Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-07-24

About 200 persons took dinner at the
Mullet Lake House last Sunday.
The Republican comfy convention is
to be held at the Town Hall, Friday
afternoon of next week.
We would ask a careful perusal by all
of Gen. Garfield's letter tof acceptance,
which can be found on the second page.
H.A. Blake received one of the largest
drills made, and of the latest improve
ments, for his machine shop. 1t was
landed by the Lawrence last night<~
Remember the Republican caucus, at
the Town Hall next Thursday evening,
to elect delegates from the town
ship OF Benton to attend the County
convention the next afternoon.
The balance sheets in the State Treas
ury on June 80. 1880, for the first time
in the history of the state showed a bal
ance of cash on hand larger than the
demands against the treasury. s-~
Never before at this time of the year,
was there so much freight landed at this
port as is being done by the boats this
season. Usually about this time of the
year business at the docks is rather quiet,
but this season there seems to be no let
up to it.
The Detroit Evening news stated that
two new locomotives was to leave De-
trOit last Tuesday by boat, for Point ST.
Ignace, for the Detroit, Mackinac and
Marquette railroad. As they had not ar
rive last evening the News must have
been mistaken or else they were ship
ped on slow boat.
The st. Paul will give an excursion
and basket picnic next Tuesday to
Mackinac and Point st. Ignace for the
benefit of the ChebOygan cOrnet band,
giving the excursiOnists five hours on
the island. The Paul will leave Me-
Arthur, Smith 81 Co.'S dock at ga. NJ. Fare
for the round trip, IS cents.
The Republican press of this Congress
siOnal district seem to be unanimously
in favor of the denomination of Roswell
G. HOrr as candidate for Congress. Mr..
HOrr, during his present term as Repre-
sentative of the district has shown
unusual ability, and has carefully look
ed after the interests of all sections of
the district, and is deserving of a renOm-
inatiOn.
huOpdCl CS W. ltdfC 0O laOb lOlllu lll1C
to write that advertisement promised
elsewhere and all should read it. Their
new store affords them an opportunity
to display their large assortment to
much better advantage, and they are al
ways glad to show their stock and are
confident that they are Offering such
bargains as will make it to the interest
Of purchasers to call upon them.
The Presque Isle County Advance is
greatly agitated over the prospects of the
Western Union telegraph company
abandoning the line between here and
Alpena as soon as the Jackson, Lansing
& Saginaw railroad is extended to the
straits, leaving them to depend upon
weekly mail for communication with
the outside world during the winter, land
suggests that company be formed to
purchase the line, believing it could be
bought cheap.
The following changes in the rates
for money orders between Canada and
the United States went into effect July
1: On money orders payable in the
United States not exceeding SO, 10
cents; from $40, and not exceeding $50,
30 cents; from $780, and not exceeding
$40, 40 cents; from $40 and not exceed
ing $50, so cents. Fifty dollars is the
maximum amount allowed to be sent
In an order at the present time, but eff
forts are being made to have it increaS-
ed to one hundred dollars.
Miss Sadie Van Arsdale met with quite
a serious accident last Tuesday evening.
She was going up stairs and thought she
was at the top, but lacked one step of
being so, and stumbling on that step she
fell, and there being no rail to prevent
the fall she fell off the side of the stairs
to the floor in the hall and was picked
up in an insensible condition. An eX-
animation showed that no bones were
broken but it was feared for time that
she might have been internally injured
but we are glad to say that she is rapidly
and is considered out of dan
ger.
Our citizens do not seem to appreciate
the necessity of better protection from
fire. A call was published for meeting
at the Firemen'S Hall last Thursday
evening. Some half dozen or sO,Of the
members of the Fire company were pres
ent, but not single citizen, outside of
the company, put in an appearance. Can
it be expected that an efficient Organiza-
tiOn can be kept up, composed almost
exclusively of persons hauling no prop
erty interests in the village, when those
who are largely interested take so little
interest as to neglect to attend a meet
ing called expressly for the purpOse, and
which they have been urgently request
ed to attend to consider the matter of
protection of their property?
The Set of ColOrs presented to the City
of ChebOygan by our citizens, in honor
of her being ChebOygan craft in every
particular, and named after our thriv-
village; arrived Monday evening. They
are from Gilbert, Hubbard g. Co., Chica-
go, and consist of the stars and stripes,
five burgess, one each with the names
ChebOygan, PetOskey, Mackinac and Null
let Lake on respectively, and a large
one with the name of the steamer" City
of ChebOygan" on it in large letters. Her
owners expect to have her name painted
on her paddle-bOxes i'm a day or so, and
Capt. Brown concluded he would not dis
play his bunting until this was cOmplet-
ed, when our citizens may expect her to
appear in flying colors.
Special bargains in dry goods and
ready made clothing at Anspach 81 Co.'S
cheap cash store,