Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-08-27
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 81. 1881.

The Superior was among the first boats
to pass through the Sault canal and
locks.
4. N elsOn is building brick barn, 26
by 40 feet Oh the corner of Nelson and
Huron streets.
The dredge has been busy all week on
the booming ground of the Cheboygan
lumber company.
The Champlain landed lot Of mag
nificent peaches for II. j. A. Todd. They
were raised at Glen Haven.
We understand parties from the south
ern part of the state are in the village
looking arpund for site to erect hotel.
Remember the lecture at the Town
Hall next Monday evening and enjoy an
intellectual feast, and at the same time
contribute to worthy cause. The
lecture is for the benefit of the EpiscO-
pal society.
Tuesday night sailor off of the schOOn-
er Cleveland fell into the new lock at the
Sault, and was drowned. 1t is supposed
the fall of about 45 feet stunned him so
that he was unable to make an effort to
save himself. The body was recovered.
The Otsego County Herald of last week,
Friday, says the railroad track north of
Gaylord is now laid about twelve miles
four miles north of Vanderbilt. At that
point the grade is not yet completed, and
will require about one months time to
put it in condition for the rail.
A leading witness in the Sherburne-
Kitchen sheriff case of Pressure Isle county
which is being tried in the ChebOygan
circuit, sent up ap proxy from Rogers
City to do his swearing and give his testi
mOny In the case. 1t would not work
and a subpoena has been issued for said
witness for contempt of court.
The schooner c. Hart left Thursday
for the SchneauX to pick up cargo of
large stone for the pier at the entrance
to the harbOr. They are to weigh 1000
pounds or over each. 1t will be qnite a
job to gather them up. Capt. Hart had
a pair of large tOngs made expressly for
picking them up out of the water.
The large shaft on DOnnelly's dock is
out of the side wheel steamer Superior,
sunk near Pictured rocks Lake Superior
in 1885. Capt Snow, of the tug G w WOOd,
says it was first used in the steamer
Commodore Perry, built in 1885, at which
time there were only two or three fOrges
in the United States that could forge a
wrought iron shaft, and nearly all west
ern steamers used cast iron shafts like
this.
Little Round island is visited daily by
large drove of cows. They evidently
take refuge there during the heat of the
day to enjoy the cool breezes off of the
straits and avoid the flies, as there is not
enough of vegetation on the island to
attract them. In order to get there they
are compelled to swim some distance.
Regularly every forenoon they can be
seen making their way to this their sum-
mer resort.
We understand that Chas. r. and VIM.
S. Smith are thinking of fitting out the
Mary with the necessary accommodations
and with their families, taking trip
south and spending the coming winter.
If they should do SO they will go to Chi
cagO by lake, through the Illinois canal
to the Mississippi river, and then down
that river to New Orleans taking i'm the
several places of interest along the route.
The trip would certainly be an enjoyable
one,
Several newspaper magnates passed
through the village last Sunday, coming
down on the inland boat and taking the
Mary for Mackinac. Among them were
DR.. o. w. Nixon, Chicago Inter-Ocean
Ri'rd Smith, the good deacon, Cincinnati
Gazette, and lady; w. d. Bickham, Day
ton (O) Journal, A. w. Francisco, Column
bus o. State Journal, and lady; w. N.
Haldeman, Louisville Courier Journal;
nj. Halstead, Jr., Cincinnati Commercial,
and two sisters. They were members of
Western Press association which met at
Grand Rapids last week.
The TRIBUNE acknowledges the receipt
of press ticket to the great Chicago
stock fair, to be held Sept. 1917. 1t is
designed by the managers to make this
the live stock exhibition of the United
States. In addition to the exhibition of
live stock there will be other attractive
features of amusement such as tr0tting
and running races, steeple chases and
twenty mile equestrienne race between
Misses Cook of California, Jewett of Min
nesOta, and Williams of London, Eng
land. 1t is also expected that Maud S. OF
st. Julien will be present and give an
exhibit of speed. The premiums aggre-
gate $4,000.
The new planning mill has been kept
buzzing the most of the week, the sur.
facing machine and hatcher turning
out considerable work. They have been
busy turning pulleys for the shaft in the
second story and probably next week will
have all in operation. The building is
enclosed and roof on. The flowing we'll
it was found did not afford sufficient
water to supply the boiler to keep run
ming steadily and an additional we'll was
sunk this week. For new machinery
everything is working nicely and doing
good work.
The ladies Of the Catholic church an
n0unce supper at the Town Hall next
Thursday evening for the benefit of thu