Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-04
TOWN TALK.

TOWN TALK.
Thursday of last week Louis Burseau
captured sturgeon in Burt lake that
was eight feet in length and weighed
125 pounds.
Thompson Smith is having piles driven
out beyond the, Cheboygan Lumber COM
pany's pier for booming logs to tow them
from the river to his mills at Duncan
City.
Smith Brothers are going to build
quite an extensive boat house for the
protection of their boats at their sum-
mer resort hotel, the Mullet Lake House,
on Mullet lake.
The Chippewa County News says Rep
resentative Seymour, having accomplish
ed all he could for this district, returned
home last week and would not return
unless something would occur in the
legislature which would seem to require
it.
IA letter from Collector Chandler of the
Sault canal, written Friday of last week
states that the general government had
not yet taken possession of the canal,
but that he was daily expecting the ar
rival of officials to whom he could turn
over his trust.
Newton, Ellis & Co. brought down over
sixty tons of hemlock extract yesterday.
The Flora took about half of it. 1t goes
OF Cincinnati. Their factory is turning
out from fifty to sixty barrels per week
and they find ready sale for all they can
make, having orders ahead most of the
time.
The Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw rail-
road is preparing to ship in iron for the
road. We learn from the Post and
Tribune that the schooners Belle Hans
com and VIM. Horne have been charter
ed to bring railroad iron from Detroit to
Cheboygan at $1.75 per ton, the vessels
to do the trimming.
Last Monday a boy running up the
Donnelly dock stubbed his toe on cedar
tie and took sudden dive off the dock
into the river. He managed to swim
under the dock and got out on a beam,
where he tested his lungs by yelling. A
companion got canoe and assisted him
out of his predicamsAt.
The papering Of the Congregational
church is about completed and is an
elegant piece of work, Transforming the
audience room into as handsome a room
as could be desired and rejecting much
credit to the excellent taste Of Mr..
Levins, who designed and superinten ded
thework. When the painting is finished
the Congregationalist will have church
of which they may well be proud, thank.
to the ladies.
AMI. Jordan, for some years resident
of Detroit, arrived last week with a mum.
Der OF teams to work on the railroad. He
has rented house on the east side and
will remove his family here. We under
stand he contemplates going largely
into the cedar trade next winter and il
talking of bringing in a portable saw
mill for saving railroad ties. He is, VIC
are informed, now negotiating with
Detroit parties for quantity of land in
this section timbered principally will
cedar.
Last Tuesday morning Capt. Corbir
took an involuntary bath in the river
He was drawing some long timber ou
of the gap at Macarthur, Smith 6 Co..
dock when the dog to which the TOP,
was attached broke and in he went. Tn,
steamer Saginaw was going out at tn,
time and her wheels created such waves
that as fast as the captain would reacl
the dock wave would come along ant
wash him away. At last some of tn,
men on the Carkin reached him with
pole and rescued him when he wa
about exhausted.
The settlers in that portion of thi
county through which the Cheboygal
and Cross Village road is to run are max
ing loud complaints against Mr.. Sweet
who has the contract to build it. Tn
contract originally required it to b
completed last year but Mr.. Sweet sue
ceeded in getting the time extended bu
is not doing anything this season, so fal
towards building the road. 1t is mucl
needed road''and should be completed a
early as possible. Some of the settler
now being required to travel twent
miles in order to reach Cheboygan, whel
if the road was built they would not b
required to traverse half that distance.