Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, JULY Z. 1883.
CHEBOYGAN MATTERS.


Frank Packard is successful lawyer
and controls his own Office.
The new yacht built by Chas. R. Smith
has her machinery placed by Blake.
A musical concert is soon to be given
by home talent, unusually promising.
The new tug being built by Will Smith
will have machinery put in by IL. A.
Blake.
A certain young man was robbed on
the night of the Fourth in house of
death.
The planning mills are kept busy these
days supplying the demand for building
purposes.
RENDER the meeting of the Agricultu-
raj Society next Friday afternoon at the
Town Hall.
The ChebOygan Lumber Company lost
a valuable horse yesterday morning.
Died from inflammation of the lungs.
Ferdman Marquis was arrested yester-
day for assault and battery on complaint
of Maxim Morrow, was released on bonds.
Pyrotecnics of the Fourth were all in
front Of the ChebOygan News Company's
store. The balloons sent up were the
delight of Young America.
The Fourth was celebrated in ChebOy-
gan as holiday. No races, the crowd
enjoyed themselves each to suit himself,
but in the queitest manner.
Alex S. Mcdonald has made the largest
drive ever made on Black river. The
drive foots up 20,O00,000. There is out
of this assorted over 100000.
The committee on claims before the
supervisors would not allow the Sheriff's
bill for locking out Till Warner until
after catechism that failed utterly as
an investigation.
The school board at its meeting Thurs
day evening voted to allow Miss Denni-
son the use of one of the primary rooms
for the purpose of teaching a select
school during the school vacation.
Every body, Every body, prepare your
selves to attend the strawberry and ice
cream festival, next Thursday evening,
at the Town Hall. The aftermath"
society will make it agrand success.
With this number The TRIBUNE enters
upon its ninth volume. We regret that
it is so old and knows so little, but there
is this consolation, what we do not know
others do, while we are young enough to
learn.
DR.. Gerow's new block is progressing
finely. We have seen the plans of the
front elevation and can assure our citi-
Zens that it will be neat, tasty and sub
stantial. The trimmings will be of cut
stone.
Robinson & Thompson got the con-
tract for building the bell and hose tow
er at the Town Hall. 1t will be II feet
square at the base and about so feet
high and will be situated at the south
east corner of the building.
H. A, Blake, shipped the other day, to
Garfield Harbor. IA casting weighing q
800 pounds, the largest ever made in
Cheboygan county, but Blake says he
can 60 deal better to any one who
wants, and he always stands behind
what he says.
Sheriff Harrington was sitting down
at Cyrus Riggs during storm, on the
third, when lightning familiarly warm
ed him up from head to foot, causing
that official to think warrant had been
sent for, with the Sheriff of Death to
execute 1t.
An execrable coward is always anOny-
nous, skulking behind some similar
wretch Of villainous compound, where,
in darkest infamy, they perpetrate their
foulness to the delight of devils and the
disgrace of the human species, but to the
injury of none but the two rascals. Have
nothing to do with a villain who covers
up his tracks.
Porter Mckay, of Grand Rapids, who is
visiting A. p. Newton, is II years old,
and on the Fourth came near meeting
with serious accident at Mackinac. A
reckless hack DRYER came near running
him down, the pole striking him in the
back, but fortunately knocking him out
of the way of horses and hack. He feels
sore in the back but otherwise all right
The annual school meeting Of district