Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-23
TOWN TALK.

The Mackinaw and Sau!t mails Go no
arrive very regularly these times.
Considerable freight is brought il
daily from PetOskey by The stages.
Tuesday night. Charley Robinson's
A boy. All right. Congratulations ex-
tended.
The Goshen (Ind.) Times puts up the
'bOss" rooster over the election OF
Hayes.
The Division street sewer in front OF
the TRIBUNE Office is undergoing some
repairs.
The Cheboygan schools. under the
management OF Prof o. B. Weed, are in
Il tlourishing condition.
o. 3. Weed, principal of our schools.
talks some OF attending the state teachers
institute at Lansing, next week.
The old county officers who were SUI
perceded by the late election are prepar-
ing to deliver up their trusts and books.
p. NJ. I-athrop, orr popular dry good,
merchant, left on the stage Tuesday
morning for brief business trip out
side.
lansing had nineteen degrees below
zero the other night. Much worse than
it was here. But this northern country
is dreadful. you know.
Thanks to State Treasurer McCreery.
Laad Commissioner Clpp, and swamp
Land Commissioner IIaviland, for. copies
OF their annual reports.
Miss Carrie Davis, who is attending
school ut Kalamazoo. arrived here OIL
Thursday to spend the Christmas yaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. III.
G.. Davis.
Advertising pays. A little item in last
weeks paper mentioned the loss of II hat.
Early the next morning little boy, by
the name OF Ford brought the llat To tie
owner. thus verifying the old maxim.
The Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan
railroad, running from Detroit to How
ard City. was sold Inst week, Thurs lay,
for 100000 With railroads as cheap rs
that, we should think Cheboygun could
afford one.
There will be no church services at
the Congregational church Tomorrow,
owing to the absence of the pastor. Sab
bath school ut twelve o'clock as usual.
There will be the usual morning and
evening services ut the NJ. E. church.
The Detroit News says just for fun it
would like TO know what they slO with
the mail bags on the route f. ON Cheboy-
gan 10 Detroit. The papers it receives
look rs if they had been run through a
tire hin: machine and then soaked in II
compost lIetp.
The past week has been Il very busy
one at the several churches. Christmas
decorations have been the order Of he
day, and if the churches do not present Il
fine appearance on Christmas. it will not
be the fault OF the ladies and gentlemen
interested in them.
The Adrian Times says that 1.-THE prac-
tice of pretty girls congregatilg ut the
railway stations, TO fiirt with the passen-
gers when the trains come in. is growing
fearfully prevalent" There is not Il Che
boygan gill who has ever been accused
of such Il thing.
The band. nllsler the efficient instruc-
tion of Prof. C0rrilzzi have improved
very rapidly. ana propose il the weather
is pleasant next Monday, Christmas. TO
give our citizens an opportunity OF judy
ing of their merits, by serena,Ies given IN
different portions of town. We inodestly
suggest to the clerk of the weather that
he arrange very pleasant day for the
boys.
Messr>. Foster anil Johnson have the
model OF their new schooner completed,
and will soon be at work upon the hull
She is to be about eighty feet in length,
4 trifle larger than thell 'raGiees Adah, be-
longing TO Newton Bros. & Co. She will
be baslt Oh the east sale vi tie river, le;.i
where the Bismarck is upon ways, Nc
-irthur, Smiih & Co.'S shop being used
tor the work. We wish that there wers.
half dozen more crafts inprocess Of
constructions here.