Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-05

Geo. II. Shearsr OF the Bay City -four
Ing mills, was in town Yesterday.
Who will bs the. nrst mayor of the
City Of Cheboygan? He will be . Re-
publican.
The taffy race at the skating rink
Thursday night was we'll attended. Miss
Annie Zorn captured the sweet prize.
j.. G. Calhaia was admitted to the bar
at the last term Of the circuit court.
Judge Ramsdsll appointed Geo. E. Frost
and E. z, Perkins examiners. TIE ex-
animation was thorough one and Mr..
Calhvin passed with credit.
If the ground hog was real smart on
Candlsmas day, Monday last, 10 may
have seen his shadow. as the sun shons
for few moments on that day. If he
succeeded in doing so we are to have
forty days more winter. according to the
old saying.
Pete Klntz started for McDenald's
camp on BOis Blanc island yesterday
wiah load of lumber. Whsn about half
way oyer he was ovsl taken by snow
storm lost his way and brought up at
Lighthouse Point, from that place he re-
turned home thoroughly disgusted with
winter traysl on the straits.
The following remedy is said to be q
sure cure for frosted feet. 1t is surely
worth trial: I'm a gallon Of water, as
hot as can be borne, dissolve all the pow
feet two hours, adding warm water az
the water eOOls. The next morning you
can draw on your boots with comfort.
Rev. H. c. Northrup. in cOAversation
with us on Monday last, said that year
age that day he had picked ripe oranges
from the trees in Florida. With the
thermometer below zero and three feet
Of snow on the level the only fruit to bs
picked in this section is "rips snOwballs,"
and the average citizen don't enjoy the
spout.
A prominent business man said in
this Office this morning that the talk Of
hard times was all wrong. He had new.
er seen better trade in his store than in
the past two weeks; but then he is
heavy advertiser.-Adrian Times. What
is true OF Adrian is true Of every other
place. the heaviest advertiser does the
largest business.
James Workman, Of Cheboygan, agent
for Burton Bros, pine operators at Ls
Chsnsaux) lost a spaa of hsrses last
Tuesday. about mile from Old Macki
nav. The team and driver were on their
way here, dragging pair of whiflle tree
no sleigh or load-when becoming fright
ened and unmanagsable, the horses ran
away, and killed themselves in the for
est by dashing into trees. The animals
were known as the ''black span," and
were valued at $500.-St. Ignace Repub-
ican.
| Wm. Elliott is foreman for the Dun
can City mills in numbering camp on
Rainy river. He has forty men and ten
teams employed and has been dsing sx-
csllent work, as the results show. The
first of last week he had got out 100000
cubic feet Of beard timber, had 100000
feet of logs in the river and 100000 feet
moro skidded ready to haul. A remark
able feature Of the crew is the large per
centage OF big men, over half of them
being six feet tall, or over, and avera0-
ing 200 pounds in weight. Mr., Elliott
is no small man himself One stick Of
timber gotten out measures $50 cubic
feet and 1t is claimed is the largest stick
ever got out in Chsboygan county.
The January term of tho circuit court
closed last Friday afternoon, the last
thing before tho court being the dsliR-
queat tax question. Some curious phas-
ss Of assessment were shown up. In one
township there were two pieces Of land
that had been placed on the tax roll
twice. One piece In one place was val
ued at $3.50 and again in another place
at $500. The greatest discrepancy was
in another description, whore il was
among the resident taxpayers on the
roll 1t was valued at $50. The same
description was again assessed among
the non resident lands and there it was
valued at $500. 1t was shown that in
another township every acre in one
whole surveyed township had been as
sssssd at $3.50 an acre regardless of its
true value, but lands and swanps were
assessed the same as land contain ing
valuable standing pine timber. One tax