Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-01

! Geo. p. Langdon returned oh the pro
peller Maine this morning.
Several horses are in training prepare
tory TO the races on the Fourth.
Several vessels have loaded i'm the rive
this week with lumber and timber.
The Maine had on board scventy-thre
passengers when she left Milwaukee.
Quite an exciting boat race took plac
last Sunday in the vicinity of Nelson'
mill.
The st. Joe. arrived yesterday morn
ing, with but light freight and few pas
sengers.
Services will be held at both churche:
tomorrow, morning and evening, at the
usual hours. rs
The Marine brought up heavy oah
timbers for anchors and other repairs Oh
Williams & Co.'S dredge.
The Music passed up yesterday Oh hcl
way to Petoskey, to take her regular run
to day. She went in to Duncan.
Smith & McDonald's mill has been shut
down several days since the accident to
MIR. Kemp, the sawyer.
M. w. Horne is going to have new
fence in front of his lot. The posts are
now being set for the same.
A number of families from Chicago
are expected OH the st. Adams to NOR
row, to spend a short time i'm the village.
A boom of logs belonging to Jas. Leav-
lit broke, Thursday, and scattered over
Mullet lake. They were mostly recovered
The Maine had OH board large num-
Der of live wild pigeons, probably to be
used in shooting matches between sports
men.
o. B. Green, the contractor for the
dredging to be done i'm the inland navi-
CATION Improvement, arrived onthe Music
yesterday.
sCheboygan base ballists are requested
to meet in the Howell block tonight at
eight o'clock, to make arrangements for
the Fourth.
j. M. FERN has the glass i'm his store
front, destroyed by the heat at the time
of the fire, replaced, and is repainting
the front of his building.
We understand there was a knock
down i'm one of our saloons the other
night, resulting in one of the contest
ants having an eye blackened.
2 The prisoners now confined in the
county Jail will probably remain, not
withstanding its reputed poor condition
The Sheriff has them manacled.
The Marine City arrived early this
morning. She did not have much freight
for this port, and but small number
of passengers were landed here.
John Mavor, arrested for bigamy,
waived examination OH the charge, and
was bound over to appear at the. next
term of the circuit court under $500
bonds.
The propeller Maine, of the Mt. line,
called in OH her way down, landing con-
siderable freight and some passengers.
Quite number of passengers wet out
on her.
There VIII be a Centennial bail held at
Hall, OH the evening of the
Fourth. Fitzpatrick's full band will
furnish the music, and the supper is to
be served at Burns restaurant.
Williams & Co.'s dredge. No. 1, was
hauled out upon the ways last Thursday
for the purpose of doing some repairs
upon her hull. The repairs upon her
are nearly completed.
An old man, most ingloriously drunk,
was taken to Jail on Thursday by Deputy
Sheriff Allaire. There have been several
others about town during the last few
weeks who should have walked the same
road.
The nomination of Mr.. Tilden did not
produce any marked enthusiasm among
any class of our citizens. He was not
their first choice. Most OF them would
have preferred to have seen Mr.. He'll:
tricks name first.
Cheboygan was considerably disap-
pointed last Saturday night by the nom
arrival of the mail. Sometime about
the mail came in, but it did the
people no good until the next morning.
A broken wagon was the cause.
The McLaughlin-Martin wrestling
match, at Detroit, OH Thursday night, re-
suited in neither Of them gaining a vic
tory. They wrcsiled for seven hours
without either gaining fall. McLaugh-
lin threw Martin once, but, as he fell on
his face, the referee decided it to be no
fall.
Mr.. G.. A. Brace has just received a
stock of the Centennial stamped envel-
opes. They were described in the TRI-
BUNE few weeks ago. Mr.. Brace will
sell them at the same price as the old
style, and such liberality on his part
should be rewarded with large increase
of business.
Two families connected with the TRI-
BUNE office were made happy by some
very fine whitefish, for which they are
under obligations to Mr.. Geo. w. Stimp-
son. of Mackinaw City. Mr. Simpson