Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-11-26


week-our devils got 'em.
Mr.. H. H. Cobb has purchased a COM
Portable residence on Dresser street.
A little bit of feminine humanity now
tarries with Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. HOWE.
Mr.. Rollo is much better this week,
being able some days to visit the bank.
Men are in great demand at present
more wanted In fact than can be OBJ
tanned.
We hear talk of a project to start
10 cent lodging house in town. No doubt
it would pay.
Some of our saloon keepers are talk
ing Of having free lunch counters in con-
nection with their bars.
The schooner COnsuella landed forty
tons of raftidg chain at Duncan City last
Saturday for j. johnson & Son.
The social to be given by the ladies of
the M. f. church will be held at the par
sonage next Wednesday night.
Where the ditch is being dug for the
water mains, in some places the ground
is frozen to the depth of six inches.
The roadway on the approaches to
Third street bridge has been replanked
and the bridge is now in first-class order.
d. II. Conrad was made the recipient
of pleasant surprise party Wednesday
evening, given by his friends and neigh
jOrs.
Quite number of the school children
are still down with the measles and con-
sequently the school has pretty small
attendance.
Mills, of the Grand Central furnished
as good Thanksgiving dinner as one
could well ask, as can be vouched for
by his boarders.
Louie Fexer has been confined to his
bed by slight attack of pneumonia, this
week. He is much better now and will
soon be able to be out.
An experienced traveller on his return
from trip to st. Ignace this week ex-
pressed himself Of the opinion that it is
the hardest place he was ever in.
A great many men are leaving daily
for the woods. A great many do not
expect to come to town again until they
come with the drive in the spring.
A couple of amateurs found a bears
track, while hunting, Thursday. Their
friends are trying to ascertain which
direction they took after seeing it.
A regular communication of Cheboy-
Lodge, No. 2S3, f. & A. NJ, will be held
next Wednesday evening. The annual
election of officers will take place at
that time.
Some of our hunters have found bear
tracks in the swamp near Duncan, and
yesterday quite a number of spOrtsmen
were trying to get shot at the monarch
of the forest.
Will our people keep their sidewalks
clear of snow the coming winter, or will
we. as usual, have to take the middle of
the road seems to be pertinent ques-
ton at present.
Matt Kessler received dispatch from
st. Clair Monday stating that his father
had died the night before. Mr.. X. could
not attend the funeral on account of
having no sure way of getting there In
time.
All the talk about punched coins pass
ing below par, ends in smoke. The
Supreme court decides that no in
dividual has legal right to place value
upon money other than that given by
the government.
Wednesday night one of our citizens,
who resides over his place Of business,
heard noise which he took to be an
explosion of powder and thought some
burglars were trying to blow open his
safe. He jumped out of bed, grabbed
his revolver and rushed down stairs only
to find that the noise was caused by the
clashing of his neighbor's storm door.
Prof. Sweets opening dance at the
Town Hall Thursday night was grand
success and everybody seemed to have a
good time. The professors third an
nual dancing class will commence next
Thursday evening, for particulars see
card in another column. He has good
reputation as dancing instructor and
during his trip outside got posted on
all the latest figures. During the COM