Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-19

next Wednesday.
Mr.. P. Sullivan, the brickmaker, is
taking advantage of the sleighing to de-
liver the brick for NJ. J. Kesseler's new
block, at the corner of Main and Third
streets. 1850
Last Saturday the stage from Petos-
key got stuck in snowdrift few miles
out from the village. and the driver had
to come to town for fresh team to help
pull through.
A handsome cut of the Mullet Lake
House, Smith Brothers summer resort,
is to appear in the new railroad guide
now being prepared for publication by
the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
company.
On the third page of this issue will be
found another article upon Deposit and
Loan associations, showing the workings
and advantages of such an association,
and the advantages members derive
financially.
There will be special meeting of the
Board of Supervisors held at the court
house Friday, March 4th. Business of
Importance is to come before the meet
ing, and it is desired that all the towns
be represented.
w. W. StrOhn reports meeting Peter
Devine, former well known citizen of
Cheboygan, in Pueblo. Kansas, where he
now resides. being one of the leading
builders of the place, with plenty of
work and doing well.
Next Tuesday will be Washington's
birthday, and the firemen will celebrate
it with dance in the evening at the
Town Hall. The Cheboygan Cornet band
and Sweet orchestra will furnish the
music for the occasion.
Word was received Thursday evening
that L. H. Van Norman was seriously ill
with pleurisy and pneumonia, at the
residence of William ellis, near Black
lake, and was not expected to live. Mrs.
Van Norman and DR.. GerOw went up
yesterday morning.
Captain Kitchen says he likes the eli
mate of New Mexico but thinks the ma
tives are entirely too careless in scatter
ing their bullets, and is of the opinion
that the chances for a long and useful
life are much better in Cheboygan than
in that country, at least for the present.
Parties cutting ice in the straits
should put up something to show where
ice has been removed so as to warn peO-
pie of danger. Last Monday Fred
Smolk, while hauling ice drove over
where the ice had been removed and got
his team in and received cooling bath
himself.
The Baptists have made arrangements
with Miss Libbie Walton for the use of
her school house for Sabbath services,
and hereafter regular services will be
held every Sunday, mOrning and evening.
The society, we understand, are think
ing of securing lot and building a
small chapel this season.
A. Mr.. Hughart, son of W. 0. Hughart,
President of the G.. R. & l. railroad, and
another young man, has been in CORES
pOndence with Smith Brothers in regard
tOpurchasing their line of inland steam
ers. We understand they are to visit the
village next week, when it thought The
salewilI be consummated.
Wetmore s. LathrOp have secured a
location little below where they
operated last season, and will put
in another elevator, larger and more
substantial, which will enable them to
handle their ties and posts to much bet
ter advantage. The one they had in last
season proved quite saving in loading
vessels.
The Republican County committee
held meeting at Geo. W. Bells office
Wednesday evening, and appointed Geo.
W. Bell and Watts S. Humphrey dele
gates to the Judicial convention to be
held at PetOskey, March I'd. The Chair
man and Secretary were authorized to
select delegates to the State convention,
at Lansing Wednesday Of next week.
The Detroit Post and Tribune says Mr..
j. d. Sutton. former resident of our
village, and we'll known to many of our
citizens, left that city last Monday for
Indianapolis, Ind, to assume The gener-
al agency of that state for the Washing
ton Life Insurance company, position
of Importance and responsibility. In
connection with the announcement the
Post and Tribune pays Mr.. Sutton very
high compliment. .sssuatfs
By new ruling of the postOffice de-
partment the practice of requiring a
new prepayment on mail matter which
has been taken out of pOstoffice and
carried away or delivered by carriers and
then offered again for mailing to anOth-
or pOstOfice has been changed, so that
such matter when promptly returned to
the postoffice, redirected, may be received
and transmitted without an additional
charge for postage.
WetmOre Sc Lathrop sold their elevator
for loading ties and posts. that they
used last season, to ]. L. Smith, and the
latter has taken it to the Cheneaux
islands to be used for loading the vast
quantity of cedar he is getting out there.
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