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THE MARINE RECORD. BOOK NOTICES, Harper’s MaGazine for January is a worthy sequel to the brilliant Christmas number of that periodical. ‘Che opening pa- per is a personal sketch of the poet Whittier by Harriett Prescott Spottord, beautifully illustrated by Harry Fenn. A fine portrait of Whittier ig the frontispiece of the number. ‘The new novel by William Black, ‘Judith Shakespeare,” is the literary event of the season. It is as masterly in delineation ot human sentiment as in its description of na- ture, and it has the very atmosphere of Shakegpeare’s period. It is illustrated in Abbey’s best style. One of these illustrations is printed separately on heavier paper. The number contains the second part of E. P. Roe’s new novel, ‘Nature’s Serial Story,” with beautiful illustrations by Gib- son and Dielman. Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson con- tributes a paper on ‘Mentone,’ which is at the same time a descriptive paper and a character sketch, finely illustrated. Nothing could more readily or effectively revive the popular interest in our declining merehant marine than Mr. KE. W. Sheldon’s admirable paper on. “Lhe Old .-Packet and Clipper Service,” ot which New York will always be proud. [tis only a memory, but a brave and inspiring one. Colonel Higginson resumes his “Ameri- can History” series with a paper entitled “The Birth of.a Nation,” with some excel- lent illustrations by Howard Pyle. Thomas A. Janvier gives us a Mexican ghost story, “What was seen by Juan Val- dez in Saltillo;”? and a Christinas. story en- titled “Miss Cassy’s Christmas Box,”’ is con- tributed by “A Working Girl.’’ Wm. C. Prime gives a personal sketch of James Buchanan, apropos of the recent pub- lication of Judge Curtis’s biography. A full-page portrait engraved by Kruell, illus- trate sthe article, Mrs. H. C. Bunner’s article, ‘City Ath- letics,’ will surprise even New Yorkers, few of whom know to what extent athletic sports are carried on in what the author aptly calls “fhe Amateur Athletic Capital of the World.’ In the Easy Chair Mr. George William Curtis discusses Italian opera in New York, Mr. Irving and Mr. ‘Terry in the ‘Merchant of Venice,’ ‘fhe Theory and Practice of Popular Governme it,” and other timely subjects. Charles Dudley Warner opens.a very en- tertaining Drawer with « humorous disserta- tion on the division of time. . The other de- partments are admirably and well sustained. IRON MARKET REPORT. CLEVELAND, Decen:ber 19, ‘Trade during the past week has been very ansatisfactory, business being light and prices declining 50 cents per ton. ‘'wo large failures are reported and a feeling of uncer- tainty prevails, ‘Ihe lowest figures on steel rails, $35.00 per ton, have obtained the past week, and pig iron is probably ruling at cost. CHARCOAL PIG IRON, No. 1 Lake Superior charcoal... 23 00@25 00 No. 2 Lake Superior charcoal. 23 00@25 00 Nos. 3 and 4 Lake Superior 24 00@27 00 Nos, 5 and 6 Lake Superior. Nos. 1, 2,3, 4, 3, Salisbur Southern charcoal irons. Reported by E. L. Harper & Coy There has been an active demand for iron during the week, and larger seles have teen made for immediate and forward deliveries. ‘The appearance in the market of specula- tive buyers indicates clearly that the idea that bottom prices have been reached, is common. ‘The closing down temporarily of some of the mills for the holidays will leave a neutralizing and healthful influence upon the market, but activity of the car and loco- motive shops demonstrates what history has shown, that iron is king, and the momentum imparted to the fundamental element will ajuicken every kindred interest and awaken the lethargic mechanical enterpriseses into sympathetic movement, and the ‘Presiden- tial year” be robbed of its commercial qui- etude, and an era of general prosperity ush- ered in instead, All grades of reliable brands are well sold up, and the approaching week promises to be an active one. We quote as prices current as follows: FOUNDRY, Hanging Rock Charcoal No. Hanging Rock Charcoal No. Strong Neutral Coke No.1. “ “ Nos American Scotch, No. 1.. GR 24 00@27 00 00@37 00 28 00@33 00 nati. $22 50 to $23 50 21.25 “ 22.95 1900 * 2000 18 00 “* 19 00 1800 to 1900 Neutral Coke,, Cold Short... 1.816 25 to $16 75 1600 1650 ABLE, tly cold blast. 3 nm Dlast..... Lake Superior Vulean’? all grades Southern Car Wheel, strictly cold bl ———- MANITOWOC, The tug Morton will be reprired at Rand & Burger’s drydock, Hanging Roc, str 3 a « “o400 «2 24.00 § 95.00 26 50 § 2750 (Concluded from 1st Page.] DULUTH, ‘The tug John Martinis on the drydock for repairs, She will be Jaid up. The machinery of the Eliza Williams is being given a good general overhauling, and reparing. The Winnipeg wreck is still gracing the harbor, although the owners have frequent- ly promised to remove the remains. The skeleton of Captain J. J. Hibbard’s new Superior and Duluth ferry is completed, and the work of siding her up was com- menced Saturday morning. The tug Rambler which has been lying in the railroad slip during the past month, is being thoroughly overhauled to-day. A new fire box is being put into ier besides re- ceiving other extensive repairs, preparatory to next season’s work. A dispatch.from Port Arthur on the 16th says the schooner Mary Ann Hulbert, which was being towed to” Michipicton by the steamer Kincardine, foundered off St. Ignace Island last night. ‘‘he Hulbert carried a crew of five in addition to fifteen laborers, all of whom went down with the vessel. ‘he Kincardine reports that a terrible storm came on them very suddenly. ‘lhe steamer’s ofticers held on.to the veseel as long as they possibly could, but finally had to cut her loose to save themselves. A few moments after they parted the Hulbert was seen to give a terrible lurch and go down with all on board, ‘Those on the steamer were un- able to offer any assistance or attempt a rescue on account of the hurricane and heavy sea running at the time. A tug which arrived from the north shore the 16th brings postive intelligence that the worst fears of those who jmagined the schooner Mary Ann Hulbert lost, have been confirmed. She went down during the severe gale of last Wednesday night with twenty men on board, all of whom are lost. Their names are not known. Most of them are railroad laborers. She was being towed by the tug Kincardine, and during the storm spruigaleak and began to fill, Having a green crew who did not know how to man- age her, she began. drifting with the wind and turned the tug from its course, when the tug, to save itself cut the tow line, and set the schooner adrift. She went down soon afterward. ‘The schooner was a small one, valued at about $3,000. ‘The Hulbert was commanded and owned by Captain Martin O'Malley, of Chicago, who had sailed her for many years. Captain O’ Malley was well known to vessel men all around the lakes, ashe has been sailing upward of twerty- five years. For several seasons past he has engaged almost exclusively in the Lake Superior trade, sailing between Duluth, Bayfield, and. Canadian ports, carrying lum- ber supplies, and grain, Captain O’ Malley was about 45 years of age, and unmarried. He leaves a mother, two sisters, and three brothere. The vessel was an old one, and had no rating on the Inland Lloyd’s register. She was under 150 tons burden. BAUGATUCK. Tugs Jennie King, Ganges, Clara Elliott, Shrive Bros., A. Hunter are still in com- mission, all engaged in fishing. Lake Kalamazoo froze over in one night, and several men crossed it this morning, the distance being nearly half a mile where they crossed. It has been snowing and blow- Ing from the southward to-day and this evening. The cold snap of the past three days has been very bad forthe stranded tug Pro- tection. Captains J. B. Martel, R. Innes, and C. Coates, who have taken the conttact to get her off and in port, have everything in readiness, but it now appears very doubt- ful if anything can be done towards her re- lease until spring. She is all iced up, and Captain Martel says she weighs three times as much as she ever did before. She is one solid mass of ice and it is continually mak- ing. HOUGHTON, One of the boats of the ill-fated steamer Manistee, together with a quantity of wreck- age, has been washed on the beach between Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor. There was a heaving line in each end of the boat, and one of her bows was crushed in. ‘The flotsam consists of packages of butter, barrels of ‘flour, bags of feed, fragments of the steamer’s upper works. BUFFALO, A Buffalo dispatch of the 13th says: “The several Canadian Pacific propellers are be- ing joined together rapidly. ‘Che Alberta was liberated on ‘Tuesday. ‘The Algoma was joined on Tuesday, and will take ubout four days for riviting. Manager Beatty states that although not entirely decided he expected to be obliged to stop with the boats at Port Colborne for their cabins. He is anxious to take them to Lake Huron, but is afraid of the weather, and especially snow squalls, ‘The steamers will be ready by the last of the week, when the questions will be settled.” MARQUETTE, A Marquette dispatch of December 13 says: ‘Navigation has ceased, though there is no ice in the harbor, and not enough snow for sleighing. Weather mild, and) winds southerly for about ten days. One propeller and two vessels ure laid up here. The propeller Whiting, loaded with lumber, leaves for Cleveland. ‘The schooner Doud, with ore, und the schoener Groton, with railroad iron, leave for Duluth. WINDSOR. The steamer City of Dresden has laid up at Windsor for the winter. Odette & Wherry, owners of the tug Erie Belle, whose boiler exploded at Kincardine recently with fatal results, have not been apprised of any intended investigation by the government to determine what was the eause of the explosion, nor have they been instructed not to remove the wreck, as re- ported. ‘The boilers of the tug were in- spected last year and certified to be in good order. ‘The chief engineer and second engi- neer, both of whom were killed, had certiti- cates from the government, and are the only persons who could have been censured, un- less it should appear that the inspector had certified to a defective boiler. GREEN BAY. M. E. Tremble, a prominent business man and lumberman, died last night, He was born in Essex County, New York, in 1827, He caine to Wisconsin in 1850, and was ‘Treasurer of Oshkosh for several years. He located here during the war, and has been in business in this county ever since. He owned the whole or a part of four lake ves- sels, 2 lumber yard at Racine, and mill property in this county. His wealth is nominally estimated at from $200,000 to $500,000. KINGSTON. Mr. ‘Tom Paddle, President of the Seaman’s Union, Kingston; has returned from De- troit, where he hus been attending the Sail- ore, Convention, which was opened on Mon- day, 10th. He says that some time ago he drew from the ‘Treasurer of the General Union at Milwaukee $56 for sick funds, and at the time he had $100 in his funds. By some means or other the Convention found out that Mr. Paddon had this amount in his possession when he applied for the sick funds, and it is contrary to the rule of Sea- mans’ Union tor branch unions to apply for sick funds, when they have $40 or over in their treasury. ‘In consequence Mr, Paddon was asked by the Convention to refund the $56 he had received, which he refused. It was tnen decided that the President of the Kingston Seamen’s Union should not hold his seat, and he came home the second day. ST. JOSEPH, The schooner R. B. King, which was driven ashore here about three weeks ago, after several fruitless attempts to rescue her, nt last, under the direction of Captain M. FE. Barnes, was hove off and towed into the harbor this evening by the tug Welcome of Milwaukee, ‘The vessel is in fair condition, and Barnes ‘gets $200 for the job. The tug Leviathan, here to release the schooner Regulator, went to the wreck Wednesday and pumped her out three times the pumps giving out as many times, when she was forced to leave and come to this place for repairs. She has been here ever since on account of the storm. Captain Smith, Wrecking Master of the Mechantes’ and ‘Traders’ Insurance Company, went to the stranded schooner Regulator Saturday and reports that she is still in good) shape and did not suffer much from the blow of yesterday. ‘They will make another attempt to release her as svon as the weather per- mits. WAUKEGON. loaded with lumber for Milwaukee, wen ashore at this place Monday night. This is the same vessel that was seen off Evanston vesterday in distress. She is in no danger while the wind holds northwest. ‘The crew are in the city, trying to devise some means of releasing her. ‘Che weather is clear and cold, KENOSHA, The szhooner North Star, lumber loaded, for Chicago, came into this port Monday for shelter. Sheis heavily iced up and hada terrible experience. ‘The captain and crew suffered great hardships, but seem to take it all as a matter of course. These sailurs are queer fellows—brave enough to surprise most mortals ashore. ‘They are all in good spirits. ESCANABA. Special to the Marine Record. The tug A. Booth left tor Chicago ‘Tues. day morning. The propeller Lady Washington still makes regular trips between this port and Fayette. No ice had formed in the bay up to the 17th. The boats laid up at this port are the J.S. Richards, light; the Erastus Corning, loaded. 2 ‘The steambarge Leland, loaded with pig iron, and bound trom Elk Rapids to Michigan City, ran in here last Friday evening. She was within five hours’ run of Milwaukee when the southeaster struck. her, and Cap- tain Galligan put her about and ran for the safest place he knew. ‘The sea was 80 heavy that as he came about it s:ove in the cabin doors.. She lay here until Saturday, when, having couled and repaired damages, she sailed again. MILWAUKEE, The schooner Dreadnaught arrived on the~ 14th. Sergent Rhode, who is now installed as Chief Signal Officer at Milwaukee, denies that he is personally responsible for the prevailing cold snap, although it set in on the day he took charge, Mr. Rhode’s family, - who came with him, are now domiciled in the city. Sergeant Line and family have gone to Cleveland. : There were eleven arrivals and departures at this port yesterday, while the themometer was below zero. All of the boats arriving were badly iced up. The propeller F, & P. M. No. 2, came in one mass of ice from the water line to the top of her mast, and her doors and windows could not be opened, She lay off the port seven hours during the night, being unable to find the harbor, and her crew suffered considerably. The wrecking tug Leviathean has aban- doned the schooner Regulator,-ashore at St. Joseph. Her wrecking bill is three times the value of the vessel. On account of the crowded, condition of the elevators, con- siderable vessel capacity is being taken here, Vhe Green Bay tug Henry Marshall was libeled for $2,000, the value of a screw lost by her on Green Bay. The tug J. H. Martin, of Chicago, which ran in here, will winter here. She is to be rebuilt. : CHEBOYGAN. The tug Kate Williams, with the schooner Johnson in tow reached this port on Monday and reports no ice in the straits. She has proceeded down the lake. The lighthouse’s have been discontinued in the straits. Thd tug Williams, with the schooner Johnegon, is expected in 15th or in the 16th. SHEBOYGAN, The master and seamen of the large She- boyyan fleet are now mostly at home hay- ing laid up their vessels for the winter. They talk of supplementing the hard toil and vexations of season by a second annual ball some time in the near future. Their first ball last season was so great a success in every way, under the management of Captains Buchanan, Aga, Miller, Halverson, Kichmeier, and others, we can confidently predict a still more satisfactory result on their second trial. EAST SAGINAW, Captain Robert Jackson commenced work Monday as a brakeman on the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, Ie wasjstruck Monday by falling limb while standing on a flat ear at Haley’s camp on the Harris I and instantly killed. Deceased has number of ve commanded a tag: in the service of the ‘Littubawassee Boom Com- pany. Tle daid ap the tug, Edwin Eddy about a week ago. He leaves a widow and The schooner Capella, of Muskegon, Mich,, | child,