Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-14
CHEBOYGAN MATTERS.

lOr DtITltS, titHcI Win VI CultiFdteu.
Cheboygan beats the world on straw
berries, they grow here in quarter sec
tiOns.
Wild strawberries are very abundant
in this section, and are of the finest
quality.
Services at the Independent church to-
morrow evening. at o'clock. All made
welcome.
The advantages of the telephone are
already being appreciated by those en-
joying its privileges.
Fife Johns, supported by the Elm
Star Combination, at the Opera House
on Monday July 10th.
Will Van Valkenburg, the fish dealer,
is buying fresh fish for McDOnel, Carter
& Co., of Bay City.
A canary birds song was distinctly
heard at the Central Telephone Office,
the singer being squares away.
There will be moonlight excursion
on the steamer Pearl next Thursday
night, for the benefit of the st. James
Church.
Reid & Co., the wide-awake grocers,
come to the front to-day with new an
nouncement, figures that speak for
themselves. Read them.
Blackberry bushes are completely
loaded in this vicinity, and oceans of red
raspberries are coming forward and
will be in market in couple of weeks.
A large force of men and train of
gravel cars are at work leveling up the
track at this end of the Michigan Cen
trail, and are getting it in the finest con-
ditiOn.
80. Williams, of Detroit. arrived last
Sunday with his family. to visit Merritt
Chandler and see Cheboygan. He left
on Thursday for his home, satisfied that
ChebOygan must continue her growth.
Who says the population of ChebOygan
is not not rapidly increasing? Doctors
Il. A. and c. A. Perrin captured six ba-
biee this week, five girls and one boy, all |
doing well, and returns are not vet in
from the several other doctors of our vii |
lage.
1t is amusing to watch suffering contOr-
tions of the missing links" as they
wrest!e with the meaning Of a phrase
unknown in their vocabulary of animal
slang; tbs true their paroxysms of pain
are severe, and they are always thrown,
but it is through this ordeal that evolu-
ton will bring them to understand,
therefore it is amusing.
As long as you pay 100 cents on the
dollar, are not dunned do not sneaking-
ly avoid the payment of an honest debt,
and have good credit and some clean
cash, rest easy, eat, sleep and be merry;
let some chronic crank worry, fret, aud
make faces over your financial condi-
ton. The Lord made cranks for some
thing, don't rob them of their right of
attending to other peoples business.
Joseph Burns has sold his lease of tine
Pioneer House and the furniture to Mr..
Mclean, and Thursday morning left on
the Ste. Marie for Grand Marais, where
he proposes building large raft, and
erecting house on it and anchor it in
the bay and start saloon, the mill
not allowing a saloon to be
opened on shore. Mr.. Mclean, his sue
cessOr at the Pioneer House, is an ex- :
perienced hotel keeper, having kept
hotel for several years in Canada. .
Dr. GerOw's new block is going to be
an ornament to Main street and credit {
to ChebOygan. The front will be ex- {
ceedingiy tasty. The main portion of it I
will be of cream colored brick, the pi- ]
lasters of red brick. and the trimmings
will be of stone and black brick. The [
front of the lower story will be of plate
glass and the windows Of the upper story 8
will each be composed of two large s
lights of glass. The Doctor intends to /
invest considerable sum for the sake |
Of improving the appearance of the @
building. I
On our table we found beautiful box
rom Mrs. A. Dodge, Mullet Lake, that a
had been placed by kind hand while s
we were dining. Not suspecting an in |
fernal machine, and knowing the glor- e
ous Fourth, with its dangers, was past, I
we opened the box, and there appeared 8
what seemed at first glance lot of red 7
apples. or tomatoes. but they actually t
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