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

Rev. Charles A. Marsh, preaced in the
Duncan City school house last Thursday
evening.
The frame for ROllO g. Hitchcock's
new banking Office and Geo. E. Frost's
law Office is up.
Lumber and material for new build
ings can be seen distributed in various
parts of the village and the indications
are that before many days the carpen-
tiers will be full of business.
Henry AmiOt is putting extensive re-
pairs on the tug Eva English, for Nell
son q Bullen. He is also overhauling
the tug Chas. L. DeCeunick and repair
ing her for Thompson Smith.
The ChebOygan Gun club practices
long range shooting nearly every day
and the members are getting so that
they put the bullets in pretty thick in
the bulls-eye and close around it.
The members of the Cheboygan Cornet
band got together for practice, last Tues
day evening for the first time since they
disbanded. With little practice they
will be able to play as we'll as of yore.
1t is reported that there is to be a
series of races at st, Ignace week after
next. Some the owners of fast steppers
in Cheboygan are talking of taking their
nags over and entering them if they are
afforded an opportunity to do so.
The Petoskey Democrat is very enter
prising. Last week it stated that, 'Mc-
Arthur, Smith & Co., of Cheboygan, are
to have telephone line running from
their dock to their store, about mile
apart" NeighbOr. that line has been up
nearly two years.
There was a report in circulation the
beginning of the week that Jared Ding
man, of Mackinac, was about to die, but
MIR. Dingman putting in an appearance
In person this week, as lively as ever.
shows that it was only rumor. He.left
on the stage Thursday morning to look
up new tug, having sold the Charles E.
Pendell to Capt. Kitchen.
Elsewhere we print list of uncalled
for letters in the Mullet Lake postoffice
Mr.. Dodge, postmaster, says this is the
hrst time he has had occasion to adj
vertise uncalled for letters and that al.
though the Office has been in existence
about eight years, he has never sent a
letter to the dead letter office. Some
thirty or forty receive their mail at that
Office.
The Adrian Times, of last week saws
that there was AZ feet of frost in the
ground at that place and that the COM
pany putting up telephone line had to
suspend operations and await the disap-
pearance of the frost before they could
set the poles. Here in this section there
Is no frost at all in the ground and we
venture the assertion that our three feet
of snow will be gone long before thew
get rid of their AZ feet of frost.
Postmaster-General Maynard has is
sued general order in which he saws
that the orders of July 10, 1880, and Sep
TENDER "a, 1880, excluding from the
mails all card matter. except postal
cards, furnished by the department are
modified SO as to permit the sending by
mail OF printed cards at third class rates,
but all cards other than postal cards fur
nished by the department containing
any writing except the address shall be
charged withletter postage. This order
takes effect Immediately.
The Silver City Mining Chronicle an
nOunces the sale of two-thirds interest
in the Wall Street mine No. 1, Black
Range, New Mexico. The purchaser was
Col. c. NJ. Gillett. The same gentleman
paid the same amount for two-thirds in
terest in the Washington mine, in the
same range. The latter is only three
quarters of mile from the Benton
mine, in the same range, owned by our
townsmen W. S. Humphrey, Charles
Kitchen and DR.. I. A. Perrin. The above
mines have not as yet been developed,
being nothing more than prospect holes,
and the price paidwould indicate great
confidence in the richness of the claims
when developed.