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*.of fourteen feet ten inches. ‘pete in the Chicago Yacht Club race for ‘all the means in his power to keep it. THE MARINE RECORD. AROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND. Captain C..E, Benham, who has been sick for a few days, is around again, The steambarge Iron Age has gone to De- trois to have some repairs made to her ma- ‘chinery. Freight rates are firm at $1.05 to 1.10 from Escanaba to Lake Erie ports, and $1.20 from Marquette. The steamer Smith Moore is credited with a ‘trip from Cleveland to Marquette and re- turn in five days and twenty-two hours, carrying 1,529 tons of ore, Vessel captains complain that in going through the Welland canal their tow lines are worn out on the rough stone coping of the locks. Oak stringers placed along the top of the masonry would probably obviate the difficulty. : The steambarge Wm. Edwards teal the schooners Golden Age and M. W. Pagein tow yesterday afternoon. The Golden Age has on a cargo of 2,405 tons of coal ,from Thomas Axworthy’s yard, and shows a draft The tug Active and consort being eager to reach Toledo, asked and received permission to pass through the Welland canalon a Sun- day, for which they were fined four dollars and Costs for desecrating the Sabbath. ‘The ‘lock tenders were also fined for helping, the tug through, The’ schuoner Sea Gull, coal loaded; Was -diemasted off the Devil’s Nose, Liike.Outario. The foremast broke off about twenty feet below the crosstrees and the mainmast about half way up. Both topsails, foresail, three jibs, and rigging were blown away. She algo Jost her jibboom.- 7 ; CHICAGO. -Special to the Marine Record + The schooner Persia, Captain J. Peterson, is getting new main rigging. John. Stedman, fireman on the tug Thoinas Hood, was found drowned in ‘the river on July 26th. The steambarge S. Neff, which arrived at this port for the first time on Monday last, ran into Wells street bridge sand carried away her mast, The fine schooner yacht Countesg has been purehased by S. CG. Griggs, Feo iy of Chicago, who has. entered her, and is Having her got ready to compete in the Chicago Yacht Club race‘on the 3d. Captain Fish is in command and will do, his best to win. Mrs. Captain Young, wife of the captain of the schooner Japan, jumped overboard and-was drowned about six miles off Lud- ington, on. July 23d. Her husband lowered a bqgat.and used «ll the means in his’ power to save her or find her body, but did not suc- -ceed.: : The Depere, which has been. fitted into a handsome passenger boat, will now make regular trips between Chicago, Escanaba and Green Bay ports, leaving every Satur- day and returning every Friday. Captain J.C. Ralefgh will command her. The celebrated ‘schooner Yacht Idler ‘ar ‘rived here on Monday morting from Lake Supe! rior. She’ will) be got ready to com- zchaoners on the 3d... She holds the Chicago challenge cup, and Cxptain Colley ‘will use The echooner R. B. King, when attempt- ing to enter the: harber on the 24th of July, without the aid of a os , ran into the atern of the canal boat B. J. Moore and had her jibboom carried ae bowsprit sprung and port bow ‘damaged, also doing considerable damage to the canal boat. The-schoonet E. A. Nicholson, coal laden, from Buffalo to Chicago, went ashore 20 miles north of this port on the atl of July ina heavy fog. She was released by the tugs Protdction and Union after jettisoning about 100 tons of her cargo and was towed in here by the tug Protectiott. The new propeller Walter 1, Frost, Cap- ‘aim P. Millen, ‘arrived here July 26th, on her‘first trip. She was built by the Detroit Dryd k Company for the Ogdensburg and pie R, R. Co. for freight pire Lake poses. She ina splendid -veggel and pro- nounced a gr eat suceess by her: ¢aptain and officers. ‘The scow Seabird, of this port is reported lost}. A -veasel, bottom upwartis, answering hey: description, thas been seen by several cessels off Milwankee. Sha was-owned ard sailed by Captain John C, Henderson, of Chicago, whose wife was also on board. ‘The names of the crew have not yet been ascer- tained. Mrs. Conroy and her child, friends of the captain and his wite, were also on board of the Seabird, At Miller Brothers’ the schooner Annie Tomine went into crydock to have a leak stopped; the schooner Fleetwing received some calking ; schooner Adirondack received a new piece of Keel and a recalklng; schoon- er Ralph Campbell was recalked all over; the schooner R. Canters was supplied with a new foremast and: bowsprit; the sloop yachts Wasp, Cora and Harry Burk’ had‘ their bottoms cleaned and polished for the Chicago Yacht Club races of the 3d and 4th ‘of. August. An effgrt ‘was made by shippers to bear freighte, 244 cents for corn to Buftalo being freely offered. Curriers refused such offers and were enabled to hold rates up. They démanded 2}4@3 cents for corn,-and 3@314 eents for wheat to Buftalo, and.5 cents for corn to Kingston. The ruling rate on tull cargoes of corn to Buffilo was 23; cents, al- though some small lots of rejected corn re- quiring separate bins were chartered at 3 cents. At the Chicago drydock the schooner yachts Idler and Countess had their bottoms cleaned and polished ready for their race on Friday, the 3d. The steambarge Ida M. Torrent received a new. stern .post; the schooner Minnie Slauson’. gota new top-| 7 mast; the echooner George : Stee] had her bottom caulked; the schooner Mediator: got a new jibboom., the schooner R. B. King 2 new masts, jibboom, knighithead, stanch- ions and stern; the schooner tHackley had:a general overhauling 5 the schooner Van Valkenburg received general repairs; the steambarge White and Friant received new stern ‘bearing. .At the Chicago Vessel Owners? dryduck the schooner yacht Oriole, of ‘Toronto, is having some calking, anew. rudder post, and her bottom cleaned and polished; the chtter yacht Eileen, of Toronto, had her bottom cleaned and. polished; the,schooner Ellen Hellenwood was calked all. over; the:tug J. H. Hackley had some repairs and some calk- ing; the tug Protection had a new keel and shoe ard some calking; the schooner Bigler had-her deck calked ;. the schooners George Steel, S. G. Andrews and John Kelderhonse and the propeller Fred Mercur had,some necessary repairs. ? The Aileen is owned by Wm. Gooderham, Esq., and John Leys, Esq., of Toronto, and sailed by Captain Alfr ed “Saunders. She Was built in 1882 by Simpson, of ‘Toronto, from a model by G. L. Watson, of Glasgow, Seotland, who also designed the celebrated yachts Madge and Vandara. She hasa atanding keel, formed by the 28 tons of Jéad inserted there- in, which should make her a very stiff boat when suiling close to the wind. Following are her dimensions: Yacht measurement, 36 tons; length on the water line, 54.5 feet; breadth, 11.8 inches ;- draft, 8.25 feet. Her owners built her on purpose to prove wheth- er deep draught yachts with a standing keel would beat light draft yachts with centre board. They will have ar-excellent oppor- tunity, on Saturday to test her capabilities against the celebrated W asp, Cora and oth- ers, and we wish thenr success in their new enterprise. . The Canadian sc hooner ‘ yacht Oriole and the cutter yacht Eileen arrived on Friday Igst. They’ will participate ‘in the races of the Chicago Yacht Chit”on the 3d and 4th. The Oriole is owned by George Gooderham, ‘Esq., of Toronto, and sailed by Captain Rich- ard Fugler. She wae built by Shickaluna, af St. Catherines, from a model by Fish, of New York, in 1872, and was rebuilt and sup- plied with new canvass two years ago, Fol- lowing are her dimensions: urement, 95 tons$ length over all, 82 feet; breadth, 18 feet 4 inches; depth, 5 feet. “Her mainmast is 65 fect in length and her main- | topmast 45 feet, foreniast 53 feet and fore. topmast 41 feet, mainboom, feet; hoist, 42 feet; foresail, tom: foregafl, 22 feet; hoist, 42 feet. She! carries every sail that ean be named and as! mue h, of itas any” yacht of her size on the lakes. ‘She las-held. the champion flag. of the lakes against all comers for the past eight years. 30 feet at bot. | a large portion of which is, Yacht meas. | 4 feet; gaff, 28 | DETROIT, Special to the Marine Record. ° Schooner H., P. Hill is discharging coal at Vieger’s. G. W. R. are constructing a new transfer slip at Windsor, Schooner Rival loads a cargo of leached ashes for Buffalo, p. t, Steambarge Fortnne is to be docked for a new wheel at Owen Sound, ; The schooner Fleetwing takes railroad ties, Hackett’s dock to Port Huron, af Be. Grain freights from this port to Buffalo remain quiet. Rates from 17¢ to 2 cents. Lumber freights firm and advancing all along the line. Schooner Blazing Star, at anchor off Woode Griffin, one of her owners. We have just learned of the death of Cap- tain Bennett, one of our most. venerable lake captains., He, of late, has made his ree- idence 'at Mackinac,'énd at one time held the position of collector of the port. Steambarge Turner and consorta chartered Saturday from Tawas to Cleveland at $1.50 per M. Steambarge Jennie,. railroad: ties, Pigeon Bay to Port Huron at. 6c on rail. Schooner E. G. Benedict, coal, Cleveland to Goderich -at 50c¢ free. Schooner New Do- minion, Bruce Mines to Windsor, $2 per M. ‘The steimbarge Passaic, with five vessels in tow, anchored off the ferry. whayf and blockaded the whole front from ‘the¥D. G. . & M. elevator tothe foot of Wayne street fér several hours, sadly demoralizing the ferryboats’. schedule time. The captain: of the Passaic, itis alleged, has dong the same thing several times before this season. Schooner Blazing‘ Star and bar; ‘ge Plym- outh Rogk were discharging ‘coal, and the schooner Adventure, cordwood at Vieger’s. Schooner Wanderer is discharging paving cedar at Flanigan’s. Freight, $2.25 per cord from Fishing islands. Schooner Home is diseharging bark at Powell tannery. The pachooner Fellowcraft is discharging coal at Windsor. Sheis chartered to carry bass- wood posts from Bell River to Black Rock Point at $1.60 per cord. SANDUSKY. Special tothe Marine Record. The Osceola, of Ward’s line, arrived here and loaded lime and fish, kegs .for Duluth. Barge Mears arrived with iron ore. Propoller Mary Mills and barge George Worthington arrived with lumber -and cleared for Huron to load coal for Sheboy- gan. Schooners Hart vey Richards and Pathfind- er arrived with grain from Chicago and cleared light for T'cledo to load grain for Buffalo. thém up. Barge Roberts arrived with lumber for Hubbard & Son and cleared light for Oscoda. Barge Joseph arrived with lumber from Saginaw. Steambarge Westford came in af- té the barge Monitor, both bound tor Al- pena, light. Schooner J. H. Brock cleared for Kings- ton with square timber loaded -here and at Huron. The captain failed to get clearances between here arid Huron, and the vessel be- ing Canadian bottom, he had to have sepa- rate clearances. , Collector Rude, of this port straightened matters up and the schoon- er went her way rejoicing. Propeller Geo. A. Marsh arrived light frém Cleveland and cleared with 35 cdrds of stone. Steamer Keeweenaw arrived with 500,000 shingles for Uubbard. & Son, and cleared light. Propeller Yosemite cleared with 350 tons ef coal for Bay City. Scows Grace’ Amelia and Louiga cleared with coal for Lake Superior ports. Southwest arrived light and loaded coal at the B. & O. docks. Barge Emeu arrived light from Huron and loated coal for Detroit. ‘Anchor Line Alaska arrived and-took on canned goods for Chi- cago. Tug Andrews,, of Toledo, towed DULUTH, Eight car loads of wood came in from Montana this morning for shipments east. |: ‘The propeller Peerless arrived from ;Chi- | eago with a large party of excursionists and j considerable general mere handise. The propellét St. Paukgot in from Buftalo | with seventy-five passengers and ‘two hun- i | dred tons ot general merehandise. The steamship City ‘be Rome, the largest wooden vessel on the lakes, arrived here -| yesterday with 2,000 tons of coal for the St. | Paul Coal C ompany. She is a-magnificent | boat and is attracting great attention, harbor a 5 ward. avenue Sunday, with colors at half aged. nd both had their foremasts dam mast, in. respect tv the .memory of Mr. MILWAUKEE, Grain freights are dull. The tug John Gregory has been purchased * by Rand & Burger of Manitowoc, conéidera- tion $6,000. ‘ The steambarge Josephine was docked at the Milwaukee shipyard Monday for a new wheel, and the steamta* "ge George Burham will also be docked at the sume yard, ‘Tues- day for a new wheel. ‘Vessel masters arriving report -very little damage done by the squall en the 30th of July, The schooner Richard Mott had her main boom carried away off North Point, and lightening struck the steambar ze Robert Wallace and the scow J. M. Hill in the The tug Emma Dwyer, which started out Saturday morning having 61 board Mr. Chase, son-in-law of Captain Henderson, of the ill-fated Sea Bird, to look for the wreck, returned at a late hour Saturday night, but found no traces of the Wreck, although the lake due, east of the port was scoured for miles. But it ‘appears that the wreck has changed her position. The middle of Jast week she was seen about the thirty miles due east of this port, in which position the Dwyer looked for her. Saturday a fishing tug saw the wreck twenty miles northeast of this port, and this mor ning the Dwyer with Mr. Chase and Mr. Conroy, whoge wife and daughter were lost on the wreck, Will make another search for the wreck } where last seen, and if found will tow her’! to this port.—Sentinel. : ” TOLEDO. ; The steambarge Green and consorts will load coal for Duluth. : Toledo wants another pissenger steamer to run between that city, Detroit and Cleve- ‘ land. The propeller Morley, with a cargo of wheat from Toledo to Buftalo ran’ hard aground at the mouth of the river, but was released after mucn work by tugs Spinney and Cleveland. BAY CITY. The barge William ‘Treat has arrived from Detroit, and cleared for the sane Place with 475,000 feet of lumber. The propeller Mayflower ‘cleared: for Tonawanda with 347,000 teet of lumber, and the barge F. M. Dickinson for Buffalo with 465,000 feet of lumber. ' BUFFALO. : The new iron revénue steamer had a trial trip-yesterday. . The Ptister, Neweomb and H. D, Coffin- berry take railroad iron to Daluth at $2,25 per ton. The sale ot the Commercial Line of ‘propellers, which was to have taken place July 30, has been postponed to August 4, by which time it is expected, that matters will be: amicably. arranged. Coal shipments at Buffalo up to the end of July this year were 544,200 tons, an increase of only 8,000 tons over last season’s. Grain receipts by lake were 3,711,200 bushels ahead of last year, and canal shipments show an increase of 6,300,290 bushels of grain. : PORT HURON. The formal transfer of 4188 shares of the Star Line stock from Detroit parties to A. N. Moffat, Charles Ward and Henry Howard of Port Huron has been made. It is the intention of the Star Line Com- pany to begin the construe tion ofa palace steamer, to run sixteen miles per hour, to go on the line in connection with the Ide- wild and ee ivening Star. ASHTABULA, .The schooner Charlies Foster coal here. There is considerable improvement in the matter of delivering cargoes at this harbor, is loading The steamship Anna Sinith and schooner C. King take coal trom Oswego to Lake Linden at $1,380. MARQUETTE, Propellers JB. Hodge and St. Paul passed down, “'The propeller Sheldon and J. 8, Fay, and schooner Rhodes have arrived, and propeller Onoko, Hiawatha and Spartan, ane se hooner Minnehaha and Sumatra cleared KINGSTON, The steamboat Davidson arrived With 65,- 000 bushels of corn from Milwaukee. This is the first time she has come through the Stet a ba Dal nfo aa enec oo JUshe a le Cuypal, August 1. and. light-