Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-17
TOWN TALK.

business In CneDOygan Is picking up.
Quite variety of weather this week
Snow, rain, hail, thunder and lightning
1t is reported that the pigeons have
commenced nesting near Douglass lake
Our hardware merchants have com.
menced displaying their gardening
tools.
Chicken feed and hog fodder are abun
dant in this market. A cargo OF we
corn near by.
Big bargains in dry goods and read!
made clothing at the cheap cash store o.
Anspach & Co. IFt
A meeting of the newly elected Boar(
of Supervisors has been called fOl
Wednesday, April 18th.
The benefit rendered by the ladies o.
Cheboygan, to Prof. Sweet, Tuesday even
ing, was grand success.
The schooner Ganges came to anchor
of this harb0r, Thursday with q damaged
rudder. Amiot is repairing it.
This morning opens up more like
spring, and the indications are that thu
storm is over for the present.
We are indebted to Allen Smith, OF
OxckOu, LUZ ldto COplcS VI LILO Ootl1
OregOnian, published at Portland.
The ladies of Cheboygan and vicinity
should not forget Miss Nellie Smart's
grand opening Of Millinery next Satur.
day.
Robert Patterson is getting the founda.
ton ready for q double dwelling house
on Water street, between Third and
Division streets.
The Spencer House has the large lamp
loaned by the village, up; and OF dark
night its radiance lightens that part OF
our village very acceptably.
Macarthur, Smith & Co. have piles out
ther into the straits and the work of driv-
ing will soon be commenced.
Geo. P. Humphrey has received the
freight rates of the Northern Transit Co.,
from Chicago to this port. They are
about the same as last year.
We have received through the kind
ness of Senator Baldwin copy of the
eulOgies on the late Zachariah Chandler,
delivered in the House and Senate.
The Lansing Republican says an
engineer is now engaged in finding the
best route for the extension of the j. L.
& S. railroad to the straits of Mackinaw.
The House Committee on Commerce
has recommended an appropriation of
prOvements at the Sault Ste. Marie river
and canal.
1t is stated that Ben Hill will resign
from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections in case the Democratic majority
of the Senate refuses to sustain him in
the Kellogg case.
Owing to the rapid increase of the pop
ulati0n of our village or else from the
immense appetites Of our citizens, since
Lent, the meat markets are unable to
meat the demand.
HI. A. Todd has confidence in the rapid
increase of the population of Cheb0ygan,
at least he has brought in large stock of
baby carriages in anticipation of the
coming generation.
We understand Smith Brothers are go
ing to build handsome steam yacht for
the benefit of the patrons Of their new
summer hotel, the Mullet Lake House,
at the head of Mullet Lake.
Town Clerk Embury reports that there
are about 100 books now out from the
town library. From notice in another
column, it will be seen he desires them
brought in.
There was a corner on butter the first
of the week and the price run up to IS
cents per pound. The arrival of the st.
Paul knocked the bottom out and the
price dropped.
At the examination of Mrs. Joseph
Burns, last Monday, the bottom fell out
OF the prosecution. The complaining
witness being deaf and dumb, the inter-
prefer could not make him understand
the nature of an oath.
The Evening News says: "The fourth
commandment as interpreted by the
Michigan Central railroad company, is:
Remember the Sabbeth day and keep it
(w)holy for the purpose of building iron
bridges to replace 0ld-fashi0ned wooden
ones.
The Lansing Republican gives the fol.
lowing COOL advice: Again we say to the
Republicans who wandered away after
the Greenback heresy, come home, take
your places In the good old party once
more, and help rs fight the battle Of
1880 on the side of fair elections and
equal rights for all men.
The patent right swindlers are get
ting in their work In the southern part
of the state, and now that navigation Is
open they may put In appearance here.
We would caution farmers, and others,
to be wary about accepting agencies and
signing contracts or they may find de-
mand to pay note when they least ex.
pect it.
Work is progressing on the new addi-
tiOn to the Grand Central Hotel. As soon
as the building is completed Mr.. Mills
will enlarge his dining room by remOy-
ing the partition between the present
dining room and what is now used as
akitchen. This will afford him addition
al room sufficient to set three more tables
when necessary.
Thursday afternoon Joseph Affair, ST.
had both arms and one hand seriously
bitten by q vicious dog he owns. He
visited DR.. BOwes and had the wounds
looked after. The doctor washed them
out with chemical preparation to neu-
tralize any poisonous effects of the bites
and does not apprehend any serious con-
sequences. He recommended that the
dog be killed as preventative of future
attacks.
The Democratic organs are greatly ex-
ercised over who the Republicans shall
nominate as candidate for President
and are rendering kind advice as ia
whom they should not nominate. They
need be more exercised about q candi-
date for their own party. The Republi-
cans are able to run their own c0nven-
ton. Of one thing they may be assured
the nominee of the Republican party