Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-02-14

ed on the river at the upper end of Main
street. tc De ~
We understand Henry NJ. Airth has
purchased G. w. Fairs interest in the
Farr & Weed building.
Amiot has Macarthur, Smith s. Co.'s
new scow. full lock size, completed and
the large scow well under way.
The special Washington correspondent
of the Post and Tribune announces Sen
atOr Bell in Washington last Monday.
The ice harvest has been gathered
briskly this week and is of the finest
quality, eighteen inches thick and clear
as crystal. f n y
The straits are full of Ice again this
morning, but the crossing between here
and Mackinac is not considered as safe
as it might be.
They expect to commence driving piles
next week for the construction Of the
bridge across Indian river, near its
mouth, at the head of Mullet lake.
Herman Koehler will commence next
week building an additional one hun
dred feet to the dock at his landing, ex-
tending it that much further out into
Mullet lake.
1t is reported that large quantities Of
ties are being got out and placed along
the line of the proposed extension Of the
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw railroad
from Gaylord toward the straits.
Capt. E. A., Bouchard has been very
successful in recovering the tin. from
the Badger State, and expects to have 1t
all picked up and landed at Mackinac to
day. Last Saturday he recovered be-
tween 200 and 300 pieces.
Wednesday afternoon it commenced
raining and continued all that night
accompanied by by heavy wind which
played havoc with the ice in the straits
and Thursday in front Of this harbor it
was entirely clear Of ice.
CD. Long, of Flint, census superin-
tendent Of the Sd district, to which Che
boygan county belongs, is in receipt Of
400 letters day asking for appointment
as enumeration. There are horrors worse
than those of the battle field.
One of the dogs used for drawing the
mail between ChebOygan and Mackinac
did not like the appearance Of the ice in
the straits, Thursday morning, and broke
loose and run away, giving the carrier
quite chase to re-capture him.
Rev. j. Homer Parker and family left
on the stage Tuesday morning for Peoria,
ILL.,, where Mr.. Parker has accepted q
call. Their many friends in Cheboygan
wish them success in their new field,
and commend them heartily to the citi-
zens of Peoria.
The material for "The ChebOygan
Democrat" the new paper, has arrived.
Forsyth & Bunnell, with Mr.. Hardwick
foreman Of the Office, are on the ground
getting things in shape for issuing the
first number, which they expect to have
out week from next Thursday. Mr..
Hardwick brought his wife with him.
The Chicago Board of Trade has ap-
pointed Jesse Spaulding, o. W. Potter,
w. NJ Eagan and P. d. Armour a COM
mittee to go to Washington and press
upon the appropriate committees of Con-
gress the urgent necessity for such &C
ton at the present session as will in
sure the early completion of the new
Sault Ste. Marie canal, and the work of
deepening of the Detroit and st. Mary's
rivers.
Collector Chandler of the Sault Canal
arrived here Tuesday afternoon on his
way to Lansing. He attempted to cross
the Straits with team and thereby
came very near furnishing us first
class item. He had not gone much over
twenty rods from the shore when the
horses both broke through the ice.
Lively work and numerous help from
the residents of the Point, which was
promptly at hand, soon got the horses
out, but Mr.. Chandler thought that this
experience was enough, therefore he
walked across to Old Mackinaw and
thence here by team.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
company are arranging to publish the
annual pamphlet Of the resources and
attractions of that portion Of the north
ern part of the state which comprises
the summer resorts which may be reach
ed by that road. 1t is their intention to
make it more complete than any pre-
vious issue. To accomplish this they
have placed the publication in the hands
Of Nessrs. Hunt & White, gentlemen
who are perfectly competent to make a
success Of the undertaking These gen.
tlemen were here few days this week
gathering statistics of this vicinity fol
their publication.
1t would seem that politics had com
menced to boon in Chippewa county
Some one in the interest of the Demo.
Gratis wrote a communication and had
1t inserted in the AlgOma Pioneer, the
paper published at the Canadian Sault,
accusing the Republicans who have had
the control of the township affairs for q
couple of years, of bad management and
and consequently responsible for the in.
creased rate of taxation. Supervisor
Kemp retOrted in the News, in a man.