Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-10-15
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1881.

securing.
A large safe was landed at Macarthur,
Smith & Co.'S dock this week for f. 4.
Martin of Indian River village.
Macarthur, Smith & Co are getting the
frame ready for a salt shed at their
dock, The building will be "a by 100
feet.
Immense fiocks of wild geese passed
over the village Thursday night, bound
south. They were flying all night and
kept up continual squalk.
The government engineers completed
their sounding in the harbor this week
and left on the Northern Belle, uia the
inland route Thursday morning.
A sailor on the schooner Annie M.
Peterson had tie strike him last Thurs
day, badly bruised one of his ankles
from which he has suffered considerably
since.
The iremen at their meeting Thurs
day night of last week voted to purchase
bell for sounding fire alarms and call
ing their meetings. The cost not to ex-
coed 1925.
f. II. Blackmar of Freedom, left at
the TRIBUNE office the specimens of corn
in stalk that he exhibited at the County
fair last week. The stalks are IL feet
high and the ears are large and we'll
filed.
Smith & Adams have their dry kiln up
and enclosed. The steam pipes are all
in position. The sides have been ceiled
with matched lumber inside and out and
the space between filled in with saw
dust.
One of the mates of the steamer Sag
inaw had some trouble with deck
hand Wednesday morning and knocked
him down. The man made complaint
before Justise Fife and had warrant
issued and the mate arrested. The ex-
animation is set for next Tuesday.
AL. Robinson received Toronto paper
giving an account of the robbery of his
mothers house in that city on the night
of the 1st inst. Advantage was taken of
the absence of the household during the
evening and cash and valuable articles
amounting to $500 was secured by the
thieves.
Thursday afternoon the track layers
were one mile this side of the extract
works. Only for the delay caused by the
locomotive getting off the track Thurs
day it is thought the track would have
been connected and the engine have
reached here by this evening. They now
expect to reach this village by Monday
at the latest.
Thursday of last week Messrs. Ellis &
Lang threshed Vim. Stewards grain
From Is bushels of seed sOwn on acres
he got 40 bushels of oats. He harvest.
ed 81 acres of wheat and the yield was
12O bushels from bushels sown. He got
1O4 bushels of peas from acres planted.
The wheat was raised on land that pro-
duced oats last year and Mr.. Stewart
thinks the yield would have been much
better If it had followed some other CROP
than oats, but as it is the yield averaged
over "a bushels per acre.
Last Thursday nights mail brought
us some specimens Of cotton sent from
DemOpolis, Alabama by Eugene Lyons
formerly typo in the TRIBUNE office
but now member of the band with
FOrepaugh's show. To those who have
never seen anything of the kind it il
quite curiosity. There are number
of balls some fully opened, others partly
so and two that have not commenced tC
open. The specimens can be seen al
this Office and all are invited to call and
see them. The postal accompanying is
dated the 9Th inst and states they would
leave that night for Mobile and expected
to reach New Orleans last Saturday and
exhibit there all this week.
Last week couple of our citizens
thought they would have joke on ont
OfOur prominent liquor dealers and a,
the same time raise some funds to trea,
the "boys' They called upon him rep
resenting that they were soliciting fund,
for the parochial school connected will
the st. Mary's church. Two dollars wer,
subscribed and paid over. The joker
thought this was good enough for then
and were very liberal in treating thei
friends, all enjoying the joke that ha,
been played, none more so than the tw,