Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-02-04
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY A, 1882.

Is OF the nneSt quallty.
Be sure to read the new advertisement
of Smyth g. Co. and find what they have
to say about valentines.
We would call attention to the bust
ness card of DR.. G. H. Hill, surgeon dem
list, to be found in another column.
Prof. Sweet has quite class of gents
at his dancing school lessons Monday
evenings and his pupils are making
fire progress.
1t will be noticed that we now have
correspondent at Duncan City SO that
hereafter we can keep our readers post
ed on all the happenings there.
Owing 10 mail service beginning on
the railroad next Friday the star route
from this place to Mackinaw City will
be discontinued after next Thursday.
On and after next Friday the mail
will arrive and depart by rail. 1t took
a good while to get around to it but we
are glad to get it even at this late day.
Thursday was Candlemas day. Unless
that ground hog got out very early after
sunrise he did not see his shadow and
according to the old adage we shall
have an early spring.
Macarthur, Smith & Co. are going to
build large ice house at their dock for
packing ice for supplying the different
steamers with that necessary cOmmOd-
ity during the summer.
The Bay City Tribune says: Cole &
Holt will put steamer on the route
between ChebOygan and SaultS Ste. Marie
this season in connection with the north
ern extension of the Michigan Central.
The steamer will make three trips each
week, stopping at intermediate points"
The Michigan Mutual Accident Asso-
ciation, which is represented by f. j..
Breslin, have recently had several losses
to pay in this vicinity and the Associa-
tiOn has made many new friends by the
prOmptness with which all claims are
met.
The Board of Control of the State Re-
form School for girls at Adrian has is
sued a circular defining what classes Of
girls will and what classes will not be
admitted to the institution. Among
the ta5Ooed are the insane, the idiOtic, the
incorrigible and those afflicted with in
durable diseases.
We are in receipt of letter from Dr.
Henry COnkling in which he states that
he expects to be in ChebOygan early in
March and soon after to open land Of
flee at Mackinaw City and engage in the
sale of real estate and lend helping
hand in what ever tends to the develop
ment of northern Michigan improve
ments of all kinds.
The Allegan Journal copies the TRI-
BUNES notice of the death of Edgar
COnkling and adds as follows:
"The writer of this founded, in 1858,
the first paper ever published in Macki-
nav City. 1t was named the Northern
Easlgn, but was printed at Allegan."
"Don" you had better be little careful,
or the ladies will be figuring as to your
age, Notwithstanding that youthful APP
a appearance.
Some of our foreign subscribers COM
plain because we do not say enough in
the TRIBUNE in regard to the weather,
they want to know about the condition
Of the snow, sc. We think we have
said more or less in every issue on this
point. In any event, If they would con-
suit the weather tables In each issue
they could get the desired information.
The amount of snow fall is given for
each week.
A meeting of the Board of Supervisors
is to be held March 18th to take action
on petition of freehOlders in the town.
ships of Burt, Duncan and Grant for
change in the limits of those towns. A
notice of the proposed change can be
found in our advertising columns. We
understand that a petition will also be
presented at the same meeting for the
of new township out of a
portion of the territory now in Burt.
The ice has proven to be king after
all, having captured the Algomah, and
the.T told you SOS" are exultant. The
steamer has not been able to make trip
since last Saturday and it looks very
much like she had been forced into win
ter quarters. She came over Saturday