Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-01
TOWN TALK.

Fishing for brook trout is now in
order.
The frame Of R. PattersOn's new tene-
ment house on Water street is up.
Several fiocks of wild geese passed over
the village the first Of the week going
north.
Quite variety of weather again this
week. Snow, hail, rain, sunshine, and
cold eastely winds.
The first annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Black River Slackwater
Navigation Co. will be held next Mon
day.
Nelson street has been opened up from
SammOns street west to Young street,
and new sidewalk put down on the
north side.
The machine shops are having all the
night and day, but cannot catch up with
the work.
The population Of this county is rap
idly increasing. In the town of Grant
last year there were 80 births and only
deaths.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Rafter hav-
ing arrived home this morning there
will be services i'm the Town Hall, to-
morrow at the usual hours.
jam of logs in Black river above the
rapids, has raised the water in Black
Lake several feet. so that sill the low
land around the lake is OverfiOwed.
.Advices received this morning by tel
egraph from w. s. Humphrey state that
as yet the e. S. Supreme Court has not
rendered decision upon the dock prop
erty ease.
Mr.. Sager ut his store on Burt Lake
sold during the winter over one hundred
barrels Of -four. This would look as
though the woods were fast emerging
from . wilderness.
The Village Council held special SEES
sion last evening. All the business done
was to approve the bonds, for license to
sell liquor, of NJ. 0COnnOr, A. LeGault
and Moses Rapin.
The Valley Queen has been making
quite regular trips this week between
this place and Muliet and Burt Lakes
Logs in Crooked river prevented her
from going into Crooked Lake.
The Spencer House is having an addi-
ton built. to be used as bar room. The
room south of the Office is to be fitted up
Is billiard room. for the accOmmOda-
ton OF the guests of the house.
Building operations are being pushed
with rush in the village. Plasterers
seem to be in great demand and much
complaint is made about the difficulty OF
getting work in this line done.
The sidewalk was blockaded this morn
ing in front of Anspaeh & Co.'s store
with cases of new goods received on the
steamer Pearl. 1t beats all how many
new goods they have received already.
A large number of our ladies visited
the various openings" last Tuesday.
and many were the encOniums which
were passed upon the taste and enter
prise of the dealers in feminine fashions.
1.-THE Republicans of Mackinac county
met in convention yesterday at Macki-
nae, and elected P. w. Hombach. Of Point
st. Ignace, delegate to the state cOnven-
ton, and passed resolutions favOring
Grant for President.
Perch fishing at the bay has been all
the rage this week. So seductive was
the sport that even during the heavy rain
Thursday lone fisherman could have
been seen on the dock there Industrious
ly taking in the little finny fellows.
C. n. Newcomb, of Wexford township,
claims the championship Of Wexford
county on sugar making. He has made
$50 pound this spring alone, gathering
his sap by hand, besides chOpping and
and backing in all the wood he has used.
Deputy United States Marshal Wells
has levied on the st. Louis Jail and the
village park to satisfy a judgment
against that village in favor Of the Bah
cock manufacturing company in the
United States circuit court for the eastern
district Of Michigan.
Last Sunday Frank ]. Phelps, mana
ger of the Spencer House, entertained a
number of his friends at dinner. The
spread was all that could have been de-
sired, and the guests enjoyed it. The
Spencer House aims to be at the front.
and guests may be assured of good care
in every respect.
At the Odd Fellows party the other
night the ladies were furnished with the
latest style Of dancing programmes, with
fancy lead pencils attached. This was
oil very convenient. but would hardly
seem sufficient reason why young
man should, at the beginning of the
evening, m0nOp0liZe 0ne-third Of Ia
dy's card, without consulting her pleas
ure.
A nest of interesting Indian relics in
the shape of copper tools. petrifed wood
and leather, were unearthed in cut the
other day on the line of the Detroit,
Marquette & Mackinac railroad few
miles below Marquette. The finders
have been offered $500 for the lot by Mr..
ThOs. Meads of the latter place. the
great picker-up and dealer in Lake
Superior curiosities. ~ ~
Mr.. Alex. Mcdonald, builder Of the
new Jail, informs US that the statement
In the Democrat this week that some
body had blundered in the construction
OF the chimneys and stOvepipe holes in
that building is a mistake. He claims
there is no fault on the part of the ar
chitect, builder or building committee.
There are three chimneys and five stove
pipe holes, which seems to be all that
sized building could afford.
They commenced raising the smoke
stack Of the ChebOygan Lumber Co.'s
mill Wednesday, but the wind getting too
strong they had to suspend operations
until Thursday morning when they sue
ceeded in getting the stack in position.
1t makes quite showing. being feet
In diameter and the top of the spark
catcher is Ill feet above the water.
Amiot says he got it up and didn't kill
anybody, either"
The marine editor of the Chicago In
ter-Ocean pays the following compliment
to the management of the st. Mary's
Falls Ship Canal: For the manage
rnaut Of tho Cault canal IL cou no caid