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THE MARINE RECORD CHICAGO, Special to the Marine Record. The small scow Anthony Buffell, sprang a leak and sank in the lake between the ma- riné hospital and Lincoln Park. ‘The cap- tain and crew were rescued by the tug Flossie ‘Thielcke. The tug Alpha, Captain Mike Driscoll, towed three No. 8 schooners trom Kenosha ‘to Chicago in 54g hours. ‘This is the quick- -est time on record. ‘I'he Alpha is the finest tugboat here. The “Chicago and Alton Consumer” which ‘has been improved upon by the inventor, Mr, Thayer, on the. tug Mary McLane is -considered a decided success, as it now con- sumes the smoke without impeding the gen- -eration of steam, The Swith smoke burner, which has been fitted up on the tug A. G. Van Shaick is also regarded as a complete success. Itis a simple device consisting of fire brick walls with air openings in them on each side of ‘the fire box. 'The very active demand for lumber this week, ought to.improve freights, if the own- -ers of schooners and steambarges will only ‘discard competition, freights must go up as vessels are in good demana. Captain Thomas Fountain and his son Daniel were buried at Rose Hill Cemetery -on Sunday Jast. The funeral was in charge -of Cleveland lodge R. A. M., of which Cap- tain Fountain was a member, and officers of that organizaiion acted as pall bearers. ‘The funeral was largely attended. Tuesday evening about 7 p. m., as the schooner Lady Dufferin, of Port Burwell, ‘Captain John McPherson, was coming up the rivey with a cargo of posts in tow of the tug -C.. Halliday, and when approaching State street bridge, the steambarge Tempest swung across the river and collided with her ** breaking several planks forward, and prob- ably some frames, which will be ascertained when she is unlowded.: The tug ‘Telephone, of Cleveland, arrived here and was put in command of Captain Oscar: Greenhalgh, a nephew of Captain Robert;Greenhalgh, of the Central Tug Of- fice, Cleveland. She commenced harbor towing on the 13th, and made seven tows on her first day. She: has good speed and strength for a small boat, and we hope she will continue to succeed ag well as she be- gan. She is owned by the Williams Broth- ere, of Cleveland, who are here with her. At Miller Brothers’ drydock the schooner Donaldeon has nad a leak stopped; tug J. H. Martin same. ‘Ihe tug Prindiville had her shaft straightened. The Peshtigo Compa- ny’s barge Active has been recalked. The schooner M. W. Page had some new planks in her bottom and was recalked. Schooner earner was recalked. ‘Ihe scow Moses Gage and.tug Monitor had leaks stopped. ‘Ihe echooner Jennie Matthews received a new mizzen must, the schooners S. V, Jones and ’'R. Kantere, new foremasts, and the propel- ler ‘Tacoma a new wheel. DETROIT. ial to the Marine Record. wP gchooner Wawanush: finished loading on monday last, oak timber at. $63 per M for Garden Island, winter contract. Going rate 5 60 per M. arta peilits from this port this week so far aredull. ‘Chere is plenty of grain in store, but a moderate demand for carrying -eapacity. Freight to Buffalo 2 cents. Schoon- -er Atmosphere takes pig iron at $1.25, free -on board, and staves ab $5, $7 and $9 per M ' lo. ‘s nee Herbert Dudley is discharging wood at Currie & Bradlies; scow Onward, -ocal & Viegers; ‘Theo. Voges coal at Great W.R.R., Windsor; scow Mary Amelia, paving cedar at Detroit; H. P. Murray, load- ing wood (owners’ account) at ‘Tryconnel for Detroit. Ganges is discharging ore at Wyandotte. She will replace her spars ete., lost on Lake Michigan, at Odes yard. ; Steambarge Fortune is loading stone and a locomotive at Owen Sound for Algonac mills. The locomotive is to be used on the -C.P.R.R. : The steamer Spartan is now repairing. -She was pretty well shook up in her war with the elements. She seems to have got the worat of the battle. Her iron ribs are bro- ken in several places, a8 is also her keel, a 2x6 inch plece ot solid iron. Workmen ara «stripping off her rock elm sheathing and Part of the iron plates from her bottom. Like hev namesake, she will be ready for an- other tilt as soon as her wounds are dressed. The steamer E. K. Roberts, built for the Detroit and Duck Island ‘Transportation Cow is now receiving her finishing tcuches. She is to be employed in the fishing trade principally. Her run will be from here to Duck Islands and return. She turns up a7 foot wheel with a 16 inch high anda 24x28 low pressure cylinder, After attending divine services Sunday last, we took our usual trip to Hog—I should say Belle Isle. We noticed the Wm. Home swinging lazily at her anchors. She has been for several days, Macauber like, “wait- ing for something to turn up.’ The Par- sons, asin duty bound, was remembering the day at Hamtramick ore dock. At the Island we noticed a gorgeous floating palace moored, with this enticing advertisement displayed: ‘Summer Drinks.”? We looked wistfully toward Walkerville, and = con- eluded we would take ours with astick, but as. luck would have it, our eagle-eyed pilot brought us directly back to the toot of Wood- ard and we had no chance to indulge. SANDUSKY. Speial ta:the Marine Record Steambarge Good Hit left Kelleys [sland for Cleveland. Barge Wyoming cleared for Bay City with 200 pounds of cement. : Sreambarge Fred McBrier cleared with coal for Portage. Schooner Hutchinson load coal for Duluth. Barges Icsman and Joseph cleared with coal for Bay City. Barge Fulton cleared for Sault Ste. Marie with 550 tons of coal.* Barge Fulton arrived light from ‘Toledo to load coal for Bay City. ; Barge Manitou arrived with lumber from Alpena for Ayres & Co. Scow George Irving arrived light. She will load stone at Marblehead. Barge Roberts arrived with lumber from Oxcoda for Lee, Hubert & Co: Schooner Watertown arrived with grain from Chicago for the B. #& O. elevator. Schooners J. [. Case, Miner and M. Muir are due here with corn from Chicago. Propeller Atlantic arrived from Marquette with 1,450 tons of ore. Cleared light, Propeller Osceola, of Ward’s line, arrived and took on 200 pounds of lime for Duluth. Propeller Clarion, of the Anchor Line, ar- rived and cleared with freight for Chicago. Schooner Rogers arrived here light and loaded grain for Buffalo at the [. B. & W. elevator, Schooners L. A. Andrews and J. Clark arrived with grain from Chicago for the B. & O. elevator. Barge Theo. Perry, light, has been wait- ing at Huron for a week for a chance to be towed up the lakes. Steambarge Walbridge and consort arrived with lumber for Ryan, Johnson & Co. and Lee, Becket & Co. Steamer American Eagle went up to 'To- ledo and ran on the Waite’s route, the latter going to Detrois with an excursion party. Barge Reindeer was lying off the passage off Marblehead for several days waiting for some passing steambarge to tow her up. Barge Hiawatha arrived from Bay City with lumber for Fremont. She was towed up Sandusky river by the tug Cal Davis. ‘Tug Sprague left Kelleys Island towing the barge Pacific and schooner Baldwin, stone laden, for Cleveland breakwater. Barge Wend-the-Wave arrived from Al- pena with 300,000 feet of lumber for Hub- bard & Son. Shecleared with a deckload of coal for Alpena. Propeller Mary: Pringle arrived with 1,600 barrels of salt from Grind Stone City for Ryan Johnson & Co. She leaves here for Cleveland light. Barge Josevh arrived from Bay City with 400,000 feetof lumber for the Plummer Lumber Co., and cleared with a deckload of conl tor Bay City. Steambarge Mayflower picked up barges Lillie May light, Emerald loaded with coal from this port, and Fostoria loaded with stone from Marblehead. ‘ €chooner Norway arrived light and tock on a cargo of square timber for Kingston. Cargo will be rafted from there to Quebec, thence by ship to England. Tug Cal. Davis is engaged regularly in arrived light to towing ice barges between Put in-Bay and Cleveland for the Forest Ice Co., which has ice houses on the above Island. Steamer Keweenaw arrived trom Macki- nhac with 500,000 shingles for Hubbard & Son, cleared with 300 half-barrels from Hodgman & Co.’s tor Cheboygan, Schooner Acontias arrived from Detroit light in tow ot the tug Haight. ‘The schoon- er cleared for Cheboygan with 520 tons of coal, ‘The tug cleared for Port Sarnia. Schooner North Cape arrived from Chica- go with grain for the B. & O. elevator. She was delayed ov her trip, having carried away her foretopmast ina squall on Lake Michigan, The statement made last week as to the steamyacht Leila’s ownership was incorrect. She has been purchased by Hugh McMillen, of Detroit for $9,500. She will run excur- sions out of that port this season. ‘Tug Relief arrived with a raft in two sec- tions from East ‘Tawas, bound tor ‘lonawan- da. She putin here to repair the same, one section having gone ashore on Pelee Island. Hereafter the Relief will tow barges kesman ‘}and Joseph, having given up the rafting business. Propeller Hiawatha arrived from Erie with 1,385 tons of ore which she had taken to that port from Marquette. On her arrival at Erie she found a large fleet ahead ot her, so she ran back here, where the tacilities for discharging cargoes are unsurpassed on the } whole chain of lakes. The Sandusky Register publishes two let; ‘ters signed by the respective captains of the Propellers Republic and Hiawatha in regard ‘to the superior advantages offered here to vessels, and more especially ‘to the machin- ery ured at this port, and they both state that it is the most perfect arrangement for unloading ore or coal on fresh water. , MILWAUKEE. , There is nothing doing in grain freights on account of the advance in the markets; all the vessels are going for ore. ‘The schooner Elbe and the propeller Ly- coming collided at the mouth of the harbor Saturday. ‘The Elbe lost some of her sails, and a sailor who was in her trestle trees was injured some. The schooners John B. Merrill, Moonlight and Marengo arrived from below with coal cargoes in the order named. The Mer- rill was towed in the harbor about 2 a. m., and was followed about three hours later by the Moonlight, which was closely followed by the Marengo. ‘The three vessels had left Buffalo together, and all being owned here there was « natural curiosity on the part of vesselmen generally to watch their move- ments. ‘his they did with considerable in- terest, and when it became known that Cap- tain Coleman with the Merrill “carried off the broom,”’ he was warmly congratulated. ‘The three vessels, as before stated, left Buf- falo together on the glorious Fourth, and went through ths rivers in the same tow. They had head winds for several days and remained in sight of the others until the northeaster sprang up on Thursday, when the Merrill, not intentionally, of course, but accidentally, slipped away. When the tug was coming about in the bay for the Mer- rill’s Jine, Captain Coleman, from the Mer- ril’s quarter, hailed the tug captain and | anxiously inquired when Sullivan and Roach gotin. [t required an oath to make him be- | lieve that they were both reported to be off} Port Washington adout that time. Captain Sullivan is said to have run back when down the shore to look for Coleman, and that Roach followed him, and the story was credited by the friends of both. In stealing the march on the Moonlight, the Merrill gained a profitable point, as she was von- signed to the same yard, the Northwes‘ern Fuel Company’s main yard. The time made in unloading the Merrill was never accom- plished ut this port before on a vessel of her size, and it is doubtful if it was ever beaten at any other port. ‘The first bucket of coal was taken outof her shortly after 7 o'clock, and before dark she was unloaded and in the lake bound for Escanaba.—-Sentinel. MARQUETTE. The improvement in the volume of ore shipments continues, the aggregate for the week just closed being nearly 100,000 tons. The general belief now is that the total out- put for the season will exceed 1,000,000 tons. ‘The total of shipments by lake Inst year, up to this time was 1,161,148 tons; so far for : | this year the total is 685,585 tone, a falling: off of 475,563 tons. Only a comparatively small amount of work is now being done in the Marquette mines, though a considera- ble degree of activity prevails in the lower range. Exploring and prospecting continue on a large scale in the Menominee range, but there {sa marked subsidence in the speculative fever there, and it is difficult to sell stock 1n new compat.ies, even for prom- ising finds. Tne present dullness in the Marquette region has resulted in nearly stopping the efforts to open new mines, the prevailing feeling being that an increase in the number of producing points is not desir- able in the present state of trade. In the Acogebic region progpectors ure busily at work, and reports of valuable discoveries are received. RACINE, James Ginty, keener of the pier lighthouse, will resign his position, his resignation to tuke effect September 1. Probably L. Eas- son will be appointed to fill Ginty’s place. The latter has been lighthouse keeper at Racine for over sixteen years. The tug Mocking Bird arrived here on Saturday with the schooner Alice B. Norris, coal laden, which was struck by a squall off Hogg Island reef, early “hursday morning. The damage to the Norris is about $2,000, she having lost her main and mizzen sai), fore stuysail, and other light canvass besides her mizzen boom, maingaff, and having her mizzen mast sprung. TORONTO. The yaciits Oriole and Eileen, twoof the fastest vessels in the- Royal Canadian yacht- ing navy, left here on the 16th instant for Chicago, where they will participate in the regattu.of the Chicago Yacht Club next tonth. The Eileen is a forty-six ton vessel, and has made the best time ever run on lake Ontario. She was the winner in the races here Saturday. ‘lhe Oriole is one of tie trimmest built schooner yachts on the lakes. : PORT HURON. The tug Quayle passed up with a tow and returned light to lake Erie. The Empire State will arrive up on her way to Lake Superior on ‘Tuesday next. ‘The Japan is due on-her way up and the Winslow down, at Thompson & Son’s dock on Sunday evening. The tug Music with a raft in tow, broke down outside Friday night, and the tug J. N. Masters took her raft. The schooner John Kelderhouse, and Sunrize and the Mixer were chartered at Chicago for grain for the Grand ‘Trunk elevator. The steambarge ‘Tecumseh arrived down Friday night with a load of ties from St. Joseph. She goes to Courtwright to take oft her deck load and then returns to Fort Gra- tiot to unload the balance, * BUFFALO. The Chicago Times says: S.A. Murphy has made the insurance companies an offer to deliver the Wells Burt at Buffalo for $15, 000. ’ Coal charters Monday: Schooner David Stewart to Green Bay, at 50 cents; propeller Oceanica to Chicago, at 50 cents; schooner Mediterranean to Detroit, at 25 vents. Buffalo Courier: Most of the large sailing vessels ave going out of the grain trade, Among the latest charters for cre are the schooners Moonlight, J. B. Merrels, Porter and Nellie Redington. There is more money in ore at $1 than in corn at two cente, and ore loads are easier to get. A tidal wave struck this port yesterday morning. Between five and six o’clock the water began rising, and in about an hour it had risen fully three feet. It receded in about the same time. There was no wind of consequence and no apparent cause of the rise. ‘There were tidal waves on lakes Michigan and Huron last week. ‘There seems to be something wrong under the sun. Tne yacht White Wings of Cleveland owned by V. A. Taylor of Bedtora is being finist:ed rapidly. She isa Sharpie pattern. Lines and model by Thos. Clapham, Brook- lyn N.Y yacht rigged nicely tinished up and presents every appearance of stability and comfort. : Length over all 60 feet, beam 15 feet, car- ries 565 yards of canvas. Mr. ‘laylor and tamily anda few friends will start on an extended cruise Saturday. ‘This is the only Sharpie yacht on the lakes and will be managed this season by Captain R, Me- Dougal 0° Detroit.