Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-06-19
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
TOWN TALK.

There was brilliant Aurora borealis
Wednesday night.
The schooner S. ]. Tilden passed up
Thursday floating Garfield flag.
The Marine City remained in port
several hours yesterday loading tele-
graph poles.
The census enumeration claims to have
found total of 2029 inhabitants in the
village of Sault Ste. Marie.
The running away of team belong
ing to Smith Bros, created cutie an ex-
element on upper Main street Tuesday.
The fish trade is quite an important
business in this section, at this time,
large shipments being made on about
every boat.
President HAYES has vetOd the bill
regulating the pay Of U. s. Deputy Mar
shals and cites Adhesion of the Supreme
court sustaining him.
The steamer Gazelle will commence
running i'm connection with the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroad, between
Pet0skey and Mackinac the first of next
week.
Garfeld's trip from his home at Men,
tor, Ohio, to Washington was one con-
tinuOus ovation, at every station he was
received by crowds with cheers and con-
gratulations.
Thursday the Northern Belle brought
down fOrty-five cOOps of live pigeons
from Burt Lake. They were shipped
from here to Chicago on a Northern
Transit boat last evening.
If these long days it takes the mail car
riers until dark to come through from
PetOskey, what kind of time would they
be able to make if they should under
take to make the trip during the night?
The pile driver has been at work this
week driving piles for the extension of
Macarthur, Smith & Co.'s dock. Slabs
and edgings are being brought down and
the dock filled in as fast as the piles are
capped.
The ChebOygan Lumber Company is
filling in its lumber docks as fast as the
mill can supply the slabs and edgings,
and the tramway is being extended out
toward the the straits as fast as the dock
is filled in.
Arthur f. Watson, census enumeration
for townships of Inverness and Munro
completed Inverness last Saturday, and
this week has been seeking after Stats
tics in Munro, completing that township
last Wednesday.
In the case of Nelson g. Bullen Us. the
ChebOygan Slackwater Navigation Co.
the supreme court, last week rendered q
decision sustaining the decision of the
circuit court in favor of the slackwateI
company.
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Marquette and Mackinac railroad is con-
centrating quite a force at Point St
Ignace. A large number arrived from
COllingwOOd on the Northern Queen
Wednesday, and went to the Point on the
Mary.
A young son of j. M. ZOrn was driving
pony to small wagon Thursday fore
noon when the animal concluded to run
away. Not being satisfied with the street
as highway it took to the sidewalk al
DR.. PERKINS, Office and brought up against
hitching post. breaking the shafts.
The social given by the ladies of Epis
cOpal church at the Grand Central HOte
last Saturday evening was grand sue.
cess in every way. Those present enjoyed
adelightful evening and the ladies of the
church were gratifed at their success!
financially, the gross receipts beins
SAILS, and the net proceeds $32.75.
John Wagley, of Cross Village, Loca
Commissioner, has advertised for pro
pOSals for constructing the west end o
the ChebOygan and Cross Village Stat,
road. Proposals will be received unit
four o'clock P. NJ. of Thursday, July LIST
at the office of the County Treasurer
Little Traverse or at the store of A. I
Burnett, Cross Village. The work to b,
completed by Dec. LIST. 1880. The length
of road to be built is 1874 miles.
The decision of the board of trustees
of the Congregational church to rent tn,
pewS of that church was ratified by ;
vote of the church and society. 1t wa
decided that present occupants of pew
should have the preference in all case
and it is desired that all who wish t
retain their pews or to rent on
should make application to Geo. E. Frost
the financial secretary, at as early da,
as possible. Mr.. Frost will be prepares
to give all necessary information as t
price, etc.
Because the TRIBUNE does not endOrs
all their wild and visionary projects GU
nelghbOrs OF the Democrat accuse us o
"bueking" against all the enterprise
they advocate. We claim the privileg
of an opinion upon all projects of publ
interest and the right to express tina
opinion, and are willing to leave tn
verdict to an intelligent public as t
whether we are right or wrong, and "
grant the same to our neighbOrs an
assure them we shall not whine whe
they oppose US.
The warm weather they have bee
having in more southern localities hay
set the people to thinking of seeking fC
more cOngenial cline and we alread
have heard of numerous Inquiries bein
made for accommodations in ChebOygal
and the indications are that this seaso
will see more visitors than ever befOl
in our village. With the increased hot
accommodations ChebOygan is bette
prepared than in former seasons for tai
care of visitors, to say nothing about I'll
grand hotel of the Smith Brothers at IL
head of Mullet Lake which, of itself,
capable of accommodating hundreds
guests.
Fl. A. Blake has purchased the strip
land south of his machine shop, betwee
Main street and the river running ND
Nelson street, and is arranging for bull
ing an extensive machine shop of brio
upon stone foundation. We unde
stand he has already contracted with M
Sullivan for the brick, and with Messr
Crawford s. Thompson for doing Il
brick and stone work. During the Sc
son, so far, Mr.. Blake has been crowdt
with work, and has been running h
shop night and day the most of the tin
and no very mUPh Dnodod addition
room and increased facilities for doir
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