Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-30
JUNE 80. 1877.
Sault Scraps.
SAULr STE. MARIE. June p. lSi

SAULT STE. MARIE, June 22, 1877.
A change of the military at the fort
has been ordered. The company here
will 90 to Fort Wayne at Detroit, and
two companies from the same regiment
there will come here. ~ HA2 /
Some wretch who richly deserves the
penitentiary went into the pit of the new
canal and with hammer and ,chisel
Clipped the corners off some of the most
valuable stones which were ready to be
put i'm place. One stone valued at $75
was ruined, besides some others which
will have to be dressed over. No clue to
the perpetrator. -.
The schooner Van Valkenburg, of
Milwaukee, ran aground while being
towed down. the river by the tug Frank
Moffltt, a few days since. She was de-
tanned a couple OF days. when she was
relieved by the Motfiatt. No damage be-
yond detention.
Some idea of the amount OF work that
is daily being done OH the new canal can
be gained from the statement that from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty
barrels OF cement are used daily.
B The ferry boat j. X. White is now
running regularly, and doing Il fair busi-
ness. understand that another little
steamer will run opposition i'll a few
days. Opposition may be the life OF
business, in some C 'ses. but | doubt if ii
be the case in this instance.i
Mr.. Guy II. Carleton, Deputy Collector
of Customs ut this place, informs Inc
that upwards OF eighty families OF
Canadians have moved into this county
during tie present se lson.
The people OH the ''Other side" are
making preparations on extensive scale
for the celebration of Dominion day,
which OCCURS on the 2d day of July. The
average small boy Of Canada looks for
ward to this day with feelings very much
akin 10 those the American does to th'
Fourth of July, and it is celebrated mucf
after the same style.
The orCers have been made that tn
Sau!t is to have two companies o
SCARED" veterans from the plains, i'm tn
| place of the company which nas beel
Il Il i,.t bay
Fort Way nc, at Detroit.
Some of the finest logs that it has eve
been my fortune to sec are passing dow
the river, to Seymour's saw mill. Their
are some very fine square and board tim
ber passing down also, and in mucl
larger quantities han ever before.
The City of New York was released b
the tug Beck from her perilous position
on the Beach, Saturday night, and al
rived here Sunday morning. She wa
drv-dOckcd i'm the canal Sunday nigh
and it was found that she was not yer
badly injured. She was, repaired TEN
porarily, and on Monday continued he
trip to Duluth. 1t was very fortunat
indeed that the results of the collisio
were no worse. Had the boat been fl
teen or twenty minutes longer i'm reacf
ing the shore, she would have gon
down, probably with much loss of lif
The water was gaining so rapidly thi
i'm the time mentioned the fires woul
have been reached, and that would Ia,
been nearly the end. There were nun
/, ber of women and children on board.
The schooner Ogden, which was ashol
| above Whitefish Point, was released Sa
D urday, by the tugs Cushing and Moffat
(: She was very slightly injured and col
tinued her journey.
The boats are commencing to carry
few excurslonists, but the tide of trav
has not turned this way very extensive
Iyet.
see that the Chicago Times mac
quite an affair out of the tidal wave her
The Times is not reliable. 1t WI
strange enough with nothing more tina
g the facts, but two much imaginatiO
f makes it incredible.