Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-12-24
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1881.

We wish you all merry Christmas.
Our merchants report their Christmas
trade large.
Only four cases were tried before the
police Judge this week.
Prof. R. S. Sweet had pretty fine sized
crowd at his dancing school social Thurs
day evening, and all seemed to enjoy
themselves.
j. f. Nichols now has lumber camp
running on Sturgeon river, about mile
from Indian River village, and expects
to get in good many logs if sleighing
comes.
Reports from all the lumber camps are
to the effect that the work of cutting
and skidding logs is progressing finely
and the indications are that an unusual
large cut will be made.
The children are all interested in the
Christmas entertainments at the several
churches this evening, and we have no
doubt older people will find them very
attractive and interesting.
George D. Niles, John S. Mcconnell,
Lemuel G. Bachelor and David W. Bots
ford all made final proofs on their HON e.
stead entries in town "a north, range 3
west, Tuscarora township, before deputy
county clerk Sutton last Thursday.
M. r.. Quaintance, agent of the Adams
Express Co. at Petosksy, writes us that
the company have opened an Office at the
railroad depot in that village and that
he will take pleasure in seeing that ev-
erything goes forward by stage that our
merchants order shipped by the Adams
Express Co. to Cheboygan ola Petoskey.
The annual meeting for the election
of officers of ChebOygan Fire Co. No. 1
will be held at FiremaL''s hall next Fri
day evening, December 30th. 1t is de-
sired that there be full attendance of
members. In addition to the election of
officers other matters of Importance
will come before the meeting for con-
sideratiOn.
Our citizens should not forget the
meeting of the ChebOygan County
Teachers association, next Monday. A
most interesting programme has been
arranged, given in full in the TRIBUNE
last week, for both day sessions at the
school building and very entertaining
literary and musical entertainment will
given at the Methodist church in the
evening.
Wednesday forenoon some parties
were shooting rifles from near the
American House down the river. Some
of the balls struck near the Baker dock,
where John Eaton was engaged in break
ing up the large cast-irOn shaft that
laid there all fall, and he began to fear
he might become the target and went
up and requested those firing to shoot
in some other direction or be little
more careful. Such prOmiscious shoot
ing should not be allowed. CIV
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael O'ConnOrs died very suddenly
Thursday afternoon. She was just re-
covering from an attack of measles and
was playing around the room more or
less of the time and was quite lively. A
few moments before she died she went
ND to her mother and kissed her and
then went and laid down on her little
bed. In very few minutes afterward
the mother went to look at her and
found that the spirit of her loved child
had fed. The cause of her sudden death
was Group. The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of all in their sorrow for
the loss Of the darling of the household.
The trouble at the salt we'll still con-
tinues and the work of getting that hole
down to salt progresses but slowly. A
depth Of 76O feet has been reached and !
Notwithstanding the almost insurmount-
able difficulties and Heterogeneous
that have to be overcome, those in charge |
are determined to persevere until the
question as to finding salt in this Sec
ton is definitely settled. Yesterday,
Messrs. Coner and Mason left by rail for
Saginaw to procure a smaller size of
tubing and additional tools. In the
mean time the boys will keep the drill
at work, making such progress as they
can until these gentlemen return, when |
1t is hoped things will work more sue
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