Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-09-04
TOWN TALK.

lCarkln, Stickney " Grams dredge is
at work for the ChebOygan Lumber
company.
1t is now lawful to shoot wild ducks
and our sporting men are getting their
guns in condition to take in some of the
sport.
The Cheboygan Lumber company have
had the pile driver at work this week
driving piles for further extension of
their lumber dock towards the straits.
See Miss Libby Walton's advertise
ment of a select school. Miss Walton
has taught several terms since she has
resided in the village, and has always
given. satisfaction.
A gentleman came down on the inland
route Thursday with fawn which was
captured mp on Burt Lake. 1t is quite
tame.1 He took it below on an N. I.
steamer last night.
If the Petoskey base ball club are Uery
anxious, for another game with the
Eurekas we should not think they would
hesitate to accept the proposition of the
latter club to play at Mackinac.
Prospect hill continues to improve.
Two new residences are being built, one
by VIM. Vanderbilt Immediately south
of his brother B. ]. Vanderbilt's cottage
and the other by Thomas HOdson.
Some craft or raft run over the Spite
at the entrance of the harbOr, last Tues
day night and as consequence, Spite
and light were both carried away.
Miss. Sadie Van Arsdale is in no wise
discouraged from the peril she passed
through by the burning of the Marine
City, and Tuesday of next week expects
to make another start for Kalamazoo to
attend the Seminary.
Rev. W. W. Rafter says he was some
what surprised to learn that he was go
ing to give I'D his charge here and re-
move from ChebOygan. He had not
heard of the change until published by
our enterprising cOtempOrary.
81 Jno. F. McDonald's horse created con-
siderable excitement at Macarthur, Smith
& Co.'S dock yesterday morning. He be-
came frightened and dashed the delivery
wagon around at lively rate. scatter
jugs and pals over the dock. The wagon
upset breaking one of the shafts.
Remember Hon. David Fl. Jerome, the
next Governor of Michigan, and the Rev.
C. C. Miller will address our citizens
next Wednesday evening upon the politi-
cal issues of the day. Let there be a
good turnout to hear these gentlemen,
both are good speakers and will interest
all who may attend.
There will be no services in st. James
church tomorrow. except the Sunday
school. Rev. W. W. Rafter and family
expect to take the Keweenaw for Detroit.
Mr.. Rafter is going east on six week g
vacation and will attend the tri-annual
council of the Protestant church, which
meets this years in New York, before he
returns to Cheboygan.
The PetOskey Record says Capt. Robert
Holland, of the Northern Belle, had his
watch stolen while i'm PetOskey, Aug. z,
by man named Charles Fox, who is
now i'm Jail at Grand Rapids for steal
ing. Sheriff Aldrich, of Emmett county,
learned the watch had been pawned at
BOyne Falls, and last Monday went
down and recovered it.
According to the call published else
where, it will be seen that the SenatOri-
al Convention, to nominate a candidate
for State Senator. from this district,
meets at PetOskey Tuesday of next week.
The Republicans of PetOskey announce
grand rally for the evening of that
day, at which the Hon. David Fl. Jerome
and Rev. C. C. Miller are to speak.
- Thursday morning, at 4 A. NJ, a man
named John Welch died at Point st.
Ignace after an illness of two days. He
was employed on the Detroit, Mackinac
& Marquette railroad. He came up
from Detroit in July and leaves family
of wife and six children, residing in
that city at 1872 Congress street east, in
very INDECENT circumstances. He was
buried at Point st. Ignace, Thursday
afternoon.
The PetOskey base ball nine alleges
as the reason of their defeat, last week,
"sell-out and play-Off by one of their
cunning members" From the score of
the first six innings, it would seem that
they all sold out and mighty cheap at
that. Five runs in five innings cannot
be charged to the play-0ff or sell-Out of
one man. After that the Cheboygan
bows. to encourage them, let up OH them
little.
We understand the Democracy have
had banner completed since some time
last week. 1t has not yet been swung to
the breeze. In addition to the names OF
their candidates, we are informed has
something to say about wanting nc
more 8 to Z. The idications are that the
Republican majOrities,. even in the
doubtful states, will be sufficiently
large as to be decisive as to who is elect.
ed, hence we would advise our Demo.
cratic friends not to worry over the mat
ter.
Mrs. M. Fl. Barker, of Jackson who
spent several weeks at the Mullet Lake
House, was one of the passengers from
this port on the Marine City and Oc.
cupied the same state room with Miss
Sadie Van Arsdale. Mrs. Barker i'm an
interview with an Evening News report.
er said: Miss Van Arsdale, who is the
bravest girl ever met, never lost heI
presence of mind, but frequently called
to the small boats which we saw in the
distance picking up those who had float
ed away.
The nOn-arrival of Hon. Chas. Rynd
last Saturday was great disappOint.
ment to large number of our citizens
who desired to hear him discuss the
political questions of the day. 1t was
not his fault. He took passage upon the
City of Cleveland expecting to be
landed at Mackinac but she did not stOI
there and he was landed at Sault Ste
Marie where he telegraphed he would bt
here to speak Saturday night. But like
all the rest of the steamers last week
the boat bound down from Lake superior
was behind and he could not possibly
make connections. The Republicans al
the Sault got rousing speech from him
so what was our loss was their gain. HI
promises to speak here at some Other
time during the campaign.