Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-04-20

The Menominee arrived last satu
daY evening.

day evening.
The water in the river is about foot
lower than last season.
The propeller Champlain, of the n.
IT. line, called in, bound down, Thursday
night.
The Fountain City called in at Dun
can City early yesterday morning bound
down.
The propeller Peerless is advertised
to leave Chicago for Lake Superior next
Monday. ~
The Crusader returned ffom towiiig
the schooner Helvetia to Detroit, last
Tuesday morning.
The Marine City arrived yesterday
forenoon ha7ing considerable freight ana
a number of passengers.
The scow Minnehaha arrived from
Chicago yesterday with several hundred
bushels of grain tor Nelson & Bullen.
The schooner w. b. Allen reported
yesterday afternoon on her way from
Parry's Sound to Chicago with lumber.
The propeller Fountain City, of the
Western Transportation line, called in,
for the first time, last Sunday forenoon.
The schooner Flying Mist, left Tues.
day afternoon for Chicago. with cargo
of cedar posts and hemlock bark, from j
b. Macarthur.
The schooner Higgie and Jones has
been chartered for cargo of lumber
from Duncan City to Chicago, at 81 per
thousand feet.
The schooner Minnie Slauson ar
rived Thursday morning, and is loading
lumber from Macarthur, Smith &c Co. for
their yard in Chicago.
The Canadian steam barge Mary r.
Robertson called i'm Tuesday to report, on
her way from Perry Sound to Chicago
with cargo of lumber.
The st. Joseph arrived Sunday morn
ing, returning i'm the afternoon, and
loaded several cords OF hemlock bark
leaving for below about midnight.
The Chicago papers state that the
wrecking tug Leviathan Wa about ready
to start for the straits. She may there
fore be expected here,almost any hour.
The Chicago papers state that the
pleasure steamer Mary is coming here to
run between this place and Mackinaw.
This is the little steamer that Cai t.
Riley went after.
The ferry boat NJ. w. Wright, hav-
ing had her repairs coispleted, left yes
terday morning, to resume her route on
Little Traverse bay, between Petoskey
and Little Traverse.
| The LudingtOn Appeal announces
the marriage Monday Of last week of
Capt. John Duddleson, the popular and
genial commander of the Northern
Transit steamer Nashua, to Miss Emily
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The Canadian schooner J. &. Worts
called i'm to report Thursday forenoon,
on her way from Perry Sound to Chica.
90 with Il cargo of lumber. She reports
having seen number of spars in the
lake some miles below this port.
"A letter from Capt. Boynton, OF the
st. Paul, to the editor of the TRIBUNE,
states that after the first of May that
steamer will run regularly to this port
We are glad to hear it, for, as we said
before, the more of such boats as the ST.
Paul that run into this port the better
for Cheboygan.
Friday of last week, at Chicago, the
Vanderbilt and the Maria Martin were
chartered to take OH 100000 feet of lum-
Der each at Cheboygan, for Chicago, on
their return from Buffalo. at ST per NJ.
but the Vanderbilt, having her spars car
ried away, it will prevent her from car
rying ont the engagement.
1t is reported that the steamers OF
the Canadian Lake and River line will
ply between Montreal and, Chicago again
this season. They have been running to
Lake Superior for season or two past.
There will be eight or ten boats in the
line, and as they run from Canadian
ports, they will be required to report at
this port when bound mp.
1t was the schooner Helvetia that
the Crusader picked up in the Straits
last Saturday morning. She was minus
her tOpmasts and some of her canvas
the result OF blow on Lake Michigan
which kept her rolling for several hours
nearly exhausting her crew. The Cru
sader took her to Detroit, making the
) round trip i'm three hours less than three
days, including five hours stoppages.
|, Some have been sowing oats this weel
f seldom if ever before have oats beer
t sown in the middle of April in this sec
ton.
Everybody is busy making garden
these times and getting in their earl,
vegetable seeds. The rain last nigh
l will aid their growth very materially.
The cedar post trade is looking up il
this section. Quite an amount was go
3 out during the winter and parties ar
e making contracts for getting out more
Notwithstanding the dry weather w
t have been having in this section tn