Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-01-14
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. JANUARY IA. 1882.

ing of the winter and very little snow
made it, at that.
Sanford Baker is getting considerable
timber on his dock lot to be used in re-
building the dock and putting up the
new warehouse.
Messrs. Blake & Clark have sold r. j
COrrigan one of their elegant and sub.
stantial cutters to take back to Canada
with him when he returns home.
A lady remarked the other day that
now, Cheboygan having railroad, she
thought everybody ought to stop talking
about going outside We think so too
No Canada money will be received by
the agents of the railroad company for
freight or tickets. The reason is that
the banks at Detroit will not receive
Canada money at par.
The Bay City Tribune says the rail
road has reached HarbOr Springs, on
Little Tawas bay. This will be news to
our neighbors who reside in the village
of that name on Little Traverse bay.
]. II. Kintz returned Saturday evening
from IOnia, where he delivered his pris-
Oner, William Vim, and had him enter
cd as a bOarder at the State House of
Correction. Mr.. Kintz reports 52S pris-
Oners confined in the institution, and
coxoroI rooroe ofiII yooopt
Chas. Mute was down from camp this
week and reports that Archie ConnOrs,
his foreman, cut, last week, the largest
saw log that he knows of ever being cut
in this section. It was 16 feet in length
and scaled 2,2l9 feet. If any of our lum-
bermen can beat it we would be pleased
to have them bring in their figures.
Last Tuesday morning the turn-table
at the depot was frozen fast and could
not be used to turn the locomotive and
it had to go out wrong end first. Tues
day they got the turn table at Mackinaw
City completed and since Wednesday
morning the locomotive has been turned
at that place. The turn table here has
been put in working condition.
Samuel II. Taylor has been appointed
agent for the North German Lloyd line
Of steamers running between Baltimore
and Bremen. steamer sails from
Baltimore every Thursday and from
Bremen every Wednesday. Our German
citizens desiring to send to Germany for
their friends can obtain every informa-
ton by calling on Mr.. Taylor at Bell &
Adams law office.
A petition has been circulated this
week and numerously signed by our citi-
zens, requesting the village council to
pass an ordinance establishing fire lin
its in the village. The petition men
tiOns the territory to comprise the limits
as follows: Bounded west by Huron
street, south by Nelson street, east by
the river, and north by the straits of
Mackinaw. We think it is time some
action was being taken in this direc-
ton.
Samuel Taylor seems to be somewhat
ubiquitOu~. A short time since the
TRIBUNE printed an article calling the
attention of lumber jObbers, who kept
tobacco for sale, to the necessity of TAX
ing out license as retail tobacco deal
ers and referred them to Mr.. Taylor for
further information. Since then we
have seen our article printed as origi-
nal matter in number of papers Of the
state and all refer those interested to
Mr.. Taylor for further information.
A gentleman from near Carp lake
called in the TRIBUNE Office Thursday
and reports that short time since
large force was at work grading in that
vicinity for the extension of G. r. & /.
railroad through to the straits. A ru-
NOR got around among the men that
there was some doubt about the respOn-
sibility of the contractors and many
quit work fearing they would not get
their pay. He said that matters had
been arranged satisfactorily and many
had gone back to woIk again and the
force was being constantly increased
and the work was being pushed with
yigor.
A short time since we mentioned that
Prof. Brownsberger, principal of the
Fractional district No. 3. town of Inver-
ness, the school south of the village, had
been invited to go to California and
take charge of an institute somewhat