Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-24

The Island House wants six dining
room girls. See "ad.'
Mrs. John Murphy left on Thursday of
last week for Emmett, st. Clair county,
on visit to friends.
Judge j. II. Steere, of Sault Ste. Marie,
arrived in the village last evening from
Manistlque where he had been holding
term of court, and remains to day.
Miss Gertie Sutton, of Oakland county
arrived Tuesday evening, for visit with
the family of her uncle, j, p. Sutton.
Gsrtie has many friends in Cheboygan,
who will DO glad to meet her again.
Official notice was received at the
Custom house yesterday Of the reduction
in entrance and clearance fees for YES
sells to ten cents each. The st. Marie
was the first craft to receive the benefit
at this port.
The Cleveland and Hendricks stream
er on the Democratic pole in front of j.
N. ZOrn's saloon fOated ut half-mast
Wednesday. Probably over the expose
In the Detroit Evening Journal Of the
evening previous.
Monday two young men named Veo
and Henry confscated John Van
Arsdale's boet for sail on the straits.
A squall capsizsd the boat and for four.
teen hours they floated around clinging
to the boat when a passing vessel pick
cd them up. The boat was lost.
A very pleasant excursion is offered
by Michigan Central R. r. from Cheboy-
gan to Mackinaw Island and return.
Going by train and steamer AlgOmah
and returning by the same route or by
steamer to Cheboygan as preferred.
These tickets are good for thirty days
and are sold at the M. c. Depot for 81. %.
One of our lumber manufacturing
firms short time since shipped cargo
of lumber to Chicago the same being
scaled by one of our most reliable in
spectors, whose reputation for accuracy
is not exeelled by any inspector in the
state, bat when rsmeasured in Chicago
the cargo fell short 1900 feet. The
shippers have but little faith in those
Chicago chaps and think 1t was clear
case of steal.
W. s. Smith claims to own the cham
pion single circular mill Of Northern
Michigan. Friday last with the one
saw his mill cut by actual measurement,
52,4l2 feet of Norway pine in II hours
out of logs runa ing 10 to the 1000 feet.
The lumber was abont equal proportions
of inch and inch. For last week his
average cut was nearly 1900 feet per
LAY. Who're is there a mill with one
saw that can beat this work? 4
Many of our citizens have visited the
grist mill built by Mr.. Myers a short
distance from Black river about milo
aboye Nation g. Robinson's mill 1t has
been noted for years as one of tho most
romantic spots in this sections. It was
regular Swiss mill in style, and the
machinery was all the work of Mr..
Myers. The wheels were fitted with
wooden pins In place Of eogs. We regret
to say that the mill ia no more, having
burned up last Monday, together with
Mr.. Myers house and contents, including
$3.50, in money.
George Lawrence sewers his connect
ioa with the Spencer House this week
to take the management for Mr.. Crumley
of his new hotel Michigan Exchange"
George is well and favorably known
among the travelling public and with
everything new, house elegantly fur
nishsd and cuisine equal to the best. no
ought to SECURE his share OF patronage.
The Exchange will DO 50 per day
house and George says he proposes keep
Jug its reputation at the front. They
expect to open the hotel Monday August |
4th.