Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-10
TOWN TALK.

ceived at A. Fexer's. u
VIM. Callum expects to start his saw
mill at Carp River, above Mackinaw City,
about the first of May.
Major Davis and twenty men for Fort
Mackinac are expected at the island on
the first boat that arrives.
We are indebted to Senator Baldwin
for copy of Senator LOgan's speech on
the Fitz John Porter case.
r. II. Werner has opened new cigar
store in s. LeGault's building, on Third
street. See his advertisement.
/. Smith Bockes finished driving the
piles for the bridge, at the mouth of In
dian river, the first of the week.
The result of the Democratic victory,
Monday, was quite snow storm Mon
day night, and most of the day Tuesday.
Two of our citizens had the distin-
guished honor (?) of voting no on the
amendment relative to the salary of gov
ernOr at the election last Monday.
The Buffalo Courier says that "Sher-
man went into Ohio, not to put up his
fences, but to get his friends to come
down off them" which is pretty bright
remark.
Hunt & Whites Tourists Guide" is
out, but from what we see in our ex-
changes we fear they will have trouble
in collecting their pay for many of the
advertisements in it.
The lumbermen are busy getting
ready for their drives, and at many of
the camps the r0llways are being broken.
The lakes are full of ice but the rivers
are reported mostly clear.
Representative Newberry, Thursday of
last week presented the petition of 700
labOring men of Detroit asking for the
endorsements of the eight-hOur law, and
secured it its insertion in the Record.
The State Board of Education has
awarded the contract for furnishing
books to township and disteict libraries
in the state to E. B. Smith 81 Co. of
Detroit, that firm being the lowest bid
der.
We notice i'm the list of cases to come
before the Supreme court, the April term,
the case of Ephraim Nelson and others
VS.. the ChebOygan Slackwater Naviga-
tiOn company. It is number 81 on the
calendar.
Messrs. ROllO & Hitchcock are
now prepared to furnish bank post
remittances on prominent places in
Asia and Africa, and bank drafts on
principle cities in Europe. See their
card elsewhere.
The freezing nights and warm days of
this week, have been favorable for max
ing maple sugar, and we understand the
settlers have been taking advantage of
it and have been busy gathering sap and
making syrup and sugar.
We are glad to state that Mr.. E. Nell
son continues to improve. He paid his
first visit to the store since he was taken
sick, Thursday afternoon. He re-
celyed numerous congratulations over
the visit from many of his friends.
Last week typographical error, over
looked in reading proof, in the item in
reference to the conflict between the q.
s. and Michigan in regard to land in
this county, placed the western tier of
towns in this county in west. 1t should
have been range 3 west.
Last Sunday John H. Waterman
brought down his crew from his lumber
camp. While crossing Mullett lake one
of his heaviest horses broke through the
ice and went clear out of sight, but was
ItSCutu WlIDOut ", tutlt
being plenty of aid at hand.
The deeds for the two sites for range
lights have been forwarded by General
Weitzel to Washington for approval. 1t
is to be hoped they will be satisfactory
and that the work of erecting the lights
will be commenced at an early day, as
they are very badly needed and have been
for years. ta
The Republicans of Lansing reelected
Mayor VanBuren by ga majority against
a coalition of Democrats, Greenbackers,
saloon keepers and prOhibitiOnists; the
Republicans also elected city clerk,
treasurer, and five out of six aldermen,
giving them the council another year by
ten to two. The cleanest sweep ever
made there.
A meeting of the subscribers to the
stock of the Black River improvement
company has been called for Monday,
May 3rd, when the organization will be
perfected and officers elected. The
Board of Control has consented to hold
special meeting to take action on mat
tiers pertaining to closing the contract
at any time the company may suggest.
We are in receipt of No. I, vol. ofithe
Brule City Times, published at Brule
City, Dakota Territory. As 1t contains
no advertisements and in its local col
umns refers to all business enterprises
as prospective, we should judge it was
the first enterprise to open in that "city"
but it says they expect to have four
steamers land there daily during the
season.
At the election in East Saginaw last
Monday, the Republicans elected mayor,
director of the poor, and two justices of
the peace. The Democrats and Green
hackers elected treasurer. The Repub-
icans gained aldermen and members
of the board of education, having a ma
jOrity in both boards. In Saginaw City
the Republicans elected mayor, treasurer
and recorder.
The bottom has fallen out of the great |
er portion of the road between here and
PetOskey, and as a consequence the mail
does not make as good time as usual. |
The stages have stopped bringing |
through any freight, which is a great |
annoyance to many of our citizens who
have small packages, some of them quite |
important and badly needed, that have |
been laying at Petoskey for week or
ten days. /
During the winter the Cheboygan
Lumber Co. had white pine tree cut
for new spar for their fine schooner,
the John KelderhOuse. The stick is q |
very fine one, being 81 feet long, 38inch- !
es in diameter at the butt and Is inches |
at the top, and IS feet of it without |
knot. 1t is perfectly sound. 1t took five
teams. and quite force Of men, from
Tuesday of last week until Monday of |
this, to draw it from where it was cut to |
Burt lake, distance of four miles. 1t