Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-02

ready registered i'm the township.
O. M. Clement. the shoeman, comes to
the front with new ad. Read.
The Nsgligee club will have a dance
at its rooms in bank block next Monday
evening.
Penney & Frost have communication
in our advertising columns that is of
interest to everybody.
Joseph Rancier has the work of fiaish-
ing the upper portion of the water works
house for residence for the engineer
well along.
The Democratic caucus last night
nominated c. A. Gallagher for Supervis-
or; N. W. Lyons, for Clerk; John Reid
for Treasurer.
One Of our Cheboygan county farmers
started for st. Ignace Monday with load
of hay for which he was to receive $25
per ton delivered at st. Ignace.
The st. Ignles News says Chicago
cOmpaT y has purchased large tract Of
land at ScOtt'S Point, and as soon as
navigation opens they will erect saw
mill there to cut hardwood timber.
The AlgOmah got up steam Monday
and started Ont-on the war path to break
ice. Thursday noon she had progressed
about mile and Captain BeyRton hoped
to be able to reach the dock at Mack
inaw city by this evening.
CarmOdy Brothers numbering camp,
on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
thirty miles from Escanaba. broke up
last Saturday. About 100000 feet of
logs were put in during the winter. II.
Ii. Kezar and James Barclay arrived
home Tuesday. Mr.. Kezar says they had
terrible cold winter, and that there
were but few days during the whole
time that the teams could haul decent
sized load.
John DOdd writes to Captain Kirkland
from LudingtOn, under date of March
25th, that the II. & P. Nj. No. 2 arrived at
that port with one sheet Of iren on the
port bow and four on the starboard side
entirely gone and her planking very
badly chafed. NswIplates are to be put
on and John goes down in his diving rig
to fastsn the plates under water. lie
writes that the weather was warmer,
but that no open water Was i'm sight
from that port.
While Captain G.. +. Kirkland was alb
sent he paid visit to Milwaukee. He
reports that the "boss" wreehing tug
Leviathan, is being thoroughly over
hauled and placed in the best condition
fer another successful seasons work at
saving unfortunate craft on the lakes.
The repairs on her boiler are completed
and the boiler is again in position. Her
steam pumps have been put in the very
best condition. Her headquarters for
the season will again be at ChebOygan.
She will be ready to leave Milwaukee at
the earliest opening of navigation and
will come down with the feet bound
through the straits.
The press having circulated the re-
port over the country that James Ross
tax collector of Belleville, Ontario, was
defaulter to considerable amount it
is nothing more than justice to state
that thorough Investigation has been
made by the council of that city, and
Mr.. Ross completel exonerated. 1t
was shown that the whole matter
grew out of charges made bya personal
enemy OF Mr.. Ross. The collector is the
father of w. f. Ross, of Cheboygan and
the many friends of the latter will be
be pleased to learn Of his fathers vindi-
cation. The proceedings Of the council
are given in full by the Bellevills Daily
IRtelligencer and the Toronto Mail also
publishes refutation of the charge.
The FIRE department was called out
Monday night about eleven o'clock by
the burning of house of Mr.. Pepin, on
the Duncan Bay road. They responded
promptly. bat discovered that they die
not have hose enough 20 reach the FIRE
from any Of the hydraRts, and returned
their hose to the hose houses. The most
of the members went down and with
others labOred to save adjacent property
There was NO water 20 be had. but 9
bucket brigade was formed and snow
was used to prevent the spread of tho
flames. Mr.. Pepin's house was totally
destroyed. We understand Ii was in
sured for $1,000. The contents of thu
house were mostly saved by sarnes