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eller Sanilac, La uron. — Heigl jam, from a boat in ate, from barge wheelsman, MeMallan killed acci- ly 01 the steambarge V. Swain ust 10. C tain J. Montanbank, rom ba dian, on Lake Supe- 5. Wm. Gibson and Ed Galla- hed in 2 boat at Charlevoix, Lake . Captain J.T. Jacobson drowned ist 28, Abraham Anderson, drowned ‘schooner E. R. Beal, Luke Michigan. .ugust 29, Grant Carr and Martin John- ‘son, while wrestling on board propeller Araxes, fell overboard and drowned at Port Huron. September 6, John Ward, fatally sealded on steambarge Cleveland, on Luke Erie, aged 22. ‘ “September 8. Benj. Castenquay, drowned trom a boat in Siginaw Bay, aged 30. - Septetnber 9, Mrs. MePherson, cook, from schooner Erie Wave, Like Erie. Edward Strange, passenger, drowned same time. September 9. Captain Paulson, his son George, Martin Pierson, Charles Ingerbert- ron and one unknown seaman lost with the schooner Advance in Lake Michigan. September 9. Edward Finney, fireman, lost trom United States steamer Michigan, in Lake Michigan. September 9. John Swails, seaman, from schooner Swails, in Lake Michigan, aged 26, September 9. Vincent De Luge, from tug O. B. Green, in Lake Michigan. - September9 Julius Mathieson, Fred Han- son, Charles Mathieson and Edward Mathie- eon, lost with scow Milton in Lake Michigan. September 18. Cornelius Howell, cook, September 22. Captain Wm. Jones, from 2 small boat at Racine. : October 6. James Linn, seaman, from the schooner Knapp in Lake Erie. October 8. John Van Hoak and Charles Belogna,from a small boat in Lake Michigan, October 18. Patrick Hughes, mate, trom schooner F. Campbell, Lake Michigan. October 13. Hector MeFee, from schooner Wawanosh, Lake Erie. 5 - October 18, Thos, Hickey, first engineer, and Thos. Rooney, second engiueer, fatally scalded on board propeller Myles, Duluth. October 20. Wm. Kirkby, fatally injured on tug Admiral Porter, Port Huron, October 20. Wm. Ward, Jas. Riley, Wm. Miller, and Walter Fisher, killed by explo. sion of tug Frank Moffat, St. Clair river, ““Oetober 30. Mrs. Eliza Tucklbey, drowned from schooner G. B. Sloan at Oswego. November 2. Jobn Bell, seaman, from achooner F. Campbell, Lake Huron. November 9, The tollowing were lost with the steamer Algoma,on Lake Supericr: Mrs. E. Dudgeon and two children, Douglass Buchanan, Chas. Buchanan, Edward Frost, wife and child, Wm. Higgins, Louis Zim- merman, G. E. Emerson, Wm. Molligan. Geo. Pettigrew, first engineer; Alex. Mce- Dermott, second engineer; Alex. McKenzie, purser; Chas. Taylor, steward; Jones, sec- ond steward; H. Mortimer and H. Vanson, wheelsmen; J. Malone, porter; H. Gill, John Scott, L. Ruoke, C. Murray, and Bal- antine Bates,deck hands; J. Loft, F. Brooks, W. Stokes, cooks; Geo. Thompson, news- boy: Thos. McKinney, W. Henderson, H. MeClinton, Thomas Snelling. J. MeKinzie, H. Emerson, F. Knight, waiters; A. Mitch- ell, W. Tanger, W. Gibson, J. Brown, J, Waystaff, firemen. November 12. Adolph Sharp, seaman, fatally injured on board the schooner Speed, on Lake Ontario. November 12, Unknown seaman, drowned from schooner Imperial, Lake Huron. November 19. Captain Robert Dunnigan, drowned from a pier at Toledo. November 27. F. Fringleson, drowned from schooner R. B. King, Muskegon. November 27. Joseph Smith, fatally in- jured on schooner Dows, Duluth. November 27, Patrick Wylan, drowned at Duluth. December 7. Captain Aaron Holliday, Bent Smith, Andrew Swith, James Rogers, Stephen Levin, Edward Downey, John Davidson, seamen, and J, E. Stickney, cook, lost with schooner Orphan Boy, in Lake Michigan. ‘Garon propeller Oconto, at Detroit. MARINE ENGINEERS’ CONVENTION, Burra.o, January 13. Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. The National Marine Engineers’ Benefi- cial Association opened in its eleventh an- onal session at Temperance Hall, Buffalo, Tuesday, at 10:30 a, m., with the following officers and representatives present: National President, Andrew Ritter, Chi- cago, National Vice President, H. G. Payne, Buffalo. National Secretary, J. H. Harris, St, Louis. Representatives, R. E. Walker, J. N. Gregory, Buffalo; John Thompson, Quincy Miller, Cleveland; F. W. Whitehouse, Chi- cago; J. H. Galway, J. H. Reid, Detroit; L. H. Vogt, John Mitchell, Baltimore; Joseph Brooks, Philadelphia; Wm. E. El- liott, Milwaukee; John A: Springer, Bay City; John E. Jordan, Erie; J. H. Fitz- gerald, Port Huron; Allen McKee, Manistee; E. P. Watson, New York; W. E. Russell, Pittsburgh. The morning session was devoted to hear- ing reports, and the appointing of the several | park, together with gentlemen trom Buffalo | consorts, which set out for this port a few ee committees. On Wednesday the association will hold. a memorial service in honor of Garrett Douw, past national president, whose death occurred in June last. The association will be given a banquet by No. 1, of Buffalo, on Thursday evening. ORANGE BLOSSOMS, An interesting social affair occurred on Buckland avenue last Thursday morning at 9o0’clock. ‘The occasion was the marriage of Mr, Erastus R. Goodrich, foreman of the Cleyeland Stove Company, Cleveland, and Mrs. Elva V. Yeaman, of this city. The officiating clergyman was Rev.J. 1. Swander, D. D., pastor of the Reformed church of Fre- mont. The wedding took place at the resi- dence of George Nolan, and was attended by a tew select friends of the bride. After breakfast, which was served at 10 o'clock, the happy pair departed for the'r future home in the Forest City. FREMONT MESSENGER. [Around the Lakes Continued from 1st Page. ] SANDUSKY, Special to the Marine Record. The worst storm of the season visited Sandusky last week Saturday. A wild, blustering day during which a considerable qnantity of snow fill, was followed by a night of great rigor, and Sunday contributed materially to the stock of cold, so that the ice in the bay and Jake, which had become honey-combed and broken by the soft, mild weather ofa few days previous, again be- came one solid mass. The heavy winds, thirty-two miles an hour,that prevailed during the blizzard, had the eftect of raising the water in the bay to apoint higher than it has before been for sixteen years, and when they subsided and the water receded, an icebeit was left along the harbor front several feet above its ordi- nary level. : : A number of vessels were slightly chafed by the ice, but aside from this no damage was done the shipping. : The steamer American E:gle, which sel- dom succumbs to either ice or storm, is at present ice bound, being unable to leave this port in consequence of the storm, The little vessel has enjoyed a thriving business since navigation closed to other craft, between Sandusky and-the islands. It was the in- tention of the owners to lay her up some time ago for the purpose of making repairs to her machinery, but the immense pas- senger and freight traflie of which she had amonopoly, would not admit of it. The necessary work will probably now be done. Vhe tug Trio fitted out January 2d, was engaged in carrying stone and timber from Rattlesnake island to Put-in-Bay previous to the appearance of this last ‘cold snap’’ She is now ice bound at the latter mentioned island. The last quarterly report of the Treasury Department gives the number of vessels and | tonnage, entered and cleared at this port for that quarter, as-follows: Entered American 96, tonnage, 6,056 ; foreign 13, tonnage, 1509. Cleared American 96, tonnage 6170; foreign 3, tonnage 874. The summary of entrances and clearances figures up 208. This is a good showing. Tbe Portland Boiler Co, is building a steel boiler for the steamer Louise. EG, PORT HURON. The following notes are taken from the Sunday Commercial : The ferry Beckwith’s ceiving an overhauling. The ferries are now running from. the foot of Butler street. Passage between this city 4nd Algonac is now made by stage. The tug Kittie Haight will be sold at auction, at Sarnia, Friday, January 15th. On account of the ice the steamer Mary | has quit ranning on the river route. The propeller Concord has gone to Voledo | after a cargo of coal for Botsford Bros. The Wolverine Drydock Co. will puild a } stationary dock the coming season. The tug Merrick has been put into readi- | ness fur an ice blockade and is now kept at Point Edward. The steamer Hiawatha was making regular trips between Sarnia and Wallace- burg the fore part of the week. The tug River Queen has been seized at | Sarnia for a $2,000 debt. She is owned by Captains Cornwall and Currie, of this city. The steamer Excelsior bas made eight | trips between Marine City and Detroit this | winter, carrying 7,200 barrels ot salt. Mark this dewn in your diary, that the | scow Magruder arrived at this port from Os- | coda, with a cargo of lumber, on the 4th day | of January, 1886. ‘The first time a like cir- | cumstance has happened in 30 years. | machinery is re- Captain Wm. Forbes, who has purchased the property on the south of Pine Grove Whe Marine Rerord. and Bay City, will proceed at once to build alarge elevator on the river front of the property, provided the city does not wish to purchase the land for park purposes. DETROIT. Special to the Marine Record. Jan, 12.—The Marine Engineers’ Associa- tion, of this city, are to hold their annual banquet next Tuesday eveniog,at the Bucher Biddle House, which promises to he a grand affair. ‘They have grown in numbers and are second to no ether organization in this city, with funds in the treasury amounting to $12,000. At their recent election of offi- cers Mr, William Cullen, of the steamer Idlewild, was chosen president, and very ably fills that position. At Trenton John Craig is rebuilding the schooner John Jewett which will be thor- ough in all respects. The new vessel he has in process of construction for D. Whit- ney, jr., is ceiled and otherwise progressing. James P, Donaldson & Co. furnich the en- tire fitout, including a Providence windlass. Chere are laid up at ‘Trenton the steamers Russell Sage, Gault, and A. L. Hopkins, of the Wabash line, also the steamers Man- istique, Schooleraft, propellers Glasgow, tugs Torrent, Niagara, »nd Effie L., steam- yacht Sigma, schooners Florence M. Dick- enson, Lilly May, Owusco, Monticello, Mont- blanc, Montmorency, John Jewett, Eureka, and India, The most of these vessels will require more or less repairs during the winter. Itis somewhat remarkable,almost amount- ing to a phenomenon, in looking back to the two seasone’ lake casualities that there should be such a marked difference, both as to numbers and figures. The navigation of 1884, as appears by the record, was attended with 884 disasters, and the losses, $1,616,300 while in 1885 there were but 469 casualities with losses approaching nearly $2,000,000, The new steamship in process of construc- tion at the Detroit City Drydock will be furnished with an American Ship windlass by J.H. Donaldson & Co.; also the new steamer the same company are building for E. M. Peck. c Suit was brought the other day in the United States district court, this city, by a wharf owner against the tug Hercules for encroaching too far on said premises at various times. The case being somewhat peculiar in its character the judge decided to postpone it until the arrival of Judge Baxter. Contrary to past winters the sail -lofts are comparatively deserted by loiterers who have made them places of resort to spin yarns of the past, as there is but little sail- making going on at present. Where they make their headquarters we have been un- able thus far to discover. A fine lodge room is being fitted up near the foot of Woodward avenue, for the ac- commodation of the Marine Engineers’ As- sociation, which will be ornamental in its varions departments, The propeller City of Concord which was temporarily winter-bound at Toledo, man aged to extricate herself from that port for Port Huron, passing here on Saturday last, and as a matter of winter navigation it may be also stated that the schooner J. H. Ma- gruder arrived here on Thursday last from Oscoda with a cargo of lumber, sailing the entire distance. ‘This event is without a precedent tn the annals of winter naviga- tion by a sail craft, and her captain whose name we regret we have not at command, is deserving of much credit for his hardy per. severance. The schooner Adveninre is receiving a partial reconstruction at this port, consist- ing of several rew frames and a ceiling. The steambarge Mary Pringle is having ; new plank shear, rail, decks, and house for- ward, to improve her accommodations. Candler Brothers’ pile driver, which we stated some time ago had sunk while being towed by the tuy J, L. Miner, through ice from Luke St. Clair, has been tound at Grassy island and towed to this city, minus the boiler which remains there, The ham- mer which was lost in Lake St. Clair was not recovered, ‘Ine total loss is estimated at $8,000. The schooner Groton was on Saturday transferred to an elevator to take on a cargo of wheat for the winter. Alexander White, a sailor, sallied out days since from Buffalo, failed to reach here and have laid up at Port Colborne. Captain S. W. Whipple, the marine artist of this city, has just finished two excellent paintings of the steamyacht Pastime which are very much admired by all connoisseurs. A jam of ice in the St. Clair river on Sat- urday last caused a rise of four feet of water at Port Lambton, driving numerous residents from their domicils, with more or less damage to household effects. It was an incident which rarely if ever occurs on that river, and was but of few hours’ duration. From some unknown cause there has been very few visitors from abroad this win. ter, and aside from what has been previ- ously recorded but little of buying and sell- ing going on. Hat. BAY CITY. Special to the Marine Record, The fore part ot the past week things were pretty lively around the river. Mon- day the tng Anna towed the barge Wand, of the Hawgood & Avery fleet, down from East Saginaw to the drydock. Mr. Wm. Sharp had a couple of lighters loaded with lumber, and transferred, and there was considerable raft transferring, Tugs Anna, Harly, Flor- ence, Sarah Smith were all in commission and more wanted, In my last I said the steambarge Kitty Forbes had her repairs done at Wheeler’s That was a mistake. The work was done at Whittauer’s drydock and Frank Wheeler superintended the work. At Whittauer’s, or Bay City, drydock the steambarge Mills is to receive steel arches and new mast and a general overhauling. Her consort, the barge Jupiter, will receive new deck frames and decks and general re- pairs to make them in good condition. The side wheel steamer Dove is also at the dock for general overhauling. The towbarge C. H. Davis is at the dock for new deck frames and decks and other minor repairs. The Oneonta is here for new deck trames and decks, rail, stanchions, and a general | hauling to put her in good shape coming season. Weénesday it hard and put a stop to all river wor Senator Blood is taking off her deck lumber, (she was frozen in last fall wit on), to overhaul her decks and stanchions and get_ new bulwarks and other necess repairs to put her in good shape again. — Thedimensions of Hawgood & Avery's. new barge is 235 feet long, 40 feet beam, 19 feet hold and will be single deck, with sup- porting beams, kneed off to strengthen her. She will have a 10 inch by 5 ineh iron girder or ribbon around her top sides, and be diagonally strapped with 4 by % inch iron from top ribbon down under turn of bilge. They calculate to make her Al in every re- spect. Will have four masts, and estimated to carry 2,400 tons. Mr. James Roberts, formerly manager of of C. C. Blodgetv’s barge Passaic and tow, and latterly manager of the Sagi- naw Valley and Sanilac, has moved from his old quarters to the foot of Center street, the present loGation being better adapted to his increasing coal and wood trade, é Captain Mike Madden, of the steambarge C. H. Green, paid Bay City a visit on the 7th. Captain Burnett, of the steambarge Hub- bell, arrived home from Cleveland after be- ing frozen in at Detroit. They laid up, and when the warm spell came they went dowa and fitted out again and got through to their destination. Captain Riley Burlington, of steambarge Music, is home, having laid up at Buffalo with tow, F, W. Wheeler, shipbuilder, has con- tracted with Ward’s line at Detroit to build a propeller 212 feet keel, 34 feet beam, 14 feet depth of hold. teport says that the lumber firm of Grat- wick, Smith & Freyer, of Tonawanda and Sauble, had a representative around, trying to buy a powerful tug, to be used as a fire tug and to do their towing at the Sauble. The idea is a good one and we hope they may be able to secure One that suits them. On Friday night a blizzard struck Bay City, raging allday Saturday. It will make the luinber men happy if nobody else, as up to this time there has been no frost in the woods. CLAYTON, Special to the Marine Hecord. Mr. 8S. W. Mercier, boat builder, hasa fine steam yacht nearly completed. Length of keel 27 feet, 80 feet over all, 5 feet beam, 2 from his winter moorings a few nights sinee,|teet depth of hold. Qak keel and plank and drifted into Atwater street, and while | sheer, planked with pine, deck forward and coming in stays, collided with a bullet from | aft; from the seats up she is staved with a revolver in the hands of 2 land shark, re-| pine and ash with a light oak moulding. ceiving a wound in his arm which will lay This yacht is for Mr. Shipman, of Rochester, him up for some time. He was taken to the marine hospital for the requisite repairs. The cold snap set in here on the 5th inst., although there is but little ice in the De- troit river, yet it is intensely cold. The steambarge George L. Colwell and N. Y., the inventor of the well known Ship- man kerosene engine, ‘This is the first of three similar boats, It is of fine model, is built unusually strong, and speaks well for the builder. Mr. Mercier has built some of the finest model fishing bouts on the St Lawrence river, 9 gy