Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-09-20
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The Marine City arrived this morn
ing on her usual time.
Our village was visited by a slight
hail storm last Tuesday morning.
Arrangements are being made to re-
paint st. Mary's, Catholic. church.
1t has rained, more or less every day
this week and good prospect for more to
come. W @ ~
They are talking at Petoskey of or
ganizing an Emmett county military
company. aa oas.
Rev. A. P. Morrison and family expect
to leave on the Lawrence this evening
on their way to Portland.
Mr.. VIM. Stewart, of Duncan, has left
at the TRIBUNE Office an early rose pota-
to that weighs two pounds.
Watts S. Humphrey left Wednesday,
via. the inland route to attend the En-
met county circuit court which opened
Thursday.
Smith Brothers received new plain
ing machine on the Oswegatchie last
Thursday. 1t will surface both sides,
match and bead at the same time and
has capacity of 10000 feet per day.
Quite number of our citizens have
been attending the the state fair this
week, quite crowd going down on the
Marine last Saturday and number more
taking the Northern Transit steamers.
.l The balance of cash in the State Treas
ury September 9th. was 1851 ,584.41; re-
ceipts for the week ending September
18th. were $15, 1852; payments for same
time $4S,35O.41; leaving balance Sep
TENDER 18th, 1879, of $64s, 3O3.52; decrease
for the week $50, 1876.
The PetOskey Record says since the
Brutus House, Maple river, has passed into
the hands of L. Blayney, it has been thor
Oughly renovated, painted, and otherwise
improved and now offers the very best
accommodations to both man and beast.
A dam is to be built next month, and a
frst-class mill will be built and running
early in the spring.
The wrestling match last Saturday
night, in Detroit, between ]. H. McLaugh-
lin and Thiebaud Baur, resulted in vic
tory for the Michigan champion. The first
round, collar and elbow, was won by Nc
Laughlin in three minutes; the second,
Gr@co-Roman, was won by Bauer in
twenty-seven minutes; the third round,
catch-as-catch-can, was won by Nc
Laughlin in seven minutes.
Edward DObsOn, a homesteader, 80
years old, living six miles south of Mack
nav City, was drowned last Saturday by
the capsizing of skiff while crossing
Carp lake. He attempted to swim ashore
but went down after swimming about
ten rods. George Burdell, who was with
him, chung to the boat and was saved.
Dobson leaves wife in poor circum-
stances. The body had not been recoy-
cred at latest advices.
The Detroit conference adopted a re-
port recommending as the sense of the
conference that no camp-meetings be
held on Sunday with open gates. Mem
bers in the northern and less thickly
populated portions of the conference
where there were no inclOsed grounds,
protested against the passage of the res
olution; but the more general opinion
was that it was time for the church to
take some decided stand against Sabbath
dissertation. r ~rr1c
Bishop Harris was consecrated at st.
Paul's church, Detroit, last Wednesday.
The church was crowded and large num-
bers were unable to gain admittance and
left badly disappointed. A large number
of noted dignitaries of the church were
present, including the bishops of several
states. The church was handsomely
decorated and the ceremonies were i'm
pressing and interesting. The new
bishop is only 3S years of age, of tall
and commanding figure.
In regard to the exhibit from the
northern counties at the State Fair the
Post and Tribune says: "Notice has
been received of exhibits forwarded from
Chippewa, Alpena, Cheboygan, Emmett,
Charlevoix, Grand Traverse. Antrim,
Kalkaska, Missaukee, Glare, Mason, Lake
and Altoona. When the display in this
building is completed we shall expect to
see farmers in Lenawee, Kalamazoo and
Branch preparing for an exodus to the
north. The exhibit will be as much of
a surprise to them as that Of Kansas
an Colorado was to the farmers Of the
older States at the Centennial.
Amoye is being made looking to the
building of a bridge in Burt township
across Indian river, near where it emp
ties into Mullet lake. In another col
umn will be found a notice from the
township board, Commissioner of High
ways and the citizens of that town, of
their intention to apply to the Board of
Supervisors at their annual meeting in
October for permission to construct the
same. The bridge, proposed, will be L.
125 feet in length and 16 feet wide, sup
ported on piles having span, over the
the channel, Y feet in length and 16
feet above water, for the benefit of navi-
CATION.
Col. H. G.. Davis, County Surveyor, was
up last week on Indian river and run
the base lines for a village plat. The
land is owned by Mr.. f. E. Martin, and
is the northeast quarter of section "a in
town 80, range west. Mr.. Martin has
an engineer at work completing the