Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-01-29

tonight.
Some new fishing shantiss were taken
oHt on the ice this week.
Yesterday morning the thermometer
was 400 below zero at Vanderbilt, and
the same at Standish.
Several of our citizens are talking of
visiting New Orleans and the Worlds
Exposition during February.
There was dance last night at the
Fountain House, and of course mine host
Fitzpatrick made it very pleasant oc-
casion for his guests.
] VIM Macarthur says with reference to
procuring a city charter for Cheboygan
that he "does not know but that it 10
like the measles with children, better to
have them while young"
The ladies OF the relief society are in
dsbted to Mrs. W. S: Humphrey for lib
fral contribution OF articles of clothing
sst Monday afternoon. They say she
"A a them with number Of articles
they badly In need Of in their char
liable work.
George Paquet is hauling the timber
ne is getting out from eight to eleven
miles. Tuesday he brought in some
splendid sticks. The teams make only
one trip per day and Mondayon aecount
of the cold and drifts they failed to make
the trip, having to stop on the road COM
ing In.
A great many of the younger school
children had their ears more or less fro
zen Wednesday morning while going to
school, some Of them quite seriously, Up
on such mornings parents cannet be too
careful to see that their children are
wrapped up to protect them
from tho cold, before allowing them to
start for school.
Quite number of our citizens were
In attendance at the exercises of the
senior department of the grade school
last Friday afternoon and were we'll en-
tertained. The "Echo" was fully up to
its former standard and was q credita.
BILE issue and showed that James Packard
and his assistant Miss Hattie Hamilton
welded the editorial pen equally we'll
with their predecessors. The other ex-
ercisss were of a pleasing and interest
ing character. These monthly exercis-
% are becoming quite an interesting
feature of the school.
1t 10 a well known fact that preachers
have remarkable peachant for fowls.
Since Rey. R. M. Thompson turned gran
ger he has been assiduOusly cultivating
fine crops Of ducks and chickens to meet
the home demand, but experience has
proven that some animals have liking
for feathsred bipeds as well as a preach
er. A few days since weasel. being at
tractea by the excellent quality and con-
dition of Mr.. ThOmpson's fowls, made a
raid upon them, and the result was he
mourns the loss of every duck and nins
fat hens, All will know what loss that
must have been to a preacher.
The warehouse at the station was bur-
glarized again last Saturday night and
a portion of barrel of pork and some
sacks of -four taken. The thieves tried
first to get into the building by bering a
hole large enough to enter an arm, in
one Of the center doors, evidently with
the intention OF unfastening the dOsr
from the inside and then showing it opcE.
Failing in this they went around to the
other side Of the building and bored cut
a hole large enough to admit good sized
boy. The supposition is that then boy
entered and unfastensd the door. Last
winter q similar raid was made on the
same warehouse, and lot Of provisions
stolen. There ia no clue to the guilty
parties.
The ladies of the relief society find
lots of urgent demands for Immediate
relief. At the meeting Monday after
noon the ladies of one committee report
ed 10 cases, mostly children where the
parties were suffering for want Of shoes
and underwear. The ladies are very
desirous that all citizens having any
cast off shoes or underwear, for women
or children should send them in. They
are present at the ROOMS of the society
every Monday afternoon to receive all
articles sent in. The demand is an ur.
gent one and should bs promptly met
by the Charitable people Of Cheboy-
gan. In many households there are