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Uaptam Sam Moore yesterday lei the contract ¦ with Bagley for a new steamship. The Vessel-owners' TowinjSf Company pay their employes to-day for the month of August. The pay-roll amounts to $7,200. The Sir Knights arrived back home in Chicago lay. Thomas Miller, S. T. Gunderson, and Samuel .Donaldson were warmly welcomed in marine circles. Captain I. H. Owen of Chicago, owner of the steamers Argonaut, Inter Ocean, and Escanaba, with his wife, was hero on Wednesday and Thurs-dajy.—Escanaba Iron Post. The other papers have just found out about the sea serpent oil Summer Island. The Inter 0CSJA.N'published the statement of George Saunders ten days ago. The serpent was just as long then (sixty feet} as it is now. The canalboat A. J. Warner, with 7, GOO bushels of wheat for New York, struck the heel-path wall at Black Rock lock on Saturday nig:] crushed in her bow, and sank after being locked through. She was pumped out and taken to the Richmond Elevator, Buffalo, by the tug Furton. About 700 bushels wore found to be dry. The hull was insured in Worthtngton & Sill's Agency, and the carjro by Smith & Davis. Shipments of iron ore to date of reports aggre-gfate. 1,245,106 tons—less by 528,907 tons than at the same time last year. L'Anse has gained 280 tons. Ma'-:;- i!cn off 241,476 tons, ftnd Escanaba 287,722 tons. The mines of the JiteHominee Etahg* (so called) come nearest to last year's production, being short but 65,441 tons, Hie remainder of the falling off being from the product of the northern mines, some of which are idle and none of which were vigorously worked until the season was hall over.—Esca-vabalmsU'o.sl. As quite a numoer of smnmonts are being made |o.Port Arthur, formerly Prince Arthur's Landing, something about the way bus ness is done : v be of interest. At the end of the wharf >al and rails, are unloaded the water is eet deep, and for probably 100 feet (toward tli same depth may be found, but vessels are not safe in loading to more than , twelve feet six inches. When a coal vessel at- ' I rives sho'is partly unloaded at this wharf, and when she has been lightened up so as to draw at nine feet, she is cowed over the bar and up | ?the river a distance of about seven miles, and the t ;Ooal is unloa ed. Vessels bringing railroad iron \ are entirely unloaded at the outer wharf, where the water is thirteen feet deep at the en twelve ie? ¦- deep further inland. The unkmding of vesselr at Port Arthur is in c Captain McDougall, who discharges his i a wry sai tsfaetory manner. The delays suffered l,-v,v,* ,!;--, ,.,!r,, „„-,' at Duluth continue to be a source of grea'. annoyance to vessel men, and many little complaints Lre h< . Ida Ly about the blockade. A vessel owner yesterday said: "The wharves at I piled with coal so that no more can be unloaded there, and to relieve the immediate necessity for unloading vessels which arrive, the cars which should be employed in renin. accumulated stock are used to unload vessels tBtoj so that the situation remains exactly the same from day to dav, no other cars being available to remove the coal already unloaded. The delay suffered at Duluth is only one of the troubles which vessel men are called upon to endure at that port. The . trouble is beginning to assume alarming proportions. Shortages of 20 to 50 tons are anile common, and in one case, that of the hip Siberia, the discrepancy amounted to about 200 tons. This shortage will be investigated, as Captain McAxthnr is certain the Siberia delivered more than she received credit for. Duluth is, "in fact, getting a bad name, and vessel men will soon demand a higher rate for going there if they are forced to lose both coal and time with each careo they deliver.— Jjeh-oil Post. ^¦ial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. t/FFALO, N, V., Aug. 31.—Coal freights dull, h a declining tendency. Shippers are offering but 60c, but vessels are. holding> off for 70c. There are lew craft here offering engagements; BchrsErastus Corning and Allegheny, 70c, fob;' Georger, for Chicago; barge R. N. Rice takes takes lumber from Sailors' Encampment to Ton-awanda at $2 per m ft. CAEGO INStfUArTCE. THE NEW GRAIN TARIFF: Chicago Marine Pool.—Trip rates on grain from 6 p. m. Aug. 31 until otherwise ordered: ,-----Sail.-----. A Bl To ports on Lake Michigan...........SO 40 To ports on Lake Superior............50 1 pr c To ports on Lake Huron, Sarnia, and Detroit River...................*.... 30 60 To ports on Georgian Bay............30 60 To ports on Lake Erie................35 70 To ports on Lake Ontario............50 1 pr c To Ogdensburg........................(10 1.20 To Montreal...........................SO 7.00 Add 10 |ter cent on B I steam. HENRY. C. Hax^ey, Commissioner. Chicago.'Aug. 31, 18&*. - CAPTAIN DAVIS' SCARE. 5^ HOW A BIG JOE.E WAS PLAYED. Captain "Charley" Davis, of the schooner Geo. IT. Case, which leaves to-day coal-laden for Duluth, was for twentv-two years master of tho schooner Belle Mitchell, which was a regular trader here for many years. The Captain had a great big yellow dog, almost as large as a yearling calf, according to tradition, and one that the Captain thought a great deal of. One day in the long age, as the Captain was in port, shifting his vessel about to take on an additional consignment, he missed his dog, and whistled till ho was sore under the ears for him, but no dog made his appearance. Just about that time some one ashore shouted to him that there was his dog suspended from the sail loft of "Wilcox's building in the third story. It seems that a party ut tugmen, who wanted to play a good joke on the captain, had caught the dog and fixed a harness on him, so it would not hurt him, and then hung him from the sail. loft in such a manner that it seemed as if he hung by the neck, the harness being carefullv concealed, while the etornUmrst, and wits one of the worst ever encountered on the lakes. The captain doesn t have 'em often. The Exhibit of tlic Chicago Grain Cargo insurance Pool for August. A Big Business at Low Kates—Losses Largely in Excess of the Earnings. Nor'easfer on the Lake Yesterday and Night—Various Accidents—Fleet in Fort. jast INCREASING SLAUGHTER. PROMISING OUTW)OK FOR BUILDERS. Twenty shipwrecks were reported during the | week ending Aug. 18, against ten in the cor- i responding week of last year, making a total for the present year of 1,134, as compared with 910 in 1882. Collision was the cause of four vessels ; sinking, two going down off the British coast, British-owned vessels numbered twelve. Fifty lives were lost, against eighteen last year. Here we have nearly hve shipwrecks a day lor the vear or 224 more than last year; that is, almost one a day over. These figures give a promising outlook for ship-builders especially our British cousins, whose loss of handiwork was more than half of the losses for the week quoted. Last year eighteen lives were lost for the weet, this year fifty perished, a gain of thirty-two m the mortuary rate, the loss being one person for everv five hours, and yet we are asked to bu^ ships of this type, so that we can increase our commercial importance.— Nautical hazelte. FREIGHTS. THE MARKET YESTERDAY. I Grain freights were steady on the basis of 3^0 J corn to Buffalo. The engagements were: TO OGDENSBURG. Propeller Saginaw Valley, corn........;*•*,_ **" Lumber freights are firm, but there has been no ement as yetin rates, ivieararo to The Inter Ocean. Se/uX N. Y-, Sept. 3.-Ooal freights dull arid lower. As expected, 60c is all that IB now of-Kngagemeftts: Prop John P^on^chrs afiandH Vv. Page, lor Chicago, the p 'Vr vmble, nnabie! to obtain a cargo, coes to Erie at 75c for Chicago. The ateambarge Clinton and tow and Lincoln and tow were taken for lumber from Byng Inlet to Tonawanda at 15o above Baf City rates: The schr Fellowcraft takes coal to Sarnia at 40c. CARGO POOL. PEAVY LOSSES DURING AUGUST. Pool Commissioner Ranrtey issued a circular on Saturday showing1 the business of the Grain Cargo Pool for August The value of En insured during the month by the 1 the premiums on tne insurance were as t'ol ows: Grain (cargoes insured..............$4,116,298.22 Premi ms on insurance............. 6,301.47 ii \ as a most disastrous month for the pool. The earnings, as shown, without countang expenses, were $6,301.4:7, while the ncluded the wheat wet on the propeller Prussia, an A. the $25,000 loss on the go of the propeller Potomoc. Shippers themselves say the insurance (1 rates were too low, and say the present 35 > | cent rate to Buffalo is very moderate, FREIGHTS. THE CONDITION CF TTIE MARKET. The Buffalo fates were 4c on corn and 4Uc on wheat. To Kingston, the nominal rate on corn was 7c. Charters reported were: TO BUilFALO. Bushels. Propeller Colorado, corn...................40,( Propeller Idaho, wheat and corn...........35,000 tbia, corn......................4.0,000 Schooner Saveland, corn...................45,000 corn....................60,000 Propeller Avon, corn.......................50,000 [azard, corn.........................55,000 Schooner American Union, corn...........35,000 Steamship Davidson, corn.................70,000 to EK] . Propeller Wissahicki m. rye................. Propeller Clarion, wheat.................... TO MIDLAND. Schooler, not named, corn.................21,000 TO OGDENSBURG. Steamer Walter L. Frost, com.........f...50,000 tan ge i n ) umber freights. Dry lumber nominee toChicago, $1.75; greenlumber, ¦ fcjpecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 1.—Coal freights quiet roes scarce. Engagements—Steambarge Krin and consort Maggie, for Port Arthur, at $1.25; lumber as return cargo, from Byng Inlet :. at$2.25 per thousand feet; schr fellowcraft. cual to Kincardine, at GO cents. FLOTSAM: AisD JETSA2L There is a good sized fleet at the lumber docks. The Thos. P. Sheldon's fore topmast was carried away by the breeze. Grain clearances since Saturday morning gate 1,126,4143 bushels. Tlie propellers Aarbia, Idaho, and Fred Mercur aie among the arrivals. The steamer Saginaw Valley, of Linsted's line, arrived yesteiday from Ogdensburg. A small sail craft capsized near the north pier'yesterday, Tne occupants were saved The schooner Scotia, quite a stranger here .arrived yesterday with a coal cargo. The barge Hazard discharged a cargo at South Chicago, came to Chicago light, and went 'fco an elevator. Nig tt and Sinday "orders" are the rule at the elevators now. A number of steamers loaded grain Saturday night and yesterday. The J. B. Lyon, with the Hutchinson,Wells, and Masters in tow, all grain-loaded, left yesterday^ notwithstanding the stiff northeast wind and heavy sea. caps on the lake yesterday; stiff northeast wind. On Saturday the wind was just ay stiff from the south ard, hut the weather was not cool, as yesterday. There is a rumor that Chief Kimball has woke up to the fact that the excellent condition lie found the life-saving service in is due to something or other, but he doesn't know yet just what it is that it is due to. Possibly it is due to the fact that inspector Newcomb and Superintendent Bobbins understand their duties, and prosecute them to er. Every compliment paid the life-saving- service on Lake Michigan is a compliment to Messrs. N^pFcomb <and Bobbins, THE ANCHOR LINE. ITS STRIKE AGAINST GRAIN TRIMMERS. The crew of the Anchor Line barge Schuylkill commenced trimming a cargo of flaxseed into her at noon one day, tind completed the job on the afternoon of the next day. Site ought- to carry 84,000 bushels, and they only succeeded in (feting 30,000 bushels into her. And then she was down by the stern a full foot. The propeller Philadelphia was chartered for 50,000 bushels of corn, and left port with only 23,000 bushels. It was expected that the Annie Young, Lycoming, and Schuylkill would get away Inst night. The Clarion and Wissahickon was chartered on Thursday to Idad yesterday, but did not load, and the advanced rates of insurance will have to be paid tin their cargoes. The advanced wages asked by the grain trim-tesers are paid by all the propeller lines except the Anchor. FREIGHTS. GRAIN CHARTERS REPOKTED YESTERDAY. Most of the charters below were made late on Thursday and not reported, the rates being 4c corn and 4'4C wheat to Buffalo. The asking figures yesterday were 414c corn and 4*20 wheat. The rate on corn to Collingwood (for American vessels) was 2%c; on corn to Kingston, 7c. A petition is in circulation, addressed "To the Honorable the Sena'e and House of Representatives of the United States," praying for the making Lac La Belle a permanent harbor ot refuire It is located on the south side of Kee-weenaw Point, near the eastern end, and opening from Bete Grise Bay, on Lake Superior. New masters recorded at the Custom House: Thomas Chron, schooner Fred Carney, vice Joan Powers; James Shea, tug Edward Shelby, vice A. N Wilson; William Lennox, schooner William 1. Preston, vice J. T. Van Alstine; Louis (nay, lug \ G. Van Schaick. vice Robert Teed; George D. Wallace, schooner Leo, vice H. M. Hanson. Mr. Lewis Dav died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Jeffrey, in Bay Settlement on Monday, Sept. 24, having reached a good SJ age. He leaves three children-Ms daughter above mentioned, John Day, of Beaver Island, ana Lewis J. Day, of St. Paul. Mr. Day many years ago was a resident of this city and in par, -nership with his sons in business here. He was a native of England.—Green Bay Gazette. For the purpose of organizing a Grain-shovclers' Union at Kingston the Federal Union; has dele- \ ffated T W. Mahonev, President of the Buffalo branch and F.Thomas, of the Seamen s Union, to ffO to Kingston and form the organization as an affiliated branch of the American body, lhc shovelers at Port Colborne. Port Dalhousie, and elsewhere in Canada will for the present be members of the branch to be formed at Kingston. REALIZING- ITS IMPORTANCE. CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL ON LAKE SHTPPINO. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, in article on lake navigation, has the following about towing consorts: Vessels of heavy burdei called barges, are lightly sparred for the use Sails as auxiliary or in case of emergency, t> which also they have ground tackle. A sere steamer, herself carrying perhaps 75,000 bush' els, takes three or four of these barges or of full sail schooners in tow, making tho time of the trip certain, and getting much help from their sails. The steamer and her tow may carry in the aggre gatefrom 150,000 to 200,000 bushels and up ward. The lumber, coal, and ore carrying show the same auxiliary combination. At Detroit and in the St. Clair River some conception of the magnitude of the shipping may be got in the sight of the: Here passes in sight a shipping which is p ¦ greater than the entire sea-going and si raj, shipping of the United States. It seen reduced the economics to a bare point, and tills is shown by the freight rates. The ornamental features and top-hamper of the old-fashioned steamboat have disappeared*' from these propellers. Their holds are full of grain and their decks of coal, and thev have no great upper-cabin to catch the wind. Their tows have the like ap-¦¦¦ of business without ornament. The late Senatoi Chandler once,when the decline of Ameican ship-building was under discussion, poohed at the Maine complaints, and said that Michigan built more shipping than Maine ever did, and that her ship-building was never more flourishing. mmW hiilkee As Given in the Protest of Captain O'Boimell to tlie Underwriters. The Vessel Blown to Fragments as She Went Down—Narrow Escape of the Crew. ; The Boom in Grail* Freights—Eight Cents to Kingston—To Montreal, 10 1-2 Cents. LJ2JT& pfil The steamship Jewett look out1 "70",000 bushels of corn, 1,000 barrels of flour and sundries. It is claimed that smoke-consumers find spark-catchers arc to be put on all the city fire-engines. The schooner Joseph Paige arrived from Milwaukee, lifdit, loaded grain and left for Buffalo. The Monohansett, Metacomet, Wet more, and Brunette brought in cargoes of iron ore from Escanaba. The Walter L. Frost, of Linsted's Line, for Ogdensburg, took out 51,258 bushels of corn and 1,000 bags of seed. . Value of exports from Chicago by lake for August, $800,130.61; same period in 1882, $718,615.95: increase. $81,514.66. The Anchor Line tug Erie, sunk at Erie, was raised to the water's edge by scows and screws, when she was pumped out by lire- engines. The E. R. Blake and Frank D. Barker are in port, the latter with coal. The S. B. Pomeroy and C. J. Magill, lumber laden, also arrived. Dr. Miller, sureeon of the port, goes away in a day or two on a month's leave of absence. He goes "to the "Upper Michigan peninsula and will hunt deer and sturgeon. The Canadian tow, Clinton, Clyde, Grimsby, and Gibraltar, arrived light, and loaded grain for Kingston.. Their reports at the Custom House say they came ail the way from Kinaton light;. Buffalo Express: "The schooner Clara Parker, which began taking her coal cargo some time ago, did'not get off untilyesterday, while the Barnum was able to get her load at once and get out before night," A subscription was taken up at Fayette a short time ago for a sailor who had his arm torn off in a line, but the sailor has never received the money. He is about to come out of the Marine Hospital here and the money would be most ac-g^dfitoium. Captain Wells, of the Reuben Doud, reports the wreck of tlie Sunnyside two miles off the North Fox and a dangerous obstruction to the navigation of those waters, as her broken spars are held in position and might catch a vessel at night or in thick weather. It is a job for a wrecker or the pA.ndy Johnson to clear thorn away. r_ . "'.'.;-.;'!¦¦•;;.-*:' of iron ore to !\ug. 'JD from here, Marovrbtte, and L'Anse aggregate 1,336,073 tons, 518,342 tons less than on Aug. 30 of 1882, Menominee Range mines are but 53,867 tons short of last year's output. On Thursday evening, Aug. 30, there is in dock here no less than 60,000 ions of ore awaiting carriers.—Esc ana ba Iron, Port. The master of the schooner La Petite, which arrived from Charlevoix yesterday, reports that when his vessel was at anchor in the bay at Charlevoix one of the sailors, John Connors, jumped overboard, but was rescued by part of the crew in tho small boat and taken on board, where he made a desperate struggle in which he drew a pistol. He was overpowered and placed in the forecastle, from which he escaped, and again jumped overboard, but, as before, was |* rescued and taken on board, where ho was paid off and sent ashore. Connors is said to be suffering from excessive drinking. Ha resides on the South Side, in this city, but has not been heard from.—Miltvaitkee Sentinel. There is always more or less complaint against so much whistling by steamers, and from a L landsman's standpoint It is a disagreeable screech, bordering on a nuisance. To a seaman, however. BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS. TBAGIC END OF THE YANKEE BLADE. Captain John O'Donncll and tho crow of the lost schooner Yankee Blade reported yesterday at the office of Atkins & Beekwith, in this city. Captain Bqckwith being- one of the owners of the vessel. The disaster, occurred eig-ht miles south of Skillay-alee and six miles from the msnn land. The -\yind -was fresh at the time, and there was a heavy sea running. The vessel sprung- a sudden leak—opened up ' all at once—and went to the bottom quick. The cargo was iron ore. The crew had been in the yawl about ten minutes and Captain O'Donnell had just leaped in, when the vessel went down by the head. There was a terrific shock—oompressed air—and a moment afterward the masts and sections of the hull came to the surface. The crew thank their lucky stars that the catastrophe occurred just after daylight, as it did. Had it been dark, at the time the men say they never could have got the boat down, and that all hands .must have perished. As it was, the steward and two of the crew who were at breakfast, would have gone down in the wreck if they had not been almost dragged out of the cabin. Where the disaster occurred the depth of water is fifteen fathoms. CAPTAIN O'DOKNETj'S NAEEATIVE. When the crew arrived at Petoskey, Captain O'Donnell went before a notary and made STATE OP MICHIGAN, COUNTY OF EMMET, SS.: :,Tolin O'Donnell, master of the schooner Yankee 'Blade, beinp duly sworn, deposes and,, on his 'oath, says: That he left Point St. Ignace on the [afternoon of Au?. 31, 1883, at 4 o'clock with the said schooner Yankee Blade with a cargo of 507 tons of iron ore consigned to the Elk Rapids Iron Company, of Elk Rapids, Mich.; that the vessel was perfectly seaworthy and equipped for the Voyage to Elk Rapids, and, the weather being favorable, started at the above time and sighted ¦Waugoshance light at 0:30 p.m. The wind was light from the east, and at 12 o'clock midnight rounded the light, and, the wind hauling more to pouth, at 4 o'clock a. m. passed Sklllagalee light.] JThe vessel was making water so as to keep the; Rafter-pump going freely. At 7 o'clock a. m. were on our starboard tack, with the wind about south,1 standing in for the main land heading southeast by east, about eight miles due south of Skillagalee when I noticed the vessel was settling down in fbhe water, and immediately had the pumps sounded and found that she had nine inches ofj water in her. That did not satisfy me, so when the mate came on deck, wh ch was immediately after the pumps had been sounded, I told him (the mate) to go down forward and look in the fore peak and see if there was anything wrong. He immediately came running aft and said the water was nearly up to the forecastle floor. ] then ran forward to see for myself and found the water as high as the mace had reported. In tht meani ime both pumps were going, but the water gained so fast on on them that I ordered tho man .to stop pumping and get their things and put ' them in the boat. In the meantime I ordered the heim down, so she would come head to the wind, to lower the boat, and we got the boat down anc all hands in her, I went forward and found the water about two feet over the forecastle floor. 1 then jumped into the boat, and was onlv there about three minutes when the vessel went down, the crew being there about ten minutes before me. She went down head foremost in flfteei fathoms of water. She blew out the port sid( from the main rigging aft, and when she dis appeared both masts came to the surface also the decks and parts of her side. X i . AVc remained at the wreck about ten minutes anc I each harbor tug by its "voice," and is interested * then pulled for Cross Village, which wc reached [ in a personal wav in the racket. Beyond that i ;aner two hours and got passage on the steamer '¦ each tool has its use and meaning, which is well r [City of Grand Rapids, arriving here at PetoskeyM understood by all concerned. A steamer outside 1 f -;i:'*!V' at l p. m., this 1st day of Sepbej with a tow calls for tugs to relieve her, and tells 9 how many vessels she has. The tugs reply and :i seek her out. About to round a curve in the har- V bor, the danger signal is sounded. Yesterday a slight accident illustrated the nned of such signals. A canalboat, lumber-laden, was coming from Commercial Slip into the creek under tow, just as the schooner .Barbarian was towed across her course. The result was a shaking up of the boat's deck-load by the schooner's prow, though no serious damage was done. Had not the usual cautionary signals been omitted or misunderstood, the two tows would hardly have come together in such a place.—Buffalo Express. The Milwaukee Sentinel says: "The sudden change in the Jwind to the northeast yesterday morning brought in a number of vessels, and this morning there will be a ileet in port. Vessel-masters arriving yesterday reported the wind very brisk outside, with considerable pea running. The schooners T. v Foate^and Columbian, which left this port for Escanaba, ran back. The steam-iewip Pahlow and PateyDay.and schooner Adirondac, light, from Chicago, came into the harbor. The schooner Bay State, light, came to in the hay, and was the onlv vessel at anchor up to dusk last evening. About noon yesterday the Ii-1n " ¦*........"ffliiniiiniiii ,., —^TSubscribed and sworn to before me this'TsTday of September. A. p. 1883. Ezua 0. Baenum, Notary Public in and for Emmet County, Michigan. . THE CltEW CORTiOBORATE. The orew all heard and read the statement of the Captan and took oath before the notary that the same was correct. Their names nr.'?: Daniel Mitchell, mate. Christopher \ alien, Stewart, Edward Lee, Henry Swanson, William Heath, Thomas 33. Newland, seamen. GOOU IND The Yankee Blade vr;e4 a very successful vessel and in her time lias <¦¦¦¦ e comfortable fortunes* She iirst came out in 1855. Hhe had been rebuilt several umes. and at the time of her loss she rated Bl. C ;. now in the P. L. Dinfonh, i:.-.ed to make raoe-horse time with the Yinkee Blade, notwithstanding she wc= a canaier. DISASTERS. tag J. C. Perrett, bound from Chicago to Menom- j inee, appeared off South Point with Ave big lorn- i ber barges in tow, making very little headway. She was watched by a number of people from shore, and it was thought that she would run into I the bay, but all were surprised to see her keep on her course. She appeared at times to be making no headway whatever, and it was several hours before she got below North Point. Among tlie arrivals from below yesterday were the propeller Juniata and schooners John B. Merrill, Moonlight, Marengo. George C. Finney, James D. Sawyer, Swallow, and Elizabeth Jones, all coal laden." There is no abatement to the ncward movement on ore rates. With the large amounts m tho pockets at Escanaba— 60,000 tons reported-iron mining companies are evidently ambitious to get down their ores, and with the present scarcity of tonnage higher rates are gradually WJI reached. The latest report is to the effect that $1.50 per ton has been offered for ore lrom Escanaba to this port, and that the rate from Marquette is also proportionately higher, but we are not sure of the truth of the statement. But it certainly is a fact that rates are improving au along tlie line. The following were the charters reported yesterday: Schooner Monitor, coal, from Cleveland to Duluth, 00c; same vessel, ore, back from Marquette, p. t, schooner Franz Slgel, coal, from Sandusky to Port Arthur, $1.35; same vessel, ore, back from Marquette, p. t ; schooner I. N. Foster, pigirom, from Escanaba to Cleveland, $1.50: schooner City of Cleveland, ore, from Escanaba to Cleveland, p. t ; schooner Helvetia, coal, from Cleveland to Chicago 70c; schooner R. P. Rannev, ores from Escanaba to Cleveland, p. t.: schooner Geoirge Warmington, coal from Ashtabula to Milwardk.ee, 70c; steamer J. N. Glidden, coal, from Loraim to Milwaukee on contract.— Cleveland La; Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Sturgeon Bay, Wis.. Sept. 3.—The Captain of the scow Johnson nicked up this morning about 6 o'clock two boats that had been the hulls for a catamaran, about eight miles from the Sturgeon Bay Canal.off WhitetishBay. They are about thirty feet keel, thirty-inch beam, and about three feet hold, oak frames and pine planking, and decks painted white with blue stripes on the covering board, and fenders painted red. The center boards are made from old circular saws, these were attached to portions of the deck beam, mast. and rigging, each having a portion, and about a mileapart. There is nothing about them to indicate where thev came from, or what the fate of the crew is. One boat has a hole stove m the side and deck about aniidship. No such craft has been seen or belongs fn this vicinity. Owing to the high sea it was impossible to secure mare oi the wreck, but with this wind it will be ashore soon in the yicinity of Whitefish Bay. MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN CHILDS. VESSEL MASTER AND MASTER MASON. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Erie, Pa., Sept. 4.—Perry Lodge, No. 392, F. and A. M., of this city, has erected a monument over the grave of Captain Jay S. Childs, who died in this city in 1875. Captain Childs was a well-known vessel master, and was the first Master of the Masonic lodge which has just marked his res'ing place in a befitting manner. Captain Childs' wife and daughter live in Erie. •