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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
Several Serenades.

The Cheboygan brass band came out
in public for the first time on Christmas
day. n large number of our citizens
were the recipients OF serenade, either
at their residences or places of business.
The TRIBUNE Office returns it's thanks
for being remembered. Considering the
tact that the banG has been organized
only about two months, their playing
was remarkably good, and showed that
they had received careful training at the
hands of their teacher. Prof Corazzi.
There were several places where the
band expected to GO Christmas, but they
were compt lied to stop before they had
gone the rounds, because of the valves of
their horns freezing up. This will ac-
count for any apparent neglect on the
part of the band. Thus far the BOYS
have paid the expenses of their instruc-
ton by weekly assessments upon them
selves. As band might be considered a
public benefit, it seems to us that the cit
izens should assist them in this. In most
places where bands are organized, this is
done. If the place was large enough to
give them paying employment when
they could play well, this might seem
different. As it is, no matter how well
they learn to play, they will not have
paying calls enough to much more than
pay for the music they will have to pro-
cure. We hope something will be done
to assist the boys in securing their in
StrIIrtiOn.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
A Boat for the INLAND Route.

We are reliably Informed that there is
small, side-whecl steamer, now in the
southern part of this state. which will be
brought here upon the. opening OF navi-
CATION and placed upon the INLAND route,
to run LII connection with the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railrovd. The boat
is capable of comfortably accommodate
ing forty or fifty passengers, and can run
at the rate of ten or twelve miles per
hour 1t is the intention, we believe, OF
the parties controlling her. to run her
upon the route until a larger boat can be
constructed or procured which will be
better adapted to the accommodation OF
the summer travel to and from Macki-
nav. 1t is stated that the owner of this
boat is now drawing the plans of larger
boat, upon the same plan, TO be ofsufli.
cent size to accommodate one hundred
and fifty passengers, and the design is. il
the arrangements car be perfected, tc
have it completed ready to be placed up
OH the route. by the first OF next July
in time for the main summer travel. The
railroad company. we understand, pro-
pose to run their rlains to the end ot
their track, at the Gimp meeting ground
from which point stages will run to the
head of the inland route. distance OF
about five miles, and connect with the
boat. The camp meeting folks propose
to erect hotel on their grounds, which
will serve TO accommodate the travelling
public. tits thought that this small
boat will be sufficient to accommodate al
traffic over the route, until larger one
can be obtained to take its place.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
Examination Report.

The following report should have been
published last week, but by an oversight
was omitted We are pleased to give it
a place in this issue:
At the examination held at the school
in fractional district No. l. in the town
ship of Inverness. ending December II,
the following was the result:
HISTORY CLASS.
l. Rachael Wheeleck and Ida Spooner.
2. Hattie Richardson.
B Mary Richardson.
f. Walter Sclal.s.
B. John Shields. m TtlrF-
6. Theresa Shields.
Z. John Shannenk.
Absemt-Edwin LereaX. Burton jew
cit. Addie Jewett. Agnes Spooner.
FOURTH READER CLASS.
]. Addic Richardson and Mary A
Guin.
,. William Marquette.
3. Lizzie Cardincll.
4. Rosa Cardinell
5. Frank Shields.
6. Daniel Wheelock.
Z. Joseph Pruvo.
Absent-Albert Marquette, EvalinC
| Richardson.
THIRD READER CLASS.
l. Virginia Cartlinell.
Absent-Nellie Pruvo. Elphonsint
PruvO.
SECOND READER CLASS.
l. Joseph A. Jerew.
2. Jeremiah Guin.
| 3. Alfred Roberts.
| 4. Gabriel Pruvo. -
8. 10. E. Laparell.
Absent-ROsa Beaupaleau.
| G. III. JACKSON, Teacher.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

An adjourned meeting of the village
council was held last Saturday night for
the purpose of taking some action upon
the organization of a fire company.
Present-President Newton, Trustees
McGinD, Stevenson and Mcdonald, and
Village Attorney James j. Brown, who
acted as Recorder, at the request of Re-
corder Airth, who could not be present.
Mr.. III. A. Blake, who had been in
structed by council to examine the fire
engine and report upon its condition, re-
ported that he had taken the engine to
his shop and examined it carefully, and
was of the opinion that it could be put
in good condition at cost of not to eX-
| lceed twenty-five dollars, and proposed to
the council to take it, and if he could not
make it work satisfactorily It should rot
cost the village anything. and in no event
should the cost exceed the sum of twen-
ty-five dollars.
Upon motion of Trustee MeGinn, res
olution was adopted authorizing Mr..
Blake to put it in repair, the cost not to
exceed the sum Of twenty-five dollars.
A committee appointed at citizens
meeting To report the names of fifty per-
sons, from those signing the paper TO or
ganize a fire company, for the appoint
ment and approval by council for an ell
glne company, reported the following
names, which were approved and the
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

III a Blake, Edward Paquctte,
j w Lindcrman, Henry Tuttle,
A Badour. j Ii Tuttle,
+ Nj Sammons, III Amiot,
Philip DeGray, g w Farr.
John Baker, Il A Perrin,
VIM Mulyaugh, & A Perrin,
S j Smart, d O'Sullivan,
j Brown, Fl j Miner,
n Riley. w. Chandler,
w McGinn. G 5 Ramsay,
| G. A Gallagher, \ nj Gerow,
Thomas Foster. 5 Farrell,
IIegiulr, O 2 Langdon.
George Paqucttc, w Hayes,
NJ Kessler james Johnson,
| Charles Moore. w A Lynn,
Alex Mcdonald, o S Clark.
c Mulvaugh, q Z Humphrey,
VIM Cranson, a j Rogers,
| VI 3 Corlett, John Human.
Joseph Allaire. WI DePuy.
Ben Rabideau, Il L VanArsdale.
Char les Cueny, Eugene Spiller,
Charles Lyons, Joseph Spooner.
The following names were reported fol
a hose and hook and ladder company
and were approved by the council and
appointed for that purpose, with the I'M
Iderstanding that the number be in
creased to fifty:
NJ w Horne, Allen Smith.
G Il Allison, VIM Bartholomew.
Herbert Edgerly, Willrrd Richardson
Louis G Lyons, &c Mcdonald,
Charles Anthony, j NJ Zorn.
George Sinclair, Adolph Schall,
9 j Hunt, Jacob Post,
S Ii Embury, G. Stevenson
p nj Lathrop. VIM Wiggins,
John Jewell, John Goulden,
A Z Newton.
Some informal talk took place in re-
gard to the hiring of some suitable per
son to take charge of the engine ant
keep it in repair, but the council though
best to defer taking any action until afte
the organization of the company wa
completed. f aa sl
The Village Attorney was instructed
TO draft an ordinance compelling citizen
to assist in working engine and perform
: ing other duties when called upon at tn
time of fire; the same to be reporre
for adoption 1T the next meeting of cOun
Gil.
: There being no further business, coun
ell adjourned to meet Tuesday evening
. January I'd, their regular monthly meet
ing night occurring New Years night.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
CONGREGATIONAL Conferenc.

The fifteenth annual meeting Of the
Congregational conference, with which
the Congregational church of this vii
lage is connected, will be hel at Leland
January 16-lSth. 1877. The following is
the programme of exercises for the diff
ferent days of the session:
Tuesday, 7 P. M.-Opening sermon
Rev. L. +. Waldo. Organization.
Wednesday, A. M.-"Ministers should
not seek to please men, but God" Rev
George Thompson. ''lrhe use of the Bi
BILE in public services" Rev. z. Z. Nc
Clelland.
Wednesday, P. M.-Sermon, Rev. 5. )
Haines. Conference meeting.
Wednesday evening.-Sermon, Rev
John Pettitt. Bible praise service
(please every one bring your Bible,) Rev
=. +. McClelland.
Thursday, A. M.-"How gather all into
the Sunday School," Rev. A. l.. Gridley
Home Missionary meeting.
Thursday, P. M.-Reports of the stats
Of religion. Sermon, Rev. A. Barnard
The Lords Supper.
Thursday eyening.-Practical addresses
Reys. S. o. Bryant, G. n. Coulter, AM
X. Redeoff.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
Rebuilt.
eyening.

We are pleased to learn that the hotel
on Pigeon river, which was destroyed hy
fire sometime since, has been rebuilt, and
is again ready for business. Mr. Windsor
Beal, the proprietor. is prepared to ac
commodate both man and beast in acom.
Portable manner, and those who have
business calling them up in that section
of country shoull bear it in>inind and
givc him call.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

Nos. 2, 5, and e For Wayne w with !
q Rv. tn ami from Pittsburg, Harrisburg. Balti-
washington PhladelRhia and nsS view eapress
trains on Toledo, Wabash Western rall-
road, to and from Quincy, st. Louis, Kansas Clty,
and all points in the southwest.
Nos and s make direct connection at kalama- anna
zoo with Michigan Central r r. to and from CHI
cago, and at Reed City with r M Ry for
Ludington.
Saginaw fFay's stage line Ludington to Manistee
at and N daily, except Sunday.l
No connects at d d M Junction with ID 70 M
railroad, and at Grand Rapids with N X X for
Nos and 6connect at Richmond with Pittsburg,
Cincinnati 3 st Louis railroad Tor Indianapolis,
Louisville st Louis and all points eouthwest. Also
Tor DAYTON. Xenia, Columbus, &c.
Nos s and have through sleep1ng and cnalr cars
between Cincinnati and Grand Rapids.
MOO Saturday night train No. runs TO
Ridgevil only, and train No. 9 to Fort wayne
only. c.
- j. II. PAGE, K
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

The roads between here and Pctoskey
are exceedingly good now.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
Christmas Eve.

when it comes on Sunday night.
When it does the good times" are ar
ranged so as to take place Saturday night.
This is done that it may not interfere
with Sunday devotions.
Or because notes which are due on
Sunday must be paid on Saturday.
Our reporter always takes ramble on
Christmas eve.
He has made practice of this for sew
eral years.
Because he almost always secures an
item by SO doing.
He ramb,ed Saturday night.
1t was rot in vain.
He saw much to amuse him.
And some things which led to medita-
ton.
Parents going home with bundles and
packages.
They did not go home until late at
night.
They wished their little loved ones to
think that Santa Claus had brought the
presents.
No mother asked that night why the
father had remained oat so late.
All was happiness.
Because 1t is more blessed to give than
to receive. ie4
After all these had passed by to their
homes. our reporter still roaned.
lie was walking leisureiy, absorbed III
thought.
For the time be had forgotten his pro-
fessiOn.
Perhaps he was thinking of the long
ago.
When reporting was TO him unknown.
And Christmas meant more to him
than now. rH.
The stiffness of the night and his med
| irations were broken by Il sound of har-
py voices.
The past was gone-he was a reporter
once more.
Every other feeling had given way tc
second nature, the desire for an item
Tie sound of merriment drew nearer
Some boys and girls out coasiing.
| Only this and nothing more.
Reporters get to be very observing.
Our reporter observed that the boy;
were about thirty years old.
The girls were perhaps few year:
younger.
The boys were each drawing han'
sled.
There were two girls upon Ell ch sled
They locked crowded,
.Thev had forgotten the dignity tha
comes with years.
1t was fun.
Our reporter passed Oh.
Would the world not be happier j
everybody would throw aside the care
and troubles of life and forget that the.
were not children for a little while.
Our reporter saw the party again.
1t was later at night.
The girls had grown some.
They were now too large to ride ol
hand sleds and so were seated ina cutter
The boys were just the same boys, onl.
another had been added to the party.
They were still playing horses, an
! having Just as much fun as before.
, Were the girls enjoying the new al
: rangement as well
Their voices did not seem to ring ou
on the winter air so merrily.
: However, this might have been imag
| nation on the part OF our reporter.
They passed him by on the other SIDE
The make-believe horses were OH tn
e run.
The sounds of music were soon heard
e They were serenadlng.
' They were young men and wome
/ again.
f All in one night.
: Twelve o'clock came and our reporte
e saw no more.
5 The merry, happy voices died away i
the distance on the frosty winter air.
And with the voices departed tn
a child-life which they had for so shol
! time taken up. aa
+ Christmas eve had passed.
|
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

Next Wednesday the Board of Super
visors will hold meeting for the pur-
pose of approving the bonds of the new
ly elected county officers ,and transaction
OF such other business as may come be-
fore it.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
Hotels.
attorneys.

S. $50 aniI Physicians.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15

Seeds that float in water have GER
tain interest in connection with questions
about dissemination. Many ranked as
such are fruits, botanically speaking, with
spongy or cellular pericarp, or with some
air-space between the pericarp and the
seed itself. But there are many true seeds
with specific gravity less than that of wa
ter, some as low as O75. Commonly the
seed owes Its lightness to its coats, either
by separation in drying between the
two, or between the inner coat and the
kernel, leaving an air-space, or by loose
cellular structure of the Coat. Sometimes,
as in castor-oil seeds, the integument is
heavier than water, but the kernel is so
much lighter as to float the seed; this
comes from separation of the two coty-
ledons during the natural desiccation,
leaving considerable cavity filled with
airy. y. EoenSng Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15
SCIENTIFIC AND MECHANICAL.

Experiments made by commission
under the Societe de l'Industrie Mnerale
at Saint Etienne. France, on the action of
suspended coal dust in producing eXplo-
sions of tire-damp in coal mines show that
common air laden with coal dust would
be explosive either by the flame of gun
powder or a naked light Several cases
of explosion have been traced TO the ac-
ton of coal dust, even when no gas was
present in the workings.
"A very ingenious method Of manu-
featuring screws is described in an Edin-
burg journal, as having been recently and
successfully introduced. BY this plan the
screw, instead of being made as ordinari-
ly, by cutting away the iron OF the bolt to
leave the thread, is formed by rolling the
screw on the bolt blank while hot, a pro
cess by which, it is claimed, "A great econ
omv of time and labor is effected. Re-
cent experiments have also shown, it is
said, that the tensile strength and the
holding power, in both hard and soft
wood, of rolled screws are considerably
greater than those Of cut ones.
Pressure of the atmosphere IS now
applied to the raising of coal in the Creu-
Zot district in France. The air is ex-
IL
the shaft from the bottom to the top of the
colliery. AT the foot of this tube is pis-
ton fitted to It, and supporting a cage
into which the coal to be raised is put.
When the cage is full the air from the
mine is allowed to press upon the pis-
ton underneath, and there being vacu-
um above the piston and the cage, the
load is borne upward to the surface.
Not only is the coal raised in this way,
but the ventilation of the mine is vastly
improved, for the contaminated air OF the
coillery flows up through the tube, bear
ing the loaded cage ABOVE il, while It's
place is supplied by an overflow of fresh
ar from the surface.
An architect in Bristol, England, has
invented new method for measuring de-
hecuons or strains on different materials,
ana thus determining their relative
strength. In letter to a friend in this
country he says: The basis of my in
strumentconsists in using a very small
pair OF magnetic wheels, each wheel only
one.tenth of an inch in diameter these are
connected with barley straw as an in.
deX, and they are so arranged that they
viii magnify detection G,4S0. 900 times
Such a result could never be obtained by
cog gear. "a il would require $500 teeth
10 be &C urately cut III wheel only one.
tenth Of an inch in diameter, which is i'm.
practicable. The instrument has to be-
built upon solid stone masonry, as the ex
IRENE delicacy Of these magnetic wheels
renders them liable to be affected by every
jar IN an ordinary building"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The secret of Mr. Moody's success is
not hard to find. He is thoroughly in
earnest, and believes all that he says.
Since the period when the simple minded
fishermen of Galilee began to preach the
Good Tidings," there never has been a
time when such labors as those of Mr..
Moody have not been effectual.-N. Y.
Eoeaing Mail.
Bishop Garrett, of Northern Texas,
calls for two itinerants in the "Wild
Southwest" of his jurisdiction, for work
that will demand special gifts: "Scant
income and small sympathy, and polem-
zeal distrust and wearing solicitude, and
long, lonely journey and poor food and
poorer shelter, and low spiritual compan-
ionship-these are the enemies to be
dreaded"
Good instructors will find encourage
ment in Missouri 1t has been decided
there TO put the whole educational sys-
tenn of the State on better footing, and
one of the reform measures requires the
quarterly examination of all the teachers
upon questions to be furnished by the
State superintendent and the presidents
of the State Normal schools. The exami-
nations will be strictly public-whether
oral or written, does not appear; but in
either case, it is to be assumed that the
test will be sufficiently searching to weed
out the poor material. christian Union.
"A petition to the Legislature Of New
Jersey is being circulated in that State
asking for suchile Legislation as will prevent
the running Of Sunday passenger trains.
The petition states that during the last
year Sunday excursion trains were run
across the State to the Centennial Exhibit
ton grounds at Philadelphia, and that it
was claimed that such running of trains
was not only not in violation of existing
laws, but was sanctioned and protected by
the same" The petition concludes with
the statement that "the National Centen-
NAL ought not be introduced by the
abandonment of our traditional observ-
ance of Sunday as a day of quiet and
rest"
Bishop Haven describes the cere-
mony of feet washing as he recently saw
it performed in a colored Baptist church
in New Orleans. After the administra-
ton the minister took off his coat. "Off
went dozen other coats-those of his
deacons, | presume. The whole church
was in commoton. The basins began to
fly. Bring back the basins shouted the
pastor. A brother stood behind the water
pals and dealt out a small gourdful to
each basin Brother and sister went on
their knees before brother and sister. The
shoe and stocking Of the right foot were
taken off, and slight wash and wipe
completed the ceremony. Then the one
with the cleansed foot knelt and washed
the cleanser's foot. They went among the
pews, and it was as modest as such an act
could be. Little children washed little
children. This ceremony is not confined
to colored people. They learn it from the
whites, of whom there are, or were, many
churches in the South. They are called
Primitive Baplsts.' The largest society,
It's said, in Atlanta before the war was OF
this sect 1t was broken up by the war,
but is recognizing. They are devout in
this duty, as they understand it, and seem
to get shouting happy in discharging it,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15
How Southern SectiOnalism Has Re.
viyed.

UNDER the Reconstruction acts, planters
and commercial men have grown rich
and with their increase of production and
wealth the old spirit Of the slave master
has returned with double force 10 crush
out personal liberty. An ex-Confederate
talking over his exploits always grows
warm on the subject of freedom. He will
tell you that the South, meaning the rebel
South, could not live in union with the
North because its liberties were destroyed.
1t therefore appealed to the arbtrament
of the sword. But il you ask: Why did
the South rebel he will tell you to pre-
serve slavery, and that the :" lost cause"
will still revive and flourish. The exist
encc OF this element in the country is
shown by the persistent effort to re-enact
servitude in some form; TO bring the col
ored citizens under the control of the
whites, that they may do the bidding OF
their old masters, or suffer the consc-
quences. The White Leaguers in the South
are composed of Confederate Demo
Gratis and their sympathizers, who have a
graduated scale OF oppression to de-
stroy the independence of The black
voter. Democratic land. will not
sell or let to negro land in States under
Democratic asccndency. Planters or
farmers will not employ or pay for negro
labor unless the colored man will under
take 10 vote as he is told, and always for
the enemies of his race. Traders will not
give the black man trust for the necess-
ties of life. The local officers in such
States are not anxious to educate the
negro, and so they complain OF his igno-
rance and want OF culture. What, then,
can the negro do who has his family to
provide for? Do these besotted ex-
Confederate whites think the colored
men cannot see their drif.? Practical
slavery is established wherever the
colored man is prevented from sup.
porting life by labor unless he will
vote under the dictation Of his masters.
Negroes that resist these outrages are
ruthlessly shot by men who talk OF the
brutality Of The negro character, ana tell
how much they yearn to have the North
forget the war and embrace as brothers,
Republic Hdgdztis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15
Charlotte Cushman's Grave.

The late Charlotte Cushman's grave, at
Mount Auburn Cemetery, is in a lot pur-
chased by herself. The circumstances
under which it was selected are related in
the Boston Transcript: miss Cushman
often expressed desire to be buried as
near the place of her birth as possible.
With this view she visited Mount Auburn
Cemetery during the latter part of 1874,
and inspected number of lots and tombs
then for sale. Several of these occupy
very prominent portions of the cemetery,
and are surrounded by costly monu-
ments; but none seemed to suit the simple
taste of Miss Cushman, and she pleasant
ly remarked to one of the attendants ::
They are all grand; but haven't you a
lot for sale where one can obtain an I'M
INSTRUCTED view of Boston, She was in
formed that there were a few lots for sale
back of the tower, whereupon she said !;
Oh, well, let us look at them Palm
avenue, situated at the eastern side Of the
ground, was reached. and standing upon
a little eminence, Miss Cushman ex-
claimed: This is delightful spot; see,
Wonder lies dear old Boston The lot is
numbered 1926, and was at once pur-
chased and orders given by her to have it
properly cared for. Though the lot il
quite distance from the central part Of
Mount Auburn, its location is strikingly
beautiful, being within full view of this
city and overlooking the widest part OF
Charles River"