Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-05-07

The farmers are actively engaged in
blowing.
Just received an elegant stock of wall
papers ut Fexer's. ~
Pm. Lathrop's new elevator for load
ing ties and posts is grand success.
C. L. Smyth & Co., received new sup
ply of furniture on the Pearl yesterday
and are Offering inducements to buyers
Call and see their stock.
The first boats launched swarm Of
drummers in our village who have been
entertaining our merchants relating the
merits of their different wares.
The Methodists will hold service in
their church next Sunday morning and
evening work not having been COM
menced on the inside as expected.
Merritt Chandler expects to resume
work on the Rogers City and PetOskey
state road next week and will push the
work until his contract is completed.
The pile driver is in position for driv-
ing the piles for the foundation of the
drill house for the test salt we'll. and
will commence driving this afternoon.
Captain Bouchard expects to COM
mence running the Van Raalte on her
route from this port to Manistque some
time next week, probably about Wednes-
day.
The northern extension (591s miles) of
the j., L. & s. railroad has been divided
into six sections, on which an average of
100 men will be employed the present
summer. 49,. -.
Thompson Smiths small mill, at Dun
can City, started up bright and early
last Monday morning and has been do
ing excellent work. They expect to start
up the large mill next week.
The army of through its officers invites
the clergy to hold memorial services for
the Union soldiers on sunday, May 30,
and that the soldiers graves be decorated
and flags displayed at halfmast on May
80.
Rapp 6 Lapres' lstock of clothing sc.
arrived on the Flora. They open up in
Anthony Siankiewicz's new building,
next the postofiice, next week and will
have one of the neatest store rooms in
town.
The Driving Park Association are go
ing to have the track plowed up, the
grade leveled and the track made first
class in every respect and anticipate
some fine sport during the coming sum-
mer and fall.
Our cotemporary having got through
building court houses, hotels, and Great
ing new townships has now turned its
attention to real estate and surprised
Mcdonald & Cueny this week by selling
4 house and lot for them to Merritt
Chandler.
Just as we expected, that two-story-
addition and mansard roof is nothing
but cabbage head head, after all. Our
gives distinct notice that
it is on exhibition at their Office and
that it does not belong on the shoulders
Of the editor of this paper.
Street Commissioner Devine is having
D. S. Hayden, County Surveyor, assist
him in trying to find the line of the
streets so that he can engineer the eight
feet side walk business in correct
They are having some trouble
In locating some of the lines for want of
q correct starting point.
Robert Coner started up his picture
back manufactury last week. As Nc
Arthur Smith s. Co have not yet started
up their saw mill he is obliged to saw
backs from the round logs, which makes
it much slower work, but he has orders
Tor the backing and in order to meet the
demand he is obliged to work at this
disadvantage.
The Methodist social at the parsonage
asst Thursday evening, was a decided
success. Good pie. good cheer and a
good time generally was the order of the
evening and everybody seemed happy.
b14.O0 being added to the treasury. The
lext one will be held at tn e residence of
Mrs. Crane on Black River avenue in
wo weeks.
The commissioners viewing and ap-
land for the use of the Jackson,
lansing & Saginaw railroad are having
IN interesting time of it. They report
rom eighteen inches to two feet of snow
n the woods with about foot of water
lnder it. They are all equipped with
seven leagued boots, for the purpose of
vading.
The balance of cash in the state treas
Try, April %, was $2,044,679,14; receipts
or the week ending April 80, were 3d.
'76, 90 payments for same time $50, 259. AS;
eaying balance April 80, 1881, of 3d.
)37.77, of which $4,000 belong to the
linking fund, $733, OF are held in the
rust funds, and $713, 754.70 are avail
Ible for general purposes.
The base ball epidemic broke out last
Monday. On that day the following
eague clubs played with the result
rev. The Buffalos defeated the Detroits,
to 5; the Clev0lands defeated the Chi
lagos to 1; the Worcesters defeated the
Croys, to 5; and the BostOns defeated
he Providence club, 4 to 2. Tuesday the
)etroits defeated the Buffalos, 4 to 2.
A citizen Of Chicago, whose subscrip-
ion to the TRIBUNE expired the first of
april and the paper stopped, as is our
'ustom, writes us stating he cannot
ford to be without the TRIBUNE" and
nclosed money for renewal, with a re-
Iuest that we forward back numbers
rom thesdate of his last paper, Aprilj2nd.
With some trouble we succeeded in get
ing all the back numbers and forward
d them to his address.
The Emmett County Independent says:
There still remains a few hundred
Ollars to be secured to cOmnleta tho