Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-06-26
The Range Lights.

The work of constructing the long
wished for and much needed range lights
for our harbOr is progressing favorably,
under the supervision of Mr.. Charles
DObsOn, foreman of light house works.
The frames of both lights are well un-
der way. The lower light, situated on
Water street, in the rear of the Cass
house will consist of dwelling house
for the keeper of the lights, and tower
for the light. facing the lake. The main
building will q by 81 feet, two stories
high. Upon the lower floor will be a
sitting room, kitchen, bed room, oil
room and hall, with wood shed i'm the
rear. Upon the upper floor will be one
large bed chamber, one small one and a
large closet. The tower will be 60 feet
in height and the light 80 feet above
ground. The whole resting upon good
substantial stone foundation, having a
good cellar within the full size of the
main building. The stone for the fOunda-
tiOn were brought from Bois Blanc island
by the scOw Robert Emmett and are first
class.
The upper light, situated on the same
street, just north of the Douglass house,
will consist of skeleton tower "a by "a
feet at the base, and 10 by 10 feet at the
top, with room IL feet square i'm the
upper portion of the tower The height
of the tower will be 75 feet, and the light
80 feet above the ground. The lights
will be of sufficient power to be seen at
distance of from II to 15 miles, and
will afford vessels every facility for en-
tering the harbOr, and being SO much
higher than any other lights in the vii
lage will prevent them from being con-
founded with the numerous lights which
can be seen from the straits. Mr.. DObsOn
thinks the towers will be completed and
the lights in operation inside of three
months.
When they came to run out the site
for the upper light it was found that
about One-third of the Douglass House
barn was located upon the ground upon
which the light was to be put. There
not being room upon the lot of the hotel
to move the barn the only resort was to
cut it away, and accordingly about one
third of the barn was sliced off.
Teachers Institute.
o. B. Weed, principal of our public
school has received a letter from G.. A.
Cover, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tiOn, announcing Teachers Institute
for ChebOygan county, to be held in the
village during the week beginning
August 23rd, and requesting Mr.. Weed
to act as local committee to make ar
rangements for the same. The institute
held here last year, although not so
largely attended as it should have been,
proved of very great interest to those
who attended it, and many valuable sug-
gestiOns were made and much useful in
formation for those interested i'm educa-
tiOn impaired. The coming institute
should be ATTENDED by every teacher in
the county. The names of the conductor
and assistant have not yet been annOunc-
ed, but all may rest assured that Super
intendent Cover will select those of
large experience i'm educational matters
and who stand high i'm the profession.
The success of the institute depends
greatly upon the teachers i'm our county
and other citizens interested i'm educa-
tiOnal matters. If all take an interest i'm
it and work to make it success it is
bound to succeed and cannot fail of do
ing good, but if no interest is taken in
it, its failure is inevitable. Let every
teacher arrange to be i'm attendance. A
little effort on their part will secure
large attendance and the result cannot
fail to be beneficial to them and the
cause of education i'm our county. These
institutes are very highly appreciated
where their benefits have been felt and
it will not do for Cheboygan county to be
behind her sister counties i'm this impor-
tant matter.
A GENTLEMAN who recently arrived in
Chicago from tour through the tier of
southern states says: 81 was everywhere
met in the South with the remark that
success to the Democratic party in 1880
meant a vindieatlOn of the cause of the
COlfederacy which was lost by the
wager of battle. Time and again was i
asked to answer Why. if Confederate SOL