Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-06
NO. 2ss.

greeate in value $100, ,OO0 The population, 1 including Duncan city, which is to all intents | and purposes part of Cheboygan, numbers I 5000 souls. The county has 10000 inhabi- ! tants and constantly increasing. Cheboygan | has increased 1 200 since 1880. Quite large
 number of brick buildings have been put up ' lately, and all the outward indications of sub I stantial progress is evidenced by glance at the busy thoroughfares and handsome resi- dences. The Michigan Central railroad is, of l course, the iron link in the chain of internal 1 communication, and runs four trains here ! per day. Navigation by the lake, with Chi l cago and other important lake ports, is car ried on through four steamers that make reg l ular round trips from this point with ! Chicago. These vessels are staunch, sea ! worthy steamers, specially built for lake vice, and carry large freights and full complements of passengers bent on business I or pleasure. There is also daily boat be- tween this city and Detroit. Trains of the Michigan Central railroad connect at Mackin- aw city, sixteen miles from here, with the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, and the Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquette railroad at Point St. 1gnace for the iron and great ! mineral regions of Michigan. The city has splendid system of holly waterworks admir- ably arranged for protection from fires The water power is said to be the most valuable 1 in the State, and certainly its appearance in dicates the truthfulness of the statement The dam has a fall of eleven feet in the Che boygan river, with 100000 horse power. How a Washer was Taken Down a Peg. [From the Through Mail ''I wonder if that pretty girl over there is ! not f1irt," said one drummer to another on l an incoming Illinois Central train the other day
 ''She looks like it,' said his companion land what is more, she and I have passed good many happy hours together. I've staid
 many night at her fathers house, but I don't do that any more, and if you cen make
 mash on her go ahead"
 The other drummer went over to where she sat and said: Permit me, madam"
 Certainly" she replied.
 My friend over there says he has known you for some time," he continued as he sat down She blushed and smiled sweetIy as she acknowledged the old acquaintance.
 ''Very nice fellow,' said the drummer
 Do you think so?" said the woman mod estly.
 Bully fellow, but he ain't very popular with the girls. Don't seem to care much about them"
 Don't he?" she archly inquired Not very much" But it's different with me; I like him ever much.''
 Happy old boy! say,you couldn't love me a little as his proxy, could you?"
 "Goodness, mol"
 Well, that's pretty tough me, but if you think so much of him, I'll get up and let him come over and sit by you"
 ''Oh! I wish you would"
 The masher looked red and blue by turns, and got up and went over and told his com panion what she said, and added:
 Say, old fellow, you've got heF-dead. She's mashed on you the worst way, and wants you to come over and sit by her.
 ''Is that so?" queried the other with sat isfed smile, arising and lowing to the lady, who beckoned him over to the seat with her And then he went and put his around her, and when the conductor came along, he pointed them out to him and began to tell him what a mash the other fellow had made when the conductor smiled blandly, and told him to go and soak his head that that was the other drummer's wife, and he had known her ever since she baby. The masher got off the first time they came up with a freight train, and went the balance of the way as live beef.