Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-04-09


ladies will find a handsome display on
exhibition.
A new supply of Prang's elegant East
er cards just received at Fexer's book
store. Make your selections early as they
, are selling rapidly.
A young son of Chas. R. Smith met
with quite serious accident last Sun
day. He was climbing pole when he
slipped and fell and hook that was i'm
the pole caught him and caused seri-
Gus wound.
All are invited to pound the Congrega-
tiOnalists next Thursday evening at the
house of Mrs. j. E. Nichols; not, however,
with cudgels, but with things useful,
ornamental, wise or otherwise. The ar
ticles will be auctioned off to the high
est bidder.
A force of twelve men commenced
work last Monday morning grading
down the hill in the south part of the
village. Quite an excavation has al
ready been made, but as soon as the
weather is more favorable larger gang
of men will be put on the work.
John F. Mcdonald says he was busy
yesterday searching the records to find
where that farm of his was that "they
commenced grading ON last Saturday
4 or ha 70 far ha hoe hoa
abletO find it and would be greatly oblig-
ed to our cOtemporary if they would give
him the description. He fears some
other persons farm covers itup.
A certain Traverse City gentleman
who visited this county last week in the
interest of Judge Hatch, reported on his
way home, that only four citizens of
ChebOygan favored Ramsdell's election,
and that the county would give $50 ma
jOrity for Hatch. Events last Monday
doubtless convinced him that he was
neither a prophet or the son of a prophet.
We commend him to the tender mercies
of Bro. Bates.
AdOlphus Graves, the keeper of the
ChebOygan light house, was up yes
terday, and says it is a mistake
about the ice breaking away be-
low BOis Blanc and going out. He says
he can see open water some miles out in
the lake, but that the ice still remains
firm, that he was out on it Thursday
afternoon, and thinks what was seen
from the village and was supposed to
have been open water was water on top
of the ice, the recent heavy blow having
forced considerable water OIL top of the
ice, and breeze blowing causes it to
ripple, giving it the appearance, at
distance, of being open water.
Last Monday John F. Mcdonald took
flying leap in the air under rather
peculiar circumstances. He was taking
large sleigh load of men to the Inver-
ness election and was driving quite
rapidly down one of the steep hills, and
when near the bottom the sleigh struck
piece of bare ground and stopped sud-
denly, the connections of the whiffletrees
becoming detached at the same time,
the horses left the sleigh, and so did
John. He landed near the end of the
wonder is that he was not badly hurt,
but beyond severe shaking up he was
not injured. The horses were caught
and the load taken to its destination.
The cheek of the editor of our cOtem-
porary surpasses his boasted brains. 1t
will be remembered that he laid claim
that the salt we'll company was formed
exactly in accordance with his sugges-
tiOns. How much truth was i'm that
| statement is we'll known. This week he
comes out and claims that he was the
first to suggest line of boats to take
: the place of the n. L. line between this
place and Chicago. On February
18th the TRIBUNE called attention to the
opening afforded by the withdrawal Of
that line of boats, and on the 18th of
i February our cOtempOrary came out
with an echo of our suggestion, and now
has the cheek to claim to have been the
first to have made it.
Last Saturday the we'll known store of
Anspach & Co was closed under an as
signment of the firm to a Mr.. Green
thall, of Detroit. The Alpena store was
the cause of the failure the Cheboygan
branch having been paying institution
from the start. We understand the liza
| bilities of the firm are in the neighbOr-
hood of $4,000. The amount of assets is
unknown. Mr.. Knoch, of the firm, ar
rived from Alpena the first of the week
| to take an inventory of the stock here and
thought that arrangements would be
made to continue the business. Since
| then the matter has been cOmpli-
Gated by an attempt to break the assign
ment and the goods have been attached
by Edison Moore & Co., of Detroit and the
store is now in the hands of the sher-
iff.
Some objection has been made to
taking the water supply for the water
works from Hamel's bay. and some of
objectors haye suggested that the sup
ply main be run up the west side of the
river as far as the forks and take the
water from the ChebOygan river, where
at all times the pure water from Mullet
lake could be had. 1t is claimed that the
expense would be but little more, if any,
on account of the extra expense it
would cost to get the supply pipe across
the river, if the water was taken from
Hamers bay, which would have to be
done in order to reach the pumping
works. The subject is worthy of con-
sideratiOn. ALI matters pertaining to
the works should be thoroughly dis