Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-06-17
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. JUNE II, 1882.


& Co. Facts are facts.
Ill. Chambers has new ad in this
issue. Read it and make him call.
Smith 81 Adams are having their firm
name painted on their planning mill in
large letters.
Masons have commenced work on the
foundation for the new brick block of
Post q Van Arsdale's
Another meeting of the base ballists
will be held at the law Office of +. Fife
Monday night at 8 o'clock.
1t will be seen that the PeerlessRestau-
rant has new ad. Frank Todd knows
how to keep up with the times.
The days are at their longest, less
than six hours of darkness in the twenty
four, when the weather is clear.
The tubing for the boilers at the wat
or works pump house were shipped from
Philadelphia on the 9th and it is expec-
ted here every boat.
Nelson & Bullen have something to
say that should interest all wanting dry
goods. Remember they carry full
stock of everything.
A young lady in town this week prom
ised two different young men her COM
pany for dance, and there was sOme-
body who found itOut.
Some very large fish are being caught
by Tolsma's crews nowadays. One
trout was brought in this week that
weighed over 40 pounds.
Duncan creek has been thronged with
fishermen this week. Most of the fisher
men though got more bites from the
mosquitoes than trout.
The Misses. Sweet, fashionable dress
makers and milliners, have new ad
to-day. They keep good stock of mil
linery, and do good dressmaking.
Our base ballists are getting things
down TO fine point. A game this week
between two mines in nine-inning
game resulted in score of to 3.
The Sault Ste. Marie band will be
down on the Ste. Marie Monday evening.
They have requested Prof. Sweet to give
a dance that evening which he will do
at his hall in the Kessler block.
Dir. Fitzmaurice finished his temper
ance work here Monday and is now COM
batting the evil at st. Ignace. He is
good temperance apostle and will do
much good work wherever me goes.
There dosen't seem to be much let up
in the building going on here of dwell
ing houses. All the contractors and
builders claim to have work enough to
keep them busy for some time to come.
The pile driver has been busy this
week drying piles for the extension of
Huron street ont into the bay. Teams
have been hauling edgings and filling
i'm and quite an amount of road has
been built.
Wednesday afternoon Tightening
struck the un6nishd dwelling of j. ID.
Smith on Black River Avenue, and splint-
cred corner post considerably. 1t
Jared the people living in that neigh
borhood badly.
ii. w. Pike of Topinabee, was in town
the first of the week and reports his new
hotel about completed. He expects to
open it about the first of July. Mr.. Pike
is an experienced hotel keeper and pro-
poses to make his house one of the pOpu-
lar resorts of Northern Michigan.
The annual meeting Of the Detroit,
Marquette and Mackinaw railway was
held Monday and the following board of
directors elected: James Mcmillan,
Francis Palms, John S. Newbury, George
Hendrie, Hugh Mcmillan, F. e. briggs
AMI William B. Moran Of Detroit, and
George l. Seney of New York. Officers
were elected as follows: President, Jas.
Mcmillan; vice president, Francis Palms
secretary and treasurer, Hugh McMill-
an.
Last Saturday young lad, who was
playing on logs in the river, had mar
row escape from drowning. He fell in
among the logs and only for the prompt
assistance of a young man in the en-
ploy Of Robert Coner, would have been
drowned. There is too much of this
playing upon logs by children and pa
rents should see that it is stopped,
Last Saturday Alexander Lalond,
lad about IA years of age, step-son of
Robert Wessmore, fell off Macarthur,