Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-20
THE CITY.


pearance.
The Spencer House bar has been re-
moved to the room formerly occupied as
billiard room.
Capt. Anderson of the wrecking tug
Leviathan, having laid the tug up left
for his home in Milwaukee.
Saturday night the Lawrence landed
sixty-three barrels of whiskey at Near
thurs dock for Sault Ste. Marie parties.
The papers are busy cooking up Cleve-
lands cabinet As yet we have not seen
the name of any of Cheboygan's distin-
guished Democratic statesmen sugges-
ted.
Penny & Frost have got new scheme
to benefit their customers, and give full
PARTICULARS in our advertising columns
to-day. Look 1t up. it interests every
body who reads 1t.
The Town Hall bell, after being silent
for several weeks, owing to the change
being made in the tower, commenced
again Monday to ring morning. noon
and evening, as it previously did.
Marshall Lynn and the night police
gathered in three DRINKS Sunday night
at the docks. One had taken an invol-
untary bath In the river, falling off the
dock. and was somewhat sobered by the
plunge.
Saturday morning Mrs. E. A. Vorce
had stroke Of paralysis affecting her
right side, her right arm being rendered
helpless. She is being treated by DR..
Gerow and strong hopes of her recovery
are entertained.
Saturday and Sunday both dock ware
houses were filled to OVERLOOKING. The
Messenger and Lawrence together land
ed over 1,5O0 barrels of flour, about half
of 1t for Cheboygan merchants and the
the other half for the 500.
The burning of brush pile On Bots
Blanc island last Thursday evening at
tracted considerable attention. 1t was
reported around town that it was YES
sci burning in the straits and quite a
number were attracted to tho docks on
this account.
The schooner Gerrit Smith which was
ashore near Rogers City, was pulled off
the beach last Monday by the tug A. J.
Smith and brought to this port. She
was not so badly damaged as was
thought. One steam pump kept her
clear of water. Her hold is full of cedar
posts. We understand she will remain
here during the winter. She has been
laid up at Bellant's dock, just below the
bridge.
CA. Gallagher is having ten acres of
land that he finished clearing up this
season. plowed this week, and proposes
next season to plant potatoes in the field.
The ground is so mellow that it will not
turn in burrows from the pillow. The
fact that blowing is still being done in
this section will probably be surprise
to many in more southern localities who
think everything is frozen up here by
this time.
/. s. Cooper had man named Camp
bell arrested for stealing his valuable
hound, Campbell acknowledged that the
dog came to him but denies stealing
him and says he turned him loose on the
beach thinking he would find his owner.
The examination was held before JUS
tice Frost, Monday afternoon. The val
of the hound being proven to DO $50 the
defendant was bound over to tho Circuit
Court for trial.
The smoke stack at Smith & Adams
planning mill got up grand pyrotech-
mic display on its own hook Saturday
night. The scot took fire and the flames
assembled Is or 30 feet above the top of
the stack and a perfect shower of Goals
fell all around. The hose was attached
to the water works connections In the
mill and the surroundings kept thor
oughly wet SO that nothing caught fire.
The stack was was red hot part of its
length.
The rule governing the disposition of
undeliyered letters sent from hotels has
been heretofore to send them to the dead
letter Office, regardless of the printed re-
quest to return to the hotel, The rule
has been amended by Postmaster Gen.
eral Hatton as follows: "Unclaimsd
letters enclosed in envelopes upon which
hotel cards are printed should not be 70.