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

have you got SO tnaJ you can WrlJe
1882 every time.
The graded school opened again last
Tuesday with the attendance consider
ably increased.
A burning chimney at the Spencer
house created little excitement last
Sunday evening.
new time table for the Mackinaw
division of the Michigan Central rail
road went into effect last Sunday. 1t
can be found in another column.
Cheboygan's yennor predicts that
commencing with next week our lum-
bermen can count on having plenty Of
snow for carrying Oh their numbering
operations.
Quarterly me Getting will be held at the
Methodist church Sunday the 18th inst.
week from tomorrow, Presiding Elder
Richards is expected present to conduct
the services.
Capt. Ames, with the Algomah, is
master of the situation and finds no diff
ficulty in making his way through the
ice in the straits and arrives and de-
parts on time.
The range lights were lighted Wednes-
nesday night for the last time for this
winter unless the Algomah's time
should be changed so as to bring her
here after dark.
Way bill No. 1 for ChebOygan over
the railroad was for car load of horses
and supplies for Leavitt & Young,
brought from beyond Chicago, which ar
rived here Monday morning.
The newly elected officers of the A. O.
U. W. lodge are to be installed next Mon
day evening at their hall-Odd Fellows
hall-and full attendance of the men,
5ers Of the order is desired.
Sugar making the latter part Of De-
cember is something unusual for north
ern Michigan. A neighbor of Mrs. Grouse
who lives near Freedom, informs us that
the latter on Monday of last week gath
cred nine pals of sap.
There is rumOr that the mercury in
the thermometers captured zero two or
three nights this week. We have heard
of no positive proof of the matter, but
several evenings it was known to be
sneaking around that point.
Francis Kennel, of Munro township,
has left potato at this office that is
quite curiosity. 1t really is eleven pO-
tatoes in one, being comprised of one
large one in the center with ten others
clustered around it, the whole weighing
two pounds ten ounces.
William LaEgmaid has rented the
holding recently occupied by Ii. Hale
Cobb as laundry and next week will
open boot and shoe shop. Mr.. Lang
maids reputation as boot and shoe maker
is the very best and the location is a
most excellent one for the business.
j. Corrigan brought through car
load of horses from Canada. They ar
rived at Gaylord Saturday and as there
was no train coming through until this
week the horses were unlOaded and five
got loose and strayed away. At first it
was thought they had been stolen but
afterwards they were found this side of
Gaylord.
Some of the larger cities were getting
uneasy about their ice supply for next
season, but the indications now are thu
the ice mandatory will do large
business between this and spring, 80
that those who have been fearing cor
ner in the ice cream crop next season
may rest easy in anticipation of an
abundant ice crop.
Last week we received the proceedings
of the third annual meeting of the
Northwestern Michigan Press AssOcia-
ton, held at Cadillac last summer, print
ed in pamphlet form. The fact that it
was printed at the Traverse City Herald
Office Is sufficient guarantee that it
was neat job. The Herald turns out
no other kind of work.
The residence Of Chas. r. Knifln at
Freedom was burned Tuesday night.
Mr.. Kniffin Is postmaster and kept the
Office at his house and we understand
lost number of postage stamps, that
were burned. He also lost consider
able portion of his household effects.
Some of the men working on the rail
road, who boarded with Mr.. Kniflin, lost
oo,,o Of THAR oHacfc