Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-03-18
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. MARCH IS, 1882.


W. E. SMYTH, JR., of st. Ignace spent
Wednesday here.
OSCAR ADAMS left for short visit to
Flint Tuesday morning.
JAMES f. MoLoNEY has been spending
several days in Detroit this week.
w. II. SCOTT, and wife returned from
Rochester, N. Y, Wednesday evening.
E. II. SAGER. of Burt Lake was down
on business this week and reported all
lovely up there.
REV. VIM. CAMPBELL spent several
days in Bay City this week going down
Tuesday and returning yesterday.
N. BIDDLE, who is to act as clerk on
the Van Raalte the coming season ar
rived from st. Ignace Monday.
PROF. LowRIE will leave next Monday
for brief visit to his former home,
Adrian. He will return on Saturday.
DIR. j. B. PATTERSON, of Rogers City
has been up this week visiting old
friends.
GEO. MCAULEY, who has been spending
the winter here, left Tuesday for New
Mexico. His wife remains here for the
present.
ON. CLEMENT started for a trip to
Marquette and other upper peninsula
points Wednesday. He expects to be
gone couple of weeks.
l. f. DEGowIN returned from his visit
to his old home i'm New York state Satur-
day. He reports having lad splendid
time during his absence.
ALEX. RANvILLE, who sailed the Mary
last season, and who is to captain the
City of ChebOygan the coming season
came over from Mackinac Monday.
ALFRED NOBLE, ESQ Genl. Supt. st.
Mary's Falls Canal and several of his
assistants, passed through here on the
train Thursday on their way to the
Sault.
HON. II. w. SEYMOUR, passed through
here on his way home from Lansing on
Tuesday evening. He reports that the
special session of the legislature was a
lively one.
J.SHERwoOD, of Lapeer, spent Wednes-
day here looking over the town to see
what the prospects for picture business
were and now thinks Of coming back in
short time and engaging in the drug
and stationary business.
At the Congregational church tomorrow
evening the pastor, Rev. A. H. Lowrie,
will lecture on Books and Reading"
Young people are especially invited.
The Van Raalte expects to start on her
first trip to Manistique as soon as the
first of April which will be about six
weeks sooner than she got started last
year.
Macarthur. Smith 81 Co. have about
completed their invoice and closed up
the books of their lumber business for
the past year. They show very success
full years business.
MThe railroad company is negotiating
with Macarthur, Smith & Co. for more
river front, but it is not certain yet that
they will secure it as the firm have need
Of what they have left.
The steam ferry Algomah has made
regular trips all the week up to this
morning when she was unable to cross
on account of the ice drifting into the
passage from the south.
The st. Ignace Republican started on
its second year full-hedged newspaper
that is all printed at home. Bro. Bissell
is to be congratulated upon tho success
that has attended the publication under
his management.
The Macarthur, Smith & Co. dock I'M
der the management of Mr.. Johnson, is
being prepared for the opening of navi-
CATION which will soon be at hand. BY
the time the boats are here Mr.. Johnson
will be ready for them.
Mrs. Rabideau, mother of Mrs. Robert
Robinson, died Thursday evening, about
5 o'clock, aged 65 years. The cause of her
death was tumOr in her stomach. For
two months she has not been able to eat
anything, and her sufferirgs have been
very severe.
j. ID. Smith is making arrangements
to clear, plough and put into crops three
hundred acres of land near Strongville,
Chippewa county. 1t Is unnecessary to
say that there Is very little clearing to
be done on the land, as it is in the ia
nous burnt tract"
DR.. o. B. Weed leaves next Tuesday
for CharlevOix where he will locate for
the practice Of his profession and with
his brother engage in the drug business.
The many friends of the Doctor will re-
greet his leaving and we can assure our
neighbors that in him they will secure
a reliable business gentleman.
W. Chandler has purchased ffty-two