Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-12-04
TOWN TALK.

Congress cOnveneS next Monday.
Additional local will be found on the
first page.
The Village Council meets next Mon-
day evening.
James J. Brown and family arrived
home on Thursday.
There was small sized fight in front
of Devine's saloon Friday.
Seven passengers came from Petoskey
on Smiths stage on Thursday.
The North Star was over OH Wednes-
day and the Eva English on Thursday.
The tug Eliza Williams has been in the
employ of the insurance agents for sew
eral days.
Mr.. Angus Mckay is still confined TO
the Spencer House with rheumatism, but
is convalescent.
w. G. Whiting left for Detroit on
Wednesday, where he expects to spend a
portion of the winter.
The counties of Emmett, CharlevOix,
and Kalkaska have doubled their pOpI-
lation within the past year.
A news Office has been opened in Wat
sons photograph gallery. where all the
leading papers can be found.
Jasper j. Barker has been appointed a
Notary Public in and for Cheboygan
County by Governor Bagley.
Mr.. NJ. j. Hoppock opened new bill
lizard saloon on Monday evening last. He
has two Of Schulenberg's tables.
The schooner Sweetheart was relieved
by the tug Prindiville on Thursday and
lay at anchor at the outer dock on Fri
day.
ID. Culver, of Bay City, has been in
town during the week. Mr.. Culver is
largely interested in pine lands in this
county.
The land department of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana Railroad has sold
15O,0 900 acres since the Office opened four
years ago.
VIM. Macarthur arrived home on Tues
day from quite prOtracted visit to his
bodybuilding operations in Wisconsin
and Illinois.
Rev. j. L. Male is agent for one of the
best illustrated editions of the Bible pub
lished. Any one in want Of a Bible
should give him call.
For the first time in q week or more
the sun shone brightly on Thursday.
Many took advantage of the pleasant
weather for sleigh ride. The slelghing
was excellent.
Charlie Watson, the photographer, has
succeeded in securing very good pic
ture of the ice bound schooner grounded
on the point. 1t is On exhibition at DR..
PERKINS, drug store.
The past few days have been vcrylfa-
yorable tor the operations in getting The
stranded vessels off. 1t is probable that
If the weather holds good few days
A petition is in circulation throughout
the United States, asking Congress to
abolish the stamp act as far as it relates
to stamping bank checks. G. d. V. Rollo
circulated the petition in this village.
Engineer Stimson is progressing finely
with his maps of the proposed inland
lake and river improvements. His field
notes show the route if anything more
favorable than was anticipated by its pro-
jectors.:
Mr.. A. c. Wiel, who has just started a
store at Brutus, has been quite sick at the
Spencer House during the week, but is
now eOnyalescent. He was brought i'm
from Bruins on Sunday by DR.. Perrin
and Morris Wertheimer.
A large force of men have been en-
ployed several days in clearing the ice
from the schooner Mary E. Peru, ashore
on the lighthouse point. When this is
done efforts will be made, with wrecking
tugs and steam pumps, to get her off.
Arrangements have been in progress
several days for putting the tug Bismarck
into winter quarters. Thursday che done
some running through the ice, which
caused her to spring leak, since which
time her pumps have been in constant
operation to keep her hold clear from
water. She will be placed upon ways.