Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-11


days in town.
The Supreme Court commenced its
regular term at Lansing last Tuesday
with 155 cases ON the docket.
BoctorT. A. Perrin has removed his
residence to S. A. MattOOn's house, the
first house north of his former residence.
C. A. Gallagher received a cOnsign-
ment of fresh oysters this morning which
are having ready sale. If you want any,
call before they are all gone.
The frame of the second story of the
Cheboygan Lumber Company's new mill
IS up, and the work is being pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible.
Bets are being made on the number of
days sleighing there will be during the
coming winter. One of our leading cit
tizens wagers a pair of ten dollar pants
on 100 days.
The engineers have been sounding the
harbOr, this week, to ascertain the
amount of material that has been taken
out since the work of improving the har-
Dor commenced.
Deputy County Treasurer Maultby did
lively real estate business last Monday
and disposed of vast quantity of land
situated in this county. 1t was his an
nual clearing-Out-sale for delinquent
taxes.
A gentleman from Ohio, who was in
the village this week, expressed his SUI
prise at the greenness of vegetation in
this section, and stated that in his sec
ton of Ohio the frosts had already de-
strOyed all that was green.
Detroit wholesale dealers cheese,
tea, coffee, sugars, canned goods, ETC., re-
port prices booming. Country dealers
in the face of rising market, are buy
ing enormously, but apparently not
more than they can pay for.
1t is-hard to find any person who at
tended the entertainment last Monday
night, although the report is current
that there was full house. The gener-
al verdict seems to be that Mr.. Bates was.
fraud and did not fill the bill.
Preparations at Chicago for the recep-
ton of Grant by the army Of the Tenn
essee on 18th and 18th of next month are
being made upon plan that promises
to eclipse anything of the kind yet ten
dered to the distinguished traveller.
Mrs. M. B. Champion has returned
from Chicago with fine assortment of
millinery goods which she will display
next Monday, and desiresthat the ladies
of Cheboygan and vicinity should call
and examine goods and learn prices.
The Assistant Attorney General for
the pOstOffice department decides that
letters addressed to lottery companies,
or agents for such companies, are I'M
mailable per Sc, and pOstmasters should
refuse to register letters when so adj
dressed.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give fruit festival and so
cial next Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence Of. Mrs. j. E. Nichols. A cordial
invitation is extended to all. We have
no doubt but that all who may attend
will enjoy pleasant evening.
Among the names mentioned as Re
publican candidates for the next guber-
national nomination are those of Thomas
Palmer, of Detroit; Col. GrosvenOr, of
JOnesville; E. G. d. Holden, of Grand
Rapids; John 7. Rich, of Lapeer county,
and Charles T. Gorham, of Marshall.
Thus far Mr.. Rich seems to be ahead.
F.C. Mcdonald has his new store
room completed, has moved his stock
Ofgroceries into it, and has made large
additions of new and fresh goods to his
stock, giving him one of the best assOrt-
ments in town, all of which he is bound
to sell. The new room is neat and the
goods are tastily arranged. Give him a
call.
The Lansing Republican says: Talk
about the dangersOf railroad travell Only
10 persons were killed by the railroads
of the United States during the month
of August, while % people were killed
on their farms. Farming is called very
safe business, but these statistics show
that it is sometimes dangerous to be
SAFE"
Last Monday man entered ]. NJ
ZOrn's store and was looking at some
slippers, but did not purchase, after he
had gone Mr.. Zorn discovered that he
was short two slippers, but Mr.. man
could not be found. What makes the
matter worse, the slippers taken were
both for the left foot, so that Mr.. Zorn
has two odd slippers in stock.
An old resident of this county ap-
preached one of the leading lumber man
ufacturers of this place, the other day,
and wanted to know if he would buy
some logs of him, if he should get them
out this winter. In answer to the query
as to how many he expected to get out,
he stated about 1O,OO0OO0OOO feet. A
pretty good job for the winter that
would make.
The Lumberman's Gazette says: 'The
probabilities are that logging operations
during the coming winter will be prose-
cuted on more extensive scale than
during the previous season. Numbers
of camps have already been organized, |
and it will be but short time before
the trains running from the cities of |
the Saginaw valley on the railroads |