Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-12-18
TOWN TALK.


The days are about at their shortest.
No danger of short ice crop this win
ter.
Who would want more delightful win
ter weather than we are enjoying.
The stages brought down fifteen pas
sengers from Maekinac City Monday.
in. Perry expects to have his shingle
mill running by the middle of next
week.
The Lady May has made a number of
trips from Point st. Ignace to Mackinac
City this week.
Smith Brothers are having pony en-
CINE built for the Van Raalte to be used
in hosting freight out of the hold.
The tug W. B. Minter started from
Point st. Ignace for Saugatuck week be-
fore last, but could not get through and
laid up at CharlevOix.
The Northern Transit prOpellers St.
Adams and Champlain with their two
barges left Point st. Ignace last Monday
morning for Chicago.
Sheriff-elect Mute has been appointed
Deputy Q. S. Marshall. The appoint
ment was received the first of this week.
and Mr.. Mute has given bonds and is
ready for business.
The tug C. E. Pendell sunk last Sun
day. 1t is supposed that the sea cock
or some of her pipes must have been
bursted by the freezing weather, allow
ing the water to flow into her.
The tug Winslow passed down through
the straits Monday, arriving at Port HUI
ron Tuesday forenoon. She reports the
steam barge Fletcher on Fox Island and
schooner F. W. Ferry at the ManitOus
total wrecks.
Nelson s. Bullen are building quite
an extensive addition on the north side
of their store, on Main street, to be used
as counting room, their fast increasing
trade demanding all the room in the
main building to accommodate it.
The steamer Saginaw arrived at Alpe-
ma Sunday morning, having left Port
Huron Friday evening of last week. She
encountered considerable ice on her way
~. She winters there. Her arrival Sc
cured full stock of supplies for Alpena.
Work has commenced on the section
at this end of the Jackson, Lansing &
Saginaw railroad. Camps have been
built, and the deep cut this side of Null
let Lake will soon be commenced. Some
20 or 80 men are now at work, but the
contractor expects soon to have a force
of 200 men employed.
The G. R. s. /. Co., has bought $500
tons of steel rails for relaying forty
miles of its road next year. There is
about 120 miles of steel track in the road
now, and with forty miles more laid
next year, just about half of the road
it is 1872 miles lOng-will be of steel.
The company is steadily improving its
property.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Wooster entertained
large number of their friends last
Monday evening right royalty, demon
strating that they were at home in act
ing the part of hosts and making every
body feel happy and enjoy themselves.
Every one present seemed to enjoy the
refreshments, which were served in
great variety and of the most excellent
quality.
A neat pamphlet of fOrty-fOur pages
has just been published by the Detroit,
Mackinac & Marquette Railroad COM
pany. 1t sets forth in very clear and
comprehensive way the advantages of
Michigan as an agricultural state, and
is designed to attract immigrants hither,
especially to the lands owned by this
railroad company in the upper peninsula,
which are now in the market on advan-
tageous terms to settlers. The pamphlet
is to be extensively used in Great Brit
ain.
1t looks as though the citizens of AL
pena might talk railroad with some
chance of accomplishing something
The Alpena Reporter says a letter was
received from an attorney in Detroit
stating that if land grant of two Sec
tiOns to the mile could be secured a new
company would be formed at once. That
while the land grant cannot be had, suffic-
ient.cash donations could be had to equal
the aid asked for, and adds if the gentle
men are in the situation they represent
themselves to be they will never find that
section more ready to aid them then at the
present.