Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-05-14

The stakes for the line of the eight
feet sidewalks have been set along Main
street.
Call at Nelson & Bullen's. and look
over their stock Of new goods, just re-
ceived.
P. Sullivan commenced making brick
last Monday and expects to burn kiln
of 100000 next month.
Capt. Kirkland selected the lamps that
sre used for the light on the pile at the
entrance of the harbor.
Young 6 Co.'S saw mill. at the forks of
the river, has been saving for couple
of weeks and doing good work.
Evidently our April showers were post
poned until May. They have been fire.
quent enough this month.
The vanguard of mosquitoes have put
in an appearance and seemingly are as
hot as though we he'd not had six months
of winter.
The force at work on the ]. L. & S
railroad has been still further increased
and the work of grading is progressing
satisfactorily.
Last week the ice moving in Burt lake
broke the boom containing David Smiths
logs and scattered the entire lot, over
1900 logs, all over the lake.
Merritt Chandler started a force Of
men, with camp equippage, supplies &C.,
Wednesday to commence work on the
Rogers City and Petoskey state road.
T. j. Carleton received a telegram
from his brother stating that he expect
ed to reach Cheboygan with the machin-
cry for manufacturing brick, on the Ke-
weenaw this week.
There must be a coal mine in this re-
giOn somewhere, as our cotempOrary
says the schooner Rising Star, which was
ashore near Hamuond's bay, was loaded
with coal for Buffalo.
See Wetmore & Paddock's advertise
ment in this issue. Their new goods are
arriving on every boat and they will be
pleased to exhibit them and give bar
gains to their patrons.
j. L. Smith writes to parties in the
village that he was examined at Detroit
on the charge of perjury, preferred by
John Mckay, and was discharged with
out a witness being sworn.
The executive committee of the North
western Michigan Press association meet
at the McKinnon House, in Cadillac, next
Tuesday, to arrange for the annual meet
ing of the association and their regular
summer excursion.
The st. Ignace Republican boasts Of
that burg furnishing supplies for Che
boygan, and rather glories in it. 1t only
shows that Cheboygan is the place to do
business, for merchants are able to sell
all the goods they bring in.
The large mill at Duncan City had up
steam Wednesday and started up the
machinery to see how it would work
and to turn up some Of the pulleys. The
test was satisfactory. They expect to
commence saving to-day or Monday.
The editor of our cotemporary &C
knowledges that the sale of that house
and lot from Mcdonald & Cueny to Mer-
rift Chandler was only bit of wind. 1t
is fact long patent to the readers of
that sheet that it is more more given to
wind than news.
The 10th annual meeting of the gen.
eral association of the Congregational
churches of Michigan will be held at
Charlotte, beginning Wednesday even
ing, May Is, and continuing till the Sum
day evening following. The annual
sermon will be preached by Rev. Warren
F. Day, of East Saginaw.
The report of O. NJ. Barnes, Land COM
missioner of the Jackson, Lansing and
Saginaw division, shows 47,14 Al acres
of land sold in 1880, at an average Of
$14 46 per acre. The total amount Of
land and timber sales was $40 961 Y.
The land remaining unsold amounts to
4O6,SS1 acres. The report concludes: 1t
will be seen that the business of the
past year exceeds that Of any previous
year. The sales have been larger, and
the prices obtained better, than any time
since the grant was brought into mar
ket.