Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-02-24
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1883.

IOSOCAudy duu lHuloudy NOAO uOiAShV-
full days, and everybody wishes such
weather may be continued indefinitely.
c. A. Gallagher is talking of putting
up a three story brick block the coming
season, on Main street, north of the
Grand Central hotel.
We regret to learn that Will c. Whit
ing has been confined to the house for
several days from illness. He is i'm
proving, however. and we hope he will
soon be able to resume business.
We understand the Armenia" the boat
said to have been purchased by W. j.
Brown, of st. Ignace, to run on the Man
istique route, is going to run on Lake
Erie, from the Wellan canal to a U. S.
port.
The Republican state central commit
tee have made arrangements by which
delegates and others atten ding the state
convention at East Saginaw can obtain
round trip tickets on all railroads for
one and one-third the usual price for
single fare.
According to statement submitted to
the House. by the Commissioner of the
State Land Office, we see that there were
14,932,28 acres of swamp land in this
county subject to entry on February LIST.
In Emmett, 5,l91,52 acres; Presque Isle,
28,503,66 acres.
The editor of our cOtemporary is cyl
IDENTIFY becoming alarmed over the
threatenings of certain cranks whose
ire he has raised by mention of them in
his paper, and is going to cultivate mus
Gle, Messrs. Smith and Adams having
just turned out for him handsome pair
of Indian clubs.
The ready response of the people
of these United States to the
calls for aid in times of
distress is enough to make one proud of
his country, aside from any other me
tive. Never was this charitable and
humane feeling more fully manifested
than in the case of the late distressing
floods in the Ohio Valley. So spontane-
Gus and prompt was the response, THAT
call hardly got circulated, when the
committee of Cincinnati were overbur-
dened with supplies and cash, and had
to issue circular stating that they had
all the relief necessary. This result was
largely due to the Masonic fraternity of
Ohio who took hold Of the matter, gath
cred the contributions and forward ed
them to committee OF the order in
Cincinnati, who distributed them among
all needy classes All credit TO that
benevolent brotherhood.
According to the suggestion made in
the TRIBUNE last week the cOrnet band
turned out Thursday afternoon and
favored our citizens with some of their
choicest music and displayed their new
uniforms. They presented fire appear
ance and their uniforms were highly
cOmplimented. The marked improve
ment in their playing since their last
appearance in the streets, was quite
noticeable, and from the expressions
heard on all sides, we would judge that
our citizens were prOud of the band,
both as to appearance and their fine
music. Although the day was sunny,
the air was quite chilly and very I'M
comfortable for the players; making 1t
difficult for them to play, and hence, did
not give our people as much music as
they would have done had the day been
warmer. The general verdict is, they
are credit to our town.
Wednesday, Harry Roberts, manager
of the Duncan City machine shops, ac-
companied by p. B. Bradley of Grand
Marias. paid the TRIBUNE Office q visit
and exhibited the model of snow plow,
of which Mr.. Bradley is the inventor and
patentee. Mr.. Bradley has arranged
with Thompson Smith to manufacture
number Of the plows, and the work has
been commenced. Mr.. Smith has had
two of them i'm successful operation this
winter and they have proved just the
thing. The plow is on runners and The
mold board is shaped similar to that of
plow. only consisting Of a double ar
rangement, one each side OF beam, and
large enough to cut a width su1nclent
fOrla logging sleigh. They are arranged SO
they can be raised or lowered separately,
ard are made of the best steel. In tne
rear of these are two wings, that can DE
adjusted to different widths by means OF
braces, for the purpose Of pressing out
the snow to give greater width to the
roadway. The pillow leaves the road per-
fectly smooth, and Is very successfully
used on ice roads, cutting off all Jumps
of I'm IN oha in fraQziuU.