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AROUND THE LAKES, SANDUSKY, William Freyensee Captain ot the steamer - F. Ferris, last season has engaged in the coal business this season in company with the Wehrle Biothers of Middle Bass. We Wish the captain suceess in his enterprise, We called on Captain McKenzie of the Government steamer Haze, tound the cap- tain well, he has numerous friends around these parts. Richardson & Companys dredge Black Rock, of Buffalo, is being fitted out and will work for the ‘I’. B. & W. this season. Tug G. R. Wilson, Captain Sluuson will do her towing this season, Steambarge Point Abino is charterd to carry coul to Marine City at 40c, free. Propeller Business is reported hard aground on starve Island Reef, is raised three feet out of the water, so it will take some trouble 10 release her. She went aground witu all canvas set and a full head of steam, Barge Emeu arrived from Duluth light » to load coal coal.for Port Huron, Schooner Provost and scow O. 'T. Wilcox are loading stone at Marblehead for Port Huron, Tug Fish owned by Groch & Mackey of this port is at ‘Toledo undergoing repairs, She will leave here for Duluth to engage in towing logs. Schooner Couch'is being transformed into a barge at ‘oledo. Schooner Ferri’s loaded stone at Kelleys for Cleveland. Steamer Parsons has been chartered to carry stone from Kelleys Island to Fruitport, Mich., at $1 per ton, free. Scow H, H. Hine chartered to carry stone from Kellevs Island to Ashtabula $2.66, five trips. F Schooner J. E. Gilmore chartered to carry stone from Kelleys Island to St. Joseph Mich. at $1 per ton free. ' ‘Government supply boat Haze in harbor setting can buoys and stakes. The heavy sea during the recent gules did considerable damage to marine trade docks at Huron. Captain Al Meachem of this city’ who has been ‘sick all winter has resumed his: post on the harbor tug Myrtle. Everybody is glad to see Al at the wheel again as he is an Al tug master, my Another body was found: floatlig in the -bay, by a fisherman but being all idone was not able to bring it-ashore. Steambarge Schnoor cleared for Cleveland with stone from Kelleys Island. Propeller Steinhoff which is to run be- tween here and Canadian ports this summer is expected here this week. Steamer Engle has returned from Duluth generally overhauled and renovatedo with new whee] rudder, and steam post. Captains Stannard and Fitsy patrick, Government Inspectors, passed Jay Cook, and Louise and tug, Yosemite, L. P. J. ohnson, Louise, Myrtle and Lucy. Scow Conklin left here o loud stone at Kelleys Island for Cleveland. Schooner King Sisters arrived grain Jaden from Tuledo, cleared light for some port. . Steambarge Westford cleared light for Alpena with Monitor and Wend-the-Wave intow. Mr. B.S. Hubbard half owner of the latter accompanies her up the lakes, Steambarge Ruby cleardd for Marine City with coal. Steamer Philip Walters is running in the stone trade between the islands aud Detroit, ' Schooner H. D. Root cleared tor Cleveland with stone from Kelleys Island. Scow F. L. Jones cleared from Marble- head with stone for Cleveland. Forde’s Agency reports business dull. Vessels preferring to. lay by rather than carry freights at the present rate and in inelnded in these are the steambarge George A. Marsh, of Ashtabula has been laid up here for thé last week, the barge Emeu at Point. Edward and Schooner St. Lawrence owned here, Scow Grace Amelia arrived here light from Detroit and cleared for Georgian Bay with coal at $1.20, ‘The Captain of the scow reporte having met the propeller Business which went shore on Starve Island Reet, with tug Winslow and barge Fame of Detroit has been lighterd and towed off the reef, Schooner H. C. West of Fremont passed here in tow of tug Wilson loaded with hard wood for Detroit. Steambarge Point Abino arrived here light from Cleveland and cleared. with coal for Marine City. Schooner Merrick arrived light cleared with coal for Cheboygan. Government steamer Haze has placed the stakes and buoys in Sandusky river. Barge Wend-the-Wave arrived lumber Jaden in tow of the sleambarge Westford from Alpena she cleared for Alpena with coal. ‘hence to Chicago with cedar posts. Steambarge Oswegatchie and consort, loaded with stone trom Marblehead for Bay City went aground on St. Clair Flats, and Steamer Ella G., which had a hole pounded in her at Lorain, has been repaired. Schoones Volunteer which was scuttled at Marblehead to preyent her from pounding to pieces in the receut blow, has been hauled out at Monk’s ways for repairs. Anchor Line propeller Juniata arrived from Erie and cleared for Chieag owith about 600 tons merchandise principally canned goods for the tur Weet, ‘Tug Myrtle is pumping out barge Anchiousr which wintered here, Propeller Ohio arrived here trom Cleve- land and will leave with her consorts Ryan and Johnson tor Escanaba to engage in the iron ore trade, Canadain tugs are at work trying to release the fleet that went ashore on Pelee Island during the recent gale. Schooner Corsican on said reef is full of Water, Barge Hattie Wells arrived from Alpena with lumber. Rarge R. Martin in tow of tug Laketon arrived from Alpena with lumber tor B. & 0. R.R Steambarge Gordon Campbell and consort Anna Sherwood have been released from Chicanola Reef and are at Detroit for re- pairs. Schooner Fitzgerald is ot the fleet which went ashore on Pelee Island has been re- leased and towed to Detroit where the cargo is being taken out. Schooner Corsican and Barney Evleigh of the stranded fleet are still fast on last reports. ‘lug Oswego with steampumps is working on the Evleigh.. Steamer Steinhoff which has been ex- pected here for the last week is detained at Windsor on account of Inspector not being able to be there to inspect her boilers ete, George Gardner of Cleveland was in the city en rcute to the Islands. J.S. Horton of the Penny Press was in the city looking uf business for his paper. Steambarge East Saginaw arrived trom Alpena with lumber for R. R. Hubbard & Son she will tow the Wend-the-Wave this summer in the lumber trade. Steambarge Westford arrived light from Erie and cleared towing barge Monitor for Alpena, ’ Captain Richardson of the steambarge East Saginaw reports’ leaving Alpena with Lightguard and Hinckley in tow on the way down Hinckley sprang a leak and water. logged but kept on towing till they reached Detroit there she was pumped out with steam pumps.and proceeded on her way, by: the time she reached ‘Turtle Island ‘light Hinckley was half full of water she was towed into Toledo and_lightered. Both cargoes were for Toledo. Kast Saginaw will pick u» Lightguard and Hinckley at Turtle Island on the way up with the Wend-the- Wave all the barges will load ceder posts at Alpena for Chicago. CAPE VINCENT, In your issue of last week you made a inis- take of Captain Conard, It should be Cap- tain H. Howard, of this place, has left to take command of the propeller Wissahickon, of the Anchor Line, etc. : The schooners Mary Matthews and Jennie Lyons passed up the river heavily laden, The steamer Iona has been engaged in setting ont the buoys in this vicinity. Captain Wm. Sheley has his scow nearly completed, and will soon launch her. The yacht E.H. Van Horne arrived here froin Oswego and passed down the river. Captain Hinckley’s scow has been en- gaged in carrying sand the past week. The steamyacht Minnie arrived here from down the river. A large tow passed up the river thought to be the tug Seymour’s. ‘The schooner Polly M. Rogers has left this port for Oswego, where she will be hauled on the drydock if necessary. CHICAGO, Captain W. E. Ledner, who has taken command of the steambarge Maine, having resigned the command of the steambarge Annie Laura, which he commanded for the last two seasons, made ninety-six trips be- tween Chicago and Muskefon last season and carried over 23,000,000 feet of lumber, which. records the largest number of trips ever made between Chicago and Muskegon by a lumber barge in one season. : At the Chicago Vessel Owners drydock she schvoner 8. G. Andrews had her topsides calked and some repairs. One of Munson’s sand scows was calked all over. Schooner A. G. Morey had some calking done on her deck. ‘The steam canalboat Imperial had had her bottom calked and rudder repaired. ‘The steamer Oceanica had her decks calked all over, The schooner H. D. Moore had new wale streaks all around, At the Chicago Drydock Company’s yard the celebrated yachts Idler and Viking have had a general overhauling and their bottoms scraped. Schooner Bertha Barnes went into The tug drydock and was calked all over, Belle Chase had a new shaft and some pairs. re- inast, new centreboard and a general overhauling. opened up their The schooner Emma Hatehinson is at the derrick getting a new main and fore- The schooner R. 8. Farr is having a The new pleasure excursion steamer J. W. Parmelee, built at Saugatuck by John Mar- tel, for Captain H. Dalke, is being fitted up and completed at Chicago and will com- mence to runon May 15. She is 72 feet over all, 16 feet 6 inches beam and 7 feet depth of hold. Her engine, which is 16x16, was constructed by D, Bell, of Buffalo; and her boiler, 6x10, was made by Miller Bros., of the Buckeye Boiler Works, Cleveland, O. She is very strongly and well built and will make a good addition to the fleetof excur- sion steamers at Chicago. Captain Louis Kuehle will command her and Wm. R. Kuehle will be her engineer. At Miller Brothers’ drydock the schooner James O. Sawyer has been calked all over. The schooner Phoenix is receiving a new toremast. ‘I'he schooner G. D, Dousman has had considerable repairs, including new planks on her topsides, and anew main- boom, ‘The. schooner Live Ouk will be ealked, ‘The schooner ‘l'ruman Moss. will have a leak stopped. She schooner C. J. Roeder is receiving new ceiling, new tim- bers aft, new rail and stanchions and a gen- eral overhauling. ‘I'he schooner Major N. H. Ferry is being pushed forward as radidly as possible, to get her completed ready for sailing. Schooner Boaz, which carried away her jibboom and rudder stock on Sunday, is haying them replaced. Mr. J. Martel, shipbuilder of Saugatuck, paid a visit to Chicago this week for the pur- pose of negotiating with some parties with reference to the building of three or four new tuge. The tugs built by J. Martel are in great favor and have gained great fame here. They are excellently built, und com- prise some of the finest and handsomest tugs in the river. Since the begining of the year 1882 he has built the steambarges Douglass and Catawba and the tugs Hattie Fox, Pad- dy Murphy, Lorena, Holiday, J: W. Parme- lee, F. H. Stanwood, Nellie Campbell and Schrieber Brothers, KINGSTON. The steamer Hero, says the News, witha number of passengers and a large quantity of freight, arrived at Gunn & Co.'s wharf, having completed her first round ‘trip of this season. ‘The Hero is one of the tew upper saloon steamers owned in this city, and is a credit both to her owners and to the harbor. During the past winter she has been ren- dered extra’staunch, having had two arches each 60 feét long, and another one 14 feet long, put into support the main deck in- stead Of the ordinary stanchions, while new stringers and heavy stanchions support the promenade deck. ‘Ihe dining room, wliere Mr. S. Cox, the gentlemanly steward, pre- kides, has been provided: with two new sidé- boards and a new carpet, which render this most important section of the boat first-class in every particular. ‘he upper-saloon and staterooms have also been turnished with a new and handsome carpet, which greatly improves their appearance and comfort. Silver plates for the toilet. rooms, and num- bers for the staterooms will arrive from Montreal this week; besides this the entire boat has been thoroughly painted and pre- sentsa bright.and clear appearance. The Hero will be commanded by Captain ‘Thomas Craig, who. was such a favorite with the travelling public last season and who has lost none of his congeniality. ‘Thomas Bar- low will look after the engine, which is proof positive that it will be well taken care of; Michael Lawless, whose cagle eye has pierced the gloom enveloping the Day on many a thick night, will still roll the wheel as pilot; and Mr. 8. Cox, probably the most interesting officer, will only require to be seen and his productions tastec to he appre- ciated. PRINCE ARTHURS LANDING. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company line to Winnipeg to-day (the line has been in operation since last October by aconstruction Company, on aamall scale). After the opening of navigation which we expect will be about the 10, all the coal lum- ber‘and general merchandise for the Ca- nedisn northwest will be shipped through here, Last fall several of the large class of steam and sail vessels from Cleveland and Buffalo were in the coal trade here, and we look for- ward this seigon to a brisk shipping wade, We will have five regular lines of steamers plying here from Sarnia, Collingwood, Mea- ford, Owen Sound, and Montreal. ‘The 8. T. R. Co, talk of putting on a line from Goderich, Which with those running wild with coal, lumber, railroad iron, ete., will make things pretty lively at our port. LIFE SAVING SERVICE, - A man named Wim. Campbell, fro’ Kent, O., fell overboard from the steamer North- west, as she was leaving this port last Wednesday evening. Lookout Lawrence Distel, of the Life Saving Station, seeing the accident, at onve went to the reseue of the man and brought him in, in an almost un- conscious condition. ‘The man was consid- erably under the influence of liquor and would undoubtedly have been drowned but for the timely assistance of the Life Saving Service, ‘The tug Mocking Bird wintered at Kemps wharf and is being fitted out to answer the call of the miners at Nichipicoten and Ma- mainse for supplies. VESSEL SALES. A. M. Barnum sold the towbarge Norway for Captain Hamilton and others to Henry Hunter, of East Saginaw for $5,000. Also the yacht Huntress tor Captain Imson to J. M. Mitehell, of South Haven, tor $18,000. She will be put on the route between South Haven and Chicago. The little ferry Maud Fish has been sold to ‘Tawas parties and will be taken there at once. The barge Mary Stockton was sold by W, S. McLean to Budd & Co., for $3,000 cash, Harry Shaw has bought the engine and boiler of the steamyacht ‘fom ‘Thumb, of Vassar, and will builu a hull for it at once, Mr. I. O. Chrissy has bought the propeller Roanoke of the Commercial Line ‘Transpor- tation Company for $40,000. She will sail this season in the Chicago and Ogdensburg line. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE, No. 14, Noticeis hereby given that on and after the opening of navigation inthe spring of 1883, the Big Sodus (inner) beacon light, Luke Ontario, New York, which has hither- to shown white, will be changed to red and will be visible from the: lake side, thus af- fording a range for entering the harbor. A WHALE’S SKELETON FOR 'THE , SMITHSONIAN, Gen. Babcock, rare qietad Engineer of the Baltimore, Md., district, says the Baltimore Sun, has returned to Baltimore on his steam- er the Jessamine, bringing. with him the skeleton of a sperm whale, found on the coast of Florida, near Jupiter: Inlet. It was se- cured for Professor Baird, ot the Smithson- ian institution. ‘The place Where the whale went ashore is the same place where, two years ugo, the coast was covered with dead fish for miles. Recently sixteen-dead whales were found along the same. coast. One of them was said © beat least seventy feet long. ‘The cause of so many dead fish going ashore at that point has puzzled the scient-- ists. Professor Baiad, hearing of the whales, authorized Gen. Babcock to expend $100 to get a skeleton for the, Institution.’ The whales were of a new species of perm, and the skeletun secured is said to be perfect. THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM CAP- S!r'AN WINDLASS. The new style of the Providence Steam Capstan. Windlass, manufactured by the American Ship Windlass Company, is con- sidered the ne plus ultra of the machines turned out by this world-wide known éon- cern, and is being put on all the new steam- ers in process of construction. It has several prominent advantages over the older styles; first, itcan be erected on shipbuard in one quarter the time and at one quarter the ex- pense, when the engines are hung up under the deck above; secondly, the engines being connected to the bed-plate, and all parts of the Windlass being tied together by the saine plate, the whole must always remain, in line; if the dock above twists or straing or is entirely crushed in or swept away, the Windlass can be worked by steam as efficiently as before ; thirdly, the engines are more accessible, being at the right height and in most convenient position possible ; the engines, locking gear of Windlass and fr ction levers being al\ within reach; fourth- ly, the Windlass can be set up in the shop, and every part (including engines, friction stands, deck pipes and bitts) bolted to its place and marked, so that) when set up on shipboard, each part must come to its place without trouble or delay. These advantages, combined with those already possessed by the old style of ‘Stexrm Windlasses made by this company, would seem to indicate that perfection had been reached, and that those who really wished for a firat class, simple, yeliable and econo-, mical Steam Capstan Windlass need go no further in quest of such an appliance. Al- most every year this company discovers some new and important improvement, whereby the value to the user is enhanced, and the cost reduced. ‘The appreciation of these products of the American Ship Wind- lass Company sho «s itselfin the fact that leading Canadian shipbuilders and owners are putting the American Cuapstans and Windlasses on their vessels, although they are abliged to pay 25 per cent, duty on them, This is u very signiticant endorsement of the real value of these appliances, and may be pointed to with some degree of national pride, and besides it gives assurance that our Canadian shipping friends are beginning to see the wisdom and economy of purchas- ing superior machinery, even if they are obliged to pay heavy duty on it, Merit will tell every time.— Nautical Gazette. —_—__—..___ THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, More especially if there is a pretty girlin it, and you are seated by her side upon the sofa, and the old tolks are away, and the grate ix well heited—but a home where Swayne’s ointment is not known is no home atall, Itching, blind, bleeding and ulcer- ated piles, and all eruptions of the skin flee before it, For sale by all the leading drug- gists at only a trifling cost. 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