Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-03

The new addition to Baker & Sons
dock is being planked this week.
Bets are offered that the straits will be
opened for navigation before the goth OF
April. "
See advertisement of Chas. Brannack
Sr. A good opportunity to secure land
near town.
The new pew racks were put in the
Congregational church last week. They
are quite convenience.
Dry wood seems very scrace and what
is brought in sells rapidly at a good
price. 81 per cord being the going figure
According to the estimate Of the con-
trOller of that city, Detroit will need
$4,000 more government the coming
year than last.
Quite number of our citizens were
luxuriating Thursday in having the
front doors Of their business places open,
enjoying the sunshine.
There is some talk of the Northern
Belle running next season between Top
inabee and Oden, in connection with the
G. r. & l. and M. C. railroads.
That horrible beheading and lynching
story taken from the Post and Tribune
last week proves to have been hoax
cOncocted by some smart Aleck."
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The Legislature adjourned oyer
Wednesday to give the members of the
second House an opportunity to attend
the Republican State Convention at
East Saginaw.
The train arriving up Thursday morn
ing. we understand did not 60 north of
this place, but turned around here and
went south on regular time. 1t should
have come up Wednesday evening.
Capt. Angus Boggs received a cOngrat-
ulatory telegram Thursday from num-
Der of his friends, members of the Alpena
Light Guards, over his election as cap
taih of the Cheboygan military COM
pany.
A dispatch signed by % firms repre-
sented in the Detroit board of trade was
sent to Lansing last week, addressed to
Representative COOts, endorsing ThOs.
W. Palmer as the man for United States
Senator.
George Fitzpatrick, who recently pur-
chased the Fountain House, has COM
menced making Improvements on the
same. New foundation posts are being
put in under the south end. and the en-
tire building will be put in good shape.
The vessel owners of Alpena contem-
plate joining with the vessel owners of
Cleveland in agreeing not to fit out their
vessels for service before May 1, or before
May Is, providing a majority of vessel
owners Oh the lakes agree to the latter
date.
There is rumOr that the Flint e Pere
Marquette railroad are figuring with
view of extending that road through to
the straits at an early day, and that al
ready plans looking to that end are be.
ing perfected. Let her extend, she will
find Cheboygan ready to welcome her
iron bands.
Chas. X. Smith has decided to put i'm
larger engine in his new boat than
he first contemplated, and hence the en-
CINE formerly in the Mary, which has
been rebuilt by H. A. Blake, will not be
used. One of the engines formerly in
the tug Bismark is being fitted up by
Murray & Rich for the new craft.
The train due here from the south
Wednesday evening did not arrive until
Thursday morning. The delay was caus-
ed by the snow pillow, locomotive and
caboose running off the track, near Of
sego Lake, capsizing and so obstructing
the track that temporary track was
built around them so as to let the train
pass.
G.. r. Smiths new steam yacht is 60
ing to be a beauty, and from her model
we would Judge she would be capable of
making good speed. She is going to
have quite cOmmOliOus cabin. 1t will
be aft of the boiler and be twenty feet
in length, partly below the deck line.
Messrs. Hodge and Harrington have
been delayed some in their work by hay
ing to wait for oak timber. The latter
arrived Thursday. Should the weather
be anyways favorable, they expect
to commence putting her outside plank
ing on next week.