Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-01-07
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. JANUARY Z. 1882.

street lamp in front of 1t.
Prof. Sweet gives social dance at his
new hall in Kesseler's block next Thurs
day evening.
The bitches along the railroad track
are much used by ChebOygan Juveniles
for skating parks.
Ross McCarty is putting upa neat
residence just west Of the Jail lot on
upper Black River road.
We hear that one of our citizens has
in contemplation the starting of hard
ware store at Mackinaw City.
The snow of yesterday made fair
sleighing and our farmers can now draw
in their wood more readily,
The Board of Supervisors meet next
Monday at which time application will
be made for the organ izatiOn of two
new townships in this county.
Beside their Office in this village the
American Express company have this
week opened offices at Mackinaw City,
Indian River and Vanderbilt.
Several heavily laden freight cars for
Cheboygan arrive every day, and the
freight business at this station promises
to be big thing for the company.
Wednesday the Gun club was notified to
put up brick chimney on their little
caboOse in Horne's addition. They built
brick chimney. 1t was made out of
three bricks.
We hear of number of brick build
ings to be erected upon Main street the
coming season and large number of
residences that are to be built in differ
ent parts of the village.
The Saginaw Herald puts it thus: "As
soon as the holidays are over Saginaw
merchants begin to pull their advertise
ments out Of the papers. In Bay City.
Detroit and Jackson they double their
space and thereby fortify against loss of
trade during the dull season."
ACheboygan correspondent of the Post
and Tribune gives the lumber cut of
1881 at 120.OO0,OOO feet. This is largely in
excess of the amount cut The figures
published in the TRIBUNE. few weeks
since, were had direct from the manu-
facturers themselves and we believe
them as near correct as possible to OBJ
tain.
Evidently our contemporary did not
like the two little pills administered
them last week. in the TRIBUNE in re-
gard to their critisism of the Teachers
Association entertainment. They were
the occasion ola terrible straining, on
the part oflthe whole'staff, in their issue
this week, resulting in the discharge of
considerable charactistic "bile," and
bad spell of DIARY"
Several pieces that was in the mail
that was scorched by the burning of the
mail car on the Canada Southern rail
road last Sunday, have been received in
the village. Some of them are in bad
condition. A paster attached explains
the cause of the damage. In asserting
the mail inFthe Detaoit office roll of
coupons cut] from government bonds,
amounting to about $4,000, land a gold
watch and some valuable jewelry were
found.
Under the management of IT. Ben
nett, the Bay City Tribune has become
the best daily in the state outside of De-
troit. Mr.. Bennett has not only made
it the best paper, but has reduced the
price of subscription to $500 per year
or $1.5O Eper three months, payable in
advance. Since the advent Of the rail
road the Tribune arrives here the even
ing of the same day it is published, so
that subscribers are sure of getting the
news fresh the same day it is printed.
The Detroit Evening News says: "The
banks are making good thing out of
punched coins. Having caused report
to spread to the effect that the enormous
discounts charged on such money was
by authority Of the government, the sons
of Shylock scoop it in less this discount
and then sell it for bullion at price
which is but little less than the face
value of the battered, punched or clipped
coins. Verify there are tricks in all
trades, and the willy banker has his lit
tie busil ess peculiarities as well as the
rest of mankind.
The Bay City Morning Call is doing
GOOD service In attracting affanfion 70