Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-10-07
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER Z. 1882.

Fred H Fife declines the honor of be-
ing candidate for Circuit Court Com
missioner on the Greenback ticket.
The receipts at the custom house of
this port for September were over $1,l00,
the duties collected amounting to $685.
50.
The engine of the Southern Michigan
Cedar and Lumber Company is being
set up and they hope to get their mill
started running at an early day.
Rev. w. NJ. Campbell being called
away, arranged with Rev. A, w. West
gate to occupy the pulpit at the M. E.
church tomorrow morning and evening,
at the usual hours.
At the election in the state Of Della
ware, last Tuesday, honors are easy, the
Democrats electing inspectors by ma
jority of 1856, and the Republi cans carry
ing the state for assessors by 1l2 major
ity.
Rev. Hartley, ID. ID. will preach his in
augural sermon as pastor of the Con-
gregatiOnal church tomorrow, mOring
at 1920. Services also in the evening
at 7:30. cordial invitation is extern
ded to all to attend.
The farmers of Cheboygan county
should remember that the county fair
is announced tor 18th, 10th and Goth Of
this month, and should make calcula-
tions to be in attendance with good ex-
hibit of stock, or farm produce.
A new hose cart, intended for the new
hose company which was talked of be-
ing organized in the upper part of town,
is at Baker & Sons dock waiting the Or
ganization of the COMPANY. Come boys
hurry up il you want to run with the
machine.
Our cOtempOrary endeavors to lead
everybody to think that everything is
lovely in the rank and file of the Demo-
cratic party in this county, when on the
contrary 1t is a well-knOwn fact that
there is great dissatisfaction, especially
over the way the caucus of the township
of Benton was manipulated, the result
of which largely controlled the conven-
tiOn.
The seven inch tubing for the artesian
well at the water works arrived on the
Lawrence last Monday night. Messrs.
Errat and Spiller have their engine in
position and connections made and are
expecting their drill daily. 1t should
have been here on the Lawrence but
failed to connect, and they have tele-
graphed to have it forwarded by the
route that would bring it here the quick
est. s.
David Cary of the Bay City Evening
Press and Robert Toland paid us
friendly call yesterday afternoon. These
gentlemen have been stumping this
congressional district in the interest of
Hon. H. H. Hatch and the Republican
party, and report enthusiastic meetings
wherever they have spoke. They report
rousing meeting at Gaylord, Thursday
evening. Mr.. Toland has been through
Tuscola county and says Mr.. Hatch is
being warmly supported in that county
and will poll the full vote, notwithstand-
ing the statement Of our contemporary
to the contrary.
Weather prognosticators are beginning
to guess on the kind of fall weather we
are to have. A correspondent fof the
Chicago Inter-Ocean says, According to
the theory of Mr.. Ryan published in
Michigan seventy-five years ago. this
fall will be warm and very dry. The
prevailing winds will be westerly, in
Ginning to the southwest, and between
now and Dec. Qncluding that day.
there will be but nine days of falling
weather" We have no doubt prophet
of seventy-five years ago knew just as
much about the weather of to-day as
those Of the present time.