Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-04-20
TOWN TALK.

BulIen & Nelson expect to start up
their mill for the season next week.
There is great rejoicing at the house oil
j. w. Linderman, over a little baby girl.
Cases and cases of new clothing and
dress goods just received at the new cheap
cash store.
Wild pigeons continue rs numerous as
ever. and everybody can have pigeon pie
that wants it.
The crew of the tug Crusader enjoy
theirleisure moments in shooting pigeons
as they fly over the tug.
The Champlain, Thursday night. took
out several barrels of dead pigeons and
twenty coops of live ones. They were
for Detroit.
Crop reports from the northwest give
the average of wheat at 90 per cent
greater than last year, the prospects un
equaled, and vegetation month ahead
of time.
Horace Greeley said "the way to re-
sumo is to resume" Several of the west
ern banks have come to the same conclu-
sion, and are carrying it out by r .deem-
ing their bills, upon demand. in specie.
The East Saginaw and Bay City game
protection clubs have caused the arrest of
four persons for killing nesting pigeons
ut Petoskey. sand more arrests are to be
made. The Michigan game clubs are
around, and propose to enforce the law
TO the fullest extent.
Owing TO the removal of VIM. F. De
Puy, ticket agent OF the Grand Rapids
IS Indiana railroad at this place. the COM
pany have decided to close their office
here for the present. 1t is probable,
however, tina. arrangements will be made
soon for another agency.
The prospects of a large increase of the
population by immigration were never
more promising than for this season.
Every boat that lands brings more or
less persons coming i'm to make their
iiOmCS Jul hii-iots 0iO, 10 tbC SCdSOii
advances, the number coming promises
TO increase.
The Board of Directors of the Agri-
cultural society met at the office OF w.
s. Humphrey, Wednesday night, but as
number were absent it WAS thought
better to adjourn for one week, the
evening OF the 18th inst. when it was
thought the absent members of the
Board would would be present, as they
are Supervisors, and the Board of Super
visors bad meeting called for that day.
Theodore Knock. OF the firm of Ans
pach 81 Co., of Alpena. returned from
the east last Sunday, with a large and
fashionable stock of clothing and gents
wear. A. Anspach lett Alpena the next
day for New York, to purchase dry
goods and millinery goods. When he
returns ore of the firm will come TO
Cheboygan with large stock of goods
of every description, for their new cheap
cash store.
A family named Hill, living up Black
river, has suffered with severe attack of
malignant scarlet fever, which has proved
exceedingly fatal. The first child was
taken down last Saturday evening, since
when they haye buried three children.
two girls aud IA boy-the girls being IL
and Il gears of age, and the boy years.
iEe understand that another daughter,
agel IL years, is III a very critical condi-
ton from the same disease.
The Camden County Courier, Had
d nieid, N. j. of the l2rh.in'st says Rev.
Oh rles Pitlnan Whitecar, of Cheboygan
M. E, ::church. Michigan. preached an
IL .boElte and interesting sermon in the
II. Z. church OF this Borough, on Sun
day last. He sketched forciblv the SUI
I erficial man, and developed the true and
llsetnl as the right aim of manhood
us well as its proper basis. Mr..
Whiteear is thoughtful, earnest, clear
and impressive speaker"
Rev. Il. N. Thompson. pastor of the
Congregational church. commenced last
Sunday n series of sermons ION the par
able of the "Prodigal Son." and will
preach two more discOurses from that
parable tomorrow. His sermons last
Sabbath were listened TO with the strict
est attention by the large audiences pres
ent. Ihis series OF sermons promises to
lie very interesting and should be heard
by all. The honr for evening service has
been changed from to ~ o'clock.
Last week Peter Deitz made applica-
ton to Circuit Court Commissioner
Brown for a writ of hdbeas corpus, to re-
cover the person of his little daughter
from Andrew Hudson. A hearing was
had last Saturday, when it Yves shown
that the little girl was stopping with Mr..
Hudson of her own free will. The Com
missioner decided that Mr.. Deitz should
have his child, but should pay the costs.
twas incidentally dezelaped that the
little girl, who is only nine or ten years
of age, had been subject to fearful abuse
at the hands of her stepmother. Mrs.
Dei'z, and 1t was undoubtedly this fact
that c,used ber to run away and seek
protection in q moro C 'ngenial hcme