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i ae THE MARINE RECORD. 5 Ashtabula, p. t.; and on Wednesday the schooner Typo, coal, from Cleveland to Mil- waukee, p. t.; schooner Francis Palins, coal ‘from Lorain te Green Bay, p. t.; schooner ‘Delaware coal from Cleveland to Green Bay, ip. t . The steambarge Oregon, owned by Cap- tain John Kilderhouse, and others, which ar- rived in this port last Saturday, with a car- go of ore from Escanaba, had a narrow es- cape from the fire flend. Having discharged her cargo, she went to the Cincinnati slip to load coal for Duluth. The fire was caused by the explosion ot a can of oil in her hold below the engine room in the hands of Lar- ry Fitzsimmons, the fireman, and spreading rapidly threatened the destruction of the vessel. The arrival of the fire department, however, and the exertions of the sailors with buckets soon placed the fire under con- trol. The fireman of the Oregon was liter- ally enveloped in flame but was rescued by Dennis Burns, the second engineer, both ‘being badly burned. They are at the marine héspital and reported as doing well. The ‘Oregon was surveyed yesterday. Captain William Le Pelley for the owners, and cap- ‘tain William Morris for the underwriters, made a careful cxamination of the burned portion during the day, and the estimate of damages, though not carefully footed, is put at $2,700. This is tor whatever carpenter work there is to be done in rebuilding the eabin and other woodwork damaged. Added to this will be the cost of new yaw! boats, which were destroyed. new lines, new fur- niture, bedding, etc., etc., so that the total -cost for all repairs is placed at $ ,000, in- cluding the putting the engine in shape in the way of new joints, ete. CHICAGO. ” Special to the Marine Record The schooner J.C. Roeder had her main- sail split-and several vessels arrived here on Sunday minus some of their canvas. A very large fleet of Jumber vessels have been on the market this week. One of the aargest fleets of the season was here on Monday. The schooner Apprentice Boy, Captain Peter Jenson, carried away two jibs, her anizzen topsail and some portion of her rig- ging in the severe gale on Friday night. The sloop yacht Wasp broke from her moorings during the heavy gale on Friday morning, and would have gone onto the pier but for the assistance of the tug Rebel. A number of the tugs are burning hard -coal, which their owners claim is the best method of preventing too much smoke, but the price they have to pay for hard coal makes tugging far less profitable to them. The schooner Homer, coal laden from ‘Ashtabula, was towed in here early Sunday morning. She was struck by asevere squall -on Friday morning off Evanston, which car- ried away her foresail, maingaftopsail, and flying jib. She was compelled to run away down the lake before the gale. The steambarge H. C. Gratwick, Captain John Mitchell, arrived here on Saturday ight, having in tow the barges S.E. Mar- vin and Robert L. Fryer. ‘This fine fleet of ‘weasels gre owned by the Tonawanda ‘Trans- portion Company, and brought in here nearly two million feet of lumber. ‘They ex- perienced heavy weather but got through it all right. ; The steambarge R. C. Britain received a new wheel at the Chicago Drydock Compa- ny’s yard; the steambarge Michael Groh receives repairs to her stern pcst and ma- chinery; the tug Gem is receiving a thor- -ough overhauling and a new boiler; propel- Aer H. C. Akerly had a new forefoot and re- pairs to her stern post. At Miller Brothers’ drydock the scow (Rockaway was recalked, the schooner Lady Dufferin received a new starboard bow, the propeller J. B. Lyon had some repairs to her stern, the schooner J. M. Hutchinson is receiving a new bowsprit and some repairs to her bow, and the steambarge A. Soper had a new wheel and her shaft fixed. The schooner J. M. Hutchinson collided with the propeller J. B. Lyon on Sunday morning just inatde the piers and smashed ina portion. af the latter’s stern, she also collided with a coal derrick at Dewey’s coal dock when being towed up the North Branch of the river and lost her jibboom, dDowsprit and headgear. The propeller John B. Lyon arrived here Sunday morning having in tow the schoon- ers J. M. Hutchinson, Masten and C. J. Wells, The Hutchinson and Masten had lost a considerable amount of canvass and the Wells some of her bulwarks and was leaking badly. They broke adrift from the Lyon about 30 miles off Milwaukee ina heavy gale, and the Wells was leaking so badly that Captain Langan, who had his wife on board with him, was compelled to re- move them to the Hutchinson, fearing that the Wells would go down. Large receipts of grain from the interior at Chicago and a fair demand for tonnage, with but few craft ready to load, caused freight rates to further appreciate Tuesday. The steamship Oceaniza got 21gc on a full cargo of corn to Buffalo early in the day, and a little later the propeller Jay Gould got 2c ona jag of 20,000 bushels of corn to the same port. At noon and during the af-. ternoon shippers were offering 3c on full cargoes of corn, The rate on wheat to Kings- ton (nominal) was 5}¢c. Members of the crew of the schooner H. B. Parsons, sunk at Chalevoix, came up on the propeller Idaho. Efforts are being made to raise the vessel. As she lies she blockades the harbor. DETROIT. | Special to the Marine Record. ‘Telegraphers at this port are still laying on their oars. Mary Hill and consort are chartered for coal from Huron to Sheboygan. Grain freights so far this week have been very dull, Rates to Buffalo 134 to 17 cents. The barge Plymouth Rock and sehooner Rival are discharging coal at G. W. R.; and schooner New: Dominion at Odette’s, Windsor. : The steambarge Turner is rusticating at Springwell’s, and the captain at Cape May. $1.25 per M to Ohio ports is “What’s the matter.’’ The Herbert Dudley is chartered for hard. wood lumber from Kingsville to Brockville at $4 per M; H. P. Murray, ties, Pigeon Bay to Buffalo, 8 cents. ‘ The H. P. Murray discharged wood at Watson’s and the Hercules at Chadwick’s, scow Onward coal at Vieger’s, ‘Theo. Voges coal at Windsor, Kate Richmond coal at Walkerville. . The propeller Nyack, on her down trip, passed Detroit safely on Monday night with 10,000 silver bricks from the Montana mines, aggregating $2,500,000 in value. This is said to have been the most valuable cargo ever carried on the lakes. 7 Yachts Oriole ang Eileen, of Toronto, called at Windsor on’ Saturday last on their way to the Chicago races. Our boys will have to.keep their weather eye opened if they do not want the Oriole to get away with some of the prizes. ‘She is lively with the wind over the quarter. Steambarge Mary Mills is repairing her cylinder head at Hodge’s Iron works, blown off while off Point au Barques. ‘The steam- barge Salina wes detained here Saturday re- pairing her heater. ‘The same day the Mar- quette stone and sand fleet were all in line bombarding us according to their capacity. Uncle Sam’s cutter, moored in our harbor, reminded us of the ‘long ago.”” We noticed at noon her neat pennant fiying, and we won- dered to ourselves if the “Blue Jackets,” tailor fashion, were gathered around the festive mess-cloth discussing the merits of wormy and heavy hard-bread, or the beauties of salt junk, or his sweatheart at home. And as our thoughts wandered backward in fan- cy we could again hear the long drawn out hail from the masthead, b-l-a-c-k s-m-o-k-e h—o! asthe track of a blockade runner, an Alabama or Stonewall, hove in sight, and then tor the chase. But the service is changed somewhat since those days. We now notice sprightly master’s mates board- ing floating elevators, dredges, and the like, and of captains demanding their papers. My country, of thee I sing. SANDUSKY. Special to the Marine Record The schooner Kults arrived with iron Fro ore. The steambarge Sakie Sheppard arrived light. The schooner Clark cleared light for Toledo. The propeller Yosemite and barges arrived ter an swith lumber for Ryan, Johnson & Co, ‘The Schooners M. Muir and Case arrived with grain, from Chicago for B. & O, ele- vator. ‘The steambarge Westhope called here for her consort the Monitor, both bound for Alpena, The schooner Irene arrived with staves for Hodgman and cleared with stone for Port Huron. The propeller Juniata, Anchor line, called here for a cargo of canned goods and sun- dries for Chicago. ‘The schooner Reuben Dowd arrived light and cleared with coal for Green Bay, left in tow of tug River Queen. ‘The schooner Theo. Voges arrived light and cleared with coal for Windsor. Water- town cleared with coal fer Kingston. The schooner Keewenaw arrived fron Mackinac with passengers and merchandise ; cleared for the Sault with fish kegs. The steamers American Eagle and Philip Walters cleared with lumber, etc., for the Club House to be erected on Sheridan’s Point, Pelee Island, by the Pelee Club. The barge Wend-the-Wave arrived with 325,000 feet of lumber for R. R. Hubbard & Son; cleared for Alpena with deck load of coal and 1,000 half barrels for Hodgman & Company. The propellar Hiawatha left here last week with a cargo of coal drawing 14 feet, |- 9 inches, and did not touch anywhere. Think it is about time some of the chronic growlers let up on this harbor. BUFFALO. Captain Maythem has libeled the schooner Groten in the sum of $2,000 on account ot the non-payment by the insurance compa- nies of his claim for releasing her trom the beach where she spent the winter. Coal freights dull at former quotations, 50 cents to Chicago. and Milwaukee. Engage- ments—The Clarion for Chicaeo, the N. K. Fairbanks on contract, and the Ogarita at 90 cents for Duluth; Young America for Depere at 70 cents. The Express says the remainder of the corn cargo of the schooner Golden West figures up 28,151 bushels. As her bill of lading is for 31,132 bushels, it appears that during her trouble on Lake Michigan she jettisoned 3,081 bushels. Her repairs at Detroit were only of a temporary character, and she will now go into Mills’ drydock for permanent repairs the extent of which is not known. An order has been issued by the court compelling.the Gommercirl Line to bring all their boats to Buffalo. ‘The Cuba and Ne- | braska now here are still in the hands of the Sheriff. It is expected a receiver will be appointed and the boats sold, in which event itis believed the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad Company will bid them in. ‘The line includes the’ ropellers Cuba, Russia, Scotia, Roanoke, and Nebraska. MILWAUKEE. The vessels reported yesterday as eapsized thirty miles off this port is not the schoone Eliza, as was reported. The Milwaukee Shipyard. Company are building for the Marinette Lumber Com- pany a barge 150 feet in length, 30 feet beam and 103g feet depth of hold. Carrying capacity 250,000. The Milwaukee Sentinel says the long looked for movement of the large quantity of wheat in store has really begun and will continue for some time. - Grain shippers are inquiring for vessels to load wheat for Kingston and Buffalo and the propeller Lake Michigan engaged for 17,000 bushels of wheat to Montreal, and the schooner J. Maria Scott was engaged for 24,000 bushels of wheat to Kingston at 43;c. Both of these vessels will come light from Chicago to Joad. It was reported that an Anchor line propell- er had been engaged for a cargo of wheat to Buffalo. PORT HURON. The steamship Manistique has a broken crank pin. ~ The propellers Lehigh, Delaware, W. A, at, H. L. Worthington and consort, Iron Duke and consort, Milwaukee and barge State, tugs Business William Cowie and barges, schooners L. Hanna, A. J. Dewey and John Schultz passed up, and propellers D. W. Powers and barges, Europe, tug Por- d barges, propellers D. Richmond and consort, Clyde, A. Ketchum, P. H. Green The ateambarge Chauncy Hulburt arrived | and barges, tug Moffat and raft, Carter and with ore and cleared light for Toledo. raft passed down on the 24th inst. DULUTH, The propeller Empire State arrived on Friday. : The Osceola ‘will load ‘copper ore at Hancock. The steamship W. ‘I’. Graves and consort Adams cleared for Marquette for ore. Can anybody in Duluth say a good word tor the Knife Falls boom company ?—-Times. ‘The steamship Queen of the West has been chartered to carry coal from Butfalo to Du- luth, The Wadsworth lost her wheel in the bay, which, with her defective stern bearings, will take some time to repair. By permission of the Secretary of the Treasury the name of the tug Mason has been changed to that of Ella G. Stone. ‘The following is the Sault Ste. Marie ca- nal report for the month of June: 612 ves- sels passed canal ; 302,835 registered tonnage; 315,667 freight tonnage; 110,550 tons coal; 5,566 tons copper; 811,398 bushels wheat; 5,292 passengers.— News. O8WEGO. The Katie Eccles will take moulders’ sand to Oshawa. DBL. & W. White for Toledo. The Monitor takes coal to Sackets from the Ontario & Western trestles The schooner Garibaldi takes coal from Himes’ dock for Port Hope. The big propeller Saginaw Valley was in port ‘Tuesday on her way to Chicago. The steambarge Kingsford has been char- tered to bring lumber from Belleville. The schooner O. S. Storrs is loading potter’s clay for Belleville at Farwell’s dock. The schooner E. R. Williams and Lead- ville take coul for Toledo from the D. L. & W. trestles. The schooner Jamaica overran 455 bushels of corn at Kingston last week. Captain Robertson brought the corn here Sunday and sold it, making a profit of over $200 for the schooner. canal charters ;—Jennie CHEBOYGAN, The F. L, Danforth, carrying 1,400 tons, came inside without any trouble. Nearly four thousand tons.of coal have been discharged here in the last ten days. The propeller Van. Raalte, steamer Mamie and schooners Fame and Flying Cloud have arrived. ; TOLEDO. The scow Toledo has been chartered to earry coal to Spanish river at $120. The propeller Chauncy Hurlburt has been chartered for coal to Duluth at 800. The Toledo Telegram says: “An observ- ant vessel-man says that in his opinion there will not be a sail vessel on the lakes in five years. He thinks that they will all be con- verted into tow barges.’’ KINGSTON. The Mystic Star has arrived from Chicago with 23,000 bushels of corn for the K. & M. Company. The yacht Idler arrived from ‘l'oronto with a jolly crew on board. They are bound for the islands. The O’Gorman has gone to Oswego with lath and the Undine is loading a similar cargo for the same place. A cabin, in pieces was washed ashore at Ferris Point yesterday. ‘There was a trunk and some clothing among te wreckage. ‘The huge steambarge DAvidson is on the way to Kingston from Milwaukee with 65,000 bushels of corn. When she arrives she will have brought the largest cargo that ever came to Kingston. Messrs. 8. Phillipps and D. F. McQueen, special inspectors of foreign steam vessels for the port of New York, were in the city on Saturday, and inspected the Maud, Water. town, Pierrepont and Princess Louise. M. IT. Company arrivale.—W. J. Preston, Chicago, 18,000 corn; Jamaica, do, 19,800 corn; Nassau, do, 21,900 corn; propeller Canada, Toledo, 5,500 corn; schooner. D. G. Fort, Chicago, 23,500 corn; Westside, do, 20,300 corn; Comanche, do, 21,330 corn; propeller Myles, ‘Toledo, 14,360 wheat; two barges, Oswego, 1,000 tons coal. The Oswego towing association has de- posited $142 with the collector of customs for Captain McDonald of the tug McArthur, the money being the amount of the fine imposed for towing into port the disabled tus Cummings and her tow. he Times says the very people who have tined him would have severely censured him had he abandoned the Cummings and left her out to the mercy of the waves.—News,