Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-09-25

House next Thursday evening. Oct. End.
Hon. Geo. w. Bell speaks at the meet
ing Of the Blaine and Logan club this
evening,
Hon. Oscar Adams has been appointed
administrator Of the estate of Tunis T..
VanArsdals, deceased.
j. H. Kintz returned home last even
ing from his western trip. He went as
far as Kansas City, No. He also visited
his old home in Ohio.
From the large quantities of new
goods arriving for Cheboygan mer-
chants by every boat it is evident they
are doing some business.
Francis w. Cook, of Muskegon, the
Catamaran candidate for Attorney GEN.
eral Is announced for a speech at the
Town Hall Saturday evening, from the
fusion standpoint.
The letting Of the contracts for con-
structing the drains In the Township of
Beaugrand, which was to have taken
place last Saturday, was adjourned to
next Saturday at p. m. at the same
place.
Archie McGregOr, Steward of the Van
Raalte, Saturday while scuffling with
another employee on the boat, fell and
dislocated his shoulder. Fortunately
there was physician on board and he
put the shoulder in place again.
A friend of II. A. Blake sent him pet
from California by express. 1t is live
tarantula and was twelve days coming
through. 1t was On exhibition yester-
day at Drs. T. A. & G. A. Perrin's office.
For handsome 1t is not success,
A five o'clock tea was rendered Mrs, j.
II. Kintz by number of her lady friends
at the residence of Mrs. Jonas Wheeler
Wednesday. About twenty-five ladies
were present and very pleasant time
was had. Mrs. KintZ leaves shortly for
Clyde, Ohio, to spend the winter.
Our cotsmporary publishes a long IT,
rade in his last issue trying to prove
false the statement made in the TRIBUNE
about laboring man saving $4OO in
two years. We would respectfully refer
them to John w. McGinn, president of
the First National bank of ChebOygan,
for confirmation of the statement.
Monday captain of steam barge in
the river got into an alteration with
one of his men and in the melee the
captain drew knife and slashing away
cut quite long cash in the breast of the
man making severe but not dangerous
wound. DR.. DuPaul was visited and
took several stitches closing up the cut.
A weman with revolver, also played a
part in the rumpus, but did not shoot.
The Republican county convention to
put in nomination candidates for the
various county offices will be held at the
Town Hall one week from this afternoon.
1t is hoped that the different township
committees will SEQ that their respective
towns are fully represented. The num-
ber of delegates each town is entitled to
can be ascertained by referring to the
call published elsewhere.
Fred Colwell employed on the steamer
Ste. Marie met with painful accident
Monday by which he lost three Of his
fingers. They were unloading some
cars filled with fresh fish at st. Ignace,
and Fred's hand got caught in the snatch
block, cutting the little finger entirely
of, it falling on the deck, and injuring
two others so badly that they had to be
amputated. DR., Stsinberger of st. Ig
mace dressed the mangled hand.
Several months ago. in June, our CO.
temporary astonished the marines by
announcing that the sun would soon
cross the line and advised them to look out
for squalls. The crossing took place last
Monday and the squalls were on hand.
It is an old saying, and claimed to be
true, that whatever the direction the
wind Is in on the day the sun crosses
the equator, that will be the prevailing
winds for forty days. In this section
the wind was eastsrly on Monday,
Tuesday John Dodd returned from
Hammonds Bay. He had taken his rife
with him and when he returned left 1t
at Sammons & Corlstte's fish market.
While Mr.. Sammons was out the boy
who attends for him returned and dis
covering'the gun, boy like commenced ex-
amining it, and while In the act Mr.. Sam
mons returned and thinking there was
danger went to take the gun, and Just