Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-04-27

his full health tor some weeks.
The hop after the entertainment last
night was well attended, some forty
tickets being sold.
Don't fail to secure bargains at the
new clothing and dry goods store, OPP
posite Farr & Weeds new drug store.
Jay Linderman speared sturgeon in
the river, just below the dam. last Mon
day, which weighed seventy five pounds.
1t is said that the rain of the past week
has raised the water in Mullet lake four
or five inches aud filled the streams so as
to aid the numerous drives to a great ex.
tent.
Thompson Smith run down his first
boom of logs Thursday morning. the
DcCuenick towing them to Duncan from
the river.
The advance guards of the festive
mosquito brigade have put all appear
ance, and can be heard humming OF the
s'Sweet by and by" when they will
make it red hot for the natives.
The .'roarback" from the Saginaw Val
ley about pigeons feeding upon poison
Gus buds and berries, rendering their
flesh unhealthy, has bad no effect upon
the consumption of the birds in this Sec
ton.
From notice in another column, i:
will be seen that the firm of Newton
Brothers & Co., of st. Helena. b S d.
solved, Mr.. Douglass retiring. The bus
mess will be continued by the Messrs.
NewtOns.
The Detroit Evening News says that
Col. John Atkinson hast Monday entered
libel suit against the Detroit Free Press
company, for injuries done his character
i'm recent publication in that paper, in
regard to the Clark case.
| The directors of the Western Union
Telegraph company, at New York Tues
day. adopted resolutions eulosistic OF
their late president, William Orton,sand
elected DIR. Green his successor.
We learn that A. Anspach is expected
here next week with complete stock Of
all kinds OF goods. He will be accom-
panied by first ::class milliner, who eX
poets to occupy the second story OF theil
store as millinery establishment.
The onng lady, daughter of MIR. Hill
on b. River, mentioned in the TRI
BUNE last week as being sick with tht
malignant scarlet fever, died the first o
the week, and was buried Thursday
making the fourth child OF the famil!
dying within week.
We zee from the Detroit Post ant
Tribune that a reporter of that paper ha
|, been interviewing the Hon. Jas. +. 10!
in regard 10 the Michigan Central rail,
road, but nothing In regard to the pros
poets OF the Marquette & Mackinaw roat
was elected from that gentleman. Whl
; is it thus!
A telegram received by the TRIBUNl
, from Point st. lgnace states that j. Stoil
, Jew by birth. i'm The employ of 5. High
stoue, at Mackiuac Island, hung hlmsel
last Sunday night, He was twenty NV
5 yeats of age, and reported as being !
good circumstances, Temporary insail
!, ity was the alleged cause.
. Cheboygan. Mackinaw and Sault ST.
Marie have been designated as Thlr
o Class relief stations of the Marine Hos
pita. service, aud The Collectors of Gus
toms of The poris authorized TO furnis
= oct-dOor or office ,elief Oc furnish trans
poIiation 10 The nearest station wher
hospital Accommodations are provided.
1t is rumored that the Cheboyga
Amateur Dramatic club p,OE Ose playin
:, kathleen MavourB~ .n'' for the bcnef
. of the fire company. 1t they decide
do so, The play will be put on in abou
three weeks. Their performances here
tofore, and the object of this entertain
ment, should entitle them to a rousin
y house.
:. The crew of the Crusader had rae
% with an eagle during the time they WEI
. at The I.eviaihan. One of them shot
gull which fell into the lake. and w;
pOunced upon by an eagle, which. atit
fastening ON it, could not rise from III
water, They got out their yawl an
: undertook to capture it. but SIT swa
: fasier than they could row, and game
the shore, still clinging 10 the gull. !
- soon as it struck ground it arose M
scared off.
70 The Van Buren, County Republican
= last week contains the following: mott,
= of an entertainment given in Decatur,
= which Miss Carrie Davis of this villa:
:, tool: part. 1t says: "Those who had
10 opportunity to attend the enterta.nmc
D. ut the Town Hall OIL Wednesday evenil
Iy of last week, given by the young poop
of the Presbyterian Sunday school f
NJ The benefit of the school, speak in teri
\. of praise of the vocal and instrument
=, music contributed on the occasion
vi Miss Carrie Davis. OF Cheboygan. Mic
no Miss Davis was at the time the guest
. Miss Edith Keables, OF this place, al
of she kindly lent her and to the enterpri.
:, She evidently possesses geuius both as
~ singer and as an Instrumental musician