Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-12-03
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1881.

Marine.
The tug Eva English went into win
ter quarters Wednesday.
The tug G. W. Cuyler tied up for the
winter, last Wednesday.
The schooner E. j. McVea completed
her cargo and left Monday evening for
Chicago. up
The steambarge Erin and cOnsOrts
Fortune and Maggie left Sunday night
for Chicago.
The Champlain arrived from Chica
go yesterday forenoon with large con-
Segment of freight.
The tug J. w. Bennett arrived up
the latter part of last week and has been
doing quite a successful wrecking bust
ness.
The Keweenaw arrived up Saturday
night and called in going down Sunday
night. 4 She landed large amount of
freight.
The schooner Clayton Belle, Of De-
troit, was lowed into port Tuesday
night by the tug Pendell and will hang
up here forsthe winter.
The fishing tugs T. B. Merrill and
Ida were in port Wednesday night and
Thursday on their way to Grand Haven.
They left yesterday morning.
The Cygnst, in trying to get up
Pigeon river Tuesday cut hole in her
bow, bucking ice. and had to give it up.
She has been laid up for the winter.
The tug 'Pendell, which had been
shelved, last week, for the winter, fitted
out again and Monday went down to
work on the schr. Ely ashore at Fifteen
Mile point.
The Nashua arrived up Wednesday
night with large amount of freight
for ourimerchants. She loaded pig iron
at st. Ignace and called in bound down
yesterday afternoon.
--TheiLeviathan arrived from below
yesterday afternoon having lowed the
schooner Barbarian to Port Huron
She took the L. C. Butts in tow and left
yesterday afternoon.
The large feet of vessels at anchor
off the harbOr for several days on ac-
count of the severe storm, took advan-
tage of the soft weather and left early
Monday morning for their destination.
The steambarge Inter-Ocean after
taking on what lumber she could safely
in the harbor went outside Monday
night and completed her cargo from
lighters Tuesday. She left Wednesday
night for Chicago.
The schooner Leonard Hanna, with
iron ore from Escanaba for Cleveland,
run on Bots Blanc island below Zela
Shoals Sunday morning about three
o'clock. She jettisOned about IS tons of
ore and was pulled off Monday morning
by the tug J..W. Bennett.
The schooner L. G. Butts lay at
anchor off the harbOr several days this
week and the captain talked some of |
having her lowed into the harbor to lay
up for the winter, but concluded to wait
the arrival of the Leviathan to tow his
vessel through. He run back from the
Beavers and reports very heavy weather.
They lost man overheard last Tuesday
but we were unable to learn his name.
Sunday the Van Raalte started to
make her last trip of the season. She
went as far as Garfield Harbor. Wednes-
day morning on her way down she hit
EppOfett shOal knocking three buckets
out of her wheel, breaking her shoe and
damaging her so that she
leaks some. Still she was able to run
with the one remaining bucket and
reached here Thursday. She is now be-
ing stripped and will be laid up here.
The Lawrence arrived Sunday on
her way to the Sault. She put on some
wood here and left that evening but
could not make the passage through
Mud lake and landed her freight at De-
tour. She returned Wednesday morn
and loaded lath and lumber from the
ChebOygan Lumber Co. and left Thurs
lay for Chicago. If it is possible she
will probably make one more trip as
Captain COnnOrs received telegram
from the agent at Chicago stating there
was about 200 tons Of freight at that
mort waiting shinment