Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-09

SAULT STE. MARIE, Nav %. 1877

oAULT DIE. MAhiE, NAY 70, 1871. oI
S.;B. w. Coyal, who left here under
such suspicious circumstances last Au-
gust, and an account of whose arrest in
Detroit appeared in the TRIBUNE a few
weeks ago, was brought up here soon af-
ter the opening of navigation by the
Sheriff, who went after him. He bad
his examination before Justice Ryan, who
bound him over to the Circuit court for
trial in the sum of $1,000. Messrs.
Tre,npe and Barker gave the required
bonds, and Covaiis now at liberty. Court
will convene here Ills week, If Judge
Goodwin arrives, and it is presumed that
his trial will take place soen.. He sx.
poets to be acquitted.
Seymour & Co.'s sawmfli iisrbeing quite
extensively repaired. and will probably
startup within weckor ten days. They
have full supply OF logs. =
The work on the new canal is progress
ing as fast as the nature OF the work win
admit. The contractors, Messrs. Boyle
& Roach, have gang of 80 negroes at
work in their stone qllairies short dis
tance down the river. They were
brought up from the south.
| We regret to state that Edward Ash
man is dangerously sick. :
The barge Nahut, on Sunday, .towed
down the propeller Ira Chatter, which
was wrecked n Lake Superior last year,
and which has just been released. She
Looked very rough and her back appeared
broken. IT . -,,-- -
The propeller Pacific, Of Buffalo, went
hard ashore aear Portage entrance some
dayssinces The tug Winslow. of Detroit.
has cOntraced.to to take her off and deliver
her at Buffalo, and passed mp Sunday
with barge and steam pumps for that
purpose. '.. ':'ai q.
The tida wave of emigration seems to
fhave setthd IN this direction. Every
steamer arriving here brings more or less
people gdng to settle on the fine lands
back Of tits place. One Canadian steam
er last week brought up twenty families.
Chippewa county is tust developing into
an agricultural county
The PROPELLER Ontario, passing through
here o. the 2sth, carried 927 passengers
going t. Malitoba tor settlement. On
her tirss'rip up this season she. carried
$50 for tie sanie destination. They are
mostly firm Canada, and have means to
comanenc comfortably in new coull-
arSI 1-El-E.y l.l- cr,, ~.~--n
| Quite tagedy occurred on the pro-
peller Ontaio ON Sunday, the 9th. A
man standing on the forward deck in the
midst of therowd of passengers, remark
ed, "Well. / aig!t as we'll do it >now as
any time." an before any one standing
by realized wat he was doing. he drew
a revolver antpOinting it at his head,
= fired. 1t wasuppOsed at first that he
was fatally inlred, but he subsequently
revived and ws lett at Bruce Mines for
treatment. lis not known what his
name was. H gave it once us McGregor
and once AS Ahn. He was supposed to
be from Guelph Ont. He had no friends
! OH board the bat. The tragedy created
intense excitenenton board.
Barker's dredge which has been doing
some dredging for bth the old and the
new canal, left to-dS for, Sand Beach,
where Mr.. Barker ha contract for do
, ing quite an amount { dredging.
Yesterday. while Nj Joseph Trempe
was coming to the Sau from his house
at Whiskey Bay. in sl boat, he COM
. pfained of feeling unwa, and before his
companionsscould realia that anything
was the matter with hiL he was dead.
|, His death was caused y heart disease.
: His remains were brOugA here by the
tug Gushing this monng. He was a
brother of L. z. Trempe. Esq, of this
+ place. K. T. o.
. SAULr STE. MARIE, une 2, 1877. /
The spring term of cOu opened here
!, last Tuesday with n more IAN ordinary