Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-08-27
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1881.

s. lie Gault & Son have an announce
ment of much Importance in this issue.
Read it.
Don't fail to attend the school meet
ing, at the school house, next Tuesday
evening.
We hear rumOrs of several new brick
buildings to be built in our village in
the near future.
The Rev. Il. G. Pitkin, of Detroit will
occupy the pulpit at st. James church
tomorrow, both morning and evening.
Real estate market is booming and
considerable property is changing hands
at figures thata few months since would
have been considered way up.
The German colony at st. Iglace from
Detroit has decided to name its settle
ment Jacobs Town." after j. Chris.
Jacob, president of the colony.
The new draw in the Spooner bridge
over ChebOygan river, about a mile
above the forks, is being~put in. The
want of the bridge has been badly felt
since the old one was condemned and
closed to travel.
Ye editor acknowledges the receipt of
a complimentary ticket for self aDd lady
for the Thirty-third annual fair Of the
State Agricultural society to be held at
Jackson, September 1928. 1t is hand
some Autograph with coupons for each
day Of the fair.
The Lansing Republican says: Rev.
L. Van Driss, the faithful pastor of st.
Mary's (Catholic) church, will 60 this
week to Petoskey and Cheboygan. Dur
ing his absence the spiritual welfare of
his parishiOners will be cared for by Rev.
Father Vangennip of Cneboygan.
It is reported that on the shore at the
upper end of Black lake there are several
carcasses of deer, that have been shot
and allowed to remain where they fell,
not even having their hides taken off.
If it could be found out who killed them
it would be well to make an example of
them.
The Spite driver commenced work
Thursday driving spiles in the river to
protect the bank at the Brannack pro-
perty purchased last week by j. +.
MOlOney & Bro. for site for brewery.
The river had been gradually washing
away the bank for years and the driving
of these spiles will protect it from furth-
er entertainments.
The balance of cash in the state
treasury, Aug. 13, was 1882 1921: re-
ceipts for the week ending Aug. 20 were
$3,9OS.45; payments for same time $780,
1889; leaving balance, Aug. 20, 1881,
of $1,886OO7.47; Of which $4,000 be-
long to the sinking fund, $641, 1852, As are
held in the trust funds, and 1854, 1902
are available for general purposes.
At the salt we'll they have been labor
ing under difficulties again this week,
being troubled by the caving in of the
rock, and the result has been but little
progress has been made. The twelve
hour tour ending yesterday.noon, found
them lacking two feet of being as deep
as when they commenced at midnight
Thursday night. Yesterday afternoon
Just as they had recovered the lost
ground the rock caved in again, and
this is the way it has been serving them
the most of the week. Monday night
thew were down about 425 feet and they
are only few feet below that depth now.
Mr.. Mason has gone to Bay City and on his
return Mr.. Corners thinks they will make
an effort to draw the five inch tubing, en-
large the hole and try and get the tub
ing down below the rotten rock to keep
it from caving in.