Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11
MARINE.

The tug Kate Williams stopped in
port yesterday forenoon.
The propeller Idaho called in Thurs
day evening bound to Buffalo. iiO
The Fountain City was In on time
yesterday morning, bound west.
The Keweenaw is advertised to leave
Cheboygan this evening, at $50 for Sault
Ste. Marie. NIEl8B ~ WG AM
The steam barge James p. Donaldson
arrived yesterday morning and is load
ing lumber.
The Pearl arrived mp on time Thurs
day afternoon, and called In that night
bound down.
The Flora arrived on time yesterday
morning and called in. bound down, in
the afternoon. ~
The City of Cleveland arrived up on
time Wednesday morning, and left,
bound down, in the afternoon.
The Champlain arrived yesterday
forenoon with large consignment of
freight for Cheboygan merchants.
The schooner Brightie, consort of
the steam barge Donaldson, is loading
lumber at Duncan City for Buffalo.
The Ste. Marie arrived down Monday
and Tuesday evenings. She is making
better time than she did last season.
The schooner Higgie, with cargo
of 1000 tons of hard coal for w. & A.
Macarthur arrived yesterday afternoon.
The Keweenaw arrived up Sunday
morning, and called in Monday after
noon bound down from Sault Ste. Marie.
Business has been very quiet in the
harbOr this week, but very few crafts
outside of the regular steamers being in
port.
The tug Mary A. Day arrived down
from Lake Superior, Tuesday, with s. F.
Tolsma's fishing outfit She is to be sta
toned at Hammond's bay.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean gives Al
pena credit for the Annie Vought's cargo
of lumber, shipped by W. & A. Macarthur
from CheboygOn last week.
The new steamer City of Mackinac
will put in her first appearance next
week. She is reported handsOmer craft
than the City of Cleveland.
The propeller Europe, of the Western
Express line, Canadian, called in Tues
day to report at custom house, bound
from Montreal to Chicago with general
cargo.
--THe Van Raalte is about as regularly
on time as any railroad train, and under
the command of Capt. Brown is proving
a fayorite with the travelling public.
The Lawrence arrived Monday, AID
departed that evening for Chicago and
way ports. This line of steamers are
doing a good business this season, both
in freight and passengers,
The barge Fame loaded lumber and
lath at Duncan City this week for De-
troit. She lay at anchor in the straits
waiting for the steam barge to return
from Manistlque to tow her down.
Capt. Bouchard trusted the Messen-
ger to an experienced (?) pilot to take
her from DetOur to the Sault and got
aground, and had to send for the Van
Raalte to come down and take his excur-
! sionists thrOugh
The Atlantic arrived up on time and
left, bound down, Tuesday evening. She
had large passenger list, taking on so
at Cleveland alone. At Detroit she was
not able to accommodate all that wanted
passage, and the agents refunded the
money for several tickets that had been
sold.
The Messenger demonstrated what
she was capable of doing, on her first
trip this week. Owing to her misfor-
tune in st. Mary's river, she did not get
away from Cheboygan until 10 o'clock
Monday night. She made all her land
ings, going up, delivering deck load of
freight, and arrived back Tuesday night
at midnight, making the round trip in
26 hours.
A Startling Discovery.