Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-04-28
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. APRIL 2S. 1883.

Michigan has salt for millions OF to-
day and for millions yet unborn.
The whirling dust on Sunday rendered
our principal streets unpleasant for
pedestrians.
A slight jamboree occurred last Satur-
day at the dock between couple OF
hotel porters.
On Tuesday the furry of snow and
cold weather reminded us that Cheboy-
gan is of the north.
The farmers are busy speeding the
pillow, and report the soil in excellent
condition for blowing.
CIV. Farr flung his steamboat ticket
Office sign to the breeze this week and 1t
attracts considerable attention.
Eugene Spiller has purchased ground
ON Third street and is having built
,syeeS house to be occupied by himself and
Family.
Our clothiers have not done a lively
Nusiness in spring OvercOats this week,
winter beavers being much more COM
portable.
Frank Osier is going to have erected
wight away, at Third and Dresser, a su-
werior building, and will occupy it as a
residence.
e. f. Lyons, leader of the band, re-
ceivsd by express this morning silver
cornet, Antoine Courtoise make, the best
made. It is beauty.
Tuesday the thermometer did not in
sEicate above freezing, all day, and sew
saral snow squalls during the day added
60 the unpleasantness.
We see here and there through the vii
aage an occasional spot where they have
lbeen digging for the early worm, or try
ing to hasten spring vegetables.
Steamboat mail service ordered from
Detroit to Sault Ste. Marie, via DetOur,
$50 miles and back, five times a week
during season navigation of 1888.
Representative Calkins, of Ind, thinks
Hendricks will be dead man before the
convention meets. He certainly will be
a dead man before he is President.
Every divorce suit is monument of
domestic sorrow, and the frequency of
such monument building shows there is
something radically wrong with modern
civilization.
TuscarOra township was pretty we'll
represented i'm town last Monday. They
were down in connection with couple
of law suits In which some of the parties
were interested.
A large majority Of claims for PEN
asions are fraudulent, often resting upon
$40 better evidence than the loss of
tooth. These transparent frauds are
summarily dismissed.
The Michigan Central road has issued
a circular giving list of simmer ex-
scarsion routes and rates to points reach
ed by that line. Tickets via the speci-
fled routes will be placed on sale June l..
The failure of the steamer City of
Cleveland to call in Wednesday
afternoon, when bound down, was
quite disappointment to number of
passengers who were waiting for an op-
.p0rtunity to get TO Alpena. They were
were not happy, to say the least.
The Auditor general has prepared
report as to the number of dealers in
liquors and the taxes paid by them in
certain cities of the state, showing a
very great increase in the amount of tax
received in 1882 over that of 1881 with a
considerable diminution in the number
of saloons.
Sand is is being brought down the
miver, from above the locks, OIL lighters
ffor filling in the lot at the lower end of
Main street, where McArthurs are going
TO put up residence for W. B. Miller.
who has charge of their dock business.
The posts for the foundation are in and
the lot Is being fenced in. The ditch
in front has been nicely covered.
John W. Smith has rented his farm,
south of town, aud starts next Monday
for Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay re-
giOn, to look over the country and see Il
dt offers any better inducements than
Cheb0ygan county. Mr.. Smith acted
wisely In not selling his farm until he
prOspected and satisfied himself that he
could better himself, which we doubt.
DR.. Derby, formerly Of Gaylord, but
recently Of WOLVERINE, was struck by