Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-12-06
Remember the church, social at Mrs.
Chandler next Tuesday night.


The new Congregational church at
Gaylord will be dedicated on the 18th of
the present month. =.
P. M. Church has been appointed, and
assumed the duties of Deputy Collector
of Customs at DetOur.
|. Justice of the Peace S. H. Taylor has
leased the room over Langdon's store for
a justice Office, and his cases will hereaf-
ter be tried in that place.
The social at Mrs. Chandeliers next
Tuesday night promises to be an inter-
esting affair. The ladies in charge are
determined to make it a success. All
are invited.
In our advertising columns will be
found the notice of the fremen's COM
mittee, asking for sealed proposals for
furnishing the supper for their New
Years dance.
We furnish our readers this week in
supplement form the Presidents message
and the Secretary of the Treasury's report
complete. Both documents are worthy a
careful perusal.
T. T. Bates, editor and manager of the
Traverse City Herald, announces that on
the 1st of January next, the paper will
be enlarged to a nine column folio, and
otherwise improved.
Jos. Cochran gives notice in another
column that he is prepared to do bust
ness as consulting architect and build
er. Those in need of such work will do
well to give him call.
At the Town Hall tomorrow morning
the Rev. W. W. Rafter will present the
cause of missions to his congregation.
The subject of his sermon in the evening
will be "An Acceptable People" At this
service the sOlemnization of matrimOny
will take place.
The Republican Senatorial caucus ar
ranged to fill the vacancies in the COM
mitties Occasioned by the death of the
late Senator Chandler, by assigning his
successor, Mr.. Baldwin, to the committee
on commerce, and selecting Mr.. Ferry
for the other vacancies.
The permanent exposition at Detroit
if now an assured fact. A number of
lpnblic spirited citizens have Joined to-
gether and purchased the property
known as the st. Anne's Church site, and
will erect thereon magnificent public
building to be used for that and snch
other purposes as shall be desired.
The Students Club met at Mr.. Patter-
sons last night. There were quite a
number absent, but still enough were
present to provide very pleasant evtn.
ings entertainment. The next meeting
of the club will be held next Monday
evening at the parlOrs of the Grand Gen.
trail Hotel. 1t is hoped that there will
be full attendance.
At the party given by the base ball
club Thanksgiving night, Miss Aggie
Hamilton hung her cloak up in the
dressing room on the stage. In the pock-
ct was purse containing three dollars
and one cent, during the evening the
three dollars were stolen and the pocket
book turned inside out, and left in the
pocket. The party who took the money
is known, and will save trouble by re-
| turning the same to the owner.
The Sault Canal Business for 1879.
We are allowed to make few notes
from Collector Chambers Forthcoming
report of the business of the St. Mary's
Fall ship canal for the season just closed.
The canal opened this year on the second
of May and closed on the second of De-
cember, making period of navigation
there of seven months, or just PA days.
The total number of passages of vessels
of all kinds were 1923, with total ton
mage of 1,7O7,O31. The tolls collected
were $41 ,3S5.5O. Of the total number of
passages $50 were Of tugs engaged in
towing and government vessels or those
in government employ, which pass free
and these comprise total tonnage of
36,638. This leaves the paid passages
1888, with tonnage of 1.67O,393.
Last year the total number of passages
of all kinds were 1857, with a tonnage
Of 1851, 1876. Of these 287 were free pas
sages, with free tonnage of 29,078. The
tolls collected were $49,437.0O. This
shows an increase of $50 in the number
of passages, and in tonnage of 1885, of
this increase 1860 is in free tonnage, and
81, 1886 in paid tonnage. The tolls show
a decrease of $685. 80. This, however,
is accounted for from decrease of half
cent ton on the tolls, which would
amount to $s,351.96, or upon the same
basis a gain of $3OO.46. The average
tonnage of vessels passing the canal
last year was 649.5 and this year 1865,
or an average decreasesOf 1929, very
heavy decrease, which can be accounted
for largely on account of the low water
in the canal and large increase in the
grain business of Duluth which called
into the trade smaller class of vessels.
Last year there was total navigation
of 235 days against 214 this, a decrease
of 81 days. Last year the average num-
Der of boats passing per day was very
nearly IL, while this season it was Is
which shows large increase in the
daily labor to be done. The years bust
ness has been quite satisfactory in every
respect. The increase of freight carried
both ways has been quite large, espec-'
tally in the lumber and grain business.