Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-06-30

Ii. j. Miner and l. S. Cooper captured
a 24-pOund muscalonge in the river, above
Third street bridge, Thursday night.
Those wishing to subscribe for tele-
phone connections should do so at once,
before the force of men leave, so there
will be no delay in running wires.
The story Of being burnt out of house
and home, is getting to be thin prac-
tice to procure money for a rainy day,
too much Of it is being done. and we hear
of no fires to that effect.
While the water was out of the reser-
vOir, the Board of Water Commissioners
had the walls, suction pipes, ETC.,
thoroughly cleaned of slime and sedi-
ment that had accumulated thereon.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Arsdale on last Saturday night.
There were several from New York on
the happy occasion. They have the con-
CALCULATIONS of their friends, and they
are many.
Fishermen enjoy rare sport trolling in
the river these days, and lots of fine
specimens of the finny tribe are gather
ed. One afternoon Ivory Littlefeld
caught forty pounds of bass, pickerel
and perch, all fine large ones, some of
the perch weighed 21s pounds.
The Board of Water Commissioners
propose, in the near future, to test the
capacity of the artesian we'll to supply
the demand for water in case of fire. To
do this they propose getting the fire de-
partment to turn out, attach the hose to
number of hydrants, and throw several
streams and see how long time it will
take to exhaust the supply, ii it can be
done.
Jacob Shook, of Wolverine, paid the
TRIBUNE visit, and reports that new
and thriving village growing. The saw
mill started up Friday of last week, and
is doing good work. second, it was
expected, would be ready to commence
operation this week, and new single
mill is nearly ready to commence work.
The outlook for crops in that region, he
says could not be better.
A man named Beuhler, employed at
Mackinaw City by the Michigan Central
to look after repairs on cars, was seri-
ously injured Wednesday. They were
raising car with jack screws to put
under a new truck when the screws tilt
ed and the bar of one of them struck Mr.. |
Beuhler on the knee, dislOcating it. DR..
T. A. Perrin, surgeon in charge of the
Mackinac division, went up and render
ed the necessary surgical aid
Our neighbors at Mackinac announce
a grand celebration at the island on the
GLORIOUS Fourth" Hon. John Lewis, of |
delivers the grafton. The
at the fort will usher in the
day by grand salute at sunrise. The
of amusements consists of
foot races, hurdle races, walking
matches, sack and tub races, creased
pig, boat races, ETC., dnring the day, end
ing with grand display of fire works
In the evening. A full chance to relieve
their patriotic feeling will be afforded
all who may attend.
Michigan Central railroad company
announces series of excursions "From
Detroit and Toledo to the Mountains and
Sea Shore" The first left Detroit last
Thursday. The second will leave that
city July 9Th, and the third July 2Sth.
Three different routes are offered to tour
SITS. They can 60 by one and return by
another. Wagner Palace sleeping cars
rom Detroit to Clayton without
change; $500 is the price of double
perth, 800 for section. The fare from
to Portland, Me-. and return,
S30.25. Special rates have been obtain
ID for hotel accommodations along the
cute. Tickets good for GO days after
he time of leaving Detroit, and good to
top over at anv point.