Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09

Il. Minis had one foot badly jammed
Wednesday by a large tie falling on it.
Fred H. Fife entered upon the duties of
justice of the peace last Monday. Judge
Sutton retiring after service of two
terms.
The excursion on the Nashua Monday,
for the benefit of the Episcopal church
was well attended and Melted the ladies
a nice sum. Everybody enjoyed the ride.
Thos. Lyons has leased the building on
Third street, opposite s. Legault & Sons,
formerly occupied by John Harmon as a
saloon, and next week will open shoe
shop.
The engine from the ruins of Smith
Brothers planning mill has been brought
down to H. A. Blake's machine shop to
be Overhauled and put in working con-
dition again.
The new side walks are about cOmplet-
ed the full length of Main street and it
is no longer necessary to wear snow
shoes in order to navigate that thorough
fare in safety.
P. Sullivan opened kiln of brick this
week and Kesseler's block has grown
considerably. The bricks for A. Fexer's
new building are being delivered. They
are of an excellent quality and will make
handsome walls.
Young men of this congressional dis
trict, over II and under 81, ambitious to
enter military life, can enter into COM
petitive examination for cadetship in
the West Point U. s. military academy at
East Saginaw July 20.
A man named Fisher employed on the
schooner c. X. Minis slowing ties while
she was loading here this week, claims
that when the captain paid off his extra
help that some other man answered his
name and secured the pay that was his
due.
The name of the boy drowned last
Saturday near the ChebOygan lumber
Co.'S. mill was Edward Horton. He was
twelve years old and native of Canada,
not French boy as stated last week.
The parents are filled with sorrow over
their loss. The funeral took place last
Sunday.
Two cribs of piles were brought down
the river Thursday, for the railroad dock.
Owing to making some improvements
in the pile driver, Arthur Burns did not
commence driving the piles last Tuesday,
but will get at it the first of the week.
Several more cribs Of piles were run
down yesterday.
John D. Mcdonald is making good pro-
gress in grading the j. L. & S. railroad
between this place and Mackinaw City.
He has 100 men and 40 teams employed,
and would like to employ more. Six
miles have been graded and, the roadway
cleared the entire distance, with the ex
ception of about mile and half.
The loss of Smith Brothers planning
mill is badly felt and has caused con-
siderable delay in building operations.
Parties ordered doors and sash from
Milwaukee the next day after the fire, and
are still waiting for them to arrive, al
though they received replies that their
orders would be filled Immediately.
The readers of the Democrat are now
familiar enough with our mode of doing
business to know that when we say a
thing we mean it.-DemOcrat. Just so.
Last week you said the "The Democrat
will not be late again If the days contin-
ne to be of "a hours length" The days
could not have continued to be "a hours
length, as they were a day behind as
usual in issuing this week.
The railroad company have purchased |
a tract of land on the high ground back
Of StOckbridge mill, at st. Ignace and
laid it out into village lots, and propose
to sell 1t at unreasonable price for resi-
dence purposes. As it is about the most
desirable property in that circuitOus VII
lage for that purpose, it will doubtless
meet with ready sale and have great
tendency in extending the growth of the
place in that direction, fact in which
the people at the other end of town do
not exult.
The United States officials have been
visiting Drummond's Island during the
past five weeks examining into tres:
passes on United States lands. They