Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-04
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A considerable amount of new. side
walk, eight feet wide, has been put down
on Main street this week.
Carkin, Stickney & Grams dredge No.
2 was engaged yesterday in assisting to
raise their sunken dredge.
Frazer & Brown took possession of
their new law Office, on Thursday and
have it fitted up very neatly.
The masons are busy laying the brick
in Kesseler's new block and have the
north wall we'll up the first story.
Geo. E. Frost moved to his new law
Office last Monday and now has neat
suit of rooms in which to receive his
clients.
, DR.. M. B. Champion has purchased
from Mrs. Rogers the lot where Mrs.
Champions millinery establishment is
situated. sax
Up. Proctor with his scow Robert
Emmett is bringing stone from Bots
Blance island for the foundation Of Mrs.
BENEFITS new brick block.
Charles Hart is bringing from Drum
mond's island some excellent building
stone for j. II. Waterman for the foun-
dalton of his new residence.
The mosquitoes and fles are making it
somewhat unpleasant for the men and
teams at work at grading on the rail-
road, but Notwithstanding the work is
being pushed.
The Dredge commenced working
Wednesday morning, making second
cut in deepening the center Of the chan
mel, the first cut being completed last
fall.
Smith Brothers are having mosquito
bars placed in all the windows and
doors Of the Auiles Lake House to pre-
vent the festive musquits from annoy
ing the guests Of that house.
Friday of last week fire from burn
ming brush caught in lot of cut cedar,
on Dodds creek, belonging to P. M.
Lathrop and burned up about $500 ties
and posts entailing quite loss to Mr..
Lathrop.
Jno. D. McDonald's force at work on
his contract grading the railroad be-
tween this place and Mackinae City is
being increased by every boat that ar
rives from Collingwood bringing ad-
ditional men.
We hear it rumored that parties are
talking of putting on boat on the Che
boygan and st. Ignace route in opposi-
ton to the Mary. 1t is said that the
boat talked of is capable Of making fif
teen miles an hour.
A force has been at work this week
trying to raise The sunken dredge, oppo-
site Brannacks dock. They find they
have job that sticks by them, but they
are succeeding gradually in getting 1t
out of the channel into shallow water.
Since the copious showers, the first of
the week. vegetation has joined in the
general boom and everything is growing
at rapid rate. Grass never looked bet
ter, grain is coming up nicely and our
farmers are all correspondingly happy.
The mill at Prentis bay had a bad
break down last week breaking the pis-
ton rod of the engine. 1t was brought
to Cheboygan for repairs and II. A. Blake
fixed it up as good as new and it went
over on the Grayling yesterday morning.
The Auditor General has issued a cir
cular asking the boards of supervisors to
equalize their assessment rolls on the
second Monday Of June, in order to be
ready for the state board of equalization,
which meets at the capital the third
Monday in August.
II. A. Blake expects to complete the
work on the engine for the salt well this
week. Mr.. Coner has sent word to Ma
son Brothers, the contractors to be ready
at a moments notice and it is expected
the work of sinking the well will COM
mence next week.
Robert Coner has been calling upon
the subscribers to the salt well fund this
week for the first assessment of twenty
five per cent and all respond cheerfully,
one reason, undoubtedly, is that they are
confident they will get their money back
for the general opinion Is that salt will
be found.
Our citizens are not suffering for lack
Of amussments. Helen Coleman COM
pany all this week. Beckett's circus to-
day. waldron & Chappelle's theatrical
company next week, and the ChebOygan
fovorites, Wildman & Peck's comedy
company, the week following. Merito-
rious companies meet with patronage,
others get the cold shoulder.
Village Surveyor Humphrey is making
some queer discoveries while surveying
in the village. In one portion Of the
town he has found that two different
parties have built their houses on some
other persons lot and also that some OF
the blocks in the village do not contain
enough ground ito give all the property
owners their requisite amount of real
estate.
The tug Geo. W. Cuyler was on fire two
days last week before they succeeded in