Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-04-12
)xioiaI Paper ofthe County and village
TOWN TALK.

The fire company was out for practice
Wednesday evening.
The April term of the supreme court
opened at Lansing last Tuesday with 10
cases on the docket.
The snow has disappeared from the
streets of the village, the frost is about
out and the mud pretty we'll dried up.
Robert Robinson is to be congratulated.
Monday be was surprised by being elect
ed Supervisor, and the same day became
a father. 1t is fine boy.
The mail came through on runners
Wednesday, and if it could be called
sleighing, we have had 123 days OF con-
secutive sleighing this winter.
Do not forget the walking match at
the Town Hall next Monday evening.
GIVE the band good benefit, the boys
deserve it. A social hop will be given at
the close of the walking.
At Charleston, S. c., hard freeze
Thursday night, last week, seriously
damaged the early vegetable crops. The
loss to truck farmers around Charleston
is estimated at quarter of million.
The water in the river is lower than it
has been known for years. The wooden
pier for the swing bridge, which was sup
posed to be below low water mark, is now
three or four inches above the water.
An exchange says: You can't adver-
tise enough IN week to last a whole
Year. any more than you can eat enough
in seven days to last 365; and yet some
men, so-called business men, seem to
think So"
The Post and Tribune says Mr.. Horr's
maiden speech in the House, Thursday,
was short-it was only one word long
but it completely knocked the bottom
out of the elaborate Confederate non
sense of Mr.. Bright, OF Tennessee, and
brought down the House.
The state news editor of the Lansing
Republican pays the Tribune the follow
ing compliment: The Cheboygan Tri-
bune is bright, clean, newsy, and al
together a most excellent, well-managed
paper. The builder of this column is
Indebted to it for many valuable items.
ii. Amiot is building lighter for
Jared Dingman, of Mackinac, for carry
ing a steam hammer. or pile driver.
which is being manufactured for Mr..
Dingman in Buffalo, and which he in
tends using in driving stakes for his
pond nets. The lighter will be 35 feet
long, IA feet wide and and feet deep.
A short time since case came up in
one of our justice courts and was thrown
out on the plea that it was of too ancient
date to be tried at this late day, the pa
pers issued by the justice having been
dated A. D. 179. The attorney for the
defense thought that LOO years was al
together too long a time to elapse with
out bringing it to trial.
In one of the townships of this county
warrant was wanted for the arrest
of certain party. Two of the justices
consulted over the matter, and had quite
time in finding the necessary form, hut
at last succeeded in finding form they
thought would answer, but when it came
TO the writing of it, they were stuck,
neither of them could write.
In the q. S. Senate Monday, Senator
Logan presented a petition signed by
over 200 members of the Board OF Trade
of Chicago, ILL.,, in favor of legislation by
which all railroads may be authorized to
construct and maintain telegraph lines
for their own and the public use, on the
ground that the expense connected with
telegraphing under the present system is
SO great rs to be serious burden to the
business and commerce of the country.
AS will be seen from her advertise
ment i'm another column of this issue,
Mrs. NJ. B. Champion has secured Mrs.
Rogers well known millinery stand, just
north of the TRIBUNE office. where she
will soon open up with complete stock
Of millinery goods. She will leave for
Chicago the early part of next week to
purchase her stock. As Mrs. Champion
is lady of excellent taste, the ladies of
Cheboygan can be assured of a fine line
of goods from which to select.
Messrs. Macarthur, Smith & Co. have
furnished specifications to several De-
trOit ship-builders, for the new propeller
they contemplate building, with the re-
quest that they make bids for the same.
These specifications call for boat 173
feet keel, 80 feet beam, and Is feet hold.
One popularity concerning her will be
that she is to have q center-board, some
thing that most vessel builders have
been accustomed to look upon as obsolete
upon steam craft.
Last Saturday, owing to the demand
for election tickets and Slips we were
somewhat crowded with work so that all
hands were rushed, and owing to this
fact, in our hurry in writing up the en-
tertainment, we omitted to mention that
Mr.. B. j. Vanderbilt, who probably did
more work than any other person con-
nected with the entertainments, was
largely entitled to the credit for the adj
mirable manner i'm which the various
tableaux were presented and their sue
cess was in great measure due 10 his
excellent taste and judgment.