Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-03-05
THE CITY.

Frank Shepherd is expected home to-
morrow.
VIM. Peaks, of Hebron. was in town
Saturday.
County Officers report business dull at
the Court House.
H. G. Dozsr, attorney. has fitted up
rooms in the Bennett block.
Wood is plentiful, but the price still
remains $3.50 for stove wood.
Only two flags foatsd in CheboygaR in
honor Of Clsvsland's Inauguration.
C.s. Dice. of Tuseorora, spent short
time in the village this week.
Newspaper postage will DO reduced
to one cent per pound Jaly LIST.
JIM. French, Of the Grand Central,
left Saturday morning for Detroit,
j. B. Adams left Tuesday morning for
Detroit and will return Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Hughes returned from an
extended visit to Benton Harbor Friday,
Thos. Powell. of Hebron township has
bsen appointed Deputy Sheriff by Sheriff
Cross.
Progressive suchre has two strong de-
tenders in the Petosksy Record and the
Cadillac News.
Malcolm McPhee and Robert Bur
roughs, Of Wolverine, spent few days
in the village this week.
The Oscoda and kuSablo Saturday
Night has new heading and 10 much
improved geographically.
Deputy Register of Deeds Watson has
been confined to his home for several
days on account Of sickness, but is again
ut his post.
The election at Sault Ste. Marie on
Tuesday last on the question of water
works loan of $4,000 was carried by 100
majority in favor of the lean.
w. II. Scott, the merchant tailor, has a
new ad. lin to-aays paper. If you are
thinking Of a spring suit OF anything
in his line 1t will pay you to read it.
A scientist states that there are 1885,
600 hairs on mans head, but a man
meyer realizes it until the next morning
after sitting up with sick friend"
J.C. Bontseou. editor Of the Petoskey
Record. was in Cheboygan Thursday and
made The TRIBUNE a pleasant call. 1t
was his first trip as deputy oil inspector.
March neither came in this year as a
lion or lamb. 1t was sort Of robe.
tween, it blew little and frOze little,
but on tho whole has been quire respect
able mouth so far.
Go through the state to-day, says the
Grand Rapids Times, and you will fad
more fastories running full time than
on short hours, and paying wages that
will buy more food and clothing than
the earnings of the same people would
purchase In 1880.
Deputy Sheriff Waldorf, Of Indian Riv-
er, was in town Monday ard made the
TRIBUNE friendly call. He says there
il very little talk of the new county at
his place, but of course he don't propose
to give the snap away. They are q
shrewd lot ia that end Of the county
and we would hate to part with them.
A Post special from Sault Ste. Marie
says: A double murder occurred eight
miles below here Saturday morning at
. II o'clock. Timothy Coughlin shot JOS
eph and Perault, two Indian boys, aged
IA and 90. One ball killed both, the old
est instantly, the youns est died Sunday
neon. They threatened Coughlin be-
cause he owed one Of them. They came
to his place and followed him into the
root house. He shot them in self defense
and Immediately gave himself up.
The Lansing correspondence Of the
Evening News contains the following:
"The village of Chsboygan, like that Of
Albion, is at present suffering with in.
tsrnal 6rss. The old, old dispute as to
whether 1t shall remain village, with
modest expenditures and homo-like be
longings, or blossom into city, with
enlarged boundaries, and all the poiti-
cal paraphernalia Of civic dignity, is at
present dividing the place into two fac
tions. Jacob Walton, Representative
in 1859, 1871, aad 1873, is here to repre-.
sent the conservatives who live outside
the village. and who don't want to be
sngulfsd, as 1t were. in the city mael-
strom."