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CHE MARINE RECORD. CHICAGO, special tothe Marine Record. Repairs have been completed on the tug protection and she fs receiving her ma chinery. The missing schooner El ‘l'empo has ar- rived. The ateambarge William Edwards, Cap- tain Mallory, and her tow, the schooner Foster and barge Golden Age, got away for Buffalo yesterday carrying the largest con- signment of grain ever taken out of this port, 242,000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, and rye. Operations were continued Monday on the sand boat Imperial, which is sunk at Division street bridge. Most of her cargo of sand had been pumped out, and Captain Downer, the diver, is preparing to run chains about her hull, with a view to raising her. ‘The opera- tion is watched with interest by tugmen and steamboat men who say that as the Imperial lies at present she is in the way of passing vessels, and liable to be badly injured. It is claimed now that her sinking was due to some craft kovking a hole in her side during the night her crew was absent. Captain Short, of the schooner Bavaria, was accidently killed on board his vessel last week, outside, and the remains have arrived at St. Ignace on their way .o the bereaved family. ‘I'he deceased was well known and esteemed on the lakes. ; Kirk Brothers have succeeded in planking over and taking possesion of their new dock room in the river. Twenty barrels of flour, the large carved eagle, and the pilot wheel of the wrecked propeller Manistee were found at Union Bay, souch shore, some days ago. ‘The fact that’ the wheel was found lashed gives rise to the theory that the boat sprung a leak and went down with all hands at work at the pumps, The tug Thomas Spears came out of dry dock yesterday, after receiving rather ex- tensive repairs to her boiler and hull. She immediately departed fot Green Bay, tow- ing two large scows. . The propeller Wm. Edwards also left the drydock where she received some repairs. The steamship Onoko arrived at Chicago from Buffalo Sunday. with a cargo ot 3,000 tons of coal, the largest cargo ever carried by alake-craft. H. L. Holland, receiver for the Chicago «& Leland Stone Company,’ has libeled the steambarge Mary Groh for damages sus- tained by the canalboat Charles Walker, which was run into and sunk by the Groh while passing down the river about a month ago. The Groh was not tied up, as her own- ers gave notice that they would give bonds and. contest the suit. The complainant claims damages to the amount of $1,400. Tne pleasure steamer Brett Harte was in the Chicago drydock and got her bottom calked. The steambarge Daisy Day, Captain John Anderson, is getting her boiler taken out and replaced by a larger one, 11 feet long, 6 feet 4 inches in diameter, of steel. Her pilot house will be placed forward and her cabin will be refitted. F The. steamship Annie L. Young, of the Anchor Line, arrived Monday from Buffalo- This is her first trip this season. Captain D. Coughlan has resigned the com- mand of the Anchor Line prepeller Lehigh, and Captain G. L. Hogg, formerly of the Conestoga, has succeeded him. Captain P. Riley, formerly mate of the Lycoming takes command of the Conestoga. , There is a row of large dimensions in the Chicago and Ogdensburg line, ‘which is owned by the Ogdensburg & Lake Cham- plain or Vermont Central Railway. ‘The steamship D., M. Wilson and her large barges, the Chester B. Jones and Manito- woc, and the new steamship Monteagle and the three “star”? schooners were chartered by the railway company for the season, each steamer and tow to receive $9,000 a trip. The company have brought out three large new propellers of their own, the Walter L. Frost, Averill and Haskell, and they have difficulty in obtaining cargoes in Chicago for such an immense line. As a consequence the company now want to break their con- tracts with the chartered tows, but Messrs. Lane & Cummings will not stand it. The pleasure steamer Twilight, of Pull- man, went out of. Miller Brothers’ drydock Saturday, having had alterations converting her from a sidewheel steamer into a propel- ler. ‘The Scotch yacht Verve was in drydock getting her rudder fixed and her bottom cleaned. ‘he steamship William Edwards bad her bottom ealked. J. S$. Dunham’s new tug is nearly completed and will be launched Saturday. ‘The tug ‘Tarrant got a new wheel; the schooner Conneaut, bottom calked ; the Sam Flint is getting a new fore- mast, new decks, and forefoot and celling calked, The sloop yacht Enterprise, which has been rebuilt, was launched last Thurs- day. ‘The steambarge Colin Campbell towed over from Pentwater to Miller Brothers’ shipyard thirty-one large spars and seventy- five small ones. The longest measures 105 feet. : T.W. BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. ‘The steamer Oceanica went into dock at the Union yard, Thursday, for a new wheel. The Bufta'o breakwater has been extended 350 feet by cribs to the water level. Two red lights, one above the other, and about twenty-five feet above the water level, are displayed at night in the cribs, and by daya buoy is anchored off the end of the cribs. The steamship Onoko took on a cargo of 3,000 tons of coal from Buffalo for Chicago, This is the largest cargo ever carried bya lake vessel. Coal freights continue quiet. ‘There is an active demand for tonnage for Lake Michi- gan ports, but vessels are in very small supply. The steamer Lycoming was engaged for Chicago at 80 cents, and the barges Mariner, Hoag, and Norris to Saginaw at 30 cents, Sandiego and Alcona to Superior City 75 cents, and the Worthington and con- sort Shawnee to Port Arthur at private terms. , The libel against the schooner Scotia for supplies has been settled. ' The extensive repairs on the Michigan have been completed by R. Mills & Co., and she loads coal for Chicago. She received new planksheer, rails, stanchions, forecastle deck and breasthooks, keel box, mainboom, foreboom and jibboom, and considerable minor repairs. Her entire upper worke are now in the best.condition. The work was done under the supervision of Captain Dan Rodgers. the well-known vessel agent, and to his entire satisfaction. This is good eyi- dence of its excellence. ‘The amount in- volved is close to $7,000. The repairs on-the E. A. Nicholson will be finished next week. ASHTABULA. Captain John C. Kulnane has been ap- pointed harbor master. He is a popular man among the mariners, and will undoubtedly prove an efficient officer and worthy suc- cessor to Captain George Field, who has filled the position so satisfactorily tor the past five or six years. MANITOWOC. Captain George McLeod hus inspected the schooner C. H. Burton, now owned by L. Dimick and others. She has been rated A2, with valuation of $20,000. The Burton, which had long been ashore on Fisherman’s Shoal, at the entrance to Green Bay, was thoroughly rebuilt last winter at Manitowoc by Rand & Burger, under the supervision of Captain Michael Galvin, at a cost of $7,000. She is now in excellent condition, without a particle of rotten timber in her. The Bur- ton was built at Sheboygan ty Stokes in 1867 and rebuilt in 1873. ‘The new schooner on the stocks at Rand & Burger’s shipyard for Boyce, of Muske- gon, will be Jaunched July 4. She will bea fine craft. : SARNIA. The steamer United Empire, of the North- west ‘lransportation Company, arrived here on the 2lst, with 10,500 barrels of flour and a full list.of passengers. She made the round trip to Duluth and return in seven days and sixteen hours, and the distunce be- tween Port Arthur and here in torty-five andahalf hours. This is the fastest time yet made, and the largest load ever brought into this port. ASHLAND. The propeller Fountain City of the ‘Transit Line, ran ashore at Pike’s Bay, near Bay- field Sunday morning ina fog. She has been released. ERIE. First Mate Ed. Ball, of the Philadelphia, Second Mate ‘aptain of the Conestoga. Philadelphia. DULUTH, | Special to the Marine Record. The Bayfield schooner Alice Craig went into drydock here last week tor general re- pairs, A pile of rock from a scow wrecked last summer at the foot of Morse street in the harbor, and which has been very troublesome to the cratt having business in that vicinity, has now been removed by the dredges. The terrible and somewhat singular fate of the propeller Manistee, of which nothing is known since last fall, except that she went down with all on board, yet continues to be a frequent subject of conversation among all Classes of people with whom Captain McKay and Mr. Seaton, the clerk, were great and old time favoritee. Many stories have been advanced as to the cause of so complete and sudden a destruction as must have over- taken them, of which one, that through some breakage in the machinery her boilers had burst and blown out her sides, seems to have taken the lead the following item however clipped from the Duluth Herald| does not coincide with this view and is otherwise interesting as throwing some light on the subject. The crew of the propeller City of Fremont report that twenty barrels ol flour, the large eagle which occupied a positien on the pilot house and the pilot wheel of the ill-fated propeller Manistee were pickel up at Union Bay, south shore, last week. ‘The wheel was lashed, which leads Captain Smith to think that the boat sprung a leak and all hands were called to work the pumps and throw the freight overboard. While engaged in this task the Manistee foundered aud all hands were lost. This seems to be the most plausible reason yet ad- vaneed, and we have no doubt that it is the correct one, The old stone lighthouse at the extremity of Minnesota Point, opposite Superior entry, is to be sbandoned and a new one erected on the outer end of the Wisconsin pier. A fog whistle is to be placed ‘at the entrance to Duluth harbor. A complaint has been made that the Grace Grummond, Captain Napier, is running without a license for excursions. The Mar- quette steamboat inspectors, and revenue agent John Douglass, are here to investigate the matter. There was no meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last Friday and matters im- portant to marine interests, which should have gone before that body, are delayed. B. FERRYSBURG. Special to the Marine Record. : Johnson Brothers, .boiler makers, are building a steel boiler 7x12 tor the new. steamer Thomas Friant, launched on Wednesday last at Duncan Robertson’s ship- yard, Grand Haven, They are building a steel boiler ‘for « new steambarge being built by Captain Britain at Saugatuck. They built «a boiler 8x15 for the tug Welcome, of. the Milwaukee Tug Line; also a boiler + feet 6 inches by 9 feet6 inches for Captain Harm’s new tug at Ontonagon. ‘They are building a boiler 5x9 for Captain Samuel Moore’s new steam yacht, building at Saug- atuck, They built the boiler, 51x10, for the tug Duncan Robertson, recent'y Jaunched at Grand Haven. ., RACINE, Fishing Smacks from Racine picked up large quantities of cedar ties about eight miles in the lake and brought them to Ra- cine. ‘Their crews report that the Inke where their nets were set was black with ties, indicating that some craft had met with aserious mishap. In all probability there was x collision between two vessels, and one of them lost her deckload. STURGEON BAY. A new steamboat line has been established between Chicago, and Manistique, Mich., and the steamer Messenger is now plying on this line. The boat stops at Bailey’s Harbor and Washington Harbor, which places those ports in communication with the outside world once more. Captain J. J. Lobdill is not likely to rise from his bed alive again. This announce- | ment will be received with sorrow by his many friends. | them working both day and night. MILWAUKEE, Captain Lawton owner of the schooner Gipsey, wrecked last fall on the south point of North bay, arrived here to make arrang. ments to have a tug go to the vessel. Cap- tain Lawton has been at work on the wreck since the ice disappeared. He removed all of her cargo, and has placed seven tiers of ties in her hold to float her if she is got off, her bottom being entirely out of her. He has a derrick rigged over her anda large anchor out, and has succeeded in moving her two feet. He procured the tug Jessie Spalding last week from Sturgecn Bay, but her hawsers were not fitted for the work. Cap- tain Lawton believes that the vessel can be easily got off. When the steambarge H. B. Tuttle passed Whisky Bay, the propeller Pacific was ashore and a foot out at the lower end of the bay. ‘The tug Swain was at work on her. Repairs on the wrecked schooner ‘Three Brothers were completed Monday ata cost of about $1,500. Her owners, who abandoned her when she was on the rocks, have again accepted her from the underwriters. The schooner North Cape, wheat laden, from Chicago to Sundusky, and the schooner Ahira Cobb, coal laden, from Cleveland for this port, in tow of the steambarge Chisholm, collided in the fog at 3 o’clock Monday after- noon off the North Manitou Island. The North Cape arrived here ata late hour Tues- day in tow of the Chisholm. She is leaking some, her starboard side belng damaged. Her mainmast is sprung and her mizzen sail and rigging gone. ‘The Cobb lost her jib- boom. The North Cape is owned by her master, Captain Peterson, and Jacobson, of Chicago. The United States Marshal aitempted to seize the schooner ‘'hree Brothers, the own- ers having accepted her from the under- writers, but he arrived at the dock just as she was towing away, the libel was filed by Wolf and Davidson, and amounts to about $800, for the wrecked tug Leviathan and the shipyard bill, $1,500, Freight rates are firm and tonnage in good demand at 24c on wheat to Buffalo and $1.00 for ore to Ohio ports. The cargo of grain is to be taken out of the schooner North Cape, which collided with the Ahira Cobb, and she will receive new spars. The police are guarding the non-union vessels here. Union sailors visited the North Cape to-night, but were driven off. The wrecked steambarge Oscar Town- send and barge Monitor are to arrive here to morrow. The new schooner James Mowatt, on the stocks at. Wolf & Davidson’s main yard, is to be launched on Saturday. MT. CLEMENS. Special to the Marine Record. : ; ‘The new steambarge Cty of Mt. Clemens, which made her first trip, May 4, 1884, has been a successful one. She has made ten round trips from Lake Huron to Detroit, and around trip from Port Austin to De- troit with 300 tons of molding sand for the Lake Superior Copper Works in forty-eight hours, Captain Gilbert Lacroy, owner of the Mt. Clemens, made a contract to carry two million feet of lumber from Tawas to Port Huron for J. Jenkinson tor $1.25 per thousand feet. MUSKEGON, Special to the Marine Record. Porter Hackley, aged 87 years, of the tirm of G. H. Hackley & Co., lumber merchants, died suddenly of ‘heart disease, at 1p. m. ot the 2lstof June. He had been a resident of Muskegon since 1856. ‘lhe funeral took place from his brother’s residence on the atternoon of Sunday, the 22d instant, and was attended by a large number of his old friends. The vessel men arriving at Muskegon are very thankful to Captain Wm. Drum, of the tug Kittie Smoke, for bringing her to this port to compete with the Muskegon tug line, as they are now enabled to get towed from a considerable distance out on Lake Michigan, instead of being forced to stay at the piers burning their signals fora tug. The lumber mills are in full buzz, some of W. Captain Robert Laurie’s new scow, built has been transferred to the propeller Ly-| in this city this spring, under the supervi- | coming, vice Mate Pat Riley, promoted to sion of Alfred Anderson, was launched last | One-half Interest in qa New Steam Yacht {To an ENGINEER who w | For full particulars address, Saturday, She is astauneh eraft, and will Welsh was promoted to first mate of the | be about the thing for the busine ss she is to : . ibe employed in--stone carrying. FOR SALE, | ill give his own services, DEVLIN «& CO., Marine Conveyancers, 156 Washington-st Chicago.