Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-03-18
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. MARCH. 10. 1882.


w. Moore has added l6 feet to the
rear of his barber shop.
P. Sullivan is delivering the brick for
the pump house of the water works.
The cornet band has begun regular
practice again and are making fine pro-
gress.
There is some talk of first class base
ball club being organized here the
coming season.
The election in the village of Macki-
nae resulted in the defeat of the regu-
lar Democracy by an Independent ticket.
Two cars loaded with boilers and boil
or fronts for new mill being built in
the upper peninsula arrived here Thurs
day.
Potatoes are being brought to this
market from the Black Lake region.
Fifty cents per bushel are paid for them
Oh the ground.
Ii. j. Miner has been busy this week
taking an inventory of stock. He says
he is going to make stir in the cloth
ing market soon.
Rev. j. Homer Parker, formerly pastor
of the Congregational church of this vii
lage, has just resigned his pastOrate at
Peoria, ILL.,, where he went from here. :.
1t will be seen that Hampstead & Co
have new all this week. They have
made new departure in the clothing
line that no doubt will take with many
The first land patent TO the Detroit
Mackinac & Marquette railroad company
was issued Wednesday, Sth inst. 1t
covered $l3l, Sl0.45 acres of land in Chip
pewa county.
A special term of the circuit court of
Mackinac county will be held next week
commencing Tuesday to transact some
business which was not ready at the
regular term few weeks since.
The price of potatoes is advancing
somewhat. We hear Of some being sold
as high as one dollar bushel. A great
many have been bought and shipped by
spectators to Ohio and the south part
of the state.
The postal authorities have at last
completed arrangements with the ferry
AlgOma for transporting the mail across
the straits. the contract taking effect
last Wednesday, the 10Th. This will
probably end the complaints of our
north shore friends.
March 3lst the last Friday in the
month, the County Board of Examiners
will hold regular meeting at the Union
school building for the examination of
applicants for teachers certificates. Ap-
plicants for all grades of certificates are
required to pass satisfactory eXamina-
ton in United States history, and civil
government.
The Portage Lake Mining Gazette fears
that in the next ten years the upper
peninsula will become so pOpulous and
have such a numerous criminal class as
TO require penitentiary of its own, and
hence suggests that branch state
prison be erected at some eligible point
in that section. We would suggest that
they settle npOn the eligible point
by which time, we have no doubt, their
case might be favOrably considered.
Merritt Chandler received, this week
car load of black walnut lumber from
CassOpOlis, Mich, where he was former
ly engaged in that class of lumber bust
ness. In the load are some very choice
specimens of walnut which he has saved
many years for his own use. Among the
choice pieces are some which are -four
feet wide. Some of it could be sold fol
over SCOPE thousand feet, and 1t dOesn',
look as though it was worth much
either.
Mr.. BOckes has received letter from
Mr.. Beebe stating.that the Indian River
Hotel will Immediately be rebuilt but
did not state whether he had any insur
ance on the burned building or not. Tn,
origin of the fire still remains mystery
There was no one in the house that even
ing, Mr.. BOckes being down here and
the rest Of the family away. A man
not knowing the house was closed. went
there about 9 o'clock and looked in tn,
windows but saw nothing out Of Thu
way; about II o'clock man living OF
the opposite side of the river discovered
that the hotel was on fire and immedi
ately gave the alarm, but they had II,
boat to cross the river and were com
PEELED to go around by the bridge bu
did not get to the house in time to saw
anything.
RObt. COner Is meeting with Ell
c0uraging success in getting subscrip
lions towards the new effort to sink
test salt well and although suflicien