Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-18

eraDle OF Dullulng.
S Baker s. Son are putting up larg'
wagon scale. for weighing coal, &C., a
their dock.
Nelson & Bullen received a mammoth
safe from the Detroit Safe Company on
the Atlantic Monday night.
A lighter load of stone for the new
bank building was brought over from
Bots Blanc Island last Saturday.
The Rainy river drive is hung up and
all hopes of getting 1t out this season
have been abandoned, and the crew dis.
charged. Z
They say the ark has been found al
Ararat, and they ought to Noah. Let
Barnum bring it here and show it along
side Jumbo.
Independent church services tomorrow
evening at the Opera House, 8 o'clock p.
m. Music most excellent, and cordial
welcome given all who attend.
Council meeting Tuesday night was
quite attractive to a number of our citi-
zens. They were interested in the sewer
assessment.
The down train yesterday morning
was an hour and half behind time.
Waiting for the Algomah caused the de-
lay.
That the terrible disease in Egypt
lacks some symptoms Of genuine Asiat-
ic cholera" does not prevent fatal resulst
which seem to duplicate pr evious effects
of the scOurge.
THE darkey lawyers of Cape Town.
South Africa, have struck and resolved
they will take no further business at the
old rates. Let the experiment be tried
III the United States.
DR.. A. M. Gerow is having an asbestos
roof put on his new block, the first of the
kind in town. Post & VanArsdale do
the work. 1t has every appearance of
being good and substantial roof.
Messrs. Humphrey and Nelson have
arranged with the banking company
for joint interest in the north wall of
the new bank block. The wall will be
built half of it on the ground of each.
man swOre most profanely in the
presence of Quaker, who said, "That
is right, friend, thee will never feel we'll
until thee gets all that bad stuff worked
out of thee" When bile is working off
the best way is to let it boil.
1t is disreputable not TO approve of
President Arthur, and it is used to be
the reverse. The Republicans are ex-
ceedingly wise in the selection of their
representative men, never was politi-
Gal party so ably and purely championed
as has been the Republican party since
the day Abraham, the father of the faith
full, assumed the presidential position,
do wn to Chester A. Arthur.
Sunday afternoon the tug Eva English
was holding a boom at the bridge, catch
ing cedar that was running down the
river. When dropping down the boom
to let the Mary pass down she got the
line in her wheel, and disabled her so
that she and the boom drifted down
stream, letting large amount of the
cedar pass down the river, and boom
had to be run across below to catch it,
when it was doomed and towed back.
There is good joke told on one of our
tug captains. He wanted to tow boom
of logs down the river during the night,
the boys on the boom thought they had
done enough work to enjoy rest, and
objected, but the Captain insisted on
their taking the line and attaching it to
the boom, and handed it to them; they
took it, but in place of fastening it to
the boom, fastened it around Spite, and |
the captain tOwed the Spite all night.
Cheboygan can boast of some quite
ancient relics in the way of household
articles. VIM. Bartholomew has chair
in his possession which is said to be 116
years old. 1t is Of regular old Cont
mental style, the same as are in CONT
mental hall, Philadelphia. He values it
very highly. Moses W. Horne brought
back with him, when he returned from
his visit east last season, a teacup that it
Is claimed is 1863 years old. It was pres
snted him by his sister, whom he was Wis
ting.
His Excellency, Josiah w. Begole, Gov
srnor of the great state Of Michigan, per-