Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-09-16

City, is doing rushing business, and
mine host Simpson is correspOndingly
happy.
Medard Metivier showed us some
onions grown on his sons farm that are
ahead of anything we have seen in the
way of onions.
Messrs. Pearson and Starke, govern
ment inspectors Of steamers for the dis
tric5 CT Michigan, were in town this
week inspecting several crafts belong
ing at this port.
The call for the Republican county
convention fer nominating candidates
for the various county officers to be
elected this fal, will be found elsewhere.
Tuesday, October 3rd is the day set.
Captain Casey of the ChampIain says
the wind Thursday morning backed the
water up IN the bay at HarbOr Springs so
as to raise it SIX feet overlooking the
docks and warehouses ut that place.
Some parties in digging for relics at
the old fort atHMackinaw City unearthed
what is supposed 20 bs diamonds of very
large size. The find created quite an
excitement among the relic hunters.
Miss. Lottie LOucks has been engaged
as the additional teacher in the primary
department of the graded school and
entered upon her duties last Monday, to
the great relief OF Miss Shadbolt, who
last week was OVertasked by the charge
of some eighty in her room.
The disastrous rOut of the fusiOnists
in Maine causes the Catamaran party
of this state to fear and tremble and
they are already preparing to chang
their harps upon the willows" in antic
ipation of the inevitable defeat await
ing them.
The water WORKS pump house was
found to be located on an island Thurs
day morning, and Engineer Adams was
obliged to wade from the main land to
get to his WORK. The nigh water in the
straits, caused by the wind, had backed
the water in until all the low land
around the house was covered with
water.
The Original, aid only Masters Trou-
badours ere billed for an entertainment
at the lo0n Hall next Monday evening.
While the entertainment will be full
of mlrth and fun, we are assured that it
is entirely free from al ything that
would offend the most refined and fasti-
diOus. The press compliments them
highly.
An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Shaw residing at Black Lake in the town
of Allis, Pressure Isle county, died last
Monday aged seven months. Rev. r. nj.
Thompson went up and conducted the
funeral services. Mr. Shaw is brother
of Mrs. M. Chandler of this village. Mr..
and Mrs. Shaw have the sympathy of
numerous friends in CnebOygan.
The Democratic congressional cOnven-.
ton, for this district met at Bay City
this week, and selected their victim in
the person of A. C. Maxwell, of that city.
s. O. Fisher was the first choice of the con
ventiOn:but positively refused to tecOme
sacrafce, and Mr.. Maxwell was selected
as the next best material they had on
hand to be beaten in the race. Bay was
was the only county craving empty hon.
Ors, and hence none of the other counties
in the district presented any candidate.
1t is reported that the Democrats of
the Eleventh congressional district con-
slider the race against Mr.. Breitung, the
Republican candidate, so hopeless that
they have about determined not to NOM
mate a candidate against him, but join
in and make happy family in the new
district, and give Mr.. Breitung unani-
nous vote. They cannot do better and
it would have this advantage; they
could go into the next contest with bet
ter grace, not knowing how badly they
would have been beaten in this contest,
if they nominated candidate, for it is
conceded that Mr.. Breitung would have
a walk-away over any candidate they
could nominate.
The increase shown by the
school census in district No. 1, township
of Benton, in the number of children Of
school age, over the census of last year
excited DR.. Gerow's curiosity, and caused
him to investigate the number of chill
dren of school aye in the village of Che
boygan. This he accomplished by ex-
aiming the reports of the census takers
liz the school districts. portion of