Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-10-13
TOWN TALK.


lumber manuf; cture-s for their winters
campaign i'm the woods.
= Bullen & Nelson are running their saw.
mill night and day, in order to cut theil
stock of logs out this season.
The Valley Queen failed to make heI
regular trip last Wednesday owing to
the river being blocked with logs.
In most parts of the state buckwheat is
out Of the way of Jack Frost; and con.
scquently the pan cake crop will bt
abundant.
The lights on the large number Of yes
sells anchored off this port last Monday
night presented the appearance of quite
a populons village.
The weather for several days has not
been very propitiOus for working OH the
town hal, but between showers the
workmen are busy putting on the roof.
The storm Wednesday prevented the
mail carrier between this village and
Mackinaw making his usual trip. He
did not start over until Thursday morn
ing.
Is it not q little singular that the towns
whose Supervisors were OIL the commit
ten f equalization had the amount OF
their tax rolls decreased, whilst nearly all
the rest were ire t.i>ed
J. A. Crookston, former resident of
this village, arrived Thursday evening
from Petoskey. He reports the road
pretty well filled with fallen timber.
blown down by the recent gale.
\ letter received from c.. A. Brace.
Cheboygan's former popular postmaster,
dated Paw Paw, Oct. A, states that he
and family expected to start Ia few
days for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they
intended locating.
Oliver Chapaton, Treasurer of Macomb
county, was the first among the county
treasurers of the state to make hi. re-
turns of the sale of state tax-lands. He
settled with the Auditor General Tues
day forenoon of last week. .,<
AT County Treasurer Maultby's great
land sale last week, 273 descriptions were
sold, bringing S1,576 81. The remain
ing dies ,riptions were bid in by the State.
The Treasurer had to make out 800 re-
ccipts in connection with the sale.
There will be meeting of the men,
bers anu congregation Of the Congrega-
gationaI church held at the church
Thursday evening next for the purpose
of.considering tie question Ola supply
for the pulpit, and such other. SuSinsss rs
may come before the meeting.
Her after the exercises of the pupils
of the public school, in defamation, es-
says, &C., will lie given every other Fri
day afternoon. These exercises are very
Interesting and should call out on each
occasion large attendance OF the parents
and those interested in Tie school.
The blow let up Tuesday, in order to
get fresh hold for Wednesday, and a
worse day than Wednesday is seldom
seen in this section. All day the wind
blew heavily from the north east, ac-
companied with steady rain. Several
steamers took refuge at Dnncan City, and
the stiaits was full of vessels at anchor
Mr.. Joseph Sawyer, Superintendent OF
The life saving stations, was i'm the village
last Monday night. He has been making
tour of the different stations located
Oh lakes Huron and Superior. He
stopped here for the purpose of visiting
the station at Forty Mile Point, and was
landed by the LeviatlIan, Tuesday, al
Rogers City.
The Detroit Evening News says the
following note was left at the office o.
that paper last Tuesday morning: Mrs
Nellie Fall, wife of the late Capt. Henry
Fall, OF Detroit. has recently become
ber, by the death OF rich relative, to
$4,000 in cash. and $1,000 in real es
tate, in Albany, N. Y. The same amonn
of cash has also been left TO her sister
Miss Mary Andrews"
There has been rumor in circulation
that those in charge of the life savin,
station at Forty Mile Point were not a
attentive TO their duties as they shouIt
be, and that the life of Blaney, who per
ishcd in MalOy's boat. might have beer
saved had they kepta good lookout MI
Sawyer, the Sup, rinte .nlent of the sta
tons, says he thinks there~is 10 founda
Son for any such rlimor; that the maj
in charge is considered one of The bcs
men in that service.