Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-10-01
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1881.

ance here Thursday morning.
VIM. Hess has adorned his boiler shop
with coat of mineral paint greatly i'm
proving its appearance.
Last week they commenced laying the
iron on the railroad between this vii
lage and Mackinac City.
Newton. Ellis & Co. shipped fifty bar
rels of hemlOck extract on the Nashua
Monday evening which were going to
New York City.
Miss Mulkins arrived on the Pearl
Thursday evening and brought
full line of millinery goods
for Miss NJ. w. Smart's millinery rooms.
Friday night of last week the Lawrence
landed the cases for A. Fexers new store.
They are very handsome and will add
much to the attractivness of his elegant
stock.
Prof. Sutherland completed the census
of school children in district No. l, town.
ship of Benton, last week and found a
total of $50, an increase of 100 over last
census.
Captain Bundy of the Gospel Ship,
"Glad Tidings," will preach in the Bap-
fist church in this place next Sunday
evening the I'd inst. Please come and
hear the captain.
Mr.. H. A. Blake has found it necessary
to enlarge his foundry, and is now busy
adding sixteen feet to the main build
ing and removing his mOulding-rOom
that much nearer the river.
Messrs. Nelson & Bullen make big
demand on our advertising space this
week but then they have large stock
of well selected goods and we don't
wonder they want the fact known.
II. L. Greenthal e Co. have leased the
Anspach store and are busy opening out
a large stock of clothing, dry goods, etc.
Mr.. Greenthal is well and favorably
known here and no doubt will do well.
Highway Commissioner Rapin gives
notice, in another column, that all
persons driving or riding over the Third
street bridge or approaches faster than
walk will be prosecuted to the extent of
the law.
John w. McGinn has the pier at the
trance to the .harbOr completed, with
the exception of the reinforcement tim
Der on the northeast side. Only for the
very wet weather it would have been
completed.
The men employed by Mr.. Hess in
laying the water mains, struck for high
er wages Thursday morning but after
celebrating over the matter short
time concluded to resume work at the
wages they had been receiving.
The wet weather for the past few
weeks has sadly interfered with Garlic
ton Brothers in getting their kiln of
brick ready to burn. They have brick in
their yard that were manufactured three
weeks ago that are not yet dry enough
to place in the kiln.
The electors of Benton township
should remember the special election
next Monday at the Town Hall, to vote
upon raising money by tax to rebuild
the John f. Mcdonald bridge, There
should be unanimous vote cast in favor
of the tax, as the bridge Is necessity
and should be repaired at once.
While employed on the Jessie Linn,
John DOdd received telegram from
Grand Haven requesting him to 60 there
with his diving rig, but OF course he
would not quit the Linn. Although
but young in the business he has al
ready attained reputation as diver
that would be credit to the oldest of
them.
The track layers reached the Indian
River bridge with the iron last Tuesday
and on Wednesday the first locomotive
put in its appearance this side of the
river, Yesterday the rails were laid to
point two or three miles this side of
the bridge. The want of ties along the
the line of the road delays the work
somewhat but as soon as they get with
i'm about ten miles of the village this
will be Obviated as the ties are scattered
conveniently along the line.
The readers of the TRIBUNE will doubt
less be surprised at the great blow our
cotemporary makes this week over a
typographical error in head line of this
paper last week in reference to the
death Of our late lamented President.
The reason of their surprise will be the
fact that very few of them knew of the
error, because it only appeared in few
papers worked off just after the forms
went to press to accumulate a number
who were waiting for copies of the pa