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AROUND THE LAKES, CLEVELAND. The tug Florence owned by Jacob Strei- binger, capsized and sank at the mouth of . the Cincinnati slip, and it was supposed that gone Chains were placed under her a few days ago, and with the aid of two large Nghters and a number of “jack screws,” the work of raising her was lt has-been ascertained that ‘The tug will soon be placed in a drydock and re- ber boiler being uufastened, had through the roof of the vabin, commenced, the boiler was in proper position. paired. It is reported in marine circles that Cap- tain McKay, who has been well known for the last thirty-one years as a lake captain, has retired fram active service. Captain McLaughlin, of the steamer Northwest will Jingle the bells on the City of Detroit here- after and the Northwest will be commanded by one of the pilots. For the last two weeks the engineers of the Northwest. have been engaged in getting their machinery into proper condition preparatory to an early opening of lake travel between here and De- troit. ‘The river tug Sprague was lying at the dock with steam up, and the schooners Col- onel Cook and Selkirk were ready to receive crews on Monday last. ‘The vessels and tug are owned by Pat Smith, and are only wait- ing for the ice in the lake to break up to start for Marblehead, where they will load with stone. DETROIT. The Detroit Drydock Company are still busy on the three boats at their yard and the one building at Wyandotte. ’ Captain Oades is building a steambarge. S. H. Davis is building a large fish tug for his own use. Alex Aboe has a steam pleas- are yacht on the stocks. Dean & Company are building a fish tug for Isabelle & Co., and a pleasure sail yacht for other parties. They have quite a number of boats on hand of various kinds. Mr. Joseph Cook, United States Supervising Inspector of Steam ves- sels has succeeded in having the celebrated diagonal boats of this firm adopted by the Board at Washington. Parties wishing either the diagonal boats or the metallic ones can now have their choice. ‘The diag- onal boats costing $6 per foot and the metal- lic costing $8.50. Mr. A. M Barnum, the well known ves- sel broker, has been in Detroit on business connected with his agency. PORT HURON. ‘The steambarge Belle Cross, says the ‘Times, now lying at the Wolverine drydock, will unload 200 tons of hard Goal at J..W. Thomson & Son’s dock and then return to the drydock for repairs. Monday the tuy M. F. Merrick broke up the ice in St. Clair river at this port, and the ferries are now running without experienc- ing any trouble on account of the heavy, ice that blocked the river for several weeks. About fifteen vessel owners assembled in the Common Council room ‘Tuesday night, and discussed the proposition -to remain in port until the 15 of May. Mayor Howard was appointed Chairman and Horace E. Runnels Secretary. Captain A. Muir, chairman of the commit- tee appointed atthe last meeting, stated that he had been to Cleveland, and other ports and found thata majority of the vessel own- ers were in favor ot not placing their vessels in commission until the first or fifteenth of May. ‘The Cleveland men were anxious to hear from Port Huron, and he hoped the vessel owners in this city would adopt the resolution recommended by the Cleveland Vessel Owners Association. He also urged them to takeimmediate steps to secure a re- duction of the city tax on vessels. He be- lieved that a nominal tax would induce a large number of vessel owners to bring their cratt to this city, as it was headquarters for the Huron district, extending from Algonac to the Straits of Mackinaw. 7 Captain James Moffat and Otis Joslyn Algo favored the adoption of a resolution whereby vessels would not be put in commission be- fore May 15. The resolution was then unanimously adopted. The tax on vessels was next discussed by Captains A. Muir, J. Moffat, J. Buzzard, A.R. Sinclair and J. Fitzgerald, and H. Howard and O. Joslyn. All agreed that the tax imposed by the city had driven away a large number of fleets. Captain Moffat stated that he had consult- ed members of the common council of Sar- nia and they informed him that vessels were exempted from paying taxes in that town, and as a result the number of vessels owned there was rapidly increasing. The Beatty Line had been ofterred exemption from taxes by the council of Goderich if they would re- move to that town, but Sarnia gave them a same terms and they preferred to remain there. The chairman suggested that a special committee be appointed to confer with the council and it possible secure a reduction of the tax. The suggestion was favorably re- ceived, and the following gentlemen were appointed as such committee: Captain J. Buzzard, Captain A. Muir and Otis Joslyn. The meet! adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. ‘perior route. SAUGATUCK, Mr. Martell, the well-known shipbuilder of this place is building for Captain H. Dahlke, of Chicago, an excursion boat which will be 75 teet over all, 15 feet beam and 6 feet depth of hold, Her boiler will be built by Miller Brothers, of Cleveland, who are gdining a reputation tor building first class marine boilers. Her engines will be 14x16 and will be built by Bell, ot Buffalo. ‘I'he bulance of her outfit she will receive at Chi- eago. She will run in connection with the Pearl which is now engaged in the fish bus- iness at Grand Haven. ‘lhe Peart will soon leave Grand Haven and go to Saugatuck to tow the new hull to Chicago. Mr. Martell, the ship builder, has built a number of hulls for Chicago parties and is one of the best shipbuilders on the East shore. GRAND HAVEN. Duncan, Robertsun & Co., shipbuilder have completed a new tug for the For River Lumber Co. over all, 73 feet; beam, 17 feet; depth, 8 feet. Her engine, 20x22, is being built by Henry Blocker & Co.; und her boiler, 7 feet shell, 15 feet long, by Johnson & Co., Ferrysbug. The schooner Robert Howlett has had new frames and ceiling aft, new cabin, part new rail and a general overhauling. The steamyacht Gracie Barker has had a new wale and some repairs. The steamyacht George D. Sanford ‘has anew wale, new kitchen and sleeping berths under main deck and some necessary fittings ‘and repairs. The steambarge ‘Tempest has had a new pilot house and texas, new steering gear, some refitting on her cabin and upper works and other necessary repairs, The schooner Willie Loutit has had part new stringers, bulwarks and necessary re- pairs and calking. They have just laid the keel of a new steamyacht for Captain Thomas Waters and Joseph Arnold, of Muskegon. Length over all, 105 feet ;.beam, 17 feet 6 inches; depth, 7 feet 6 inches. Her engines will be 18x20, and boiler 63¢x12, and will be built by Messrs. Wilson & Henry, of Montague. CHICAGO. At the Chicago Drydock Company’s yard the tugs Satisfaction, Rebel, Gardner and Commodore have been in drykock getting some general repairs and the tng Hollday a Inew wheel. The barge A. A. Carpenter: is receiving some general repairs. The schooner John Minor has been re- paired and calked. The steambarge Reitz has had .her deck ealked. . rae: The propeller Peerless has had her top- sides calked. The schooner J. B. Wilber has been sup- plied with a new. windlass. The schooner Danforth has had her top- sides calked. . At the Vessel Owners drydock the steambarge Mary Jarecki has gone out of the dock where she has undergone extensive repairs which have cost nearly $7,000. She has had 8 streaks, sister keelsons her entire iength, all new floor ceiling, 7 streaks of plank in her topsides and other amendments and ealkled. The tug Munson is in drydock having her bottom calked and some repairs to her shaft and wheel. ; The barge Windsor will have new rail, stanchions and bulwarks. The schooner Mixer is to have overhauling. The tug Annie L. Smith had her bottom calked, a new stern, bulwarks and rail, new rudder backing and general repairs. DULUTH. The Journal of Commerce of this port contains its usual quota of news. It says a general that the Evergreen will be brought here in arge of Captain Burlington of Bay City as soon as the opening of navigation will per- mit. He has-contracted to do the towin for two of our larger lumber companies dur-: ing the coming season. % The little.tug Agate, so well remembered by our old citizens, will be here early to en- gage in harbor work ot some kind, and’ the stelle is the name of: a new steam tug or yacht recently purchased by Captain Jo- seph Lloyd. . And now comes the rumor that Captain Holt has purchased another steamer to run in. connection with the Stewart on the Su- Should this be the case there will be five steamers plying between Duluth and our neighbors over the bay. Some of them however will probably switch off on the excursion business. In fact either the Estelle or the Hattie Lloyd will be used ex- clusively for that purpose. The Eliza Williams will come out almost a new tug in the spring. She is being en. tirely replanked and is having other repairs done. Mr. Daugherty says she willbe a dandy. . Extensive repairs are in progress to the tug John H. Paige, of the Paige-Sexsmith Lumber Company. She will be partially rebuilt and her boilers changed from c wood burners, - sateaias The Amethyat is also undergoing repairs, Length of keel, 65 feet; | More activity than is usual at this time of year at present prevails in our shipyards and among tug men generally. ' The John Martin is also receiving quite extensive repairs at Williams & Upham’s yard. She will be thoroughly overhauled, partly replanked and otherwise improved. The new owners of the steambarge A. H. Morrison intend to make important changes and’ repairs in her before spring, and the barge Sam Fifield is also to be thoroughly overhauled before the opening of naviga- tion. Meanwhile Matt Carroll’s barge and Captain Lloyd’s steamyucht the Hattie Lloyd are advancing apace towards completion, all of which keeps our ship carpenters busy . Captain Walter Burns, who was on the Danforth last. year, will be master of the Eliza Williams next year. Captain Sullivan will take the Danforth. Captain Jacques, of thefEliza Williams last year, will sail the John Martin, of which he is one-third owner with F. B. Daugherty and F. Bushman. Engineer Burrows, formerly of the Siskiwit, will go in the Eliza Williams; and engineer Kelly, of the J. H. Upham, will take the Danforth. Captain Joseph Cole will take charge of the J. H. Upham, Jr. Captain C. A. Bishoff will take charge of the new steam yacht Hattie Lloyd, of which Edward Eng- land will be engineer. ‘The terry steamer R. G. Stewart is to be run next season by Captain John Stover, who last year com- manded the steamer Metropolis on the Al- pena and Bay City route. There are no changes reported in the manning of the dredges next season. LIFE SAVING SERVICE. D. P. Dobbins, superintendent of the Ninth Life Saving Station, who was recent- ly ordered to proceed from Butfalo to Louis- ville, Ky., to assist in saving. life and prop- erty during the flood there, has reported to the superintendant of the life saving service, giving a graphic sketch of the scenes of deyastation and distress on all sides. He speaks in the highest terms ot the services rendered by the life saving crew at that station, and says that upto that time (17 inst.,) they. had rescued or relieved from suffering not less than 3,500 human beings without taking rest or relief for themselves, Mr. Dobbins was accorded a floating visit through the submerged districts of Louis- ville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Portland, and Shippenville on the dispatch steamer Hayes, over streets, avenues, lawns, yards, orchards, gardens, fields and _ buildings. Through spaces between buildings half sub- ‘merged the steamer wound her way to the Asylum for the Blind, one mile distant from the river bank proper. HAVE YOU HEARD OF ALLEN MAC- COLLIN? Read,what he says: “I have been a great sufferer for fifteen years with itching piles, I tried the prescriptions of our leading phy- sicians as well as.numerous professors of the University with but little benefit. As a last resort they . recommended an operation, which I deelined, as I had a great horror of the knife. Suffice it to say Swayne’s Oint- ment has proved a pleasant and effective cure and I cheerfully say to others afflicted with this distressing complaint to try this great remedy at once. Instead of restless nights refreshing sleep is now the rule, and all desire for scratching has ceased to exist. ALLEN MacCoLiin. Philadelphia, Pa., May 8. 3 —————— The Admiralty Court at London has de- cided in favor of. the Inman Line Steam- ship Company in its action for damages against the owners of the steamship Kirby Hall, which vessel ran into and sank the steamship City of Brussels, off the mouth of the Mersey, onthe 8 of January last. he Kirby Hall is made liable to the extent of £8 per ton for cargo lost and £15 per ton for life lost. A Washington dispatch says: The Speak- er laid betore the House Monday a letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the improvement of the Detroit river at the Lime Kiln Croasing. in reply to an inquiry from the committee on commerce. The lat- ter transmits a report from Major Farquhar, engineer in charg>, recommending the ap- propriation of $227,000 to be applied to straightening the channel at that point, According to the News the Canadian Cus- toms authorities have issued an order to cer- tain officials to prevent the shipping of grain East via Duluth, whereat Manitobians are said to be raising a vigorous kick. If such were the case we would not blame them any if they kicked the whole Dominion Govern- ment over—indeed we ought to help them in doing so. But we do not believe it for many reasons, the chief one of which is that Canadian Customs officials have no discre- tion in the matter. The capture of a pan off the banks of Newfoundland, in the stomach of which were found five cards, four dimonds and a spade, leads somefadherents of the game to believe that codfish play poker. It is cer- tainly in evidence that a cod often enters into the surroundings of a game tn mixed circles, and many results have been obtained from a shuffle that most of the players re- garded as extremely fishy. But whether this can be accepted as a theory of evolution we cannot say. NAUTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC, Ice boats on Muskegon Lake are said to make fifty miles per hour, The propellar City of Paluth is being ex- tensively repaired this winter. A man in Cheboygan has started quite an extensive fish hatchiug establishment. A Floating Debt.—The yacht that isn’t paid for. . : Wiggins is now said'to have with-drawn his prophecy concerning the hurricane and tidal wade for March 11. The steamer Moore Castle burned at Charleston, S. C, yesterday morning, caus- ing a loss of $270,000. The remarkable absence of marine disas- asters ou Lake Superior last season has been noted by insurance men. Charles A. Ellis and Captains Thomas and George Dennis, of Clayton, have éold the schooner Wilcox to D. G.. Dunnecker, of Buffalo. The New Glasgow Marine Insurance Company, Nova Scotia, has declared a divi- dend of 20 per cent. on the past year’s busi- ness. : The Northwestern Fuel Company has con- tracted with Cleveland parties for the car- rying of 80,000 tons of coal to Duluth next season at the extremely low rate of 95c. The schooner Maple Leaf, stranded last fall at Iron River, has been visited by inter- ested parties, and efforts will be made to get her off in the spring. “ Joseph Pigdeon, employed at Dunford & Alverson’s shipyard, slipped on the ice while piling lumber last Saturday afternoon and broke a bone in his right leg, nearthe ankle. ‘The schooner building by W. E. Woodall & Co., at Baltimore, for Captain Pillsbury, is to have a Providence capstan windlass with ‘I’. J. Southard’s messenger chain at- tachment. 3 “The ship of 1,200 tons building by Troop & Son at St. John, N.B., and the one build- ing by Mr. Lynch of about the same size at the same place, are to have the Providence capstan windlasses of latest style. The schooner building at Milford, Del., for captain Peter Riggs, will handle her an- chor and chains with a Providence patent pump brake windlass, which is s0 popular with Philadelphia and New Jersey captains. e Work has been commenced on the ggew for floating the pile driver for driving piles in the new bridge at) Rouses Point. This work will give employment to a good many men, the coming summer. ~ The Oneida, purchased for Crane & Max- im, of Superior, for $6,000 of Saginaw.par- ties, is intended for the service of the Ne- madji_ Boom Company. Captain George Fritchie is to proceed to Saginaw and take her to Duluth as soon as practicable. Capt. Ed. Bouchard is to have a new boat, the Messenger, on the Manistique and Cheboygan route during the coming season. She will not undertake to go through to Escanaba, as was at one time intended, but will connect at Manistique with the John A. Dix. : “You are on the wrong tack,” said the pilot’s wife, when the hardy son of the loud sounding sea sat down on it, and rose with the usual exclamations, ‘No,’ he replied, after a critical examination. ‘I am on the right tack, but shoot me dead if I ain’t on the wrong end of it.”” Ogdensburg Journal; Both the steamer ‘Transit and Belleville were at work Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday trying to cut a channel through the ice to the open water at the islands below. At noon Saturday they had reached a short distance below the windmill point lighthouse. During the month of Jannary the duties received at. the custom house Kingston, amounted to $18,371.34; total value of goods imported, $83,581 ; anid eu sreir tne, $11,084; exported $41,437. The value of goods exported was $17,096 more than the corresponding month os last year. New York parties have leased the Phila- adelphia and Reading Railroad Company’s shipbuilding yard at Philadelphia, and will at once enter into competition with other American shipbuilders. Itissaid Vander- bilt is benind it, and that Lieutenant Com- mander Corringe will be in charge. In the Commons to-day the Minister of Marine eaid the subject of disaster on the lakes was under consideration, and a Dill would be introduced to obtain better inspec- tion of hulls and boilers, deck loading, etc. The bill also deals with the passenger traffic and matters affecting the lake shipping generally. The Saginaw Transportation Company have decided to place the popular propeller Saginaw Valley on the route between Chi- cago and Ogdensburg the coming season. Last season she ran between Bay City and Cleveland, but did not pay her expenses, The new route is one of much more inlerest than the old one, and arrangements are to be made by which residents of Bay City and the Saginaws can board the propeller at Fork uron or Detroit and make the round trip.