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Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Erie, Pa., Oct. 25.~Captain William Crlbbras, stroke Oarsman of the Erie life-saving crew was drowned last night while crossing the h *.-. The unfortunate man had been in the servh his life, and had saved over one hundred am ttv g™na from watery graves at great personal Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 25.—Arrived, Coal- [ laden—Steambarge Business. Cleared for Escanaba—Bchr Myostio. Charters—Steambarge Business, ore, Escanaba to Ashtabula, $1.45: steam-barge C. J. Kershaw, 04,000 bushels of barley to Buffalo; steamship B. A. Packer, wheat to Buffalo. On discharging the cargo of the schooner Heed Case, which was ashore on Baas Island, at Sandusky, 1,000 bushels was found to be daru-ayed. The cargo was insured in the Big Four. The wind has been from the north for a week, and a fleet of one hundred vessels are windbound, including grain-laden vessels and a large fleet for Escanaba. The schooners Kate Hinch-mann and Salma came in to-day disabled in the northeaster of to-day. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean Frankfort, Mich., Oct. 25.— The propellers Champlain, Weston, Cnmtnings, Sanford, and schr Jane Anderson arrived. The samo steamers sailed. The propeller Hattie Perlne is loading at Otter Creek pier. Wind northeast. "SprcJJiV! T,e7egKu5T!c^FIn^nTer Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 15.—The steamer Sparta, bountd down, is hard aground in Lake George, Saultt Iliver, and ligliterinj. VARIOUS PORTS. Special Telegram to Th«* Inter Ocean. BUPFALO, N. i'., Oct. 3.—The Canadian schooner recently ashore at Port Colborne, has beeh released and placed in dry-dock here. A survev was hold to-day. Tne estimated damage is placed at $4,000. Two big shortages are reported here. Captain James Davidson's new steamer, the George T. Hope, with wheat from Duluth, is short 570 bushels, considerable of which was damaged. The schooner Thomas L. Parker, also wheat, was 255 bushels. The steamboat inspector here have condemned the boilers in the Commercial Line propellor Nebraska. Captain George McCullougli, formerly of the propeller Wissahickon, has taken command of tbe&ti 'get. Hope. . , ¦ The Milwaukee Sentinel tit yesterday (Thursday) say*: '¦Lake Michigan was swept by a violent south-he wind at times reaching a velocity of over thirty miles au hour, and there was a big sea running. Last night wa-^ a nasty one outside, the gale being accompanied by rain, and the sea was as* heavy as in the morning. Xo s in this vioinity were reported. ,A number of vessels so. rin the harbor, among them the schooner S. >>. Pomeroy, grain-laden, ttQm Chicago for Buffalo; schooners II. J. Skid «¦— ^tlE *G AiiDXEli" A TOTAL WRECK. y Johm Pridgeon, owner of the schooner Nellie . Gar< tier, received the following dispatch this Is-morniing, dated Alpena, Oct. 15: "Schooner Gardner ashore on south point Scarecrow Island: broken in two; will be total wreck. "Thomas Tucker, Master." Caj >tain Pridgeon at once wired Captain Tucker to stirip the vessel and bring the crew to this city. The (j-ardner was not insured. [Thie Nellie Gardner's cargo of corn was shipped >y Irwin, Orr <fe Co., of Chicago, and was destined Ealo, The insurance on the cargo is 1,0*00, divided up among the "Big 4" com-anles—the Thames and Mersey; Union, of Phil-delpthia; State, of Pennsylvania, and Conti-lental, of New York. The Gardner measures 156 5 tons was built in 1873, rated Bl, and was valued at $16,000. Pridgeon, of Detroit, was the owner, and has no insurance at all upon her.] unleaded yec. As soon air ™™. ^ ,,, ¦ 'wiiiie coming up __________ --¦ . -- picsea np tbie schonnpr T it Mtn.i ot her she will be put on Goble's dry-dock. Cap- wiuh her tfbboom and force rigglrS carried ™ tain T. Donnelly says that it was a risky thing to The disabled schooner w»s towed to the SorhS take the Typo across to Oswego, considering the wells dry-dock for repairs. opnut, rous condition she was in. If Kingston had -fi^r* ^------------_^,--------- a dry-dock capable of hauling her out, she would have been brought to ^^ here. As it was the vessel pense In being taken across the iake." '\heUcl°y^™"Se'wo?kWdoBt The propeller Prussia taas arrived at Kingstc Vessel ™S pk?to a Sr"el- ^Z^'rfl^l t. a'^ *S. .**> Domi™. FBANKFORT, Mich., Oct. 3.— The crew of ttfe . jschooner Spy passed through here to-day on their j-troute to Milwaukee. The Spy is ashore high and tiry at Good Harbor with the loss of anchors and | It. Her cargo of tan bark is.say etj. tWNJik-Miimr Ifr n W-11IUIL1I'tfJMBWT Wrecking Company for -debt. She has receive, a few new boards on her bow, but her, stern a L 3* the same dilapidated condition. ir / Jxrygan with slat fVesion departed. The new sfceamt imt on the route V ity- ._ The steamers Sanford and | Lou H. Curnmings has been tween, Frankfort and Traverse j ______________^^^^^ ontarioT Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. ^^^^ PostT HURON, Mich., Oct. 15.—The John Owen, that left here for the propeller Ontario, wasj obligced to leave the wreck and put into South amptcon. Up to this hour the John Martin, with a steaim pump on board, had not arrived at Southampton. It is thought she made Goderich for Bheltrar. The Ontario is on a reck and clay bottom, 'with nine feet of water in her. From the latest advices to Mr. Beatty at Sarnia the steamer was resting quietly ou the bottom, Her cargo in the htoid Is destroyed. Special Telegram 4) The Inter Ocean. Grand Havei , Mich., Oct. 10.—The steamer City of Milwauk e, of the D. and M. Railroad line, from Granc' Haven to Milwaukee, has been taken off the rom e and placed in this port for the ¦winter. , MM J--------- . f| FREIGHTS. XO CHANGE IN RATES. Corn to Buffalo, 324C: wheat, 3^0; corn to K ngston, 7 l'jc The day's engagements were limited to the following, notwithstanding a good demand, the supply of ready tonnage being very light: ^ THE WRONG RANGE, y/ OK "CAPTAIN JOHNSON'S MISTAKE—NO NOVEL. I The Choboygan Triburtp, speaking of the! disaster to the Chicago schooner Lucy J. Clark, J' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ says: "The schooner Lucy J. Clark arrived^ more, Arendal, and C. H. Hackley, and scows I |fl MontUay evening with 6,000 bushels of oats for M. Hid and Green Bay, loaded for Chicago; and - * * _ the tug O. B. Green, bound from Chicago to Ce P~ * «-*.+*.«». t dar River. The .Pomeroy sprung " * ^ --*-**- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^__- - lfia^ outside, ! 'but it was not thought that any of her cargo of j grain was damaged." PORTS. VARIOUS THE NORWAY CAPSIZES. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. ^h^^h PORT COLBORNE, Ont., Oct. lo.—The schooner ! Norway was got off the beach here laat evening . as towed into the harbor. One of the V steam pumps broke down after getting her in and. '¦ • —4+k ,n<,tAr again and capsized. l^o^S'S^^^r^Bparsa^ ng doing conBidorable damage to the u W. & A. McArthur. It was blowing a bowling gale, and Captain Johnson concluded to sail in, but uinfortunately took the light in the "Waterworks and the upper range light for his ran ge, and ffound that there was not a very good chan- [; nel om that range, and brought up some distance abovte the harbor. "Wednesday morning a lighter was ttaken alongside, 1,000 bags of oats taken off, whem the tug Duncan City puiled her off without any ttrouble. She does not appear to have suffered any diamage, as she does not leak. After dis-, changing her cargo she loaded lumber and sailed ¦* i yestcorday for Chicago." | HfS'CETJIJANE5ul NOTES. Captain Anderson, of the schooner Spv, recent! wrecked at Ge-od Harbor, in his wreck report, says that the Teasel was at a pier loading wood, and had about ten cords in her hold when the lines parted and *<'^ wont oil the beach, and thati t be vessel was pained at $2,000, and cargo was a total loss.. Captain Anderson and Hans Hanson,' owners of the 5$py, yesterday sold the wreck to] | Ole Hanson foir$;U)0, and Hanson sold one-halffi J tq John EYemson, captain of the l.fe-savingf 111 station, for S^QHj. They will wreck the vessel. i^"^jfluMJ"iim. liio inuiiwimiiLi, has limn n/ examination of the schooner John Wesle; at Windmill Point. He m^de an offer to release her. The repairs to the schooner Hercules, which was ashore at Fort Colborne, amounted to $1,600. The schooner W- H. Vanderbilt, sunk oif Long *^ j Point, has been stripped and her rigging taken to Buffalo. _ m At last accounts schooner Skylark was at Alpena ' minus her main boom and maintopmast. The j topmast broke, being nearly rotted through where the break occurred, and was prevented from falling ou deck by the ropes fastened to it. The main boom was broken in gibing. The accidents occurred while sine was beating into the bay, and on account of the want of a main boom she was unable to work her way in. She lay near the mouth of the bay until a tug came after her. A new boom and topmast were being remade for her at Alpena. The Skylark had onboard 11,000 bushels of oats and 1,000 bushels of corn for Alpena parties. The Milwaukee schooner Granger, grain-laden ashore in Georgian Bay, aceording to a privaU dispatch received here, is out fourteen inches. The wrecked Milton was towed here to-day bj the tug Thomas Bpear. Special Telegram .to The Inter Ocean. Frankfort, Mich., Oct. 12.— The schooners I). Moore arrhved for shingles to Chicago;, schooner Una. from the Manitous. with gra* ;¦ The steamer Cuimmings started for North Port? but ran back for shelter. Departed—Btmrs "Weston and Sanfonrd. The steamer Gratwick ancl DISASTERS. CONDITION OF TH!E EXPERIMENT. Special Telegram to The Initer Ocean. Sauuatuck, Mich., Oct.. 2G.—The schooner Experiment, of St. Josepfa, ore-laden, ran hard aground on the bar in encdeavoring to make this } harbor last evening. There was a big sea running, \ { A'/wS'. and she suffered considerable injury. She now lies with her forward deck about a foot under water, and will have to be lightered, and a steam pump will be required to pump the water out of her before she can be got, off. The mishap was caused by the captain b>eing unacquainted with the harbor^ Iip-i-r. K LOSS OF THE MINNEHAHA. y; SHE GOES ASHORE AND IS ABANDONED. The schooner Minnehaha, of Cheboygan, Captain H. P. Todd, master, fell a victim to Monday night's storm, going ashore in the bay at North-port. Captain Todd has returned home. Ee says they were just going to cast anchor when she struck. The night was very dark, and he had no idea she was so near shore until it was too late to save her. She did not go to pieces, but as it would have cost more than she was worth to get her off and repair, she was stripped and abandoned. Captain Todd looks considerably the worse for his severe attack of rheumatism. ^^^^m DISASTERS. THE HEBCUIiUB AND NORWAY. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Port Colborne Ont., Oct. 2.—A steam pump arrived here this morning to work on the schooners Hercules and Norway, which went ashore in the storm, a week ago. It was put aboard the Kerculus and she was pulled off this afternoon, having sustained hardly any damage. They will try and release the Norway to-morrow. THE SUMATRA OFF. Marquette, Mich., Oct. 20.—This afternoon the Bteambarees Oscar Townsend, Egyptian, and two tugs released the Summatra, which has been on the beach for nearly one month. 8he was ou jackscrews and the .iob was an easy one, being taken off with one pull. She is leaking some and will be taken below for repairs. SEAMEN'S WAGES. ADVANCED TO THREE DOLLARS. At a meeting of the Seamen's Union last night | wages were raised from $2.50 to $3 per day, to go into effect Wednesday at 7 a. m. Members are allowed to go by the trip on one lake only, the . Straits of Mackinaw included in Lake Michigan. Nearly all vessels taking cargoes from Duluth j to Buffalo fall short. The following recent shorfc-! ages have come to light: Shhr David Dows, ?>92 ¦ mi; schr James Couch, iJ2f> bu; stmr Iron Age, SjQO bu; sfcmr Iron Chief, 87 bu. Agents of these have sent to their owners affidavits as to ighing of the eargo, and a determined j effort will bo made to find oat why and how these ¦ shortages occur. Since the month of May last fifty-two ships Lave arrived at Port Colborne for Lighterage, car- : ryirlg 1,818,330 bushels of grain. Of this amount I there,ws the Welland railway els- ¦ vator, carried over 1 he'road, and reshipped at Port Dalhousie 514,000 bushels. The schooner Sylvester Neelon, of, St. Catharines, which arrived last week to load cubic timber, commenced stripping yesterday, and will lay up here, her owner having given orders to that effect, knowing she could not reach Collins Bay i n i Ime to discharge her cargo and ship it in a raft to Quebec, the last raft for the season having I a few weeks ago. The Neelon is the first o uo into winter quarters on Saginaw ¦ The second steam pump belonging to the Do-Ion Wrecking Company left to-day for the] Cook. The company has one at work there i at present, but it is insufiicient to raise her.— Kingston -\ ¦ ¦ On Saturday noon the schooner Julia left port1 wi ih 7,500 bushels of barley. The cargo was taken on board at Gananoque, and belonged to Messrs. Richardson & Sons. Oswego was reached o'clock. While endeavoring to enter the har- I he schooner struck the middle pier and went down. The cargo is all under water. The grain was insured, ami there was $3,000 on the vessel. George Richardson hr . gone to Oswego, and will have the craft raised, Captains say that Captain reet in attempting to enter the or at night. The only safe entrance can be ¦ made in davlieht.—Kinaston II /do. CHOLERA OK SHIPBOARD. DEATH OE AN OFFICES. A private dispatch received here yesterday announced that Peter Ostram, first officer of the schooner Lt. W. Perry, had died suddenly on board the vessel at Milwaukee ard that the doctors pronounce it a case of ,d consorts receive; $3 per 1,000 freight on lumbei I to Tcuawanda. Northeast winds; rain and fog, dis- j ---------------------*»¦-------------------- The schooner Norway has arrived at Garden Island with her bottom nearly pounded out. She waa towed down by the Chief- y tain. It is intended to put her on the ways at f the island, and have her converted into a oargo NEWS FROM "TT1E ¦ivREc*RS!.1 ' Alpena advices say: '"The corn on the wrecked schooner Nellie Gardner, at South Point, has been purchased by Bolton & McRae, and about 1,000 bushels of dry corn were brought to port to-day. A large amount of the corn will probably be saved, most of it in a wet condition. The Davison has gone to pieces, and her cargo of coal is scattered on the beach, with the exception of about 100 tons that was got to this port. Small scows are being made for the pmrposc of recovering what is on the beach, and inoaffi of it will probably be saved. The whole cargo of the wrecked Davison, some 1,700 tons—mostiy stove coal—was purchased by S. H. Davis for $7f>, and he will make money by the transaction.' Eight hundred and fifty dollars bought the Gardner's eargo. The steamer Atlantic had some trouble while here on her last trip with her bonier. When a few miles out in the bay the.boiler began to leak, and she had to be towed back to this port, where the defect was repaired. The steamers on this route are all behind time, the closest being about four ; hours, and the farthest several days. Some of ! them have lost a trip. No sooner is one gale over than another springs up*," , , _,, ni,B,-m,^t mmiinnn The steamship Progress ran aground in entering Ashtabula harbor on Tuesday, and the John N. Glidden, in trying to avoid her in entering the harbor, also ran aground and broke her shoe. The rug Kate Williams passed Detroit Thursday with the disabled schooner George gherpaan in row. Permission was granted by the underwriters to proceed with her to Cleveland, which is her port of destination. Captain James S. MoGrowan has made careful examination of the schooner J. G. Magten and finds that her cargo was not damaged by water shipped through her hatches, as stated. In his report he says that he found the damage was caused by the violent roi Una and straining of the vessel while at anchor off a lee shore, and Btates that the hatch coverings were well battened down, and the captain and crew are blameless for all damage done. Buffalo Oommeroial: "John Quinn reports that he relieved the Wesley o-f the water in her hold with two steam pumps. She is leaking considerably about her centerboaird bos, but he thinks he can keep her free with one pump. The work of removing her ore will bttgin to-day. This will be hoisted with the aid of horses pn deck." The captaiu of the John Sherman says Lake Huron is full of floating lumber from Port Aux <a* tor next summer s service. Wrecking * Barques to the river. A number of deckloads are The Prussia is still at ^Dt<5™,]Ka ' known to have been washed off in the storm of omuanv's dock. The amount of the debt^oweu „£,,,„ ^„# The bill was Asiatic cholera. Mr. and has numerous Ostram waa well known friends along the lake. ^^^m^^^^m FREIGHTS. THE MARKET YESTERDAY. Thie barge Northwest got a full load of corn at one house, and takes it to Bullalo at 3]4C. Tim ratets pn corn to Buffalo generally were U'^S^c. Corm to Midland, 3H@338c; corn to o«v-ego, 7Hcc; corn to Kingston, 7^c. Charters were as follows: NEW STEAMBOAT COMPANY. ORGANIZED AT DETROIT. Record has been made at the Detroit Custom House of the sale of the steamer Keweenaw by Wm. E. Warriner and others to the Detroit Mutual Steamship Company for $10,000 and other valuable considerations. Nothing regarding the purchasing company has yet beeh made known to the public, and what they intend to do with the steamer is also a mystery. It is stated that her machinery will be placed in a new hail, yet to be built,to run as excursion steamer between Buffalo and Cleveland, while her hull will go the way of all himlls, and be turned into a lumber barge. Thie Detroit Free Press says:' "Articles of agreiement were signed yesterday by the Detroit Mutiual Steamboat Company, which is composed of Jlohn A. Sloan, Eber Ward, James Robb, John V. Mloran, Fred T. Moran and, Henry D. Barnard. Therre are 0,000 shares of $25 each, making an authorized capital of $150,000, of which $11,000 is actually paid in. The shares thus far taken are adloted as follows; No. of shares. Johm A. Sloan..................................400 F.ber Ward.....................................200 James Robb....................................120 .; John V. Moran.................•................100 i ; Fred T. Moran................................200$ Henry D. Barnard.............................100 j 'K!:']¦:', \VK. Oct. 17.—A southeast gale has prevailed to-dav, and to-night the wind is blowi ¦¦" over thirty miles au hour. A heavy sea is running outside. It is raining to-night. The tug O. B. Green and schr S. B. Pomeroy, from Chicago, and schra C H. Hackley, R. J. Skidrnore, I. M. Hill, Green Bay and Arundel, for are in the harbor for shelter. Ihe Pomeroy sprung a leak outside, but her cargo of grain is said not to be damaged. Grain carriers were In good demand to-day, but there were no vessels here. Considerable capacity has Iheen taken to arrive. Cleared—Steambarge Ketclhum, Buffalo, 05,000 bu wheat. Company's dock. ____ by her to the company is $1,500. _ signed by the cap a in and sent to Buffalo, but came back dishonored, hence the seizure. The ; Custom House officials made a second seizure of her yesterday for 25 per cent duly on he;' repairs, ¦which were ' performed ' at Oswego.—Kingston, News. The schooner Morwood was injured in a recent gale on the lakes. The authorities at Kingston tried to compel the captain to make a survey, but he handed over his vessel to them, telling them they could make a survey if they liked, but he would not pay any of the expense. The survey was held and the vessel exonerated. The forwarding company whose grain the vessel carried presented t?ae captain with his charges, but charged him so much for shoveling. The general charges for sihoveling is $3 per thousand. The schoomer Reed Case, mentioned in a previous issue.aw having got aground ofi Middle Bass Island on Suniday evening, was released yesterday morning.. The schooner American Eagle worked at her all day Monday and during Mon-dav night. Tliie tug Mystic also worked at her Monday night. The schooner was loaded with grain, and was bound here from Milwaukee. Al mat. 5,000 bushels of her cargo were Hi onto the Eagle, about 3,000 bushels onto the scow Truax, and between 500 and GOO bushels thrown overboard or given to the people in the island region, who went out to the stranded schooner in boats. Finally enough grain was gotten out of the schooner to enable the Eagle and Mystic to pull her off, and they then towed her and the Truax to this port, With the exception of the breaking of some lines and checks the schooner sustained no damage.—Sandusky Register. Kingston Kews; "Referring to our marine reports in last night's and Monday's Issues in re the schooners Bangalore and Hyderabad, now at Chicago, Messrs. A. Gunn & Co. cleanse us to say that the reports are incorrect. T'heir agent at Chicago writes: "Factory filled saiit ex-Hyderabad'Jn very good order. The Bangaloire wet some salt coming up and had only 140 bagrs slightly damaged. She is on the dry dock. Inhere was an unplugged auger hole in the Bangallore; think she is caulking some." Messrs. Guum <fe Co. do not understand from the above advicea, which are all they have received upon the subject, that anything unusual has occurred or that there is the slightest grounds tor believing there has been an attempt on th$ part of any person to do injury to their vessels." There appears to be something wrong with the Duluth erevaftor*, as nearly all the wheat cargoes from there fall short, some to a considerable extent. Tho latest shortage reported is in the cargo of the schooner Minnehaha, which weighed out 100 buHl'iels less than the bill of lading called for. A couple of weeks ago the steamer Iron Duke had a shortage of 1,100 bushels; the) schooner James Couch, 325bushels; the schooner David Dows., 372 bushels; the steamer Iron age/ Friday last. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^— The reports which reached Rochester of the loss of the barge Eugene on Lake Ontario are not confirmed. The crew of tine tug Caribou, which arrived at Charlotte, thirtk the Eugene is at Fair Haven. THE RUST' DISABLED. Port Huron, Mich., Oct. 20.—The steambarge D. W. Rust broke some part of her engine above Saginaw Bay and was disabled for a number of hours. She arrived down this morning on her way to Detroit for repairs. Her consorts have gone up the lake under sail. ""........... u:rtJA^Tij!k&: THE DART ASHORE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. V Two Rivers, Wis., Oct. 2H.—The schooner Dart, of Mauisu;-. >ound to Manitowoc, came to anchor at, 'X o'clock this morning, one-half mile north of the fiiarbdr piers, and at a quarter after 4 in the morning parted'her chains. Her canvas was immediately set, and all efforts were j made to, keep her off, but to no avail on account! strong east wind and heavy surf. The life-¦ :>. hand with their boats within I 5 minutes, bi wo men on the beach as J Special Tc-lpgrani t< ¦ The liter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 2S.—The steambarge C. H. Starke, lumber-laden from Muskegon for Chicago, went ashore at North Point during a heavy fog to night. Site is on a very rocky bottom, and i£ released will be considerabl \ aged. Three tugs with hawsers and lighters and the life-saving crew have gone to her. She was i . endeavoring to make tJjia port when she went on. / T^TrTrrwd) rnni,;.i.j.||)ii ¦V'rJ— "i n......'"' I "T TIT" T1 for Escanaba—Schooner Myosotis. A BMWHT BLAZE. Special Teleeram to Tho biter Ocean. M"a»QUeite, Mich., Oct, 28.—A lamp exploded in the engine-room <of the steambarge 'Oscar Townsend about 10 o'clock last night, causing a slight blaze, which was; soon extinguished. Damage, about $50. BARGES AGROUND. Specift.! Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cornwall, Ont., Qert. 28.—Three barges of the tug Charlotte's downvward-bound tow, which left here at A, a. m., are hard aground three miles below this place. They are reported not leaking but will have to be lightened. Their names are , William Sienen and Lark. They are owned by S the Montreal For warding Company. LOSS OF THE BARGE MARSH V 200 bushels ; the steamer JronChief./J^tojjejsj Special Telegram to The tartar Ocean. An examination has been ordered, and anattemp' will be mad« to find out wny and how these de> ficits occur. / SUNK IN THE HARBOR. AN UNFORTUNATE CANALBOAT. Anoither steambarge has sunk a canalboat in the harbor. The latest case is that of the steambarge George Dunbar. Coming along the South Brancjh yesterday afternoon the Dunbar collided with'the canalboat Bodenswarzo inflicting such damage that she sank. Fortunately the boat was light and the loss is much lighter than in tine case of the Butters. The circumstances were [also different in the case of the Dunbar, and the nnaster of the latter does not hold himself responsible for the oecnrrence. Efforts toward raisung the boat will be commenced to-day. Duluth shortages continue. The propeller Hecla, of the last fleet down, is renorted_jiljout feflO; The new C. P. R. steamship Algoma was drydocked yesterday to be cut in half for transportation through the canals. The Athabasca has been t-j—i.~A —**a +ho wdtur -w&Riet- into the' dock to ^^^^^^^^^^^t^^^^^m *¦____ ¦ however, found to be too float-the halves. The stern piece was, i heavv aft and the water was «^<„„..._______ Some of the ballast will be taken out, but it is expected that the stern wil again let out. UUuiB ui. ¦«„ ^______ it, but it is expected that the stern will have to . be bolstered with poutoons similar to those osq(| QUEER FREIGHT RATES. MBLAND PAYS MORE THAN BUFFALO. Lake Erie propellers were scarce yesterday and in great demand, there being numerous small lots ' (25,000 and 35,000 bushels) of grain ready for shipment to Buffalo and Erie. On these lots 33ic could have been obtained on wheat and corn. On full cargo lots of wheat the rate to Buffalo was S^c, and on corn IP.ic To Midland (Georgian Bay) therate on full csrgos of corn was 3%c— ^c higher than the rate on full eargos of corn to Buffalo. [Georgian Bay is on Lake Huron and Buffalo jfi at the other end of Lake Erie. Buffalo is about 350 miles farther away from Chicago than Midland, yet, as stated, the freight rate to Midland is higher than that to Buffalo.] The nominal rate on corn to Kingston*Fas 732C. The only charters'reported during the day were the following: SAli.OR'3 SUDDEN DEATH. DANIEL DREW EXPIRES AT BAY CITY. Special Telegram to The Inter ocean. S Bay City,; Mich., Oct. 2.—Daniel Drew, employed before the mast on the barge Eliza, dropped dead of heart disease this afternoon while the barge was coming into the river. He was from Chicago, where he claimed to have tugged it ten years. He was about 40 years old. The steambarge Hilton ran into the Broadway .•¦iv this morning, csrry.ng away her :. foreooom, and rigging, and damaging the brl Special Telegram to The Intel? Ocean. i -j>. Out., Oct. 3.— Arrived—Schra Lady Dufferin, Pomeroy, Arabia, from Chicago, grain. P0B=r-<£35to. Oharlo^oToledo^co^lena- Schrs Cow»«.v—, -- tor Bhood, Oswego, to Detroit, coal, uown-owu^ Bavaria and M. A. Muir. Byng Inlet to Kingston timbsar. ¦.-.¦.„.! Tvwmm to The Inter Ocean L with ^hr^imirinr*"' i'torinfli}rnflMJ Mr. W. D. Allen, with a steam pump and a gang of wreckers, succeeded Wednesday morning in raising the schooner Julia, which sunk in the new harbor Saturday night by reason of a collision with the west pier. p She was towed to the Marine Elevator, where she was relieved of her cargo of barley. The vessel then docked at Mitchell *fc Gallagher's. She is more seriously injured than at first supposed.—Oswego .'Palladium. The tug Arrow was damaged to the extent of $100 by tire at Buffalo. A large number of the Lake Michigan lumber fleet will strip tikis week. The scow Rosa Ann and barge Danube, which have been seizied at Detroit, have been ordered sold. The Union Steamboat Company contemplate the construction of another propeller like the H. J. Jewi Captain Charles Cherry, formerly of the schooner Archie, has gone West to locate. He leaves many frriends in Chicago. The iron steauner Spartan, the repairs on which were completed some time since, is still lying idle at Detroiit, awaiting a settlement of the insurance tronlble." Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 22. -This morning at 5 o'clock the captain oi: tlihe tug Barons sighted a signal of distress about ihve miles from Charlotte, on Lake Ontario. She put out and found the barge Pacific drifting hielplessly about the lake, having lost her rudder and received a bad hole in the side. The captain of the Pacific said the tug Caribeen left Montreal on Saturday for Fair Haven, towing the Pacific, the John Marsh, the Eugene, and another barge. They were struck by a heavy gale, and the tow line parted, leaving the barges to drift off. The Pacific was thrown broadside on one of the others, the collision knocking a hole in both boats. The crew om the Pacific say that five minutes subsequent to tihe collision the light of the John Marsh disappeared and the vessel was never seen afterward. Sine was running light and • had a crew of three mem and one woman, who must .have perished'. Thieir names were not as-centainable. The Eugene hoisted sail and ;| readied port in safety, tJho Caribeen pnt into Os- wego and reached Charlotte to-night to pick up Pacific. Old seamen say that. Lake Ontario ¦i was never rougher than on Saturday and Sunday. ni,.ir—'-—"i**,"",'f!BB>~*fc ~~" will' " ^^ VARIOUS PCtRTS. *u Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo, Jtf. Y.. Oct. 21,—The upper lake arrivals to-day were: From Chicago—Prop H. E. Packer; schr J. I. Case. From Escanaba—Prop Nahant. From Duluth—Props India, Oregon.; schrs Queen City, B. F. Bruce. Cleared: For Chicago—Props Lehigh, coal; New York, more For Milwaukee—Props Rochester, coal; V. H. Ketchum, coal; schr George S. Hazard, coal. For Duluth—Prop Siberia, coial. The barge John Shermian arrived to-day from Saginaw minus about 15*0,000 feet of lumber. The propeller Siberia, ffrom Duluth, was short 210 bushels. The Middlesex, from the same nlace, overrun 100 hushiels of wheat. >-¦*.-,.;-,! iv.iPiiram to Tlw It,.*-..- «¦---Special roleeram to Ttv: Initer Ocean. I (Grand Haven, Micln., Oct 26.—The steambarge White tfe Friant was sold yesterday by White & Friant, lumberunen here, to Ben Bnrd-sell and C. Kumpt, of Biay City, and Captain C. ......- "-' i>x.„.i™~„« :4V,,. A^.U OOi>_