm our town. He came last
Saturday via the stage from Petoskey.
sage will bring MS gloomy hours and
time will make us sad;" therefore rem
der home as pleasant as possible for the
little folks. Good books, newspapers,
games of checkers. and chess, and pleas
ant words from father and mother, are
great inducements to keep Jack. Tom,
and Harry from the saloons.
Capt. o. L. Wood, of Elkhart, Indiana,
a veteran lake captain, was here a few
DAYS this week looking into the practi-
cability of putting a line of passenger
boats on our inland lakes, provided the
state makes the proposed Improvement.
He went over the proposed route with
the Local Commissioner and expressed
himself well pleased with the prospects.
The Hurd dock will, we understand,
soon pass into the possession OF Mr.. Geo.
T. Humphrey. He has already made
contract with Williams & Co. to dredge
out the channel next to the dock TO the
depth of the main channel, and also ar
ranged for many needed improvements
upon the dock and warehouse. 1t will
be really for the largest sized boats next
season. We learn that Mr.. Geo. McAu-
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