Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-03-25
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. MARCH. 25. 1882.

SATURDAY, MARCH. %, 1882.
There was brilliant aurora on exhi-
bitiOn last Sunday night.
Geo. Jordan has discontinued his res
taurant over C. A. Gallagher's saloon.
Newton, Ellis g. Co. shipped carload
of hemlock extract yesterday for Lincoln,
Nebraska.
C.E. Tibbott has purchased a lot on
Young street, and will soon erect a resi-
dence thereon.
Nelson & Bullen will have in a new
stock of goods next week and also new
advertisement.
Sweet has added a new piano to his
orchestra, which is now the best in North
ern Michigan.
Our carpenters are all kept busy now
a-days and no doubt will be for the
balance Of the season.
The weather this week has been rather
winterish for spring, but better have it
now than later in the season.
From all accounts the immigration to
our county from Canada the coming
summer will be unprecedented.
Jack Simpson the well known hack
driver now drives team of his own,
having purchased it of Mr.. B. Hayden.
There is considerable new (?) maple
sugar putting in appearance in our Will
age. Some of it comes all the way from
Chicago.
p. Sullivan shipped carload of brick,
the first of the week to Grayling, to be
used in setting up boilers in new saw
mill at that place.
Prof. Sweet is making preparations for
grand Easter ball, to be given Monday
evening, April 10th. Before that time
he expects to have his hall in fine shape.
Tom Carroll with gang Of men have
been busy this week repairing the gates
of the locks at the water mill. Monday
they will shut the water off and give
it thorough cleaning out.
Some incendiary attempted to burn
GeO.WilsOn's house last Tuesday evening
Mrs. Wilson was arousd by the noise,
and the fiend finding he was discovered
fled so that she was unable to identify
him.
Chas. Allison has returned from
Pontiac and is prepared TO do paper
hanging, kalsOmiuing and wall tinting.
He will make his headquarters atthe Cass
HinSp. We understand he will not do
any painting.
Sheriff Mute came down from his lum-
Der camps Tuesday, crossing Mullet lake
In the severe snow storm, fixing his
course by the compass. He reports the
Ice on that lake solid and from 16 to 1S
inches in thickness.
According to the almanac makers
Tuesday was the first day of Spring, but
Vennor must have upset their calcula-
tions, for at this place it was one of the
worst days Of the season; a regular north
east snow storm prevailing the entire
day.
The ChebOygan foundry and machine
shop has good reputation away from
home, for this week MIR. Murray was
down from Sailors Encampment, on the
Sault river, and took man up to re-
pair the engine and see about putting a
new boiler and smoke stack in his mill
there.
While the seveve storm Of Tuesday did
not make sleighing in the village, on ac-
count of drifting so badly and piling up
the snow where it was not wanted, it was
of great benefit to the lumber jObbers
where their roads were protected by
standing timber, six or eight inches fall
ing on the level.
Mute 81 Baily finished their logging
operations on Mullet lake Wednesday.
putting in during the winter i'm the
neigbOrhood of 100000 feet of logs.
They have built camps on Pigeon river
and moved there with their crew and
will boat in at that point about 100000
feet making total for their seasons
work of 100000 feet.
Perry's foundry and machine shop,
which has been unusually busy this
winter. This week he sent men over to
st. Ignace with his portable boring
machine to bore out the cylinder of the