Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-07-10
TOWN TALK.
Volume vi.
Happy as a clam.

An infant child, few months old, of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sutton of Tuscarvra died
on Saturday and was buried last Sun
day.
/. Smith Bockes, formerly of the Lake
View House, on Mullet Lake has leased
ID. Smiths hotel on Indian River, named
1t Indian River Hotel and has opened it
ready for business.
DIR. w. w. Bowes has opened his Office
up stairs i'm the building recently pur-
chased by him from Mr.. Niepoth, and
has put up sign so plain that he that
runneth may read.
We understand the engineers Of the
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw railroad
are expected here every day to locate the
line of the road to ChebOygan and decide
on the location of depot grounds.
A large circular saw of the ChebOy-
gan Lumber Co.'S run on one of the iron
dogs Wednesday night, was injured so
badly as to make it necessary to send it
to the factory at Fitchburg. Mass, for
repairs.
Hon. RIG. HOrr is one of the first Con-
gressmen to take the stump for the
Presidential campaign. He addressed
rOusing Republican mass meeting at
Burlington, Vermont, on the evening of
June 80.
The piles for the bridge across Indian
river at its mouth are all capped and
the timbers of the approaches all ready
to be put up. The truss is framed, iron
all on the ground and Mr.. BOckes thinks
he will have the bridge completed inside
of two weeks.
The Spencer House has received new
billiard table for the amusement of the
guests of the house. Tley have put up
in the bar-rOOm a handsome frame of
advertising cards, in which can be found
the cards of many of the leading houses
in ChebOygan.
One evening, the early part of the
week, some of the members of the the
atrical company, after the performance,
were serenading the Grand Central
folks, when the night Waterman came
up and Officiously ordered stop to The
music, evidently, music has no charms
Tor him.
A new train was placed on the D., L..
& N. railroad, on Monday last, to known
as the PetOskey express, with through
sleeping car attached. 1t leaves Detroit
at $40 P. NJ, arriving at Petoskey at 7:25
next morning; leaving PetOskey in the
evening, it will arrive in Detroit at 1O:4O
next morning.
According to the Marquette Mining
Journal the Detroit, Marquette & Macki-
nae railroad has already sold to actual
settlers about thirty thousand acres of
lands in SchOOlcraft and Mackinac cOun-
ties. In addition to this thousands of
acres must have been sold in Chippewa
county, where many had settled upon
the land and made improvement before
the land was in the market.
The excursion last Monday, on the
Leviathan, to Mackinac for the benefit of
the Congregational Sunday school was
a grand success. The attendance was
large and the net receipts amounted to
$69.75. Save few who were affected by
the sea that was running, all enjoyed the
trip, and the rain the night previous
made the visit to the island delightful.
The citizens of Tuscarora celebrated
Independence day last Monday in an ap-
propriate manner in a grove on Burt
lake, near the residence of Mr.. Gates
The exercises of the day consisted OF
vocal music, addresses and bOuntiful
spread, all Of which were greatly enjoyed
by the large number present. Those in
charge had erected tables, seats and q
speakers stand and everything passed of
pleasantly.
The Democratic press fairly howl al
having their Inconsistencies, in regard
to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt shown up
At the time, they openly cursed HancOck
and all who had anything to do will
hanging the assassins of Lincoln, ant
now take the former as their STANDARD
bearer. If in 1864 Gen. Hancock was
zone of LincOln's hirelings engaged il
an unhOly war;" what has made him {
saint in the year 1880?
Last week in our report of the business
of this port we referred to the number
of vessels calling in after cargoes Of lum
Der, having through clearances, which
was no record of their tonnage. T,
show the extent such tonnage would adj
to the showing, we give the vessels tina
left with cargOeS this week, which wer
not required to report. SchOOners NOrtl
Cape, Imperial, KelderhOuse and LOtti
Wolf; barges o. j. Hale and SOuthamp
ton, aggregating over $500 tons.
The Saginaw Herald says: "Ths PEG
pie of Cheboygan are talking earnestl,
about securing the j., l.. & S. Railroad
for that place, reports being curren
that it is now contemplated to build i
direct from Gaylord to the straits. w
believe the Saginaws would be'glad t,
have the company run the road to Che
bOygan, as we have many interests il
common, and would like to be united a
closely as possible by rail, but we Cal
tell the ChebOygan people from expert
ence that the only way to secure rail
road is to work for it, energetically an,
psrsistently, and not to stop or let u
until they see the engine inside the cor
pOratiOn."
The solid men of Manistee appreciat
ing the benefit of railroad to their tow
came down handsomely in the matter O
donating land for the right of way, depo
grounds, etc., for the new railroad
They gave literally and whatever o
wherever the railroad men wanted. Thi
same spirit is being manifested on tn
part of some of our own citizens tOwar
the Jackson Lansing & Saginaw raj
road. Hon. VIM. Macarthur says Macarthur
Smith & Co. will give right of way an
depot grounds, should the company 1Ocat
on their land and that they may ru
through their land in any shape prt
viding they do not take buildings @
dock. Their offer for dock room is al
Ceptabls to the company we trust a
will manifest this same liberal spirit.