Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-16
NeighbOrhood News,

the work is progressing rapidly.
The Board of Supervisors of Charlie
voix county have ordered a safe for the
use of the county officers. The Detroit
safe company furnish it.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Company are putting in new ties, leveling
up the track, and in other ways putting
the road in the best condition.
Mr.. Rollins, who done the shooting,
has been arrested, but waived examina-
ton, and was put under $4,000 to
appear at the next term of the circuit
court for trial.
The circuit court of Alpena county
opened on Tuesday, the 9Th inst. The
docket was large one, containing over
ninety cases. Of these, thirteen were
criminal, and over forty jury cases.
Upwards of $50 Swedes arrived in Pc
toskey about week ago, and went across
the bay to settle on their hcipesteads
back of Little Traverse. They will form
a settlement by themselves.
One of the family OF Gallaghers at
Beaver Island was shot in the head with
shot gun, in bar room row lately, and
had to 90 to Mackinac to get the shot
dug out Of his skull.
We learn that Mr.. Bell, the victim of
al Il. of ;tfl
noted last week, still continues in fair
way to recover. He has been removed
to the Rose House, Petoskey. and is un-
der the skillful treatment OF D.. Little.
The editor Of the CharlevoiX ScnttI,' !
is handling Prosecuting Attorney Ford
of Emmett county without gloves. A
libel suit only paves the way for more
lively onslaught. Thus far Bro. Smith
tallies ahead quite numerOusly.
The Alpena Pioneer says that Sandy
McKeefen, while going to work early
one morning last week, met wolf about
two-thirds grown, which showed neither
| fear nor fight, but stood still. McKeefen
attacked him with his heavy boots and
kicked him 70 death.
"R. J. d.. which all will recognize as
D. r. Joslin, is waging little war on
the Petoskcy Democrat through the col
umns of the Charlevoix Sentinel. Mat
ters seem to be getting little warm. He
" l,ot ho inctn,at;cr nf tha D.rr,
ocrat that .R. j d. 'had little to
much of the arlenf at a social last week" :"
is malicious falselIooJ.
The Alpela Pioneer says that not
much s;ir has been made thus FIR in the
direction of putting in lumber the
iumbcrmen don't seem anxious TO invest
very heavily in logi. We haze heard of
only TWO lumber,nen who have sent
| crews to the woods. Sylvester & Flan-
ders are preparing their camp on Hunts
creek where they will do quite winters
work, and Folkerts Sc Butterfield are
clearing the way for Il emp on the see
ond South Branch and Wolf creek. The
| log crop will be smaller than last year.
The Alpena Pioneer of thelst has the
| following:
| Last Sunday at about i've o'clock in
the afternoon Mr.. c. B. Payfer was pass
ing up Lockwood street near Sth, when
he heard the cry of a child, that seemed
to be in little swamp close by. He
searched until he found the little wait
wrapped up in shawl and cloud, try
ing to make itself heard by its cries. 1t
was pretty child two or three months
old
The CharlevOiX Sentinel sees "ray of
hope in the fact that party of survey
ors, said to be in the service of the Jack
son, Lansing and Saginaw road. being
in that vicinity and making some
headway towards that place. One
of the party said to gentleman, whose
word the Sentinel relies upon, that the
company had charter for Lake 81 ichi-
gan, and Charleyoix is looked upon as
the best point for terminus hence the
survey. From the fact that q good route
is known to exist from Otsego Lake to
this place, the Sentinel is hopeful that
the survey may result favorably for
Charlevoix
| Appearances indicated that it had laid
there some time, probably it was placed
there the night before. The skin was
nearly rubbed off the sides of its neck
where it had turned its head in the shawl
from side to side while crying. AS il
was placed in this out of the way place
it was probably the intention of the in
human person leaving it there, that il
should die. Can it be possible that il
was thus cruelty treated by mothers
hand, or by her consent? Mr.. Payer
took the little founding home and prop
erly cared for it. The next day he was
seen in Lockwood, Luce & Co.'s store
purchasing the little fellow some clothes
The inhuman mother who would thus
murder an innocent offspring should be
found out and properly punished. So
eiety cannot be safe where such criminals
60 unwhipped-0f justice.
The roads are very muddy in every di
rectiOn from town.