Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-03-27
TOWN TALK.

c. 8. RAMSAY,
Township COMMITTEES.
TOWN TALK.
The crows are complaining of this
weather, and not without caws.
Town election tickets printed quickly
and cheaply at the TRIBUNE office.
The new addition to the Grand Central
hotel will improve its appearance very
much.
Nelson s. Bullen sent out five teams
Wednesday to PetOskey to bring in their
stock of new spring goods.
The large boarding house being built
by the ChebOygan Lumber company is
enclosed and the roof shingled.
The TRIBUNE Office is doing some fine
job work and lots of it. If you want
anything in the printing line call and
see us.
The lumber camps have commenced
breaking up. Two Of the, ChebOygan
Lumber Co.'S quit this week, the second
breaking up yesterday.
Miss Black will resume her dressmak.
ing business next week in her new rooms
over Weeds drug store, at which place
she will be glad to see her friends.
A call for caucus of the Republicans
of the township Of Benton, to be held at
the Town Hall next Friday afternoon,
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
The Methodists of the ChebOygan Riv-
er circuit are going to build parson-
age, near their church at Riggsville.
Col. II. G. Davis, of our village, donated
the site.
Mr.. AdOlph Gerisher requests the TRI-
BUNE to express to the people of Cheboy-
gan and vicinity his thanks for their
very generous treatment at the time of
his recent misfortune.
Lumbermen are preparing to start
their drives. The indications are that
all will be got out of the streams with
out much difficulty. including those that
were left back last season.
Hon. Henry w. Seymour of the Sault
is expected here in few days on his
way home from Washington where he
has been spending some weeks looking
after the railroad interests of his Sec
tiOn of the state.
Postmaster Ford has employed w. P.
McKillican as assistant in the pestOfice.
Mrs. Ford is going east to visit her friends
in her former home. Mr.. McKillican is
young man who, we are sure, will make
many friends in his new position.
During the week the publisher of this
paper has received several letters from
parties from the southern portion of the
state who desire to locate at Cheboygan.
There is plenty Of room for all enter
prising persons who wish to come.
The Post and Tribune names s. Lee
Gault, Jr, of this village, as one of the
strong checker players of the state, and
as likely to be one of the "dark horses"
to put in an appearance and cause
trouble for the boys at the proposed state
tournament at Lansing this spring.
The powers that be" should estab-
hsh a signal station at this place. There
is no place on the lakes where one is re-
quired more than here, and why they
should be placed at very unimpOrtant
points, and none here is question that
it would take either very wise man or
fool to answer.
The Students Club will meet; at Mr..
Walton's Monday evening, at which time
the readings of julius Caesar will be
completed. At the last meeting it was
proposed that the club should ad-
journ after its next meeting until an
other winter, but this was voted down,
and it was decided to take up Othello
next.
Capt. ]. w. Brown while setting the
engine bed of the propeller Mary, last
Saturday, had the end of the third finger
of his right hand badly mashed, the fin
ger getting caught under the bed-plate,
which weighed about 600 pounds. This
makes the second finger of the same
hand that has been shortened for the
Captain.
The political excitement over the vii
lage election at the Sault seems to have
died away as suddenly as it came up.
The week following the exposure by the
News of the attempted Democratic steal
of the presidency of the village, that
paper comes out with the announce
ment that it is prepared to print cleo
tion tickets for both parties in a man.
ner which will defy criticism or words
to that effect.