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NO. 52. _ CLEVELAND. 0. DECEMBER 25. 1884. 92.00 PeR ANNUM SINGLE Copics 6 ORNTS » J.C. Gilchrist, of Vermillion, was in ity on Tuesday on businese. (4 1a Sr avconted an appointment as mas- 3 ateamer Cumberland for next sea- = tain Morley has always been a ‘ghoceésefnlsteamboat man, and Mr. Winslow “Thins, tn-this Snstance mudea_ good appoint- ment, - - It. willbe remembered that Captain Hi Rendérsouvwas married twenty-eight yeurs ago. Itts said that the first child, a boy, born Jast- Saturday, threatened to kick the captain out of the honse. Considering all ' the facts the boy must be about twenty-eight h No pee years old. The echooner Queen City, lying at the Otis. Mill, docks, is getting new decks and new® hatch eombinge, new quickwork in both ‘quarters, calking and minor repairs, The suhooner C. H. Johneon is also getting Sopew. batch cambings, sows. culking and other nevessary repairs. Mr. William Miller ; {odoin ‘thesworkon both vessels. re 4 The steamer Schnoor, Captain F. O, Bur- “rows, which has the honor of being the last arrival atthis © port this season, has made sixty-one round trips between here and the ‘islands, transporting 30,000 tons of stone for the Cleveland rolling mill Co, The Schnoor has during the season received about $1,000 in repairs consisting of new rail, upper plankghear, stanchions and bulwarks, and daring the winter she will get some new keelsons, all of which will put her in very good condition. The schooner St. Lawrence, Captain Do- ville; owner and master, now laid up at Ogdensburg, will receive quite extensive repairs during the winter at the marine rail- way and shipyard of George Hall. The 1e- pairs wil} consist of new floor ceiling, part new main and sister keelsons and any other ‘work: found necessary, all of which will in- volvean expense of $1,500 to $1,800, which, as the frames.and other vital points about the, Schooner are sound, should not fail to raise the rate of the vessel to straight Al. Captain John Bowman, formerly of this , olty,, dled at Rochester, last wecék, at the \age of 64 yeare, Captain Bowman was well sand favorably known by many of the like then of this port for many years, and it 8 with | ‘regret that we chronicle his death. Th, 1850-53 he eniled the old schooner Ama- ‘zon'for M. B, Scott, of this city, and fora slp of years the brig Isabella, owned by the same party. In 1856 he brought out the ;schooner, Milwaukee for Captain F. Pévéw, of Buffalo, after which he sailed the’. J. Wells until 1880, when he retired froth. the lakes dnd went ihto business at Ashtabula, The eighth annoal ball of the Cleve- ‘land tugmen, which took place at the ar- Mofy on Monday evening was a grand sue- _ Seas in évery respect and has not been sur- lasted by any party this season, And we Are pleased to say this for the two-fold rea- son tint it Was devoted to a charitable pur- pose, that of thé relfor of the family of Frank Potew, Who lost his life in the explosion of the tig Peter Sintth, and of the encourage- ment of these ghuetous men, who make it a duty to assist their unfortunate comrades, When we name the officers, A. J. Moffatt, A om president; Wm. Rober tson, vice © president} Wm. Young, secretury; Wm. Dwyer, treus- urer; M. Flannigan, assistant treasurer, it will be seen that it could not be other than a successful party. ‘Lhe Cleveland life savers, who were. con- cerned in the rescue of the schooner Jobn- son, ashore at this port last fall, will receive gold medals, This should also include Volunteer N. Tovat.. There can be no better evidence ot the esteem in which Captain D. P. Dobbins is held by the officers of the life saving crews under his jurisdiction than their recent action, while at Buffalo, in the presentation to Mr, Dobbins of a fine, gold-headed, ebony cane, Tlie discipline of the life savers .is as nearly perfect as it can be made. The system is probably the most generous measure the government has ever adopted in the interest of navigation, and we do not hesitate to say that Captain» Dobbing, in his administration of this district, has won the confidence of all men interested, therefore this noted de monstration of the masters of the several stations but reflects.the esteem in which he is held. It wit) be remembered that Super- intendent Dobbins has conceived and _ per- fected one of the most valuable boats for lite saving purposes that has come before the government for test and which has proved entirely satisfactory. Mr. Dobbins has never asked for royalty or reward of any kind for his invention, although it has been generally adopted by the government. In fact, on the presentation of his models ina completed form he anticipated the govern- ment’s just appreciation of merit by declin- ing 1o receive any payment for his work It will be the part of wisdom not to lose such men to the service, BUFFALO. The schooner Proctor, at Charlotte with a cargo of petroleum and coal, will run over to Pringle Ont., if the weather will permit. Coal shippers here are talking up the formation of a combination and the appoint- ment of an agent who. will be the only man authorized to charter vessels for them, ‘The move is aimed atthe brokers, whom ship- pers claim kept rates higher than they should have been during the past season. The schooner Jamaica is laid up at Clay- ton. The D. G. Fort, St. Lawrence, O. M. Bond and Kate Kelley are laid up at Ogdensburg. The body of Captain Robert L. Byers was tound in Buffalo harbor on the 17th. An ex- amination showed that his throat was cut. He had been suffering for some time previous to his disappearance two weeks ago, from aberration of mind and the theory of his death is that he committed suicide. Captain Byers resided in Buffalo nearly all his life, and had quite an interesting history. From his early manhood he had been connected with navigation. During the war he had charge of a dispatch and supply boat, ran- ning from Fortress Monroe to various south ern ports, and on one occasion was wounded by ashot from a confederate war vessel. After the war he returned to Buffalo, and served as captain ot various tugs in the har- bor. As we said last week he was well known among vessel men and greatly esteemed, KENOSHA, The schooner Morning Star, Captain A. M. Elliott arrived to lay up. The schooner M. L. Higgie has gone into winter quarters above the guard gate of the canal, Captain Sam Ashmun is ship keeper. CHICAGO. Special to the Marine Record. At Miller Brother’s drydocks J..S, Dun- ham’s wrecking tug T. ‘I, Morford is in dry- dock getting a new wheel, her old wheel having bursted in consequence of the water having become frozen in the chamber of the hub of the wheel when she was in dock last week getting her stern bearing fixed. The tug McCormick is having her rudder and stern bearing fixed and her bottom scraped. The steambarge Chauncy Hurlbut has been receiving considerable repairs, The steambarge A. R. Colborne will go out of Miller Brothers’ drydock this week. She has received a thorough overhauling and refastening and a new wheel and stern- bearing, Captain Brittain will take her over to Saugatuck to lay up if the weather will permit, At the Chicago Drydock Company? 8 yard the schooner Metropolis is in drydock get- ting new keelsons and refastening and some ealking,the steambarge New York is in for a thorough rebuild, tug Brothers is algo in for a thorough rebuild, and the schooners ‘Resumption and Ford River sré3to have new decks, The Chicago Drydock Company will hold their annual meeting the second ‘Thursday in January for the purpose of electing offi- cers and transacting other important busi- ness, The steambarge M. F, Butters, lumber laden, went up the river to her dock Mon- day morning, She arrived in the harbor last Friday, but was unable to get up the | river before in consequence of the ice. It would be wise to make this her last trip for the season. . : The tug Monitor, of the Gilman line, was laid up Saturday. She had been towing Fitzsimmons & O’Connell’s dredges around, but the ice has got so thick in the river that it was considered dangerous to continue longer. The ice in the river at this port is nearly five inches in thickness. The schooner J. B. Merrill was towed by the tugs Carpenter and Mosher to the Indi- ana elevator on Saturday, where she will load wheat at 41% cents for stcrage and freight, Captain E, Comerford appeared before | Commissioner Hoyne last Thursday to an- awer to the charge brought against him by a woman cook, who asserted that the cap- tain struck her and used bad language toward her on board the F, L. Danforth on her Jast voyage up from Buffalo, The evi- dence of the woman, and of a man who was one of the crew, and who asserted that he | saw the assault committed, was so very con. tradictory that the case was dismissed. ‘The steamer Lucille, Captain 8. Jones, makes daily trips from the distillery at the North Branch out into the lake. She isa splendid ice breaker, The only arrivals at this port since our last Issue were the Goodrich steamer City of Ludington with salt from Manistee, the steambarge Marshall F, Butters’ with lum- ber froin Ludington and the George W, Naghtin with lumber from Manistee. The Goodrich ‘Traneportation Company are running the steamer Depere, Captain Stinee, between this port and Ahnapee, eall- make two trips weekly, or a3 the weather will permit, during the winter. The schooner George W. Naghtin, Cap- tain G. Naghtin, arrived ‘'uesday morning about 9 a.m, She left Manistee in ‘tow of the tug C. Williams, of the Canfield Tug Line, Sunday. When about ten miles north of Port Washington they encountered a heavy gale and the tug was compelled to let her go about 8 a. m. on Monday, and the schooner came along alone. The captain reports that the schooner came througha lotof heavy ice, from below Racine, Her bow and sides forward are as bare of paint, from contact with the ice, as though they had been scraped. She will lay up here. T. W. FRANKFORT. Special to the Marine Record. Point Betsy light closed on the 7th of De- cember, and Frankfort pierhead light on the 14th. - Marine items from Frankfort will be scarce during the winter months; and it will probably be spring time before regular news will flow in again. However, if anything of note occurs the. readers ef the Recorp ‘will know it. Tugs Halland Slyfield have steam up, but will lay up in a few daye, The Sanford and Weston are running daily between Frankfort and Manistee. Burton & Gordon have built a pier at South Manitou Island during the past sum- mer and will build another this winter, They will engage extensively in shipping gravel to Chicago. C.-B. AMHERSTBURG, The Bar Point lightship: was taken to Walkerville by the International on Friday night last, where she will be thoroughly overhauled during the winter. We are sorry to see the lightship taken away from here to have the work done, as it would have been a splendid chance to have given our mechanics, out of work, employment. We understand that Captain F. B. Hackett in- tends huving the Colchester Reef lightship rebuilt here, and the two together would have given a good winter’s work. C. F, Dunbar will also overhaul his dredge and drill here. WINSOR. The oll pile driver, belonging to Detroit parties, has sunk near the ferry landing. This should be removed at once as it may cause trouble if allowed to lie there much longer. It is said the tug Bob Hacket will be sold at marshal’s sale in a few days, On Thursday night Richard Hutchins, of Detroit, was walking from the ferry wharf onto the boat in Windsor when he 5 slipped and fell, His leg got under the gang plank in some manner and was wrenched 80 violently that it was broken below the knee, He was taken to the Michigan College of Medicine in the ambulance, KINGSTON, Captain Pierce will build two boats for the Rathbun Co, at Deseronto this winter, One will be a sidewheeler, ‘The steamer City of Kingston, which has been purchased by C. Chamberlain, of ‘Toronto, will be put he drydock here and undergo repairs during the winter, The steambarge Resolute while on her way up the river last Thursday morning ran ing at way ports, and the steamer City of Ludington, Captain Gillman, between Mil- waukee and Manistee. Both boats will ashore near Oak Point, about eight miles from here, and opposite St. John’s Island, She released herself without damage, and arrived here light at 11 a.m.