Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-15
Marine,

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day forenoon about ten o'clock. slil
The st. Adams passed by Cheboygan
last evening, calling at Duncan.
The propeller City of Concord called
in bound up Wednesday evening.
The Milwaukee of the N. T. line call
ed in bound up Thursday night about
midnight. L1a .5-1I I
-Amiot launched Macarthur, Smith
& Co.'s large, new lighter Thursday
afternoon.
The steam yacht r. C. Wilson was
hauled out at AmiOt's ship yard Thurs
day to be re-caulked. a7r arr,. ,rafr,
The water in Cheboygan river is so
high that it bOthers the Northern Belle
to get through under the bridges.
The schooner T. Y. Avery arrived
Sunday loaded posts and ties from Wet
more & Co. and cleared Wednesday for
Chicago.
The schooner E. NJ. POrtch arrived
Sunday, took on cargo of cedar ties and
posts from WetmOre & Co. and cleared
for Chicago Wednesday afternoon.
The propeller Champlain called in
bound down Thursday evening. She be-
ing the first boat to 20 down for the week
her passenger list was largely increased
from this port.
The latest advices from the Sault
states that there is only 10 feet 10 inches
of water over the inter sills and vessels
drawing over that have to be lightered
to get through.
The N. T. propeller Maine passed
down yesterday morning giving Cheboy-
gan the gO-by, landing her freight for
this port at Duncan. The Captain claim
edihe was drawing to much water to come
| in. 9 3
The Fountain City called in at
Duncan City yesterday morning bound
up. From their advertisement elsewhere
1t can be seen that she will call regular
ly at Duncan during the season, going
up on every alternate Friday morning
and bound down every alternate Thurs
day night.
"A large three-masted schooner, load
ed with ties, was run on to Graham
shoals night before last. The Leviathan
made her call, but it seems the captain
of the schooner declined her services, and
yesterday was engaged i'm rafting the
ties alongside of the schooner in order
to lighter her off.
| The Canadian schooner LadyDufferin
called in to report at the custom house
yesterday forenoon and fell into the
clutches of Deputy q. S. Marshal Phelps
who had claims against her, aggregat-
ing $177. The captain came down and
settled but it bankrupted him to do it
This is the second time she has been
gathered in by Mr.. Phelps.
Business was lively in the harbol
last Saturday evening. The Keweenaw
and Marine City both arrived from below
ahead of time, and two of the n. I
steamers, the Nashua bound down ant
the st. Adams bound up, were all in tht
river at the same time. Thompson Smith
had a boom of logs i'm the river which
got broke by some of the steamers ant
they scattered considerably but were
about all picked up and saved.
Capt. Kirkland left Wednesday morn.
ing with the Leviathan to take look al
the schooner Two Fannies, sunk near Ell
Rapids, and see what can be done abOu
raising her. 1t will be remembered sh,
sunk last fall with cargo of iron ore
The ore has been removed by divers, an(
Capt. Kirkland thinks he will be able tx
raise the vessel. After getting through
with this schooner he will try and ger
off the schooner Mercury, which is ashore
at LudingtOn.