Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-05
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
MARINE.


Sault at 3 A. NJ. to day.
The tug c. f. Kremer left for Mack
mac Tuesday afternoon.
The Van Raalte made trip to Mack
mac and st. Ignace and return Satur-
day.
The tug w. NJ. Wright of CharevOix
arrived Wednesday to have some repairs
made.
The large grain fleets that left Chi
cago Tuesday and Wednesday have not
yet passed down.
The tug Duncan City. Thompson
Smiths new boat. arrived from ManitO-
woe Tuesday night.
We understood the Ogdensburg &
Chicago line Of steamers will stop at
this port this season.
The schooner WIN. CrOsswaite and
Sunshine cleared from Buffalo for this
port last Wednesday,
The propeller Messenger arrived
from Manstlqne last evening. She
leaves tomorrow at 2 P. M.
The City of Cleveland was in on
time Wednesday, calling both ways. She
is due this afternoon again.
The Dahlia was in port Sunday. She
is around placing buoys and spars. She
returned from Sault river yesterday
morning.
The steambarge Oceanica came to
anchor off this port Wednesday with
a broken eccentric. Messrs. Murray &
Rich made the repairs.
The schOOners Louisa and COnsuella
have been chartered to bring coal from
Toledo to ChebOygan at 65 cents ton.
SO say the Detroit papers.
The Flora arrived up yesterday
forenoon. She spent several hours at
CrawfOrd's Quarry, taking on cargo.
She did not call in going down.
The schooner David Stewart was the
first sail craft to pass through the straits
this season. She passed down Wednes-
day evening. bound for Buffalo.
The steambarge S. j. Macy, had the
honor of being the first craft to pass
through the straits this season. She
passed down last Saturday forenoon.
The Detroit papers say the tug Win
slow has started for the straits with a
complete wrecking outfit. including
diver. and will be stationed here this
summer.
The City of ChebOygan reached Black
Lake Sunday morning, only having to
warp over one shOal. She is busy at work,
and the prospects are she will have
paying business.
The propeller Lawrence of the North
ern Michigan Line is being thoroughly
Overhauled. She receives new planking,
new timbers, where needed, and numer-
Gus other improvements, and will come
out as good as new.
The Keweenaw put in her first ap-
pearance last Sunday looking in first
class condition and bringing lots of
freight. She made Mackinac and St.
Ignace before calling here, and left here
about Midnight. bound down.
The Van Raalte cleared Thursday
morning for Sault Ste. Marie. Wednes-
day she loaded the boilers for ShOrtreed
81 Murray's saw mill, at Sailors encamp-
ment, on the st. Mary's river. She had
considerable freight, and number of
passengers.
The tug Messenger cleared for Cock
burn island Friday of last week, but was
unable to make the dock on account Of
the ice. She landed number Of men
on the opposite side of the island, seven
miles from the fishing grounds, leaving
them to foot it across.
The propeller Champlain arrived
Sunday night. Capt. Casey reports hav-
ing had serious time with ice along the
east shore of Lake Michigan, being I'M
able to make number of ports. She
left Milwaukee with full load of freight.
She left here on her return trip Monday
evening at 6 o'clock.
The Atlantic arrived Tuesday noon,
landing lots of freight. When she
left Detroit she had all the freight she
could carry and large list of passen-
gers. She worked three hour trying to
get in through the ice, early in the morn
ing, but had to give 1t up, and proceeded
to Mackinac and st. Ignace. .
The schooner R. J. Gibbs left here
Wednesday morning for Cecil bay to load
lumber for Chicago. Wednesday moon
she was a few miles up the straits. run
ming a race with Bots Blanc island, and
it was hard to tell which was making
the best time. She arrived at the bay
early Thursday morning. Had she been
any earlier she could not have got in, as
the ice only went out of the bay the
night previous.
The propeller st. Marie arrived down
Wednesday afternoon, having left Sault
Ste. Marie Tuesday morning at 6 O'clock
Clerk Trempe says they had hard time
getting through the ice, bucking it all
day Tuesday, and the steamer showed the
effects Of ii. She left the same evening
on her return. She will make two trips
a week between the Sault and this place
and one to Grand Marais, same as last
season. Capt. MOndOr was as jovial as
ever, and seemed happy to be again on The
route. They report The Dahlia at Detour
on her way up the st. Mary's river to
place buoys and spars. The Ste. Marie