Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-05-14
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY. MAY IA. 1885.
THE CITY.

Sunday evening.
The Stsvedores are anxiously await
| ing for lumber vessels to arrive.
S. F. Tolsma shipped four ears of fresh
fish to Detroit OH the City of Alpsna
yesterday.
Rapp & LaPres announce q special
sale of werkingmen's pants. See ad7er-
tisemsnt.
Cheboygan Lumber Company run
another lot of logs down the river to
their mill yesterday.
The rear rooms in the bank block are
to 10 finished soon. Both floors will
make very desirable rooms.
| w. W. Strohn arrived on the Cham
plain Monday evening and proposes lin
gsring in Chsboygan for sometime.
Under the new administration of the
First National Bank hours will be
from 8 a. m. to IL IN. and from to p.
m.
Remember the complimentary con-
cert as a farewell bsns 1T to Messrs Fax
and Lent at the Opera House tomorrow
evening.
w. w. Davidson is busy fitting up his
photograph gallery ready for business
and will have it in full running order
in few days.
Captain James Wilson is making some
important alterations in his steam yacht
r. c. Wilson. The work is being done
at Bunker's ship yard.
Misses Jennie and May Newton arriv-
cd from st. Helena On the City of Macki-
nae Monday evening and are visiting
their uncle, A. p. Newton.
VIC. Given, the lost man at Sault Ste.
Marie was found Saturday afternoon all
right but very weak haying tasted four
days, it showing or raining all that
time.
Street Commissioner Erratt is repair
ing srosswalks throughout the village,
a much needed improvement and one
that will be appreciated by pedestrians
especially in muddy times.
1t looks again like spring was here.
How long it will last it is hard to say.
but the impression is that we will not
have much warm weather until ell the
ice Is gone from the straits.
The Chsboygan Lumber Company's
mill started to saving Monday and
everything is working as well as could
be desired. They have already quite an
amount of lumber piled on the piers.
Yesterday morning the southerly wind
began moving the ice out of the harbor
but about noon the wind yeered around
to the AOrthward and started it back in
again. There is one consolation, the
dog days" will melt it.
Correspondents will confer very
great favor if they will mail their COM
munications so as to roach us by Tues
days mails, otherwise their letters are
liable to b0 emitted as we aim to have
about all the matter needed for each is
sue in type by Wednesday evening.
Sunday the northerly winds began to
work the ice down from the lower end
of lake Michigan and all day it could be
seen gradually coming down the straits.
Monday morning the bay was full OF ice
and the harbOr was we'll filed with 1t,
but so broken up that steamers could
make their way through it without much
trouble.
The frewardens are no rsspectOrs Of
person and evidently mean business
without any favoritism. Monday they
inspected the Opera House and found
some Of the pipes in what they consider
ed a dangerous condition. Down came
pipes, and the usual notice was prompt
ly served upon President Frost to see
that the stove pipes were put up 80 as to
insure safety from FIRE.
The board Of Supervisors Of the new
county Of Algsr, upper peninsula, was
evenly divided en- the county seat quss-
tion between Munising, AnTrain and
Grand Marais, each having two votes.
After several ballots the board adjourn
cd until the second Monday IN October
without making selection. In this
dilemma, in steps the Sheriff and Coun-
ty Clerk ana name Munising, the law
giving them that power, so that the lat
ter will enjoy the honors. at least for =
season.