Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-05-06
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. MAY 9. 1882.


trout, if you can find them to catch.
NJ. w. Horne has been appointed health
officer for this township. A good ap-
pOintment.
Supervisor Robinson has occupied the
chair at the last two sessions of the
township boards.
A great speciality has been made in the
scenery for the Lancashire Lass at the
Town Hall tonight.
For May day Monday was rather chilly
TO say nothing of the inappr0priateness
ofthe several light flurries of snow that
fell.
Those new uniforms of our policemen
were turned out from the tailoring es-
tablishment of II. j. Miner. They look
very fine.
Zorn's bowling alley seems to run
without regard to Sunday or common
decency. The Marshal should take no.
tise of it.
Prof. Sweets social hops are quite pop
ular this spring as they are all well at
tended. They are held regularly Thurs
day evening.
j. Pollock opened uphis new saloon on
Third street this week. He intends to
run lunch counter in connection with
it, and promises to run first-class estab-
lishment.
The Van Raalte is proving more popu-
lar than ever on her present route. 1t
could not well be otherwise under the
management of Capt. BOuchard and
Clerk Biddle.
The sugar social of the Burt Sabbath
school at the residence of Francis Train
last Wednesday evening was success.
About so were present and the net pro-
reeds were $l2.
Munro township is being rapidly set
tied up. The population has more than
doubled in the past two years. At that
rate it won't be long before that neigh
borhoOd will bloom as a.garden.
The Histrionic Society will present to-
night the great sensational domestic
melo-drama Lancashire Lass with new
scenery and mechanical effects, never
before equaled in Northern Michigan.
There never was prosecuting attOr-
ney for this county that paid more at
teDtiOn or was more prompt to act when
called upon than the present incumbent,
all slurs to the contrary by our cotem-
porary's correspondent Notwithstanding.
We understand the proprietors of the
new saw mill being built at Grand
Marias, lake Superior are not going to
take the boilers received here by rail,
some weeks since, and whic h have been
on Macarthur. Smith & Co.'S dock for
several weeks.
The Captain of the barge HungerfOrd
loading lumber here for Detroit, refused
to pay lumber showers forty cents per
hour and is, working only his own crew.
He says $3.50 per thousand for carrying
Timber will not admit of paying such
price for labor.
The Land League meeting at the Town
Hall last Tuesday evening was pretty
well attended and the address delivered
by Rev. De Smidt contained much
that was interesting and instructive,
and was well received by the audience.
Quite number Of new names were ad-
ded to the organization.
Pigeon trappers have put an ap-
pearance in this section looking for
birds to arrive. They report an abund-
ance of food in this, Emmett and Charlie
voix counties and predict that there will
be large nestings in these counties and
expect to do large business between
this and the last of June.
The Cedar Springs Clipper of Wednes-
day says: Lyman H. Austin, Esq. and
family of Lockwood, left yesterday for
their new home at Cheboygan. Mr.. A.
has been one Of the most successful
business men in northern Kent. He is
honorable and honest, and both he and
his estimable family will be missed very
much: He owns large tracts of land up
north, and will add much to that enter
prising city," We are glad to welcome
Mr.. Austin and family to our midst and
hope that they may find their new home
both pleasant and profitable.
The Sault band talk of paying ChebOy-
gan visit in about a month. The cap
tain of the Ste. Marie has offered them