Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-08-16


brisk this week. .,s.,4, >o,.r
Our village has been full of visitors
this week the hotels all being well filled.
The whole amount appropriated for
the improvement of st. Mary's river and
st. Mary's Falls canal has been $2,OOo.
600.
General Sherman is reported as ad-
vising the gradual abandonment of fort
Mackinac, and also fort Porter, at Buff
falO.
The ChebOygan base ball club expect
to visit Alpena the first week in Septem-
Der, to play a return game with the Nep-
tunes.
We would call attention to +. C. Me-
Donald's new advertisement. Look and
see the prices at which he is offering
first-class goods.
As the stay of Rev. A. P. Morrison has
been prolonged over another Sabbath,
there will be no services at the Methodist
church tomorrow: * ~ !
Henry Amiot has been doing lively
business this week at his ship yard.
Three steamers have been in his hands
for repairs beside sailing crafts.
F.C. Mcdonald, corner of Main and
Third streets, has just received a large
lot of white clover honey in one pound
boxes. Try box, you viii find it first
class.
There will be preaching at the Con-
gregational church tomorrow morning
and evening, by Rev. ]. Homer Parker.
A cordial invitation is extended to all to
attend. No NlT Z ifHR OH
Chas A. Smolk has leased a lot on
Main street, on the corner opposite A. P.
Newton's store, and is building livery
stable thirty-three byssixty feet and two
stories high.
The base ball match last Saturday
afternoon between the watermill boys
and the Cheboygan club, resulted in ia
vor of the latter by::a score of "a to IL in
a game of five innings.
Last Tuesday afternoon severe storm
visited our village, Trees We're blown
down. Awnings stripped and for short
time the rain came down in chunks.
Growing corn was badly demoralized.
There will be meeting of | the base
ball club at Todd's hall next Monday
evening at eight o'clock, to which all in
terested i'm base ball matters are invited.
1t is DESTROYS that there be a good at
tendance.
We have been requested to announce a
meeting of the gun club at DR.. PERKINS,
Office next Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock. As business of importance will
come before the meeting it is desired
that there be full attendance of all in
terested. f,.r5g-
The concert of the Sappho Quartette
Saturday night drew out a good house.
the attendance being much greater than
at their first. All were delighted with
the entertainment, and no doubt would
be glad to have the ladies visit our vii
lage again. hia fHo1f az 's "
Mr.. Chas. Bateman, of Grand Rapids,
the winner in the Grand Rapids city
tournament, has challenged S. LeGault,
Jr., of this place, to correspondence
match of four games of checkers, which
challenge has been promptly accepted,
The inland route between Petoskey
and Cheboygan is growing quite popular
with tourists, We have, heard number
express themselves very much delighted
with the trip and the boats on the line
are doing . good BUSINESS carrying
large numbers of passengers both ways
The accident to Henry Swartz last
week, mention Of which was made in the
TRIBUNE, was more serious than at first
supposed, in addition to the breaking Of
his collar bone he was seriously bruised
otherwise and the wonder is that he was
not crushed and killed etiitt rlNf
A large surveying party is at work
stalking out the channel, making sound
ings, and locating boulders and shoals
on the Sault river. The entire river will
be surveyed and staked out, and new
channels located, which, it is anticipated
will considerably shorten the distance
from Lake Superior to Lake Huron.
There will be a business meeting al
the Congregational church next Wednes-
day evening at eight o'clock. tits earn
estly desired that all interested in the
welfare of this church should be present
The question of a pastor will come be.
fore the meeting, and there should be a
full attendance of all interested. Let
there be a full turnout. . = 3 "a : q.
The work of erecting the new build
ing at the State Fair grounds at Detroit
for the accommodation of exhibitors
from the northern counties was com.
menced this week. The building will
be 4Ox1OO feet. The expense will be
borne by the Jackson, Lansing & Sag.
inaw; Grand Rapids & Indiana and the
Flint & Pere Marquette railroads.
Last Sunday night there was beauti-
full meteoric display. Shooting stars
were numerous and about nine o'clock a
brilliant meteor made its appearance in
the heavens, starting from the north and
passing over the village in southerly
direction Illuminating the heavens with
its brilliancy. It's fash was as vivid as