Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-12-11


this side OF Bots Blanc island being,
seemingly, entirely closed.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
company have 25 or 80 men at work
grading at Mackinaw City, and about
forty rods of the road has been graded.
We understand that an effort is being
made to have the Mackinac City mail
leave this end of the route at FIVE or six
o'clock in the morning, instead of seven,
as now.
VIM. Hess is to rebuild the boiler of
Carkin, Stickney & Grams tug Hayden
during the winter. The old boiler is
now being removed from the hull to be
taken to Mr.. Hess shop.
The Lowell of the N. T. line left Port
Huron the first of the week, bound up
and got as far as Sand Beach from which
place, after being detained by the stormy
weather several days, she returned to
Port Huron.
The scow Louisa that water-lOgged in
the straits, has been pumped out. Chas.
Chamberlain, of Detroit, her owner is in
the village looking after her and intends
having her repaired and put in sailing
trim during the winter.
H. Scott has been appointed by the
Cheboygan Lodge /. O. o. F. to attend
the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Reed
City, the 2Sth inst, to be instructed in
the new workings of the order as adopted
by the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Messrs. Hannah, Lay & Go. have pur-
chesed the propeller T. S. Paxton for
81, 800, and will run her on Traverse
bay in connection with the City of Grand
Rapids, which has hitherto been the only
auxiliary of their large propeller City of
Traverse.
Christmas is approaching and every
husband who expects nice present
from his wife should, as soon as conven-
lent, drop the necessary funds where
it will be handy for her to get so that
his present may not cost him anything
The N. T. propellers Champlain and
st. Adams, each with barge, have been
laying at Point st. Ignace awaiting the
weather. Yesterday, we understand or
ders were received to lay the barges up
at the Point and for the propellers to
return to Port Huron.
The small schooner Dreadnaught has
taken on board the greater portion of
the Drnmmond island supplies that the
Van Raalte had on board, and should the
weather soften so that she can get out Of
the harbor Capt. DOdd will make an eff
fort to get them somewhere near their
destination.
Benjamin Scott, working for ThOmp-
son Smith, in VIM. ElliOtt's camp had
one of his hands caught between two
logs, Thursday and the bones broken.
DR.. W. W. Bowes dressed and repaired
damages the best that could be done,
but the accident will disable Mr.. Scott
for sometime.
J.K. Fairchild, publisher of the Al
coma County Review and the Mackinac
Sentinel, paid the TRIBUNE call last
evening. He had been at Point ST. Ig
mace looking after the Sentinel which had
failed to appear for some weeks past.
He has made arrangements to have the
paper published regularly hereafter.
We would call attention to the pros
pectus of the Scientific American, on the
inside of this issue. This paper is so
well-known as the leading scientific
paper of the country that it needs no
commentator from us. All who take
an interest in mechanics and inventions
of all kind should not fail to take the
Scientific American.
There were in the Harbor of Refuge at
Sand Beach during the season past, up
till November LIST, $50 crafts; scows
schOoners, steamers, tug and bargesi
The number for the several months was:
May los, June S., July IS, August 80,
September lis, October 1872. We have
not the number for November but it is
fair to presume that over 1000 shipping
crafts took refuge in the harbor during
the season just closed.
The Detroit Post and Tribune pub
fishes an account of the ship building
in this state for the past year, which
shows that the year 1880 witnessed q
wonderful revival of ship building in
Michigan. 1t gives figures showing that
the tonnage of the lakes was increased
this year by the addition of $1,SCo,Co0
worth Of floating property. Adding to
this the amount expended in repairs and
the cost of vessels now in the stocks the
aggregate will be nearly $2,5Co,O0O.
1t is said that large number of count
erfeit Canadian bank bills have been put
into circulation in Canada and that many
of them are being circulated in Detroit.
We think it is about time Canadian cur
rency was forced from circulation on
this side. At one time good portion of
the money in circulation here consisted
: of Canada money but lately the amount
has considerably decreased, but there is
yet large amount in circulation here,
and it will be we'll to look out for coun-
tarfpits-