Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-04-23
TOWN TALK.

Carpenters and masons are all rushed
these days.
Two prohibition votes were cast in this
county at the recent election.
The ChebOygan Lumber company run
boom of logs down to their mill last
Tuesday.
DR.. Perrin says that the first boat of
the season will arrive at this port
Wednesday, May 4th.
Duchess, Dot, Dimple, Charmer, Flirta-
ton, Cary, Gerster, and Bernhardt are
the names OF the new bOnnets.
1t is reported that an extensive colony
is forming in Sweden for settlement on
the Marquette & Mackinac railroad.
Owing to the illness of Principal Weed,
last Wednesday morning the children of
the school were dismissed for weeks
vacation.
The editor of our cOtempOrary threat
ems to throw some of the bricks he has
been carrying around in his hat at he
TRIBUNE if it don't let up on him.
The Legislature is beginning to agi-
tate the subject of adjOurning. A reSO-
luton was introduced in the House fix
ing May 18th as the date.
Harbor Springs people are jubilant
over successful effort to borrow money
to iron their railroad to connect with
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad.
The Bay City Tribune says that as soon
as practicable the surveyors will COM
mence the work of surveying the route
for the shore railroad from that city to
Alpena.
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in the furniture trade in order to reduce
stock upon the opening of navigation.
See their advertisement.
The Ovid Register is guilty of the fol-
lowing cOnundrum for the sugar season:
"Why is the fire under the sap boiler like
a gem? Because it is sapphire, of
cOurse" The editor was still living at
the latest advices.
In Mackinac county at the recent cleo
ton the Republicans carried the county
for the first time. MarstOn's majority
being II over Baldwin, and Joy and
Blair for Regents had IL majority over
LOthrop and Fralick, the Democratic
candidates.
A young son of Mr.. Hentschell, the
brewer, undertook to jump off of his
fathers beer wagon yesterday forenoon
and slipped and fell, one wheel passing
over him and bruising one foot and
ankle quite seriously but fortunately
breaking no bones.
From the st. Ignace Republican we
learn that the Mackinac Lumber Co., put
in during the past winter 100000 feet
of logs, held over from last year 100000
feet and have 100000 feet of lumber on
their docks and expect to manufacture
100000 feet this season.
The race between Sheriff Nuite's horse
Sleepy Tom,'' and Peter SpOOners mare
dolly" to come off about June LIST, is
not to be for purse offered by the Driv-
ing Park association, as stated last week,
but for $500 side put up by the owners.
Both are confident that their nag will
win.
VIM. Innes, the contractor for build
ing the drill works for sinking the test
salt we'll, arrived in the villBge Wednes-
day evening and has commenced franz
ing the timber and will push the build
ing right along. The Spite driver has
been taken down for driving spiles for
the foundation.
Last Wednesday a settler living near
tll6 SOutu tuu VI DldCk lake Cdllle dCIOSS
the lake ON the ice. with his team. He
had no trouble getting ON the ice and
not much trouble getting off of it, as it
gave way, letting him and team into the
lake, but he had considerable difficulty
i'm getting ashore, having to swim his
horses some distance. He reports the
water in the lake very high, so much SO
that it prevents travelling around the
beach.
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The Cheboygan Lumber company start
ed up their mill last Tuesday to turn uI
their pulleys. They commenced the
manufacture of lumber Wednesday after
noon. During the winter some impor
tant changes were made, which it il
thought will greatly add to the capacity
and convenience of manufacturing lum-
Der. Among the first lumber mannfac-
tured was timber for the drill house fol
sinking the test salt well.