Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-08-03

CclteO Ill MOOIc 3.
Regular meeting of the Village Coun
Gil next Tuesday evening.
The schooner Davidson is aground
near Mackinac City. Is out eight inches
forward but afloat aft. The Leviathan
was telegraphed for and has gone to hel
assistance.
Business upon the river has beer quiet
lively this week. The harbor having
seven or eight vessels in at a time Loaf
ing lumber and timber besides the calls
of the regular steamers, one or more
every day.
There is to be grand excursion from
Traverse City on the magnificent steam
er City of Traverse. to Mackinac to
attend The great mass meeting to organ
ize Marquette monument association
Thursday ofnext week.
Archie Smith, employed in camp No.
2. of Thompson Smiths. has been detect
ell in forging the name of VIM. Greer,the
foreman of the camp. to time certificates
and selling the same. AS consequence
he languishes in the bastile to await trial.
The Marquette lighthouse was recently
struck by lightning. which penetrated
to the oil-room, playing havoc with the
lath. plasteriEg, and wainscoting, and
tearing to pieces one of the timbers Of
small trcssle-work attached to the
building. The keeper and his family
were badly frightened, but escaped I'M
Injured.
The annual camp meeting at Buy
View camp grounds. Petoskey, CON-
menced last Tuesday. A large attend
ance during the meeting is expected.
We understand the boats on the inland
route intend Issuing round trip tickets
ut reduced rates for.the benefit of any of
our citizens who desire to attend the
meetings.
Passengers Or boats bound for Chicago
or Detroit frequently leave letters with
the agent here. to mail, directed to those
places. They are doubtless surprised
upon their arrival i'm those places to find
that the letters do not reach their des-
tina;ion until some time after the bouts,
and yet such is the case all the time. The
boats to either Chicago or Detroit MAX
ing better time than the mail from here
10 those cities.
Yesterday morning a sailboat loaded
with numerous representatives OF the
.'noble reds" male aud female, came to
the village and about the first thing the
male members of the party did was to in
lulge in fire-water and by night were in
Il happy condition, so much so that many
of them had become so strongly attached
to village life that they were 10Th to re-
turn TO their native wilds and it was
only with the greatest difficulty that
they could be induced to enter the boat
for return home.
We have been shown some specimens
of oats and wheat grown on Mr.. Rollo's
arm which we think worthy OF notice.
There is one stool of oats containing six
teen heads, some of which measure
twenty inches in length and all are we'll
filled. The wheat is spring wheit of the
white Russian variety. The straw meas
ures over four feet in length with heads
full six riches long and will average
seventy-five kernels to the head. Mr..
Rollo does not think that the specimens
shown are any more than average of the
whole field.
The Michigan Farmer announces an
excursion from Detroit to the ''burnt
lands of The Munusoong" which will
take place about the 18th Of this month.
r. F. tombstone. editor of the Farmer
will accompany the excursion. lie
speaks in the highest terms of the soil
and advantages. and advises all who are
thinking OF looking for locations for new
homes to embrace the opportunity afford
ed by this excursion and visit these lands
and says: 1.-The time will be we'll spent
and it will give all who 90 up. a view OF
northern Michigan very different from
that which they lave accustomed to
take"
Last week the National Grecnback
party had representative in the person
of Lyman Stowe visit our village and
spout in its behalf. As a drawing card
he did prove much of success, which
would indicate that the citizens OF Che
boygar are generally i'm favor of honest
money. Mr.. Stowe, In illustrating his
theory said that if he could not get Il
nickel-plated yard stick he believed in
making one of pine, thirGy-six inches
long. This is just exactly the princi-
pie, as We understand 1t. that the advO-
Gates of honest money contend for Thir-
ty-six inches constitutes legal yard the
world over and those who contend for
honest money only desire that dollar
shall have the value of a dolll. under ali
circumstances.
The Eclipse.