Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-31
TOWN TALK.


started in Cheboygan within the next
sixty days.
Remember the election of officers of
the Cheboygan county Agricultural So
ciety takes place Saturday afternoon.
February, 21st. 1880.
! The State Board of Control rejected all
the bids for building the eastern ,diyis-
ion of the ChebOygan and Cross Village
State road and ordered it be re-advertis-
ed for new proposals.
l.. L. Sehemerhorn, of Oxford, Mich.
wants to know the whereabouts of his
father John G. Schemerhorn. When last
heard from he was living on home
stead near Douglas lake in this county.
VIC. Hayes is manufacturing lot of
cant hooks and driving tools for lum-
bering firm in Walla Walla, Washington
Territory. That shows that Cheboygan
mechanics are getting quite an extern
sive reputation.
ock was admitted to probate last Mon
day. 1t deyises all of the property to
the widow as long as she lives, and at
her death it is to be divided among the
surviving children.
Capt. S. III. jerks, of IOnia, formerly Of
the inland steamer Northern Belle, was
in the village couple of days this week.
He favored the TRIBUNE with call. and
showed his appreciation of the paper by
renewing his subscription. l
The PetOskey Record says that portions
of the dock at Bay View are continually
going out since the first breach was
made, and should the bay still continue
open, the prospects now are that not a
2 vestige of it will be left remaining by
spring.
The biggest job the press of the state
ever undertook is to get Governor CrOs-
well married. They have been so
Obliging as to select the lady. and time
and again have set the day for the i'm
portant event, but the Governor heeds
them not, and will persist in disappoint-
ing them.
The highest salary received by any of
the deputy inspectors of Illuminating
oils in this state was that of F. W. Aver
ill of Detroit, 5000, and the fees collected
by him amounted to $3,S4474. The low
est salary received was by F. E. Hamel,
of ChebOygan, $61.91, and the fees col
lected by him were $61.91.
Bunnell &::FOrsyth is the name of the
5 firm that propose to line their pockets
with wealth and build brick blocks i'm
Cheboygan from the profits of publish
ing Democratic paper in this village.
The Detroit Free Press says Mr.. Forsyth
is an enterprising young gentleman and
a bright journalist.
The ShebOygan, Wis, letter list of last
week contained advertised letters for j.
ID. Smith and F. nj. Summons. POstmas-
ter Ford also received notice from the
postmaster that there was letter and
package there for W. Chandler. AS Mr..
Chandler is distantly connected with the
TRIBUNE, we are somewhat interested in
the latter.
Henry Willis, of Battle Creek, writes
the Evening News that he is full of faith
that Detroit will yet see ship canal
completed from Lake Michigan to the
Detroit River. He expects it to termi-
nate just below the city, and as cOnse-
quence of its construction he expects
Detroit to become really great COM
mercial metropolis.
A couple of gentlemen Of the village
who occupy an upstairs Office, had it
scrubbed out the first of the week, and
claim to have removed enough dirt to
make good start toward forming a vii
lage lot. They have so much more room
in their Office than they have been ac-
customed to, that they are thinking Of
advertising "desk room to let"
Two open boats crossed the straits
last Monday. One from Point st. Ignace
to Mackinaw City, and the other from
the latter place to the island, with the
mail carriers between this village and
Mackinac. They only succeeded in
making one trip last week and in cOnse-
quence had eleven large bags of mail on
their hands when they crossed Monday.
A portion of the corps of engineers
that went over to Point st. Ignace a
week or so since, returned here the first
of the week, and report that they have
been able to do but little work on ac-
count Of the great depth of snow, and
say that it is five deep. Count Won KlOp-
penburg's appetite is so great that,
owing to the depth of snow, it is impOs-
sible to keep the party supplied with
proyender.
One of the liveliest daily papers i'm the
state is the Bay City Tribune. The edi-
torial management is in charge of Joseph
Warren, formerly editor of the Detroit
Post. 1t is stalwart Republican in prin-
ciples and an earnest advocate of that
kind of Republicanism. 1t claims the
largest circulation of any daily outside
of Detroit. 1t gives the latest telegraph
ic news, and has an efficient corps of
correspondents throughout the state.
The daily edition is furnished for $500
per year and the weekly for $3.50.