Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-03-05

toskey arrived Sunday.
Jacob Walton reports that over five
inches of water fell during the past
week.
Two stages came through from PetOs-
key Wednesday both having full loads of
passengers.
The weight of snow was too much for
Nelson & Bullen's hay sheds and they
are complete wrecks.
The stage from Petoskey started out
to-day with number of passengers and
drawn by four horses.
Two sleighs arrived up from Rogers
City Thursday evening, and the drivers
report hard time coming through.
Messrs. jackson & Son, of Gilchrist,
north shore, are going to put in port
able saw mill and single mill upon the
opening of navigation.
Our cOtempOrary makes bad showing
for itself this week. 1t acknowledges
that since it started, the criminal bust
ness in the circuit court has been more
than doubled.
A resident on the river, short dis
lance above the village, reports snow
drifts last Tuesday morning four feet
higher than the fences and reaching
across the road.
Notwithstanding the severe storm of
Monday, Geo. W. Simpson had a full
load of passengers for Mackinac, one
lady among the number. The ride must
have been anything but pleasant.
Under the weather report will be
found a statement of the weather, pre-
pared by Mr.. Walton, giving the average
of the months of December, January and
February for the past three winters.
A sleigh load of freight that started in
from PetOskey Friday of last week has
not yet reached ChebOygan. 1t succeed
ed in reaching Maple river where the
driver has been rusticating, waiting bet
ter roads.
Sheriff Mute expects to start to morrow
with VipOnd, sentenced to Imprisonment
in the state house of correction, at IOnia,
for one year, and Thomas Grace, insane.
to be placed in the insane asylum at
Kalamazoo.
| The village board of registration will
be in session next Saturday at the cOun-
Gil room for the purpose OF registering
all voters who have not yet registered.
If you want to vote see that your name
is on the register.
Geo. EliOt's "Daniel DerOnde," "Adam
Bede," "Middlemarch," 1.-THE Mill on the
Floss" sc. Also, BeacOnsfield's Lothian"
''EOdymiOn," "Vivian Grey" Henrietta
Temple, &C., Seaside Library" Edition,
for sale at Fexer's News Depot.
C. A. Gallagher has made important
Improvements in his grocery room
heightened it out so that it gives him
double the shelving capacity. The whole
has been newly painted and now is as
neat room as there is in town.
Messrs. Battenfeld & Carleton, who
purchased C. A. Gallagher's stock of gro
ceries, expecting to take possession about
the first of this month, write the latter
that they will not be able to get here
before the latter part of the month.
We understand that Eugene Lyons, a
former typo in the TRIBUNE Office and
leader of the old band, has joined Fore
paugh'S circus band and has gone to
Philadelphia to join the circus which
was expected to start out about the 18th
inst.
The stage leaving here with the mail
Monday morning and the one with the
mail from PetOSkey, only succeeded in
reaching Maple river that day. The
mail from Petoskey reached here Tues
day afternoon between two and three
o'clock.
Last Tuesday morning lady resident
of the village, whose husband was absent,
on getting up found that she was shut
in with huge snow drifts. She was equal
to the emergency, put on her husbands
snOw-shOeS and went to ne1ghbOrs for
assistance.
The Baptist social at the residence of
]. l.. Johnson last evening, nOtwithstand-
ing the stormy night, was more largely
attended than the previous one. Mr..
and Mrs. Johnson served excellent re-
freshments and did all in their power to
make the occasion one of pleasure.
Judge Hatch held a night session of
the circuit court, lasting until after
midnight, in order to dispose of all the
cases on the docket so that he, with
Messrs. Bell and Humphrey. delegates,
could get off Tuesday morning to attend
the judicial convention at PetOskey
Wednesday.
A prominent business man of our vii
lage says this winter has been sent for
the especial benefit of about 45O families
from northern New York who reside in
this vicinity. They were getting home.
sick for lack of snow, but he thinks that
after this winter they will remain per-
fectly cOntented.
Last Tuesday Sheriff Mute was called
upon to arrest young man, residing
on the east side of the river. named
Thomas Grace as dangerously insane.
The examination was had before Probate
Judge Perkins, yesterday morning and
the man was adjudged insane and will
be sent to the asylum at kalamazoo
No mail left the ChebOygan postofice
Tuesday morning for PetOskey. I've Lit
tleield called for it but Postmaster Ford
had no mail bags to put it in. He had
been keeping couple of extra bags in
reserve for just such emergencies, but a
short time ago he received orders to for.
ward all mail bags not in immediate
use to Detroit, and sent them off.
brother of Mrs. l.. H. Van Norman
, arrived in the village Wednesday even
ing, from Canada and will take Mrs
| Van Norman and children back with
him, expecting to start Monday morning
J Mrs. Van NOrman's many warm friends
: in the village will sadly regret her de.
parture and give her their warmest
sympathies in the sad bereavement that
made her departure necessary.
The oyster supper given by the ladies
of the Congregational church last Tues.
day evening at the Grand Central, was
decided success socially and, consider
ing the bad walking, was financially
satisfactory, the gross receipts amount