Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-07-05

The piles for Macarthur. Smith & Coz
new coal shed have all been driven, ,,
Notice the change in the time table o
the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad.
President Hayes last Monday vetoed
the marshals' fees bill, and the House by
vote of So to 63 failed to pass it ove1
the veto. slssHN
E. III. Sager has his new store on BUR-
Lake about completed. He received hi
stock Of goods on The propeller Lowell
last Tuesday. I4iif. U5ii 1853
Thursday morning the water in the
harbor underwent several variations, ris-
ing and falling some eighteen inches tc
two feet number OF times.
Frank J. Phelps, formerly of Detroit
now with C. A. Gallagher of this village
has been appointed Deputy U. s. Mar
shall. 1t IS a good appointment.
Lieut.. Davis, of the Tenth U. s. infant.
ry, who has been stationed at the Sault
has received his commission, as captain,
and will command one of the companys
stationed at Mackinaw.
The 75-hour pedestrian contest between
O'Leary and Grassland in Chicago was
finished at IL o'clock Saturday night.
OLeary. made $50 miles and laps and
Grassland 225 miles and laps.
The law reducing the kerosene oil test
went into effect last Tuesday 1t remains
to be seen whether or not the reducing
OF the standard of the oil will have any
effect on the price.
John J. Rennie, the Detroit auctioneer
was in the village this week with large
lot OF oil paintings that he wished to dis
pose, but he found poor sale for them,
the citizens not seeming to care to invest
in that line.
Senator Vest blundered into calling the
present august body, of which he is a
member, the Confederate Senate, on
Friday of last week then tried to get out
of it by saying that it would be better
for the country if it were ruled by Con-
federates. 30 roe sri. -tsfif- 81 80 r5'i air
Addressing the Confederate brigadiers
in Congress, the Louisville, Courier-Jou
nal says .Come home, you suckers.
Come home, you chuckleheads. Come
home, you knock-kneed, bandy-shanked,
bow.legged, web-footed and red-haired
varments, come home !!' ~ e .,I Z
Remember the excursion to Mackinac
on the fine steamer st. Paul, next Tues
day. for the benefit of the Cheboygan
Cornet band. Give the boys good bene-
fit and at the same time enjoy pleasant
ride Fare for the round trip only IS cts.
Horses and carriages carried free.
The Chippewa County News, in refer
ring to the break in the cable crossing the
straits, says: sit has been rumored that
the cable would Be taken up, and the
line from here discontinued, but we hard.
ly believe that the company really con-
template such a thing. However since
the line between here and Marquette was
taken up, which was, like this one. built
largely by private contribution, we have
not an over abundance of faith in the
company"
Bya typographical error. which was
overlooked by the proof reader, i'm last
weeks TRIBUNE We promoted Rev. A. P.
Morrison and made him Presiding Elder
We have no doubt of his ability to fill
that position, but know that he il not q
man who would deprive Rev. A. P.
Moores of any credit due him. Mr.
Moores was present and officiated at the
quarterly conference services, preaching
Saturday evening and at both service:
Sunday and was listened to attentively by
good audiences. i-ts't
The railroad track from Bay View tt
the head of Crooked lake is expected tt
be completed this week, and the boats OF
the inland route commence running reg
ularly, in connection Herewith, mex
week. The Northern Belle, Capt. jerks
leaving this end of the route Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at s o'clock a
m, and the Valley Queen, we presume
upon the alternate days at the same hour
With the completion of the road this will
no doubt, become a favorite route will
pleasure seekers. r 1''|
The steam yacht Mary had narrow
escape from burning, Wednesday nigh
about midnight, The fire caught in tn,
wood work forward Of the smoke stScl
and had got pretty good Roadway wheI
it was fortunately discovered by some o
the men rnnning down boom of log
for the Duncan mill and the tug Charlie
L. DeCunniuck whistled an alarm ant
soon quite a crowd congregated. Tn
early discovery enabled 1T to be put on
before any material damage was done
How it caught is not known. She arrives
from Mackinac about half past eight an
no signs ofsany fire then, and wha
should cause it. to start several hour
afterward is a mystery.