Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-04-14
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, APRIL IA. 1883.


The Hon. David Davis enjoys married
life. and it isn't the first time.
Three things worth hearing once, a
Chinese gong, midnight cat fight and
a person who frets and scOlds.
Joseph SpoOner's meat market begun
its travels Thursday to the rear to
make room for that new brick building
Fred Smart manipulates the levers on
Carkin, Stickney & Grams dredge en-
ployed at the Michigan Central dock in
Detroit.
Almost one hundred persons persisted
by the burning Of the Newhall House,
which occurred Jan. 10th. Last Tuesday
George Scheller was placed on trial at
Milwaukee charged with having set fire
SO the hotel.
If the President on his fishing excur-
sion in Florida catches fish equal to the
number of applications he would receive
at Washington in the same length Of
time from Office seekers for help, he
will have fish and fun in superabun-
dance.
On tomorrow evening at the COngre-
gational Church DR.. Hartley will deliver
another lecture on Temper
ance. His theme will be Pictures of
the Rum Traffic." With such theme
an interesting address may be expected.
The friends and enemies of the cause
are cordially invited to attend. DR..
Hartley never INDUCES in abusive speech
in his talks on temperance.
In building the cribs for the new dock
of the Michigan Central, at Detroit, they
have used over 100000 feet of timber,
and $4,000 iron drift bolts, and it will
require 5000 additional bolts before the
work is completed. These bolts average
about six pounds each, amounting to
total of 12O tons of iron. They expect
ed to commence sinking the cribs Mon
day, but the work of dredging was not
completed until Tuesday evening.
As the sanitary, social, and moral con-
ditiOn of the village is superior, its
healthfulness, attractiveness, and power
abound. To enhance what is desirable
should be the ambition of all, and with
the opening Of cheerful spring, build
ings, yards, and streets should be bright
ened and bettered, while every influence
and power that W ould radiate goodness,
and enthuse people with greater devO-
tion to whatever is best should be highly
priced and industriOusly sought for.
When will the trial of the star reuters
come to an end? Every man charged
with crime should have ample OppOrtun-
ity to prove himself innocent, but an
Indefinite continuance of case is not
amusing, entertaining, or conducive to
justice. The people have candidly con.
cluded that subordinates and principals
in the star route business swindled the
government. That the maximum length
of trials, If there be any such thing, has
been reached, and the expense should
stop.
On Wednesday the Algomah made a
vain attempt to reach Mackinac City
from st. Ignace and had to come to this
port where she arrives and departs reg
nlarly, greatly to the satisfaction of the
public. Nature has vetoed the crossing
of the straits at the present terminus of
the G. R. & l. during the winter, but
has demonstrated the certainty with
which it can be done from Chebovgan.
This fact, in harmony with every other
fact, enfOrces the necessity Of branch
road to this point, from the G. R. & I.
As railroads have an eye to business, it
is reasonable to expect another road
shortly.
Word was received from the manu-
facturers that the smaller sized tubing
for the artesian well would not be ready
for shipment before the 18th inst. An
effort is being made to secure it at Bay
City, so as to have it here at an earlier
date. Thursday morning Messrs. Erratt
s. Spiller started up the drill to clean
out the hole, they having discovered that
since they stopped work it has filled up
about ten feet by soft rock below the
tubing running in. They are ready to
continue the work just as soon as the
tubing arrives. 1t is to be hoped that
they may meet with no furthur delays,
as the well is an absolute necessity.