Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-12-09

new VADs AAs luAuOr anu WAAO al
rived yesterday morning. Services at
st. James church will be held regular
ly hereafter. s
A new captain took charge of the
schooner j. B. Kitchin last Sunday, and
gathering up crew she left that day
in tow of the tug Merrick.
The snow drifted badly this week,
making 1t bad for teams to get around.
In some places the roads being bare and
in others snow piled up several feet.
AT the ship yard the tugs I. M. Brad
ley and Clara Irr, and the steamer Lady
May are hauled out for the season, and
to have more or less work done upon
them.
The drifting snow has sadly interferei
with the regularity of railroad trains
this week. The Michigan Central has
had two snow ploys at work, one between
Bay City and Grayling and the other
from Grayling to Mackinaw City, but in
spite of their efforts to clear the track
the trains here have been badly off of
time.
The propeller Depere, of the Goodrich
Line, bound north from Chicago with
general cargo, went ashore on Two River
Point Sunday night. She is high up on
the beach, and it is feared will become
total wreck. She measured 1876 tons and
was built at Manitowoc by G. Rand in
1873 for the Goodrich Company, has
been well kept up, and rates Az. Her
valuation is about $4,000. The crew
were all saved. She had no passengers
on board.
Detroit papers: The tug Sweepstakes
arrived down yesterday from Lake Su-
perior positively the last arrival Of the
season from the frigid zone. She was
detained by snow storm at Sault Ste.
Marie and in Mud Jake she had to plug
through three inches of ice. OFF Cheboy-
gan she picked up the schooner Unadilla
bound for Buffalo. After leaving the
schooner on Lake Erie the Stakes will
come here and take well earned rest
for the winter.
The season of navigation wound up
with several very serious disasters, a
number of lives being lost. The steam
barge r. g.. Peters, which has loaded q
number of times at this port, was burn
I'd on Lake Michigan last week, and the
entire crew, fourteen in all, were lost.
She had her cOnsOrt. the A. W. Lucky,
in tow but!it is claimed the latter's center
board was gone, which made her unman-
ageable so that her crew could do moth
ing, they claimed, to saye the unfortunate
crew of the Peters. The Lucky reached
Chicago all right and the officers and
men are severely censured for not max
ng an effort to save the crew that per-
shed.
At the water-works well they failed to
ret out twenty-three feet Of the broken
ubing in the bottom of the well and con-
were obliged to abandon the
I'D hole. The drill has been shifted |
Jack and they are preparing to com
1ence another WELL Work will com
hence just as soon as they can get a
lew steel shoe made, which WILL prob.
ally, be some time next week. The last
ection Of pipe brought up was badly
pitt on the lower end, being cut by the
iece that remains in the hole. The con-
ractors are out several hundred dollars
y their misfortune and it is to be hoped
n their new effort they may meet with
etter success.
Petitions are being circulated among
essel Ownerers and those interested in
he navigation of this harbor asking
hat the Light House department pro-
ide for keeping light upon the pier,
t the entrance to the harbOr, hereafter
Turing the season of navigation, and
hat two lights be Used, one red and one
White, one hung above the other. The
ight upon this pier has proved Of great
enefit, but some complain that when
here are number of vessels at anchor
n the straits, which is frequently the
ase, it is difficult tospick out the white
ght, which has been used, from the
ghts on the vessels, and that if red
nd white light were used it would obvi-
to this difficulty. 1t is important. that
light should be maintained on the pier
nd we think in view of the Importance
{ this port that the general government
hould see to lighting and caring for it.
Mr.. P. Earnest Sylyertonne, rich
7all street broker, living in Hoboken,
I. j. opposite New York City,writes:" The
xcessive strain OF nervous excitement