Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-05-14
Marine.
The steamer Pearl arrived up Thurs
day evening.

wednesday morning anu is l0a0lng
square timber.
The steamer Saginaw arrived up
Wednesday and called in Thursday after
noon, bound down. u
The propeller Lake Erie, of the Col
lingwood and Chicago line was in bound
up yesterday morning.
The light on the pile at the entrance
of the harbOr was put up Wednesday
evening for the first time.
The schooner Belle Brown and John
Miner, with lumber from this port, ar
rived at Chicago last Monday.
The Northern Queen, of the COlling-
wood and Chicago line of steamers, was
in. bound up, Saturday evening.
The schooner Dreadnaught returned
Thursday morning from Drummonds
island with cargo of building stone.
The Van Raalte yesterday extended
her trip to Black river, where one of the
Mackinac Lumber Co.'s mills is located.
The schooner Midland Rover picked
up some sailors here, the Northern
Queen not bringing the sailors expected
from Collingwood, and left for Chicago
on Sunday.
The steam yacht Mary undertook to
go to Mackinac and st. Ignace Wednes-
day, but just as she started some of her
machinery gave way and she had to be
towed back to the dock. She started over
Thursday afternoon.
The propeller Champlain, Of the
Northern Michigan line of steamers, ar
rived from Chicago last Saturday and
landed large amount of freight. She
filled her hold with cedar fence posts
and cleared Sunday evening on her re-
turn trip. ts.
The inland steamers have been
bringing through large quantities of
freight from Petoskey for our merchants,
that accumulated there about the time
the bottom dropped out Of the road. The
Northern Belle brought down several
tons Wednesday.
One of our tug captains reports that
he was out the other night during
dense fog and was within six miles of
the Spectacle reef light and never heard
blast from the fog whistle. The night
was perfectly calm, and he is of the
opinion that the whistle was not blown.
This should be looked after.
The Keweenaw arrived up Sunday
afternoon. She was visited by large
number of our citizens, and Capt. Jones
was warmly congratulated on the ap-
pearance of his craft. She is now one
of the handsomest furnished crafts on
the lakes. She had a heavy consignment
of freight for our merchants. 80
The schooner Rising Star run shore
in the fog, near HammOnds bay, last
Monday. The tugs Pendell and George
w. Cuyler went to her assistance and
succeeded in releasing her. The schOon
re Mead.was salso ashore a short dis
tance below the Star but succeeded in
releasing herself. The Rising Star was
coal laden for Chicago.
The steam barge Chauncy Hulburt
arrived Tuesday with the barges Annie
Voight and Senator in tow. She left her
consOrts here where they loaded lumber
from the ChebOygan Lumber Co., and
she went to st. Ignace to load for the
Mackinac Lumber Co. The two barges
took on about 100000 feet here, and
left in tow of the Hulburt, Thurday.
The well known wrecking tug Levia-
than put in her appearance here yester-
day forenoon, coming after her lighter.
She has been full of business since the
opening of navigation and now has three
vessels on her hands, the schooner Ma
bob, at Cana island, the Canadian
schooner Two Friends. sunk at North
bay and tho schooner e. c. L., ashore at
Sister bay.
-Carkin, Stickney & Cram Tuesday, at
East Saginaw. launched the largest
dredge on the lakes. She is 25 feet wide
Is feet long and 6 feet deep. The en-
gines and machinery were built by
Ralph R. Osgood, of Troy, N. Y, of the
most improved patent. She will have
double engines, 11x16. which will give
her ample capacity to lift a two-yard
dipper. The craft is what is called the
OsgOOd Boom Dredge.
The Van Raalte returned Thursday
evening from her wrecking expedition.
The Ada MedOra had succeeded in getting
off before the Van Raalte reached her,
but Capt. Bouchard went to the relief of
the schooner Flying Mist, ashore at
Waugoshance light crib. She was bound
down loaded with corn. The Van Raalte
lighted about 1000 bushels and sue
ceeded in getting the vessel off. Capt.
Bouchard says the fog bell at Waugo-
shance is broken and cracked, and a few
rods off cannot be heard. This should
be remedied as early as possible.
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