Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-07-12
TOWN TALK.
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low url1tS are all gone.
1t is expected that the excavation for
he foundation of the new Jail will be
commenced next week.
Merritt Chandler started Wednesday
With crew of men to commence work
On the Little Traverse and Pressure Isle
state road.
Our Merchants must be getting
at least one would think SO
from the number of safes that have been
received this week.
The piles driven by the Cheboygan
Lumber company, at the mouth of the
river are being sawed preparatory to
Gaping for the plank of the dock.
The pile driver was at work this week.
driving new piles under the east ap-
prOach to the bridge in place of those
Orn out by lighter short time since.
The "huckleberry" harvest has COM
menced and 10" is full of business.
The crop promises to be abundant and
large shipments are being made al
ready, almost every day.
The members of the ChebOygan COrnet
band are practicing about every night
under the instruction of W. j. Smith,
and the result can be seen by the great
improvement in their playing.
The employees of the water mill and
of the ChebOygan Lumber company in
dulged in game of base ball on the
grounds of the ChebOygan Base Bal
club last Saturday afternoon. The game
resulted in favor of the water mill
nine.
A survey of DOdd's creek will be made
next week, preliminary to clearing the
stream out. 1t will be remembered that
Senator Bell got bill through the Leg
islature authorizing the Board of Con-
troll to appropriate one section of land
for that purpose.
The band boys turned out last Monday
night in their new uniforms for the first
time. They presented very neat ap-
pearance. The uniforms are of dark
blue color, ornamented with gold braid
and while not so guady as some suits
we have seen, are very neat indeed. The
suits were furnished by s. LeGault &
Co. of this village.
Miss Josie Burns took dose of cOrO-
siye sublimate last Thursday night, il
is claimed by mistake, and had a very
narrow escape from dying. DR.. GerOw
was summoned within a few minutes
after she had taken it, and administered
the proper antidOtes to counterfeit the
poison. 1t was owing to the prompt
treatment that her life was saved.
Jerome Murray, of Toledo, o., president
of the temperance club OF. that city, is ex-
pected in the village next week and il
is expected will address our citi.
zens on the subject of temperance. Mr.
Murray is recommended as anearnesi
worker in the cause, and as an enter.
tanning speaker. Due notice will be
given of the time and place of meeting
There is a chance for our citizens tt
distinguish themselves and at the same
time serve the village, by destroying the
thistles and docks growing upon theil
premises and the streets adjacent. II
not done, in year or so they will take
the town. Now is the time to destroy
them before the blossoms are ripened
and the seeds scattered far and wide by
the wind.
We would call the attention of thu
Cheboygan society for the prevention Of
cruelty to animals to case which occur
red this week, and we think it should bt
looked after. On one of the warmes1
days of the week single horse was seer
drawing through the streets, in buggy
the Supervisor of Benton and our worthy
State Senator, all at one load. To say tn,
least it was hard on the buggy.
The Northern Belle started up on tn,
inland route last Monday as per an
nOuncement in last weeks TRIBUNE, bu
found Crooked river so full of logs as t.
be impossible, and Capt. jerks wa
obliged to return. He brought his pas
sengers back and refunded their fare
1t seems to us that by proper manage
ment logs might be run through tn
rivers of this route without completed
blocking up the passage. We under
stand the logs referred to had been lay
ing in the river for nine or ten day
blocking it the whole of that time.
There will be two grand entertain
ments, consisting of vocal and instru
mental music, reading and tableaux, a
the Town Hall, Friday and Saturda
evenings, July 18th and 10TH Our cit
zens will have the pleasure of witness
ing the finest display of tableaux tina
has ever been exhibited in Cheboygar
under the management of Mr.. Jane
Vanderbilt, of New York, who has kindl
volunteered to arrange and superinten
the same. Friday night entertainment
will be for the benefit of the COngrega
tional Sunday school, Saturday night TO
the ChebOygan Silver COrnet Band. Tn
band will be present each night.
There was quite an exciting runawa
last Thursday. A team belonging
John Dawson, of TuscarOra, attached t
buggy in which was Mr.. Dawson an
f. M. SammOns, was frightened and CAV
sudden jump, when the band of on
whiffle tree came off and the trace struc
one of the horses and off they started, q