Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-02
TOWN TALK.
Business has been extremely lively
about the harbor this week

Business has been extremely lively
about the harbor this week.
IS Choice butter. received fresh every
week, at G. r. Robinson & Co.'S.
There will be services at both churches
tomorrow, morning and evening, at
the usual hours.
o-sI Mr. Spiller is among the sufferers from
the fires. having had twenty or thirty
cords of wood burned up.
Next Tuesday night viii be the night
for the first regular meeting oftne Coun-
ell for the present month.
There Will be found full line Of
groceries, provisions and vegetables Of
a. all kinds. at C. r. Robinson 81 Co.'S.
= A propeller was reported ashore yes
terday afternoon in Hammond's bay. The
Prindiyiile started down to aid her IN
getting off.
a'CCah upon the Marshalat the Council
room Saturday of each week, up to the
10th inst, pay yosr village taxes. and
save the per centage.
There has been reduction in lenu1n-
: Der in attendance at the public school
this week of oEer sixty pupils. They
were all on hand, however, to see the
circus come III Thursday.
Judging from the large attendance
= at the circus Thursday. night, one
would not suppose that there WAS not
much of financial pressure bnrdeniug
the citizens OF Cheboygan. ia
Capt. Sinclair. with the wrecking tug
Prindiville, left yesterday afternoon to
assist the schooner Our Son, which was
reported ashore at Zela Shoals, but when
She reached there the schooner had got
TT-'cafi, Ta1 n n8n
The work of putting up the new swing
bridge is progressing rapidly, and the APP
proaches are being planked. 1t is ex-
peeted that by the middle of next week
the bridge will be in a condition to ac-
commodate travel.
1t Is now definitely settled that there
will be june term of the circuit court
commencing next Tuesday, arrange
ments being made with Judge Goodwin
to hold the court. Quite number of
eases are expected TO come to trial. and
our lawyers are busy getting ready for
business.
A contract has been let to repair the
bridge, burned last week over the gulley
( on the Black river road, for the sum of
two hundred dollars. The settlers beyond
tile gulleysuffer considerable inconveni-
ence from the loss of this bridge. the riv-
er, their other means of reaching the viii
lage, being filed with logs, which inter
feres with their getting up and down.
We understand that the manufacturing
OF brooms is to be added to the indus
tries of our village, and. although to be
commenced upon small scale, we will
be glad 10 welcome the enterprise to our
village. Every new undertaking i'm the
way OF mandatory adds to our pros
perity, and although this may be of
TO be an important branch of business.
Capt. Chas. K. Kirkland left Wednesday
with the wrecking tug Leviathan to go
to the relief OF the schooner +. w. Gif-
fore, which is high and dry OH Lime
stone Island, east side OF Geo gian bay.
The Clifford was light, aud it is thought
4 that it will be necessary to raise her mp
and launch her in order TO get her off
Capt. Kirkland thought that it would re-
quire about two weeks work TO get her
afloat
Wednesday, Sheriff Paqnerte received
wvrl from Duncan City that man in
that plice was endeavoring to create Il
disturbance with every person he met,
aud il was presumed he was insane, as
lse did not Sesm TO be under the influence
ct liquor. The Sheriff went down anu
brought hirn up aud lodged him III Jail
and there seems 10 be no doubt about
his insanity! Ayhtt disposition will be
made OF the case we do not know. He is
evidently not a safe person to be left at
large. usNI :
MIR. John Ford has received the APP
poinrinent OF postmaster of this village.
The necessary bonds were received Tues
day evening. and as soon as returned to
the department at Washington and prop
crly filed, Mr. Ford will be duly com
missioned and authorized to assume the
duties OF tue office. lie has been assist
ing MIR. Brace for several days III the du-
ties of the office, in order to get IL correct
insight into the business. Mr.. Ford is a
very pleasant gentleman. and will doubt
less fill the Office to ,:,,.sf. c,iosl Il ali
our citizens.