Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-01-29
The river is frozen over as far as First

at the TRIBUNE job Office.
The ice crop continues to be housed,
and magnificent ice it Is.
The new bell on the st. Mary's CathO-
lie school building has an excellent tone.
Notwithstanding the Geld weather, the
circuit court was we'll attended this
week.
M. w. King, township treasurer of
Tuscarora, reports taxes in that town be-
ing paid very slowly.
Marshal Lynn settled with ]. E. Cueny,
village treasurer. last Friday and &C
counted for the meRey collected for tax
es.
John Becker left on the train yester-
day morning for tho Tar west TO start
salOsn where beer sells for Is cents per
glass.
Two cars are being loaded with hay
to-day for shipment down the road, one
by Smith & Baker, and the other by
Jared Dingman.
According to the Traverse City Herald
Hannah, Lay & Co. of that place paid
tax in 1884 averaging $52.93 per day for
the entire year.
County Clerk Hunt informs US that
most of the townships have filed notice
with him of an extension of the time for
payment of taxes.
The snow and extreme cold was al
most too muck for the up train Monday
night. and it did not arrive until after 3
O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Remember the musical at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Rollo Friday evening Of
next week. A fine programme may be
expected. as the best local talent partici-
pate.
Major Frank Howard has the cast fill
Cd for the production Of the drama Of
"SiX degrees Of crime" and the play 10 be-
ing rehearsed, He expects to present 1t
within two weeks,
Al. w. Nswkirk, former editor aud pub
Usher of the defsnct Elmira Gazette,
spent two or three days in Chsbovgan
last week and the TRIBUNE was favored
with several pleasant calls.
The bids for wood for fractional dis
trict No. 3. town Of Inverness, were OPEN
Cd last Monday. There were only three
bids presented. The proposals were for
bsdy maple, two feet in length. Michael
Guoins bid was SIPS per cord, and Mar
tin Englebrecht and Michael Shields
$l.20 per cord.
The Otsego County Herald, in speaking
of Rev. A. w. Westgate'e visit to that
place a week ago last Sunday, says:
"Rev. A. W. Wsstgate, of CbebOygan,
preached two able sermons at the Con-
grsgational church last Sunday to good
audiences. The reverend gentleman is
affabls in manners. polished in speech,
and mighty in expanding tho Scrip
lures"
Jshn Reid is great at connecting wolf
stories. He tells them just as if every
word was true,.and in a manner that
makes fellows hair stand On end at the
hair breadth escapes. His latest story
ia laid in the Black Lake section, wolves
numerous and ravenOus, man up tree
dare not come down, sure death from
freezing If he remained up, discovered
Just in time and rescued by his neigh
bOrs.
The Northwestern Lumberman in
speaking OF projected railroad from
Big Rapids TO AlpeRa, and up the Huron
shore through Presque Isle county and
Rogers City to Cheboygan says: "NC
railroad route that could be marked out
in Michigan would be so original. and
traverse such long stretch of unoccu.
pied territory. 1t would be great lum.
bef line, both for soft and hard woods
and point toward Chicago and the great
prairie regions. the best market for for
est products in the world. 1t seems as
il there could be no more promising fold
in the lower peninsula for new railroad
enterprise"
1.-THE local paper" says Whitslaw Reid
"is the best paper in the world. All the
city papers cannot supply the place
of the home paper. No other con.
tains the marriages and deaths. 10
say nsthing of divorces and births. No
other. paper gives the time for the next
ball, picnic or political meeting; NO
other publishes the roll OF honor for
the public schools; ne other discusses
the affairs of the town and county, OIL
gives in detail the local news, which