Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-02-07

Next Saturday will be Valentines day.
VIM. II. Bullen, of Chicago arrived in
the village last evening.
Cedar posts and ties are coming in
lively since the sleighing has improved.
Sleighing never was better and our
7lumbermen are all happy over the pros
poet of getting in full stock Of logs. .
VIM. Patterson received a large lot of
doors by rail to Petoskey, and thence by
stage to this village, arriving here last
Monday.
Last Monday the Secretary of War
sent to the Senate the report of the sur
vey Of st. Joseph river and for a break
water at Mackinac.
We see by the Concord News that Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Spencer and family had
arrived there on the way to visit their
friends in Pulaski.
letter written at the Sault, by Col
lector Chandler, January, 10Th was re-
ceivei here last Monday afternoon, two
weeks on the road. .n1
The great trespass suit in which some
our citizens are interested, has been set
to be tried i'm the United States Circuit
Court at Detroit, on March 9th.
Last Monday was ground hog" day.
If the animal did not come forth from
his hole until the afternoon the chances
are he hunted his hole again to remain
for the stated sixty days.
Margaret Patterson Godfrey wants
divorce from Lorenzo d. Godfrey in the
Wayne Circuit Court, on the ground that
defendant had been habitual drunkard
and neglects to provide for herself and
the child.
Capt. E. A. Bouchard started over
Thursday to make another effort to re-
cover the tin thrown overheard from the
propeller Badger State, late i'm the fall
while aground on the north side of Bots
Blanc Island.
We omitted last week to call attention
to the notice from the Board of Health
to those occupying lots i'm the Pine Hill
cemetery which have not been paid for.
All interested should read the notice in
another column.
The first mail for over a week from
Mackinac was received last Monday.
Since then the carriers have been max
ing regular trips. They started for the
island Tuesday morning with eleven
bags of mail weighing about half ton,
We learn from the Chippewa County
News that Alex Lelotte has moved his
family in the house formerly kept by
Mr.. Smith, at Pine River. between Point
st. Ignace and the Sault, and will ac-
eommodate the travelling public between
those two places.
Charles A. SmOlk received telegram
announcing the serious illness of his
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Keuthan, at Detroit.
Mrs. Smolk started Sunday for Detroit
and telegram from her, after her ar
rival, brings the gratifying intelligence
of her daughter being better.
H. R. Morse and G. N. Blackburn, of
Alpena, who were in ChebOygan week
or so since made their return trip home
in twelve hours and quarter including
a stop of an hour and quarter at noon
to feed. The distance from ChebOygan
to Alpena by the road is between ninety
and hundred miles.
The Chippewa County News complains
because the Sault mail is carried via
Mackinac island and says it has not been
an uncommon occurrence for the mail
to be taken to Point st. Ignace, then back
to the island and then to the Point again
before getting started for its destination.
They are making efforts to have it
changed.
The Chippewa County News says:
superintendent Spalding has been
authorized by the Board of Control to put
in sufficient clay for Golfer dam, this
winter, if satisfactory terms as to cost
can be made. If it is done. and we have
no doubt it will be, it will give much
needed employment to a number of men
and teams"
W. S. Humphrey returned home Tues
day evening. He reports prospects for
the range lights favorable and thinks,
without doubt, the work of erecting them
will commence as soon as navigation
opens and be pushed forward to compile
tiOn as rapidly as possible. The Bradley
case, in the Supreme Court was put over
until the April term.
Herman KOehler has started a tri-
weekly stage line between the Lake
View House, at the head of Mullet Lake,
and ChebOygan. The stage leaves the
Lake View House and Koehler's landing
every Monday, Thursday and Saturday
mornings, and returning leaves Cheboy-
gan at 2 P. NJ. of the same days. See ad-
vertisement.
The Chippewa County News says: "Mr.
Wing, the keeper of public house at Pine
River-it doesn't deserve the name h0-
tel-seems to be very mild hammered
kind of man, but Alex LelOtte the mail
carrier on the other end of the route,
thinks that appearances are deceptive, be
cause Wing pointed big shot gun at
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