Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-08-07


The meeting of the Blaine and Logan
club last Thursday evening was well at
tended, and considerable interest mani
tested.
The members of the Chsboygan Gun
Club are prasticing two or three times
a week, trying to regain some of their
former skill at long range shooting.
We wsuld call attention to the new
advertisement Of Mr.. A. L. Fsxer. He
offers inducements to buyers that they
would do well to take advantage of.
The st. Ignacs band excursion on the
Gordon from st. Ignace to this place last
Saturday was well attended. The band
played number Of pieces on the streets.
H. Ii. Pike, the tourist's friend at Top
inabss, was in town Monday. He re-
ports the TopiHabes House fourishing,
with good patronage from the disci.
Piles of ike Walton"
The timber for the new dock for the.
Michigan Central at Topinabse is on tho
ground. They are waiting for tho piles
to be delivered, when work will be COM
menesd and pushed forward to compile
tion. m
The cook employed on the schooner
Sophia j.. Luff, Mcclure, by name,
thought he was not getting enough time,
and Thursday helped himself to the cap
tains gold watch and chain, and started
to lsok for Harry Saunders.
Fountain Hose Co. No. failed to put
IN an appearance and contest with Che
boygan No. for the trumpet offered by
the Fourth Of July committee. The lat
ter were on hand, Notwithstanding the
mud, and made the run from Third to
Elm street, on Main, near 400 yards, and
had water through the hose in minute
and 3814 seconds. Some claim it was
made in less time.
"A mass convention Of tho National
party of ChebOygan county" is called for
next Monday, at Indian River, at l p. m.
to elect three delegates to the Senatorial
and Congressional conventions, and five
delegates to the Representative convsn-
tion. Hon. w. d. Fuller, chairman Of
the National State convention will ad-
dress the people and in the evening
grand Butler love feast will bo held with
Mr.. Fullsr and others as speakers.
At the meeting of the Blaine and Lo-
gan club one week from this evening
will be speaking by some Of our best 10
cal talent and singing by a glee club
The members of the club and all who
are in favor of the election Of the Re-
publican candidates, Blaine and Logan.
are cordially invited and urged to at
tend. An interesting meeting may be
expected. Let there be good turn out.
The meeting will be held at the Opera
House.
We trust that all interested in the
Cheboygan County Agricultural Society
will remember the meeting Saturday af-
tsrneon at the Town Hall. While it is
called for a directors meeting, they de-
sire that all who have the interest OF the
society at heart will try and attend. The
question as to the advisablensss of hold
ing fair this fall is under considera-
tion, and 1t is desired that full express
sion may be had from those interested,
and especially the farmers Of the coun-
W.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee has made arrangements with the
Michigan Central; Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern; Chicago & Grand Trunk;
Detroit, Lansing and Northern; Grand
Rapids & Indiana; Flint q Pere Mar
qustte; Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific; and
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
railroad companies and their branches,
to carry delegates to the State Republi-
can convention, to be held in Detreit
August 13, 1884, at the rate Of one and
one third fare for the round trip over
their respective roads. Tickets to DO
good for Aug. IL, 13 and IA. inclusive.
The Aurora Watch Company is man.
aged ON the cooperative plan, being
owned and controlled by the leading re-
tail jewelers. of the United States. A. l..
Fsxer is the Cheboygan member, and is
the only jewelsr here with authority to
handle tho goods manufactured. The
advantage to the buyer arises from the
fact that they deal directly with the
company through its local members, and
hence the jobber's profit is saved. OthsR
companies operating through jobbers