Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-26
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 90, 1882.
Marine Matters.

Sunday and Thursday.
The propeller Ocean called in bound
for Montreal, Sunday afternoon.
The Mary missed her trips Tuesday
owing to an accident to her rudder.
The schooner Ann Maria arrived
this morning after cargo of lumber.
The Keweenaw arrived up early
Sunday morning, and called in bound
down Monday evening.
The Flora arrived up yesterday
morning about eight o'clock and called
in going down last night.
The steambarge Nelson Bloom ar
rived Monday, loaded lumber and clear
ed to-day for Tonawanda.
The tug Winslow was in port this
forenoon. She leaves this afternoon
with raft of timber for Buffalo.
The Bay City papers say the Dove
will not be able to resume her trips from
here to the Sault until sometime next
week.
The Champlain arrived yesterday af-
ternoon and is loading lumber for Chi
cago and will leave for that port this
evening.
The schooner Eagle Wing arrived
Saturday, loaded lumber from Young q
Co., and cleared Tuesday afternoon for
Chicago.
The schooner Imperial arrived Tues
day morning, loaded lumber from the
Cheboygan Lumber Co., and cleared
Thursday for Chicago.
The Toledo of the COllingwoOd line
is considerably behind. She was due
here Thursday night and had not put in
her appearance this morning.
The schooner City of Sheboygan ar
rived Saturday evening, took on lumber
from the Cheboygan Lumber Co., and
cleared Tuesday for Chicago.
The Atlantic was little behind
time this week, not arriving until Tues
day noon. She left going down about
midnight, and was full of passengers.
Capt. Corners of the steambarge
Baldwin reports that the steambarge
Argonaut was ashore at Kelderhouse
bluff Yesterday as he passed that point.
The schooner T.. Y. Avery, arrived
Wednesday morning. She loaded pine
lumber from j. B. McArthur's mill, and
maple timber from the OhiOville mill,
on Burt Lake, and cleared for Chicago
to-day.
The schooner Lotus arrived Satur-
day afternoon, loaded lumber from Mat
toon, Ogden & Co., and cleared Wednes-
day afternoon for Chicago. She had an
immense deck load. over six feet abOye
the rail, and deck was down to water.
The barge Arcturus arrived Wednes-
day morning with cargo of coal for s.
Baker 81 Son. She has steam engine
on board, and they tried hosting the
coal out by steam, but it did not work
satisfactory, and horses were put on to
hoist.
The propeller st. Marie put in her
appearance this week, Wednesday
night. She brought down about seven
hundred packages of fish to be re-ship-
ped to Detroit. Clerk Trempe thought |
she would not be down next week until |
Friday evening.
The steambarge Baldwin with her
consorts Wayne, Meltorough, and Gaace
Whitney arrived this morning after lum-
Der for TOnawanda. The feet will carry |
a total of about 100000 feet, Capt. Jas.
C0nnOrs, formerly of the Lawrence, is
master of the Baldwin.
The Detroit papers describe newly
invented mattress intended for use on
steamboats,. 1t is qnite comfortable, and
floats around on the water like a cork
In order to test it thoroughly, the mat
tress was loaded down with stones and
kept under water for three-quarters of
an hour after which it flOated again. and
sustained weight of 200 pounds. They
say that at trial on Saturday Mr.. Wes-
ton sailed for about four hours without
getting his cloths even dampened. He
Is very enthusiastic about its merits as
a life preserver and considers it superior
10 life-bOat.
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