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i itrM.iiii xnuiiiiin, vi unu ftut.:<nii;;i vti<juo Dormer, made the following statement to a ; reporter of the Port Huron Telegraph regarding the sinking of his boat: "We were leaving the mouth of Black River on the first trip after dinner, a few minutes past 1 o'clock. My boat, the Grace Dormer, was running at the rate of about eight miles an hour. As soon as the boat got past the corner of Howard's dock, where the lumber is piled high, I first saw the tug Frank Moffat, not 100 yards away, bearing down on us at the rate of 15 miles an hour. I put the wheel hard a-star- "^board to head the Dormer down stream, blew jthe whistle once to signal the tug, and seeing that the tug did not respond, blew the Dormer's whistle three times., The tug came right on, not altering its course a hair, . and the collision 1'oiiowed in half a minute, but it) wouldn't have occurred, in my opinion, had they i J put her wheel to port a little. I had about thirty passengers aboard, some of them ladies. When we were struck the passengers j rushed toward the tug; some scrambled aboard her. As soon as the boats separated, I found that ray engineer was aboard the tug. I then rushed to the engine, gave her a full head of steam, then ran back to the wheel andheadedfor Black River. The water! was coiniag in at the stern, through which the bow of the Moffat had crushed, with a rush, and the Dormer was fast settling. The passengers still on were grabbing life'preservers and getting ready to swim when I swung her up alongside McMorran's dock. It wasn't necessary to throw out a gang plank or offer assistance to help anybody off They were on th-> dock as soon as I was, and ? in about two minutes the Dormer touched bottom in thirteen feet of water. Every pas-; , senger was landed Bafely, that's one' good Qg." tion Company, drawn by William H. Condon, to the libel of John J. Corcoran, administrator of the Goit estate, owner of the schooner Metropolis, against the propeller Monahansett and the barge Metacomet for $4,300 damages, incident to a collision last May, it is claimed that the collision occurred near Pilot Island, Lake Michigan, in a dense fog late at night; that the schooner at the time was moving about five miles an hour and carrying all her canvas, and tiiat those in charge of her neglected to exhibit a torch, as by law required, and to blow proper fog signals, and that these facts, together with the density of the fog were the cause of the collision, and not want of skill or neglect on the part of those who were navigating Raid propeller and barge, and that so far as the said boats or company are concerned the collision was inevitable, they moving at the rate only of from three to four miles an hour, running under check, the engine having been stopped as soon as it could be discovered there was danger of collision. JUCi" JiUUVUUI. jcr wcuifcc otveic t. ACCIDENTS. (her main boom. Repairs to all these craft at ;Chica^o Company's shipyard. Prop Germania, lumber, Bay City to Cleveland at $1.50; barges H. C. Sprague and Seminole, East Sacinaw to Toledo at $1.75; prop Jenness, barges Wyandotte and Sweepstakes, Bay City to [Toledo at $1,75; barges Midnight and Tailor, .[Bay City to Tonawanda at $1.75; prop Turner, barges Smith, Star of the North, and Wm. Lewis, Tawas to Cleveland at $1.50; barge Sunberry, Bay City to Toledo at $1.50. Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, Joseph Cook, has received from H. F. French, of the Treasury Department, a circular in which his attention is called to the habit of overloading excursion steamers during the hot weather, and i • which requests him to caution the local inspectors in his district against permitting any violators of the law to go unproaecuted. All excursion steamers will hereafter be more closely watched than usual, and an example will be made of any who permit their steamers to be overloaded. -JA PASSING AWAY. TWO MORE OLD NAVIGATORS. The following dispatch was received yesterday by Captain Patrick Finn, the well-known vessel owner: "Oswego, N. Y., July 27.—Captain John died last night. Funeral to-morrow. "M. J. CtJMEIlNOS," "Captain John" is Captain John M. Griffin, one of the oldest and best known navigators and vessel-owners on the lakes. Captain John had been out in Leadyille, Cot, for two years up to the present spring, when failing health compelled him to return home to Oswego. He sailed from youth, was successful, and became a vessel-owner, and finally a large capitalist. Of late years he has lived ashore, looking after and managing his vessels. He owned an interest in the schooner Mystic Star, and wholly owned the Blazing Star and Other vessels. He also had mining interests in Colorado. Deceased was a half-brother of M.J. Gumnitngs, Esq., of Oswego, and Was an old-time friend of Captain Patrick Finn, of this city (formerly of Oswego), and of his brother, Nicholas Finn, Esq., now engaged in mining interests in Colorado. He had hosts of friends in all the lake cities, and will be sincerely mourned. Captain James Bennett, of Mackinaw, whose death was announced in The Inter Ocean yesterday, was well known in Chicago and along the lakes. FREIGHTS. " GRAIN CHARTERS YESTERDAY. The schooner H. W. Sage obtained 3c on wheat to Buffalo, the propeller New York obtained 3c on corn, and the propeller Boston 2%c on corn. The E. J. McVea takes corn to Sarnia at l3-±c. The following shows the quantity of grain taken by each craft engaged: TO BUFFALO. Bushels. Steamship H. "W. Sage, wheat............. 50,000 Propeller Boston, corn................... 70.000 Propeller New York, corn.................. 50,000 TO EBIE. Propeller Philadelphia, rye............... 4.0,000 TO SARNIA. Schooner E. J. McVea, com............... 19,000 THE L0RA DISABLED—COLLISION. The steamer L^ra, of Graham & Morton's line, became disabled in her machinery off the harbor yesterday morning and was towed in by the tug American Eagle. The schooner R. B. King, sailing into the harbor (tio avoid a tow bill of $-1), ran into the steam canallboat Moore, which was towing the canalboat Norm;an. The Norman was damaged to some extent aand the King lost her jibboom and headgear, besldtes sustaining damage to rail and bulwarks. The King was sailing into the harbor on the occasion! of her collision with the Floretta and had to pa;;v a bill of several hundred dollars. It is stated that the schooner C. J. Wells, of the J. B. Lyon's tow, will be taken to Buffalo for re? pairs. The repairs on the Lyon and Hutchinson will be made at Miller Bros.' yard. FIRMING FREIGHTS. THREE CENTS ON CORN TO BUFFALO. Barge 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 yesterday. The steamship Oceanica got 2*30 on a full cargo of corn to Buffalo early in the day, and a little later the propeller Jay Gould got Sc on a jug of 20,000 bushels of corn to the same port. At noon and during the afternoon shippers were offering 3c on full cargoes of corn' The rate on wheat to Kingston (nominal) was 5*20. Fallowing were^the only engagements reported | ' The: Milwaukee ScvfhipJ says: "At a late hour ' Saturday niurht the schooner Elbe and the Anchor Line propeller Lycoming collided between the piers. The Elbe was bound out light under canvas, aand the Lycoming was bound in. Who was to blooms for the vessels coming together is unknowns but it is thought that the officers of the Lyconning did not see the Elbe in time to avert the collision. The main lift of the Elbe caught on the steamer, and a moment later her mainmast ; fell with a crash, the mast bre Iking off at the I deck and falling onto the Lycoming, which had been stopped. One of the crew of the Elbe was in the trussletrees when the vessels struck, and endeavored to reach the deck, but had just reached the ringing when the mast fell. Ho clung to the rigging, but struck the side of the steamer, and ' was seriously injured. The crew of the Lycom-. ing rescued him from his perilous position and] carried him into the cabin, where he was given'] proper treatment until the Lyooming reached her deck, when the captain procured a carriage and had him taken to the Oregon House, on the South Side. Some of the life-saving crew went to the assistance of the Elbe, and helped straighten things up on board, and afterward fired up the tug Emma Dwver and towed her back into the harbor. The Elbe, in addition to the loss of her mainmast, had her main topmast broken and her mainsail torn." Even here the run of bad luck did not ceasey After the Lyon had been straitened up, the tugs proceeded along up the harbor. When in the North Branch at Indiana street, the Hutchinson lollidcd with the heavy trestle-work of the coal dock, inflicting damage and breaking her great bowsprit and jibboom. It has been a disastrous passage for the Lyon and her tow, and the loss will foot up a large sum. The Wells is minus her bowsprit and jibboon, but it iB understood that she lost these on the last passage down to Buffalo, and came up without them. Captain Johnny Perew, of the Lyon, is a good, careful navigator and usually has the best of luck. ______.. i ¦ Sp( cial Telegram to The Port Colborne, Ont. Colorado, hound to Buffaj unknown reason ran in h lying here to-night. Tli Frost left here this morn] here this afternoon by tw Inch found her a few m: ir Ocean, ly 21.—The steamship ( with corn, lor spme-I re to-day, and is StibVi steamship Walter L. * g, and was towed back & of the harbor tugs, ea ott the harbor in - disabled condition, her efcrae being broke down. Bhe is lying here to-nighpetting the break iixed. The Frost is a new boatj and this is her n trip up. ¦ i,„ Al HEAVY DAM-AGE. THE LYON AND HER TOW—THE DUFFERIN. The damage to the trcstlework and derxicB the Pennsylvania Coal Company's dock at Indiana street, inflicted by the schooner J. SI Hutchinson while, towing up the North Branch on Sunday, is very heavy, and was estimated yesterday at $1,000. The damage to the Lyon, Hutchinson, Wells, and Marsten will foot up to about gj4,00Q or $5.000 -... . ^i, | n , Cloned been unloaded here. It is found she jettisoned 3'The bargetroton, which went on the;beach last fall, south of harbor, and ™g£fiSJfi& Boring by Mavthaw's tug Lion, has been hbeiiea byMaythaw for $'2,000, amount agref upon for releasing her. She is in the hands of insurance companies. _ , _ oC.5-1 tv.i—,.~-v, +^ ThA Tnfnr Ocean. stated that $2,000 will fully cover the damage to the Alice B. Norris. All vessels loading coal at Oswego in future will have to pay their own towage bills. Receipts of lumber to July 1 were 542,797,000 feef receipts to this time last year were * 44,- The damage to the Canadian schooner .Lady Dufferin, run down in the harbor at State street bridge on Tuesday evening, is even heavier than at first supposed, and the bill of repairs will be a big item. It seems that some one told King Billy Harmon yesterday that "the papers were crediting one of the Union Line tugs with having the Dufferin in tow at/the time and holding the tug responsible." This flustered King Billy. He never takes a newspaper, Bo he rushed around 1 he neighboring offices to borrow one. He finally found. THE INTER OCEAN, prepared to use forcible language, but when he read the account he "beamed all over his countenance," and exclaimed: "The Union Line tugs are not men-tionedinthe article at all!" Then lie brushed away a tear lot joy, perhaps), and murmi something about buttermilk The steamer City of Milwaukee made the r%ti from Grand Haven to Milwaukee, a distance of eighty-five miles, in four hours and fifty-three minutes. After a stop of thirty-five minutes at Milwaukee she left again for Grand Haven, and completed the .round trip in eleven hours and fifteen minutes. ¦ ¦ i^^m^m^i - I U. UU1LU U6 shipyard / HI A rolbbery took place "Wednesday night on th '» Total grain to all ports..............229,000 No change in coarse freights. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. BUFFALO, N. Y... July 28.—Coal frieghts unchanged. Boats and cargoes remain scarce at 50 cents. The propeller D. W. Powers and two consorts are loading railroad iron for Prince Arthur Landing. HAEEOR COLLISION. THE LADY DUFFERIN WATERLOGGED. The Canadian schooner Lady Dufferin, in ;ow of a tug, sustained serious injury in the i&rbor last night The vessel had just ar-ved, laden with cedar posts, and it was fortunate that the cargo was not dead weight. Coming along the main river there was con fusion at State street bridge, was moving along out, and there were nu- | I merous other tows coining out and in. The i(result was that the propeller struck the Duf- I iferin a heavy blow, and crushed in her bows. She made water rapidly, and had not her cargo been of a buoyant character she would have gone to the bottom. The tug j Jaicceded in getting her to the ¦ {coal dock opposite the lumber market, and j, left her there, heeled over and half full of : (water. The damage will prove a big item, j [and somebody will have to foot the bill, as j (the Dufferin herself was, of course, in no wise jto blame for the accident. The vessel is | lowned by Cameron and others, of. Port Bue-| Swell, Can., rates A 2, and has a valuation of lip 10,000. She is insured, but the damage I hardly be an insurance job. i In 1881, during a storm on Lake Lne, the fcfceambargo J- V. Donaldson was forced to cut her ltow line and let three barges go ashore. The '{owner of the barges brought claims for damages 'gagainst the steambarge amounting to $18,000. land the case, which has been going on for two years was settled on Monday at Detroit by tin libel being dismissed, the Judge being of th< oninioii that the Donaldson was not to blami The Can.uiiau-Aniener.ti schooner Alexain lying in the North Branch uncared for. Shoo* not been fitted out at all this season. Severa times she has broken adrift, and people in th neighbourhood or the harbor master have straigh - ened her up and made her fast again, Lffortf have been made to ascertain who owns the vessel but all to no avail. There is a bill against hei now, and if the owner does not turn up speediU -v." will hp ill trouble. i f DROWNED IN THE KARBOB. SAILOR LOST I'ROM THE S. B. POMEROY. i u Armstrong, a seaman on the schooner S. B. owned in the harbor yesterday. ,vas in the vessel's yawl while she was towing } the North Branch, was thrown out in some ad drowned before any assistance could :h him. The vessel »cft last evening for Mid- ! com loaded. Whether the unfortunate man datives or friends in the, city could not be [. There was great trouble indeed to ;, n. his name even. Captain Comstock much regretted the sad accident. Armstrong had only b. en aboard fehePomeroy a few hours, having just u shipped. schoomer Keepsake, owned by Lucas Brothers, an choredl at the foot of Chene street, Detroit. Then pantalcoons, which were in the cabin, were taker out aiud the following taken: Cash, $t>00 in bilh and $3180 in gold; two silver watches and chains a due 1 bill and a note, valued in all at $1,185.50 A wincdow in the cabin was found open and th theory- is that the pantaloons were taken out b; means-! of a hook attached to a pole. The gar ments were found on the deck in the morning miw filmEinniirvr i, M -..........¦-- Lumiber freights at Bay City have again declined 20c per 1,000 feet with no better effect ii the wn.y of securing loads than before. The rati to Buffalo and Tonawanda is now $1.50 per m. Ohio freights are not quoted, as no charters hav< been made. The figure will necessarily be 25c less than the Buffalo rate. Cargoes are ver;> scarce and the river is lined with boats lying idle. The stt.eambarge Potomac left Tuesday with tin schooner Annie Vougnt for Chicago. They arc ^ lumber laden and receive $'2 to S'J.20 per m. v^ The remainder of the corn cargo of the schooner Golden West, at Buffalo, figures up 28,151 bushels,. As her bill of lading is for 31,*32 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, amd she now will go into Mill's dry-dock | for perrmanent repairs. A reptort which comes from a pretty reliable source lis in circulation to the effect that a controlling; interest in the Star Lino of steamers had d to A. N.Moffat and others at Port Huron and othier St. Clair Kiver ports. The price is said to be an the rate of $70,000 for the two steamers, Evening Star and Idlewild. According to the report, A. N. Moffat, of Port Huron, will 'be the A propeller manager.of the line in future. BETTER FREIO-HT mV;<^i1 tde«7rani to The Inter.Ocean. ,, Buffalo. N. Y., Julv 24.—Coal freights dull. EnVagements-Schr Thomas L. Parker to Green Bay 05c; prop R. A. Packer to Milwaukee, DOc; schr Georger to Chicago, 00c. RATES. APPRECIATION IN Tl - YESTERDAY. Grain freiahts Were firm yesterday, and QHc M on corn and S^c on wheat to Buffalo, upward tendencyat the close. ToKinas- chooner Belle Mitchell got 5c on wheat, tnceof ^c. On corn to Collingwood the rale was l*}c. On oats to Sarnia, l^c.. The icaaementSj owing to scarcity of ready tonnage in port, was limited to the following: ao nurFALO. Bushels. Propeller Chicago, corn.................... 20,000 - Propeliler Chicago, wheat.................. 20,000 TO ERIE. Propeliler Philadelphia, corn.............. 40,000 Barge Schuylkill, corn.................... 4ii,000 ' TO COLLINGWOOD. Schoomer Lily Hamilton, corn............ 20,000 TO SARNIA, SchoomerPewaukee, oats.......!.......... 25,000 TO KINGSTON. Schoomer Belle Mitchell, wheat........... 22,000 But the warmest man alonir Water street was the captain of the Dufferin. Through no fault of .1/. J RJfS. his own his vessel, just arriving in the harbor, had been badly wrecked forward, involving large expense and long delay, and no one was even offering to foot the bill for repairs. With the starvation freight rates that are ruling, the - collision and damage prove a heavy blow, and it is not at all to be wondered at that the captain;is exasper- THE TEMPEST, TOO, The tug Halladay, which had the Dufferin in tow at the time, was coming through the starboard draw of State street bridge, and, aocording to law and usage, had right of way over craft i ^ bound the other way. The steambarge Tempest, ^ bound out, came along at a good gait, » , and hoped to be able to safely pass the * *" V Halladay and her tow. It was a great miscalcula- | tion, however. The Tempest went stem on into the Dufferin's bow, causing a concussion that shook both craft from stem to stern. When i tie Tempest backed out there was a full impression!, f of her sharp stem into the Dufferin's bow. The *-v^ Dufferin was cut down below the water. Eight or Y . ten long plank are cut through and will have to be replaced entire, as it will not do to patch on the bow. It is feared also that frames and breast hooks are also broken. It was a fortunate thing that her cargo was of cedar posts, as she would otherwise have gone to the bottom. A survey was commenced on the damaged ves-irday and will be completed to-day when her cargo is all out.1 Captain Keith and another gentleman acted as surveyors. Ship-carpenters who looked at the vessel say she cannot be properly repaired for less than $SO0 or $1,000. Captain Barrett, of the tug Halladay, holds that he is in no wise responsible for the accident and damage, and the captain of the Dufferin seems to think the same way. They both hold the Tem-pbnsible, and the captain of the Duff irin says he will promptly libel her on her arrival back in port here to-day. The Tempest is valued at $17,000 and is owned by White and others of Grand Haven. Not being in port here yesterday, the master of the Tempest could not be interviewed as to his side of the accident. The tug Hall Idav is owned by Halliday, or • valued at $7,000. The Dufferin will he towed to one of the dry-d:.'c!^ '. hi,- iLi';ei'!ii»i.;:. ¦ ¦ ion. The tug Ward was towing the large schooner M. E. Tremble out last evening, and was compelled to slack down or stop at Wells street bridge. The vessel ran on the tug and scooped off her pilot house, damaged her steam pipes, etc., disabling her. Another tug took the Tremble and ¦wed the Ward up the river to one of the 1 ards. s? ^>K SESCTJE OF THE LA PETITE. TEE WELCOME FEBX'OBMS THE JOB. The schooiler La Petite, which -\v;is ashore the South Manitou Island, arrived here yesterda; in tow of the tug Welcome.and was plaued drydock at Wolf & Davidson's main yard, Th. Captain of the La Petite says that his vessel wen: on diirinK a heavy fog at an early hour last Thursday morning. The tng Welcome, which left here Friday night, went to work on her Sunday morning. She lay on a very rocky bottom, her bow being within a few feet of the land. At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon the Welcome had her afloat, and left with her immediately for South | Manitou Harbor, where she was run into shallow j water to permit of temporary repairs being made, i as she had a large hole in her starboard quarter j It was intended that she should take a hold full of wood at Arcadia, but a heavy squall came on ] Monday noon, when she was off Point Uetsev .¦nid the tug towed her into Frankfort, but she remained but a few hours, the weather having cleared off. An examination of her in tin- drydock showed that sin- had received very little damage considering the nature of the shore she went on. There was a large hole in her starboard quarter, requiring a few new streaks of planks, and her bilge on tta starboard side amidships was damaged. As she was uninsured no survey was taken.—Milwaukee*Senti-uul, h , .189,000 T'otal grain to all ports...... No c.ihange in coarse freighi j. Kl>:: nu: 'L'. 1c.li-ii in to The inter urmin. lit i¦¦:¦ alo, N. Y-, July 23.—Boa! freights dull at formerr quotations, 50 cents to Cnieago and Mil-ents—The Clarion for Chicago, the N~ K. Fairbank on contract, and the Ogarita at 90 ieent3 for Duluth; Young America for Do-pero alt 70 cents. ' The Lmcinder Van Valkenberg was' pulled oil, finally, by the Bruce, atter lightering. «*?£ not dome a minute too soon, either. A soleaster set in <m Friday morning which would have made niiiiinitnininnnf'nrtiij;l°ii ~ '.""'" i S. A. Murphy has purchased the tug Andrew J. Smith from Bice and others, of Buffalo, for Kft 000. The Smith rates A l^, and was built at Buffalo in 1870. Mr. Mtohy mm ownatb» largest fleet of tugs on the lakes, and eeemaj/o Jjinvp.oiiy of work for all oj: Klein, ' The-choonerS. 1-. Watson has arrived at Mil-wanlceewltha cargo of coal for the .North Chicago Rolling Mill, the first cargo delivered there on. The Vinson was dismasted on Lake Huron a *eek ago Tuesday last, and hadiepairs made ait Port Huron. The propeller St, Lonis, which left Detroit on eigh' for Lillie Superior was towed back on Satmrdav by the steamer Milton D. Ward, part of her- machinery having become disabled. passemgers were transferred to the Japan. St. Lamis will be ready to resume Mondaiy nest. 1 Her The her trip on ACCIDENT ON SHIPBOARD. A SAILOR TERBIBLY TNJUBED. While the propeller Lycoming1, of the Anchor Line, was lying; at the Pennsylvania Company^ coal dock yesterday, John Gallagher, one of the crew, fell from aloft and sustained terrible injuries, from the effect of which it was feared he would die. The office of the Marine Hospital was called up by telephone, and the ambulance waa Kent to the dock and conveyed the sufferer to the hospital. CAPTAIN J. M. G-RIFFIN. THE CAREER OE THE DEAD NAVIGATOR. From the Oswego Palladium, Saturday. At 1 o'clock this morning Captain John M. Griffin died at his home, on East Bridge street, in this city. Captain Griffin was horn in Ireland. He came to this country and to Oswego with his parents when very young. He lived here ever since. He commcncec sailing on the lakes in I860, and in 1S6C took charge of the schooner Maple Leaf, which he sailed for two seasons. In 1807 n„ .„¦ njffl , . , „ .. one lying1 in the Suez Canal. Ike cargo lstne Cap Lam Guffin took command of the larg/stever taken out of any Lake Superior schooner James Navagh. In November, 1868, during a fearful storm, the Navagh went on Twin River Point, about seventy miles from Milwaukee, and became a total loss The crew clung to the wreck for sev eral hours, and were finally rescued, although the cook, Mrs. Mills, of Oswego, died after being taken ashore. In the Spring of 1869Cap tain Griffin brought out the schooner Guid ing Star, of which he was part owner, and remained in command until 1873, when he went to Manitowoc and superintended the building of the schooners Blazing Star and Mystic Star, both of which vessels he commanded for a short time. In 1874 Captain Grilhn accepted a, position with Mr. M. J. Cummingein the Ontario mills, having charge of the city retail trade. After the destruction of that mill by fire, he occupied the same position with Messrs. Hastings & Co., in the Cumberland mill, until two years ago, wheny failing health compelled him to resign, andi upon the advice of physicians he went toCol-J orado. After remaining there nearly a year fl he returned home greatly benefited, as h* ' supposed, but after a short stav the ole ; symptoms of pulmonary consumption re- i turned, and he was compelled to go wesl i again, where he remained until the 23d o: I April last. Since that time he has been ii j weakly condition and for the last threi weeks was confined to his house. He fel I that the end was near and when death came ! he met it manfully. He was a son of "Will iam Griffin, of this city. He leaves n wif< and seven children, lie was a brother o j Captains P. and W. Griffin, and a half-brothe: of Mr. M. J. Cummings. He also leave; three married sisters. He was consid one of the best sailors on the lakes, and dur j ing his career made many remarkably quick trips. He was a true-hearted man, of gener ous and manly impulses, and his death wil cause a deep feeling of sorrow, not onlj among the lake sailors but in a large droit of friends, who had learned to respect Join for his many sterling qualities. William Don i time Captain and owner o ¦ ff Sassacus, diei 1 at Cleveland Monday of cholera morbus after a few days sickness. The deceased was a young single man not much' over 25 years of age, and was a favorite among his acquaintances. The large Cleveland propeller Onoko,, which left here last week for Lake Superior, arrived Saturday at Sandusky with a load, of nearly 2,400 tons of ore from Marquette, and this amount would have been much larger had there been any more ore to take. Seven i in the trip, and of these two were taken up loading at Marquette and Suez Canal. A Manitowoc dispatch of -Monday says: "This morning the tug Kate Williams brought to this port the C, H. Burton from Washington Island; she left that point yesterday aft-ernoon. it required four large steam pumps to keep her afloat. The Burton "is in bad condition, but must have been a strong and substantial craft to have stood the heavy pounding she has. The work of releasing her was done by the Detroit Towing and Wrecking Company. They had been at work on her seven weeks; owing to the position of the wreck and being a very fiat bottom, a new system had to be adopted, that is patching on the inside. She will at once go into drydock for a thorough rebuild. Messrs. Rand & Berger have purchased the tug Gregory, of Sturgeon Lay parties; she is to be delivered here on the loth inst. Messrs. 11. & 13. are not content to allow all the wrecks to pass this port, where they have a dry dock and all •f:u-:l ii IPS hRin?ft th£L^auMiflMMIfl'l^MmMflMMMMi s/ -The yacht Mabel oapsized about 2 o'clock Tuep- omg as thie craft was entering Lake St. (Jlairoa her way uo Belle River, Ont. There was a crew of six perscons on board who succeeded in clinging to the boatt until she drifted ashore mm The pi rived 01 Ckj ... epiiekest trip through the made. Tl m lake to lake was ten ^ind one-half hour;?. The Detroit Free Press pays: "Yt 1 ¦. . \ id Carter, were I to A. N. Moffat, Henrj Ward, of Port Hat-on. The ne rv were elected directors, and they '¦¦ Henry Howard, President; 0. V . tirer; and A. N. Moffat, Secretary and General r. The managemem ¦ ¦ thus transferred from Dotro ¦ that barelj ¦ crowd to 1. yt. Clair, a 0:1 the Sr. Clair River du is stated q the line, 1 or). urn: and placed on th i ¦ C / . 1 " JJoais and i ai.ri scarce at 50 he propeller D. W. Powers and two con-loading railroad irom for Prince Arthur