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THE MARINE RECORD. 05 AROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND, Work onthe breakwater is progressing. A new jibboom is being supplied to the -schooner Volunteer at the Globe yards. The Golden Age, building at Huron. O., is expected in next week to be fitted out. Smith’s lighter which capsized at upper furnace dock is in Smith’s dry dock tor re- pairs. The steambarge Jarvis Jord, bound for Milwaukee left this port the 3, having in tow the schooner Lafrinier. @ Rates on ore are firm at 95 cents from Es- -canaba, with a few odd lots in pockets which it is desirstle to move at $1. Vessels are meeting with unnecessary de- lay at Ashtabula on account of railroads not having cars ready to receive ore. The telegraph companies should be more particular in forwarding and delivering dis- patches to shippers and brokers, as the de- lay often met with entails much loss. Charters: Schooncr Monitor to Duluth, -coal at 90c, and ore back from Marquette at $1.10; schooner Emma C. Hutchinson, coal from Sandusky to Green Bay, 60c. The scow Homer H. Hine which was re- _ ported yesterday as at Black river, from her ‘sunken condition, was brought to this port yesterday at about 7 o’clock a. m., and now Jies in the Globe drydock, where she will undergo a thorough recalking. Navigation on the river was obstructed for about an hour on Monday afternoon on account of the Viaduct draw being so ex- panded in the hot sun that it stuck fast so that the engineers were unable to swing it. The variation in this bridge between the coldest and hotest weather is from 10 to 12 inches. There is a better feeling among shipown- -era and brokers anda semi-confident opin- don that better figures are soon to be obtained for coal. and ore treights. The following is the list reported July 30: Steamer Cleveland and schooner Helvetia, coal, from Ash- tabula to Duluth, 90c, and returning bring ore from’ Marquette to Ohio ports, p. t.; échooner Trumpff, ore, from Escanaba to Cleveland, 95c; schconer Our'Son, coal from Cleveland to Chicago, 70c; schooner St. Lawrence, coal from Cleveland to Cheboy- gan in the Straits 60c. CHICAGO. The tug owrers are trying a patent smck: — consumer on atug chartered for the pur- pose. Lake freights are active and firm, 214 ‘cents for corn to Buffalo. A convenient chart of the Chicago River thas recently been published by B. F. David- ‘gon. The schooner Parana is at the derrick of the Chicago Drydock Company, getting a new main mast. The schooner Imperial has had her repairs completed and came out of the Chicago dry- dock on ‘Tuesday last. The Whitney was not damaged in her collision with the railroad bridge on the 4th. : Captain D. F. Miller and ‘his brother, of Grand Haven have purchased the interest of Thomas Paige in the schooner Driver. The new tug F. H.: Starwood built by John Martel of Sangatnek arrived here this week and will run inthe Dean & Wilson Line. The sloop yacht Wasp, Captain and owner John Prindiville, made a very quick 1un to Milwaukee on Saturday she started a con- siderable time behind the remainder of the yachts of tte Chicago Yacht Club but arrived one hour and a half before any of them, ‘The steamer Garetta which is running ex- -cursions from Chicago is now illuminated on her evening excursions by four electric lights which adds greatly to her popularity. Quite a large number of piles have been driven along the market docks during the past week. They were greatly needed and care considered a great boon by the Captains who are now enabled to get their vessels tied up safely to the docks. The body of Captain ‘Thomas Fountain, of the Welle Burt, has not yet been found, although a careful search is made every day, and the crews of the numerous tugs keep a vigilant lookout while scouring the lake. In order that an extra effort may be made, Mr. Dunham now offers a reward of $50 to any one who recovers the body. from Ludington. John J. Griffin, owner of the wrecked schooner A. G, Morey, has been in the city paying off her bills, She hax been turned over to the underwriters. Mr. Griffin left for Detroit ,and returned here on the 4th. The new steambarge Alice E. Wilds has arrived here and gone into the lumber trade between this port and Ludington she was built by John Oades at etroit tor Captain B. Wilds who is commanding her; site is of the following dimensions : Length of keel 135 feet, length over all 150 feet’ breadth of beam 28 feet 3 inches, depth of hold 10 feet 10 inches her engine 25x36 and. boiler 8'gx15 were built by the Detroit drydock engine works. The steambarge Maine, Captain Ladner, was detained here two days this week, get- ting some repairs done to her engine by Robert Tarrant, the engineer. The new steambarge Kittie M. Forbes, arrived here last week from Cleveland, coal Jaden. She was built at West Bay City, by Wheeler & Crane, last winter, for Captain Forbes, of-Port Huron, who is commanding her: She is a very handsome barge. John Riggs, ship carpenter, old Burling- ton slip, is building a sloop yacht for sume Chicago parties to goto Geneva Lake, Length over all, 26 teet; breadth of beam, 10 feet; depth 3 teet 9 inches. The new ateambarge J. M. Allmendinger, of Benton Harbor, made her first trip to this port on Thursday last, lumber Jaden She. was built. at Benton Harbor by Allmendinger & Hull, her own- ers, and is commanded by Captain Chas. Morrison, of St. Joseph. Her length over all is 11414 feet; breadth of beam, 24 feet 2 inches; depth of hold, 10 feet; tonnage, 207 net tons. Her engine 18x20 and boiler, 6 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 2 inches, was sup- plied by Anderson & Holman, ot St. Joseph. DULUTH. There is plenty of water in at present. The tug Agate received repairs to her stern bearings yesterday. The tug Campbell left for Knife river with her boom sticks this morning after a raft. The steimships Hecla and Drake and schooner Ironton are discharging coal at the N. P. Dock. ; The little steamer Eva Wadsworth went into commission on the Duluth and Superior route this morning. More bunting was displayed by the ship- ping in port Sunday than has been shown in any previous day this year. A. Pugh, of St. Paul, has leased the Du- luth Iron Co.’s dock and will use it fora coal dock the present season. At Buffalo, on Friday, the steamship Ed- ward Smith and two consorts were char- tered to carry coal to Duluth at 85 cents--a reduction of 15 cents. Walsh Brothers are engaged in making a new boiler for the little steambarge Maggie Carroll, the old one having been condemned by the inspectors, The steambarge Alpena and consort were detained at Ontonayon for nearly two weeks by the formation of asand bar across the mouth of the canal. The propeller St. Paul arrived from Buf- falo about 7 o’clock last evening with a few tons of general merchandise and quite a large number of passengers. The propeller Quebec arrived yesterday with five car loads of sugar and about fifty passengers. She went out again this morn- ing with 3,000 barrels of flour. The old ferry Fero, which was burnt to the water’s edge last winter, has been re- built and was launched last Saturday, she will be used as a barge and lighter. A distinguished party arrived last week on the Nyack of the Superior ‘l'ransit Line. The party consisted of Gen. Wm. T. Sher- man, his ald, Col. Tidball, Chiet Justice Waite of the United States Supreme Court and Chief Justice Gray of the supreme court of Massachusetts. The party were warmly received. The large tug EK. L. Mason, recently pur chased by the Duluth & Iron Range road from Williams & Upham, which will ruu be- tween Duluth and Agate Bay as a general service boat, has arrived from L’Anse. She was purchased for $10,500. Her dimensions are: 60 feet over all; 10-foot; 9 feet depth of hold; 18x20-Inch engine, with a patent cut-off for varying stroke of piston; 614x13- foot boiler of 7-16 inch plate, allowed 100 Duluth harbor pounds steam pressure; registered tonnage, 42.45, new measurement; draft, 62 feet; diameter of wheel, 51g feet. Her captain is Charles M. York, formerly of the tug Eliza Williams, MILWAUKEE, The schooner C. A. King has been libeled for $2,500 tor damages occasioned by 4 col- lision with the Imperial. An ordinance has gone into effect to close all bridges in the city between 6:15 and 7 a.m. ‘The crew of the Ed.” Kelly was stoned by the union seamen on the 2¢ but no one was injured. ‘The schooner Ganges, coal laden, arrived on July 2d considerably damaged by the storm. She was off Port Washington whea the storm struck her. The lighthouse department have caused the erection of new building for the light at Kenosha, and sailing masters will do well to take notice that a change of light will oc- cur for a few days, and until the present lights are removed to the new structure. At present and from this date a red Jantern will be exhibited on the east side of the new structure, DETROIT, The steamship H. J. Jewett is said to have made the distance from Detroit to Buf- falo in twenty-one hours recently. A Marquette correspondent writes to the Free Press under date of the 23d: Never in the history of the iron ore trade has Mar- quette suffered so severely as this summer, and to-day the ore piers are both idle. The steamer Agnes is to be placed on the route between Detroit and Toledo, and will: make daily trips, leaving the foot of Wayne street at 4 p. m. and Toledo at 8 a. m. every day. She belongs to the Marine City Stave Company. : The schooner Argo, which was stolen from the United States Marshal here last fall, is to be sold at marshal sale in Canada. As she is still under seizure here the case will be a rather complicated one.—Post and Tribune. ; BAY CITY. The new steamer J. M. Weston arrived at Glen Haven, Mich., June 29th, on her first trip. She is intended for the route between Manistee and Charlevoix and makes a good appearance. The largest lumber fleet that ever depart- ed trom Bay City in a day for below, left be- tween the hours of 2 and 8 o’clock p. m. June 30, numbering fifty-six boate, carrying 23,000,000 feet of lumber, estimated. ‘The gteambarge Alcona and schooner San Diego have arrived. ‘The former loadssalt and the latter Jumber, both from Chicago, and will get away Monday. July 3d were the following clearances: For Ashtabula, steambarge Mayflower, 330,- 000 feet of lumber; for Cleveland, steam- barge Bay City, 315,000 feet of lumber; barge Dickenson, 450,000 feet of lumber; for Toledo, steambarge ‘Tempest, 1,200 bar- rels salt and 300,090 feet of lumber; barge Katie Brainard, 550,000 feet of lumber; for Tonawanda, barge Golden Rule, 403,000 feet of lumber; John Sherman, 450,000 feet of lumber; for Erie, barges Jupiter, 375,000 feet of lumber; Leader, 340,000 feet; tor De- troit, barge Wm. ‘Treat, 480,000 feet lumber. STURGEON BAY, The Advocate, Sturgeon Bay says: “A strong effort is being made by vesselmen to have a fog signal established at the ship ca- nal. There is not another point in this re- gion where an apparatus like this is needed more than at the points mentioned. The prospect for the ore-carrying trade seems to grow brighter every day. The mines are now being worked to nearly their full capacity, and ore is accumulating at Es- eanaba and all Lake Superior ports. Char- ters have been made for Lake Erie ports at $1.15. A large number of grain vessels are going into the ore trade. MARQUETTE, A wheelsman on the tug Gooduow was caught in a tow line and was hurt quite severely. Charles Benjamin, a watchman on the steambarge Egyptian, fell into the hold ot the vessel and was instantly killed. His re- mains were interred at Marquette. The tug Goodnow and schooners John O'Neil, Jury and K. Winslow arrived on the 4th, and propeller M. Jarecki and schooner Mears departed. PORT HURON, Port} Huron, Mich., July 2.—The pro- peller Boston, bound down, ran high and dry ashore at Joe Bedore’s dock, St. Clair Flats, at 1 o’clock to-day. ‘he steamer Evening Star reports the Boston out eigh- teen inches. OSWEGO, ~/'he schooner Highland Beauty has been | changed to a three-and-after. The little schooner Emma from Chaumont has been in port. She has been changed to a three-and after. The business outlook at Oswego is unprom- mising, and a number of vessels are laying up, among which 1s the steambarge Kings- ford, The schooner Monitor got into trouble off this port and} the tug John Navogh went to her asaistunce. Miles McCriskin, of the tug’s crew was lost overboard and drowned, Captain Padduck’s hansome yacht Zeta left for the islands Saturday evening and sails well. She had up the Oswego yacht flag and is reported to have joined the club. The crew sported uniforms, which were much admired. Oswego Paladium: “The business out- look in canal and marine circles, at this port, is anything but encouraging. But very little Canadian lumber is arriving, and scarcely any being shipped by eanal. A large number of canal boats are in port. ‘The owners of east-bound boats are sending them to Buffalo. Considerable coal is being shipped, and that is about all tere is going on at this port. The steambarge Kingsford has been laid up, and several Canadian schooners are reported to have been laid up temporarily also, owing tothe dullness of the lumber market. ‘The Canadian prices will have to come down before there will be change for the better. The Kingston Whig says lumber carriers have been working ata loss for some time.”’ KINGSTON. There is no use asking for marine news these days. Little can be had. . The collector of customs at Kingston has ispued orders prohibiting excursion steamers. landing at that porton Sunday. i It is said there is not a bushel of grain on’ water between Kingston and Chicago bound for Kingston. It is not often that such a state of affairs exists. The steamer “Corsican” was_ pretty roughly knocked about on her passage up Lake Ontario on her last week’s trip and on her return to Montreal she had to be put into drydock, where she is undergoing re- pairs. Shippers report another fall in lake -freights all around. It was thought a few days ago that starvation prices were reached, but it seems as if that figure has sunk lower than ever. It is only temporary, however. On leaving Piction this morning the steamer Quinte left a length and a_ half ahead of the steamer Hero. Betore the former had gone very far she was distance by the Hero, the Quinte dropping astern about an. eighth of a mile on a two mile run, This beats all former records as the Quinte isa fast one.— News. YACHTING. We gave last week, 2 detailed account of the new iron yacth the ‘Twilight, as she has since been christened, and which went grace- fully into the water from the Globe Iron shipyard on last Saturday with steam up, and immediately started on a short trip up the river to the Standard oil works and re- turned, with many of her friends on board, including Mr. S. V. Harkness, Captain D. E. Nickerson, Captain Robert Greenhalgh, Captain Edward Williams, Mr. Henry Coffiubury, Messrs., Pankhurst, Wallace, Cole, Parsons and others. She developed a speed of eighteen miles an hour, making nine miles with only half her steam capacity. she was greeted on the trip by all kinds of sulutes of welcome, and all on board were well pleased with the success of the little beauty. tog ee The coasts of the Middle Atlantic and New England states were visited on Monday by a violent storm of wind and rain, much damage, was done to buildings and shipping The storm also did some damage in Wis- consin.