Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-05


Of our cotempOrary. Such is its best
hold.
The village smudge last night must
have finished the few mosquitoes that
had survived the chilly nights of this
week.
Services at the Congregational church
tomorrow as usual. In the morning
the sacrament of the Lords Supper will
be observed.
Judging from the quantity of ice that
is being put up in Cheboygan there will
be no danger of an ice famine the COM
ing summer. $40
The interest in the childrens' temper
ance meetings at the school house every
Tuesday afternoon at the close of school
is increasing.
George w. Hill is said by the Saginaw
Courier to have secured the signatures
of seventy of the salt manufacturers Of
the state to petition for his appointment
as state salt inspector.
The heaviest snowstOrm of the season
is reported throughout the western and
southern portion of the state the fore
part of this week, seriously interfering
with travel on the railroads.
Macarthur, Smith & Co. have made an
advance of 25 cents per ton in the price
of hard coal. Notwithstanding this they
are still selling their coal at prices be-
low that ruling in other places.
Owing to the extreme cold weather
the managers of the skating rink have
decided to close the same until the
weather moderates, when it will be re-
opened with good band in attendance.
According to the Cheboygan Democrat
hell is located in the immediate vicinity
of the straits of Mackinaw, with head
quarters at Point st. Ignace, while Che
boygan is a sort of DEVILS Kitchen
Traverse Bay Eagle. A nice reputation
our cotemporary is giving this part of
our state.
An exchange says: "OniOns are an
unfailing cure for diphtheria. They
must be placed in bandage in a raw
state. and then beaten into pulp, and
the cloth containing them. juice and all,
bound around the throat and we'll up
over the ears. In cases noticed the re-
suit has been almost magical, deadly
pain yielding in short time to sleepy
comfort.
Last Wednesday was Candlemas day,
and if the old adage about the bears OF
ground hogs coming out on that day
and if they see their shadows returning
to their winter quarters for six weeks
more is true, we may expect that much
more winter. as the day was a very
brigt, sunshiney one, and if the "var-
minis" yentured out at all they must
have seen their shadows.
We are indebted to Major HARDWOOD for
copy of his annual report in regard to
harbOr Improvements. In it he recon-
mends an appropriation for the extern
sion of the pier on the west side of the
channel of the Cheboygan harbor out to
fifteen feet of water. Had the recon-
mendations made by the Major in form
m ropo~fo ham vr;ad ont o,,r borbor
would have been completed years ago.
He also makes an estimate for a break
water at Mackinac and shows the i'm
portance for such a protection for that
harb0r.
We are glad to see an effort being
made to re-Organize the Cheboygan cor.
net band. The most of the former mem.
bers still reside reside in our village and
the progress they made under the for
mer organization showed them to pos.
sess talent sufficient to make good band
with proper training. We hope they may
succeed in recognizing and have nc
doubt if proper canvass was made
among our citizens that substantial aid
could be secured to help keep up thu
organization and secure q competent in
structOr.
Representative Newberry has intro
duced joint resolution to appoint &
commission of army engineers to report
on the practicability of constructing 6
bridge across Sault Ste. Marie river, a
the rapids, to connect Mackinac ant
Marquette with the Canadian system o.
railroads at Sault Ste. Marie. On tn,
authority of Mr.. Newberry it can b,
stated that the Light House Beard hav,
completed plans for light house OF
Passage Island, and near the north emf
of Isle Royal, in Lake Superior, near Is
let harbOr.
There seems to be diversity of Opin
ion among our citizens as to which
would be the cheapest to run thu
proposed water works, steam O.
water power. To solve the difficult,
we would suggest that wind mill b,
attached to the mouth of the editor O
the Democrat. He has done con
siderable blowing about the improve
ments he proposed making in that paper
but as these improvements have no
been discernible to the naked eye, tn,
wind has evidently been wasted, and, il
our opinion, the water works problem
would afford an excellent opportunity t,
utilize it.
Wednesday morning while the tene
ment house of Macarthur, Smith & Co..
was burning, man came running dowI
in great haste and told w. C. Hayes, fore