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————_—:”:i ee AROUND THE LAKES, BUFEALO. Collector of Customs, Buffalo N. Y, Sir—Your letter of the 15 is received— submitting the application of S. H. Currie, master of the steam tug W.-A. Moore, for remission of a tine of $20, incurred under section 3,123 and 3,125, R. S., by leaving Lorain, Ohio, without clearing. It appears that this tug is exclusively employed in tow- ing, and her master supposed her to be ex- empt from clearing, though she was without a tow, and that he had no intention to violate the law. You recommend favorable action in the matter, In view of the tacts, the de- partment deciues to reduce the fine to $5, and you will refund the remainder of the money collected. Very respectfully. CHARLES J. FOLGER. CLEVELAND, The violent storm which prevailed so ex- tensively for three days, is unprecedented in the history of the lakes at this time of the year. Almost all marine business was ata stand still, and what little business there has been done was entirely of a local nature, The wharves and docks of Cleveland were almost entirely deserted. Ip consequence of the delay, business will be lively now the storm has abated. Reports from all parts of the country show that great damage has been done, both to marine and agricultural interests. How much we are at present unable to ascertain. At Lima O. snow is reported to have fallen to the depth of twelve inches.. At ‘Toledo one man got out his cutter and took a sleighride. Our News columns contain ac- counts of some of the principal wrecks. Several lives are also reported lost. Pro- bably those vessels engaged in the lumber trade have suffered more than any others. In fact it is a storm that will be remembered for a long time. And we hope we shall not be called upon to record such another for some time. : The storm created a terriffic sea on the lake, being one of the severest for a long time. The raft lettin the out side harbor lately by the tug Balize has been driven to the shore and one of the cribs of the break water has gone on the beach. ‘The rates on ore and coal remain substan- tially unchanged, but the latter are firmer. Vessels also, though scarce in this port, are now able to obtain single trips much easier than at any time heretofore this season. ‘The rate on coal, at Butfalo, is firm at 75 cents to Chicago. ‘The charters reported yesterday are; schooner Franz Sigel, tor cargoes of coal, Cleveland to Brockville, $1.20 per ton ; four cargoes of ore, Ogdensburg to Cleve- land, $1.70. Schooner Johu Burt, limestone, Keley’s Island to Ashtabula, $2 per cord.— Leader. J. Brown received a telegram from Port Huron, stating that the barge C.J. Meisel had become water logged during the gale off Lexington, and was seperated with the re- mainder of the tow from her steam consort. It is thought the crew are saved, bat fears are entertained that. she has gone ashore. She isowned by W. Hart, of this city, and was loaded with 215,090 feet of lumber from East Saginaw to this city. ‘The cargo is consigned to Monroe Brothers & Co. She is worth from $1,500 to $2,000 and is un- insured. A tug will be sentfrom Port Huron to look for her as soon as the weather per- mits. The attention of mariners entering ‘I'o- ronto barbor is called to the fact that there has been a change in the character of the light located at Gibraltar Point on the island, It has been changed from « fixed toa flash light, revolving once in thirty seconds. Sev- eral errors have already occurred owing to ignorance of the change.—Leader. Friday morning one of Smith’s tugs took arun around the Water-works crib to see if any help was needed there. Nota person was seen but three large holes in the iron casement were noticeable, one of them ten feet square. The damage is undoubtedly more serious than. appears from an outside view. SANDUSKY. Business is dull at this point. oftering but prospects are good. Steambarge Schnoor, stone laden, from Kelleys Island enroute for Cleveland, had to put back on account of heavy weather. Barge Dakota arrived at this port with lumber from Ray City for Schroepfle & Sloan. The schooner North Cape cleared light for Duncan City to load lumber for Chicago, The steambarge Yosemite arrived with lumber from Bay City. The schooner Ferritt and scows Spauld- ing, St. Joseph and ‘Tuttle loaded stone at Kellys Island for Detroit. The schooner John Rice arrived with lum- ber for Ryan, Johnson & Co, The barge fesman arrived on the way to Fremont with a cargo of lumber. Schooner Sheldon arrived to load coal for Duluth. ’Scow Crawford loaded stone at Kelleys Is- land for Caseville. The schooner Leadville towed to Toledo to load grain for Oswego. Nothing The barge Warner loaded stone at Marble- head for Bay City. The barge L[ronton, in tow of the barge Westford, which sank in Detroit river, ar- rived with lumber for Ayres & Co. Steambarge City of Couvord arrived. Barge Ritchie cleared with lumber for Huron. Propeller A. L. Hopkins, of the Wabash Line, cleared for Butfulo with grain from Greer & Co. Steambarge Rudolph and barges Keyes and Wolverine loaded stone at Marblehead. Barge Conrad Reed loaded stone at Mar- blehead for Bay City. Barge Cleveland is loading at Marblehead. Barge Dolphin arrived with lumber. Schooners Jewett and Venus loaded stone at Kelleys Island. Schooner Irene arrived with staves for Hodgeman & Co. Barge Reindeer arrived with lumber for the Plummer Lumber Co. ‘Tug Cal Davis, of Cleveland, arrived and has been purchased by Biemiller & Co. for $5,500. She will be engaged in harbor tow- ing. i Barge Midnight arrived with lumber from Bay City. Barge Crocker also arrived with luinber. The tug Relief was lying in the passage waiting for a tow. One of Captain Hayden’s dredges and one tug are going to East Saginaw to engage in harbor work. . Mr. J.J. Raedon, marine inspector with Crosby & Derrick, of Buffalo, and who came here to adjust the loss on the schooner Lead- ville, left for Detroit to settle the loss on the steambarge Westford. The wind and rain storm that has been prevailing has been of unusual severity for this season of the year. ‘he water rose very high at the docks along the entire wa- ter front, and barrels, boxes, ete., were swept away ; but no great damage was done. The craft in port that were exposed, had to be shifted to keep them from pound- ing against the docks. ‘The steamers on the Detroic and Sandusky Island routes, did not put in an appearance, the storm being too heavy. ‘The only craft arriving. were the Hayes from the Peninsula and the Eagle from the Islands. Snow in the vicinity. are bere waiting to go over to Pelee Island as soon.as the storm abates. ‘The party con- | sists of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, Gen. Anson Stager, Marshall Field, Martin Ryerson, -A.. F. Seaburger, O. S. A. Sprague, and J. W. Doane. ‘lhe party will be joined by Post master General Grisham. They have the American Eagle under charter for several weeks. Major Rickham, of the Dayton Jour- nal and a large party are over at Pelee 1s- land, and report the fishing yery good. DETROIT, The schooner Unadilla arrived during the recent storm, in tow of the tug Crusader, having lost a part of her deckload, alsoa yawl boat, and with her cabin washed in. The propeller St. Louis broke her go-ahead eccentric on Saginaw Bay, and after doing some heavy rolling, shifted her eccentrics and managed to get here leaking badly. She reported four lumber laden towoarges wa- terlogged and flying distress signals off Forester. The captain of the St. Louis reports the seas as sweeping over these vessels and thinks the crews must be lost. He also says this is the severest storm he ever saw. A dispatch from Port Huron says there is greatinquiry regarding the steambarge A. A. Turner, and towbarges Crocker, Arizona, Wyoming, and others, and nothing can be heard of the crew of the latter. The barge Orontes and her cargo has been turned over to the insurance companies as a total loss. Fears are entertained for the I. May and three barges which left here Saturday noon. The cetebrated case of the tug Gladiator against the barge Rutter hus been decided at Detroit. This is the first decision ina case of this kind, and Cefines the right of a tug to extra compensation for wrecking when engaged by the season, provided the wreck is not caused by any fault of the tug. CHICAGO, At the Chicago Drydock Co.’s yard, the achooner Lookout, which went ashore on «Rock Island, Green Bay, and was towed here by the tug Gardner, is receiving new keel forward and aft, new sternpost and deadwood, rudder, windlass, bitts, and da- vits, anda thorough recalking. Schooner Irondale has been recalked. Barge Judd and one of Green’s dredges were also re- calked, Steambarge Monitor has had gen- eral repairs. ‘Tug Haliday got a new wheel. Schooner Merchant had a General overhaul- ing. Barge Minnekanne has had some re- pairs. Barge Windsor was recalked. Scow 8. P. Wilson gota new jibboom. Sehooner Mercury also received a new jibboom. Schooner J. B. Wilbur bad some repairs and schooner W. H, Dunham a new rudder stock. Scow J. M. Hill had some general repairs, also the barge Wayne. The schooner Erie Belle had new hatch combings and hatches. Whe three-masted schooner Wells Burt, of \this port, owned by J. S, Dtuinham, went down off Evanston, on Sunday night. The Quite a distinguished party of fishermen j captain, ‘Tom Fonntain, his son Dan, and the remainder of the officers and crew, num- bering eleven in all perished, [tis feared that some other vessel collided with her, and that she has also gone down with all hands. Old sailors say the recent storm is the se- verest experienced in this vicinity for ten years, ‘The whole shore is strewn with wrecks and the loss of lite is very large. Captain Bartlett, who commanded the steamer Lora last season and was much es- teemed, is now keeping a hotel at Kirwin, Kansas, and is also farming. We ure greatly pleased to know that he is finding attending to persons wants on the land and also ploughing the land instead of the sea greatly to his benefit, both financially and otherwise. Captain Alexander Ellen, who formerly commanded the propeller Messenger, is this season in command of the Lora, one of the Graham & Morton ‘Transportation Compa- ny’s passenger and freight steamers running between Chicago, Benton. Harbor and St. Joseph in connection with the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan R. R. Co. Several passengers who have made trips in the Lora this season are ready and willing to swear by the worthy captain, who, they say, is one of the very best. On Friday last the schooner Driver in tow of the. tug Chicago, ran into the propeller Armenia, of the Merchants’ Line, of Mon- treal and Chicago, near the Kinzie street railway bridge, where she was waiting to get to the Fulton elevator to unload her car- goof barley from ‘Toronto, The Driver’s jibboom and headgear were carried away, and the Aamenia’s cabin aft and rail, ete., were badly damaged, the. jibboom of the Driver making its way through the purser’s office and raising the root over his head. The schooner H. B. ashore and was wrecked on Mondoy morn- ing, her captain and crew, consisting of Captain McUoy.and six men having saved themselves by jumping ashore near 27th street, Coicago. The Burger was built at Manitowoc in 1875, 1nd owned by Rebey & Waldo, of Ludington. : ‘The schooner Mary E. Cook jumped over the exterior breakwater. Henry Miller, a young man who wason her for a pleasure trip, was drowned, and Frank Lieb, one of the seamen, was badly injured. The vessel was damaged to the extent of about $800, and her deckload consisting ot 30,000 feet of lumber washed overboard. Captain N. Robins, of Grand Haven, su- perintendent of the Eleventh Life Saving District, visited Chicago on Saturday last. He informed our correspondent that the whole of the eighteen stations in his distric are ready for service, and that he was glad to be able to say that no lives had been lost up to that date. Four new stations will soon be added to the Eleventh District, and we sincerely say, ‘(May God speed them in their efforts to save their fellowmen.”’ The schooner Annie O, Hanson lost her maingaff topsail, flying jib and jibtopsail in the blow on Lake Michigan on Friday night. She experienced a very rough time but suc- ceeded in getting to Chicago without the loss of any of her load of lumber. On Monday morning between 5 and 6a. m., during a terrific gale, the schooner Jen- ny Lind, laden with slabs from Muskegon, was driven ashore near 3311 street, Chicago, and went to pieces; and her captain, John Anderson; L. Peterson, the cook, and two men were drowned, A. Sampe, the mate, who was the only unmarried man on board, was the orly one saved. ‘Ihe vessel was owned by the captain and cook and was built in Chicago in 1848. Captain C. E. Baker, of the schooner H. C. Albrecht has invented and patented a fire escape which works automatically. A de- tached iron veranda is placed outside the window, and when one or more persons get upon it and the spring is touched, it will de- scend with a steady motion until the ground is reached; and as soon as the persons step off the veranda it will go back to its former position and be ready to use immediately: It can be regulated to travel at any rate of speed that may be requisite and will con- tinue to goat that rate until re-adjusted. The simplicity of the invention is the great pointin its favor, and it cannot get out of working order. It is composed of a brass tube 7 feet in length and 6 inches in diame- ter, which has a cap screwed on the bottom with a pet cock or vent in the centre.. Upon the top of the tubeis another cap in which are two faucets or vents which regulate the speed. On the topof the tube is a tank, the bottom of which was scre .ed on under the cap, and in the tube there is a piston to which is attached a wire rope which runs through the centre of the cap at the top of the tube, and is fastened to a wooden roller, at one end of which is a cogwheel. The cogwheel connects with a smaller cogwheel above, which is fastened to the end of an- other roller, around which is a wire rope of sufficient length to carry the veranda to the ground. The tube is filled with water which can be mixed with chemizals to prevent it tromfreezing. When the weight goes on the Veranda and the spring is touched, the piston in the tube will rise as the veranda descends, and a vacuum is formed under the piston, and as a matter of course, the piston cannot rise faster than the faucets or vents permit the water to escape; and immedlately Burger also went} the weight is off the veranda the vacuum causes the piston to descend at the same rate of speed at which it ascended. ‘The whole appliance can be put into a case 12x16 inches and can be placed in any corner or place in a building. At lastitis a settled fact that invalidsy old) persons and children can be saved from a burning building, as they can be placed upon the veranda and go down in perfect safety without the least jar or in- conyenience. What is a ladder compared with this method. It requires a man with a very strong nerve to go down from a build- ing five, six or more stories high. ‘The invention will very soon be exhibited upon one of tha principal hotels in this city. The worthy captain has one of them fixed up at his residence, 760 Sonth Halsted street, which works to perfection. It has been in- spected and tested by the fire marshals of the city, who pronounce it safe and relia- ble, and they find in it all that is claimed in its behalf. MILW.SUKEE, The schooner Margaret Dall, of Chicago, arrived during the recent storm totally dis- masted. ° The Sailor Boy went ashore at Bay View. ‘The crew all saved. The papers of the schooner Petrel have been recovered, and the names of the three seamen drowned are learned to be Charles J. Olson, mate, of Milwaukee, who was mar- ried here ihree montes ago, Jacob Hanson nd Martin A Mattison. None of the bodies have been found but the lake will be dragged DULUTH. ‘The tug Sampson is on her way to Dnluth with the schouners King, Wabash and C. H. Jobnson in tow. They are all loaded with coal. * In no harbor on the chain of the great lakes could there have been found a finer fleet of steam and sail vessels than were ly- ing at our docks on Saturday. ‘ The propeller City of Duluth was the first Chicago boat to reach here this season, ar- riving on Saturday evening with 155 tons of freight and anumber of passengers. She cleared again on Sunday morning. The engineers were again engaged in. making soundings in the harbor to-day. In this connection The Times has been re- quested to ask how it is that the engineers always make soundings in the harbor when the wind blows from the northeast, when it isa well known fact that the water is always a foot higher than at any other time. The following fleet -is on the way to Du- luth with coal for the Northwestern Fuel Company viz.: Steamship Jarvis Lord, with 1,500 tons, schooner Godtrey, with 1,- 815 tons: schooner Wall with 1,198 tons; steambarge Milburn, with 983 tons; Albany, with 528 tons; Baldwin, with 496 tons; Grace Whitney, with 544 tons; steamship Cormorant, with 1,247 tons ; steamship Jesse Farwell, with 1,112 tons, and schooner Peter- son, with 1,162 tons.—T'imes. Add Cleveland. Greenhalgh’s steamlighter went to Fair- port last night to work on the schooner Tibbits, which sunkat that port Monday night. Her cargo of stone for the Fairport pier extension will be lightered, and the contritugal pump on the steaml-ghter will be used to pump‘her out. The ‘Tibbits was leaking when she arrived at Fairport. A fine wooden steam yacht is being built for Paul Lohmeyer at Quayle’s shipyard. She is 100 feet keel, 20 feet beam, and of light draft. She will be propelled by an engine of four 12x14 cylinders, which is being made at Gale’s machine shop in River street. The hull has been completed and the upper works are being erected. She will be launched within a few weeks. PORT COLBORNE, The schooner Hartford, bound for Chicago with coal, and the schooner Jessie, with stone for Toronto, collided to-day about a mile below here in the canal. ‘The Hartford lost her bowsprit and jibbuom, and the Jessie had some of her rigging carried away.— Leader. aes 7 IN TWO SHIPWRECKS. Jasper Leuhrs, son of Patrolman Paul Leuhrs, was on board the barge Orontes which went ashore near Lexington, on Port Huron, Monday morning. Officer Leubrs received a dispatch from the Chief of Police of Port Huron, yesterday afternoon, stating that his son has been saved, with the re. mainder of the crew. Although but sixteen years of age, this is the second wreck in which young Leuhrs has been during his experience on the lakes. ‘ — AN ERA OF REFORM. The necessity of reform is not confined to politics, Household management as well as public sentiment demand urgent reform in the interest of economy. ‘The time has gone when sensible people endure long treatment for an ailment that can be cured at one- fourth the cost. Nowadays when a man is attacked with the piles he wauts to be cured economically and speedily. He’s had ex- perience; he merely invests a small amount in Swayne’s Ointment, firm in the knowl- edge of an early cure. All soreness, pain and itching is stopped in a manner equaled by no other,