Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-25

Remember the races next Monday.

Remember the races next Monday.
.,Kesselers new block begins to loom
up, the masons having the walls of the
third story well up.
Ripe strawberries raised in ChebOygan
county have made their appearance, and
remarkably fine ones at that.
We understand Jerry Fisher of the
Marine House has purchased portion OF
the material of the skating rink and is
going to erect bowling alley.
Judging from the crowd, the circus
was more attractive outside than inside
of the canvas. The attendance to wit
ness the performance was slim.
The new cross walks being put down by
Street Commissioner Divine are in keep
ing with the eight feet sidewalks and a
decided improvement over the old cross
ings.
We understand outside parties are
negotiating with Edward Gallagher for
a lease of the Spencer House. This hotel
is in one of the best locations for bust
ness of any hotel in the village.
We are under obligations to Attorney
General Otto Kirchner for copy of his
Annual report for the year 1880, with an
appendix giving abstracts of reports OF
the several prosecuting attorneys of the
state.
Thursday afternoon Napoleon Hudson
and a companion named Morrow indulg-
ed in a rough and tumble, in which Ma
poleon met his Waterloo, Morrow getting
the better of him and dined off of one of
his ears.
So far as we have heard an opinion ex-
pressed the unanimous verdict is that
the Gilberts supported by FOx's N. Y.
comedy company have afforded the best
entertainment of any theatrical COM
pany that has yet visited our village.
The paymaster was around the first of
the week paying the railroad hands.
Some of them felt so happy over their
wealth that they celebrated by INDUCING
in little too much of exhilirating fluid
and were gathered in by the watchful
officials. - s-
1t is wonderful what intuition some
folks possess. Last week our cotemp0-
rary made the remarkable discovery that
out of thirty applications for the posi-
ton of principal of the graded school.
that of Prof. Sutherland was the only
one expected by the school board.
The brick manufacturers want to
hurry up with their brick or there will
soon be a brick famine in town. The
number of brick buildings going upwill
add much to the substantial appearance
of our village. Wooden buildings are all
well enough in the early days of vii
lage but when place attains the size
ChebOygan has brick blocks, and resi-
dences is what they want to ill the bill
An exchange says, this is worth try.
ing: "Take half a teaspOonful of blach
pepper in powder, one teaspOOnful Of
brown sugar, and one teaspoonful OF
cream. Mix them we'll together and
place them in room on plate where
flies are plentiful, and they will very
soon disappear" Whether it is the flies
or the ingredients composing the mix.
ture, that disappears we leave to those
trying the experiment to solve.
Just at this time considerable interest
is being taken in the Detroit base ball
club. Starting in with bad beginning
losing eight out of the first nine games
played, giving them the lead at the wrong
end of the score, they finally got down
to business and have advanced until they
are now third in the race for the champ
iOnship. Saturday of next week "Chaff,
the popular sporting and society paper
will issue a mid summer number con.
tanning full page portrait of the clut
and we have no doubt it will be in great
demand.
An important change in the time
schedule took place the first of the weel
on the Grand Rapids and Indian rail
road, trains leaving Grand Rapids fol
Cadillac at IA a. m, and trains arriv
ing from Cadillac at 8.15 p. M, have
been taken off. Night trains to Traverse
City and PetOskey will be run, leaving
Grand Rapids at IL p. M, with Woodruff
sleeping coaches attached, arriving al
Grand Rapids from the north at $50 a
m. Trains leaving Grand Rapids for thu
south at 4.45 D. m, will run through tt
Cincinnati, having sleeping and chail
car attached,