Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-12-04

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Will Ross is moving into the cottage
on Huron street recently vacated by DR..
Chas. Perrin.
The M. E. Sunday school scholars are
rehearsing a cantata that will be pre-
sented about Christmas.
The weather yesterday was very
spring like, so much so that local poll
ticians commenced talking spring poll
tics.
1t is claimed that G. A. Gallagher has
the inside track in the race for the Che
toygan postofics under Cleveland's ad-
ministratien.
We have received notice that the Au-
ditor General has designated the TRI-
BUNE as the paper to publish the list Of
land for sale, for non-payment Of taxes,
in Cheboygan county.
st. Mary's school Will open next Mon
day. Everything is in good shape in
connection with the school building, an
efficient corps of teachers will have
charge, and the indications are all in
favor Of very successful session.
Owing to the departure of Miss Cassie
Summers from town, Miss. Jennie Gar
rets0n has consented to take the charac-
ter Of Stella Stevens in the Spy of Shi-
loh. Miss GarretsOn Is an accomplished
vocalist and will fill the part charm
ingly.
Fred Siegel, a member of RuddOck
Post G. A. r. of Cheboygan writes that
he is pleasantly located in the Soldiers
Home at Dayton, Ohio, and speaks in the
highest terms Of the care and treatment
he is receiving. 1t was through Post
master Humphreys efforts that he Sc
cured entrance into the home.
Sunday the propeller Van Raalte land
cd at Smith g Bakers dock 80 bags Of
silver ore from Garden River, Ontario.
1t weighed 1859 pounds, and was report
cd nearly pure silver, and worth $1,000
or $4,000. 1t was consigned to the Cas-
Gale Mining company, Chicago, and was
forwarded from here by rail.
Last Thursday a number of deck hands
ON the Messenger, who were shipped in
Chicago, were paid off and discharged
and arrangements made for their pas
sage to Chicago on the Champlain. Hav-
| ing few hours to spare before the latter
would depart, they came up town to eel
ebrate Thanksgiving, and the conse-
qusnee was they got so full Of Thanks
giving that thew were trl1s late for
the boat, and got left. Two or three of
Of them were gathered in by the police
and spent the night in the cooler.
The tug Swain returned this morning
from the schooner Chandler j. Wells,
bringing the outfit and everything they
could recover from the wreck, the
schooner having to be abandoned. One
large lighter load Of her deck load Of
lumber was saved and landed on the
dock at Beaver harbor. They took off
two lighter loads but in the first they
did not fasten tho matches of the scow
down and the heavy sea washed them off,
she Rlled and dumped the lumber off in
the lake. The residents Of the islands
will be able to get quite supply Of lum
Der from the beach.
Leap year is drawing near to a close
and we are afraid the ladies of ChebOy-
gan are about to let some little one
horse town capture one OF the most eligi-
ble.chances that has ever been put within
reach of the female portion of this COM
munity. OF course our readers will in
stantly surmise that this refers to the
elegant blonde, Dan Mcleod, an AppOlo
In form and Chesterfield in manners.
Two East Saginaw maidens, who have a
proper idea of the beautiful, sent fiat
tering offers accompanied by proper rec
concentrations. and the st. Igaace News
remarks if he was in that place he
would be taken up "too quick" A word
to the wise is sufficient.
The masquerade ball given by the base
ball club Thanksgiving night was a
great success. The attendance in cos
tune was large and the room assigned
spectators was completely filled. Much
to the disappointment of those ia attend
ance Jerry Hopper did not put in his ap-
pearance on stills. Jerry says he had
the rheumatism in one leg so bad that
it felt as big as an elephants and he was
afraid to mount his stills for fear of en-