Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-15
TOWN TALK.

TOWN TALK.
= Additional local will be found on the
first page.
This is leap year, but ladies should look
before they leap.
Mr.. John Mckay retured from his trip
outside on Tuesday. -
The snow is the cause of great rejoic
ing among the lumbermen.
Petoskey has just organized Good
Templars lodge. There was need of it
A daily bulletin of important news is
now received and posted in the telegraph
office.
w. b. StimsOn, the inland navigation
engineer, will return next week and com
plete his work.
a sick horse i'm front of BIake's ma
chine shop on Wednesday attracted con-
siderable attention.
Frank Sammons is engaged in con-
structing lighter to be used in connec-
= ton with his TUG.
Supervisors Ellis and Wiley returned
ON Thursday from their trip to Saginaw
and other points outside.
very pleasant party occurred at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Watts s. Hum
phrey on Friday evening
party Of young ladies of this vii
lage enjoyed a game of croquet out of
doors on Saturday the Sth inst.
III. A. Blakes current wheel is in place,
but as yet it has not been used fer bust
ness. He will give it a trial soon.
The cold weather of the last few DAYS
has put the skating rink in a condition
that the boys are anxious to test it.
The late Louis Joilic, whose death we
noticed last week, had $1,000 policy of
fife Insurance in the Continental of
New York.
n ,rris Wertheimer moved his stock Of
goods back into his old store last Thurs
day. We suppose he will now have more
bargains TO offer.
The tug Eva English has been relieved
from her disagreeble position noticed ,st
week, and has been put upon ways by
Henry Amiot.
Rev. j. l.. Maile being absent from the
village in attendance upon the confer
ence, there will be no services at the
Congregational Church tomorrow.
w. Ii. Bullen, OF Chicago, of the firm
of Nelson & Bullen, has spent the week
here looking after his business interest
He was i'll the woods por;ion of the
time.
Mr.. ID. X. Joslyn, formerly of Cheboy-
gan, has received the appointment of
Prosecuting Attorney of Emmett County
in place of c. r. Ford, who languishes in
Grand Rapids Jail.
A petition has been circulated during
the week, AMI quite extensively signed,
asking the Council to pass an ordinance
requiring the tugs i'm use upon the river
10 put in spark screens.
Postmaster Brace has obtained quite a
culating library. His terms will be ten
cents per week, low enough SO that most
anyone car afford TO read.
The Alpena Pioneer was printed on
half sheet couple of weeks since, the
result Of the ''patent bowels" system.
whereas the Argus acknowledge the re-
ccipt of " literary curiosity. and pokes
any amount Of fun at it.
Mr.. Geo. f Brockway, of Port Huron,
the owner of the wrecking tugs Prindi-
vile. and Crusader. spent day i'm town
this week. He looked over the condi-
ton of the Mary Z. Perew, but we learned
nothing os his intentions regarding her.
The specifications for the Improvement
of inland navigation appear in another
column, Although not required by law
TO publish them, we thought that they
would be of interest to to the majority of
our readers, and might, perhaps, lead to
some additional proposals.
Any Of our readers who have copies of
the NORTHERN TRIBUNE for the dates of
January lst and Sth, and who do not pre-
serve a file of them, will confer favor
by leaving them at the Office. The de-
mand has been SO great. that, although
we printed extra numbers, We are en-
tirely out and need them to complete
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