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\y-»'£'2 $mi PASSENGERS' > ' '............TffiXWfefes AT MUSKEGON^ A CITY OF SAMT AS WELT, AS SAWDUST, Special Telegram to TIhe Inter Ocean, i Muskegon, Mich.,, Sept. 24.—We area city of salt as well as of saw/dust. There is no longer any doubt that tho salt well which has been in operation by Ryerson, Hiills & Co. for the past few days is a success beyyond the most sanguine expectations. The plumping apparatus was this morning experiment ted with at a high rate of speed, in order to benter test the capacity of the well. The test was imadein the presence of members of the firm andl several of our leading men, and the result was ai barrel, with a capacity of 52^ gallons, was pmmped full of brine in one minute and fifty-iomr seconds. The brine has already been analysed by prominent chemists, and the results are nnost flattering. In his official report to the firm, Pirofessor Prescott, of Michigan University, says; ",As to the brine, I believe it a very fine one. Besidies being verynearlv saturated in strength, I beliewe it has the advantage of leaving nearly all tihe lime and magnesia in the biLtern, givincr a pur-e salt by manufacture." Th( report from the Stat<e Inspector shows that a yield of 300 barrels pure salt by manufacture per daj can be realized. Other leading firms have beer but waiting the resudt of this enterprise befor< puttintr down wells, which, it has been believed would pay but have not been pushed forward There is but one outcome of the matter. Tht future prosperity of Muskegon is assured. Th< ealt business will add to her population not onlv from the direct result of the salt manufacture, bul a feeling of stability and permanence will be givei to the city. rWJMHt, Wist Sept. 2?.—The officers of the I Goodrich propeller Ludington, that arrived tins [morning, report having sujhtead a fore-and-aft Isehoonw twenty-five miles to- the northeast of jthis city, running wild, width part of her sails set. The fore-head waas badly crushed fin, and no crew was too be seen. Th fjboat had evidently given signs of foun-fdering, or else had met vwith a collision Fand been abandoned by the crow. There is a pos-' sibility of the crew having beem drowned, as no report'of any such having escaped has been made since the great storm. The otliicers could see no name on the unfortunate craft,, but it was heavily loaded witn shingles, apparently having a cart;o of about fifteen million. Shin&tles floating on the water were marked, "C. Swetet, Chicago." This may lead to the identification! of the boat The tug Hogeman left at noon to seanrch for the strange era ft. A special from Ma riitowo<: says the schooner Halloran collided witih the schooner Phot yesterday afternoon, and thait- the Pilot's crew abandoned her. The Pilot was shintrle-laden, hound for Chicago, where s.he is owned. Tin special says that the captain oif the Halloran refused to give the unfortunates food and clothing and they suffered terribly. Tine erew is now in Manitowoc. The strange craft is undoubtedly the Pilot- ..... , ,„ / Wind last night, -west, moderate. No equinoctial just yet.. While the schooner G. Ellen was to-wing out yesterday morning, and the boat was being raised, the seaman in the boat lost his hold and went into the lake. He was safely picked up, and the vessel proceeded on her way. The last trip of the propeller Russell Sage from Buffalo to Toledo was made in twenty hours and fifteen minutes. This beats the best previous run of the Wabash Line steamers by twenty-five minutes, which had been the fastest time on record between these ports. The tug Winslow, with the lighter Vampire, three steam pumps, hawser, and other wrecking apparatus, has left Port Huron for Cheboygan, Mich., where she will remain until the close of navigation, ready to so at a moment's notice to any vessel which happens to get into trouble in that direction during the fall storms. By order of tho Lighthouse Board, a sixteen-foot Bpar buoy has been placed on a recently discovered gravelly sh mU, on which the steamer Japan grounded last June, near Gull Rock lighthouse, Lake Superior, in twelve feet of water, Compass bearings are: Gull Rock lighthouse N. 'v^rtrm; Mj^wauksi:, Sant. 27.—Ca&~tVin'Gilmau, of the propeller City of Ludington!! on his a,; day reoorted passing a vessel deserted by her crew about twenty-Jive miles northeast of Milwaukee. Two tugs started, out end returned with the ^vessel to-night, which was the schooner Pilot, laden with shingles for Chicago, which had been cut down by the schooner R. Halloran, of Toledo, off Port Washington las'; night The Pilot's crew were landed at Manitowoc. They complain very bitterly of the treatment of Captain Boyce, of the Halloran, who thev say refused them food, although they were nearly exhausted '" 11 111 I. i ill liiiiinn Bitrrmil barge J. M. Osborne with schooner James D. Sawyer. Cleared for Escanaba ¦—Steamnarge Raleigh and consort Lucerne. For Chicago— Schooners Pathfinder and D. Vance. Kpftrial Telegram to Tne Inter Ocean. CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. 27. -Cleared for Chicago—Props II. W. Blanehard, Avon, Arabia, mdse. The last crib in the Cleveland breakwater was completed to-day, and it is expected the entire superstructure will he completed before winter. Freights—Rates are firmer, vessel-owners refusing $1 .40 for ore from Escanaba to Ohio ports. 'Ahe schooner Stampede was chartered for ore from Escanaba to Black Rock at $1.70. The owners of the schooner A. C. Maxwell are anxious to learn her whereabouts. She broke away from the propeller .Swain in Lake Huron on Monday, imd has not been heard of, though the Swain has reported at Port Huron. The wind was fresh yesterday from the northeast. A large fleet arrived. J. H. Goldsmith, a sailor, fell on tho sfre-.et yesterday and broke his leg. He was con t the County Hospital. B. W. Morley, of Marine City, will soom commence the construction of a steamship, which will be 250 feet long and about 37 feet beasm. The accident at Adams street yesterdavy will probably impress the city authorities wilth the [importance of good pile protections to th bul ernents, and to the'bridges themselves.. The John X. Glidden was reported a; Fairport, but it turned out that she wtt» only slightly aground. Tho tug Peter Smil b lefi Cleveland to render her assistance, but fcsnnd it unnecessary. Vennor says of the coming winter: "The weather will be warm, open, and wet, with littla or nc snow during the close of the year. The winter will be an exceptional one. with severe storms on the iake." The reported possibility that a mishap had overtaken tho schooner Columbian turns out to be fa se. She arrived at Bulralo in safety, and is expected to return here for another cargo of grain /to-d&y.—Cleveland Leader. A telegram from Kingston states that the corn cargo of the steamb&rge Clinton was badly damaged. The Clinton left Chicago about two weeks ago and was caught in a big gale at the foot of the lakes, which disabled her machinery and caused her to spring a leak. _____.....____JTTw*l*...,.„V. . . . : it,UVW COAKSE FHEIGHTS. Lumber freights on Lake Michigan are firm, but unchanged. Of the situation in coal freights below, the Cleveland Leader of Wednesday says: "The *> o «Vi«"^™^£»™ advance in coal rates, which was represented as 5-8 W., distant .even-eighths of a mile, southern bable ln the Leader of last weekfhas already end of Manitou Island, E. 3-8 N. begun, as will be'seen by the following several Captain H. Zealand, of the steamer Glenfinlas, charters: Schooner Tipecan, coal from Cleve-which was partially burned in the Welland Canal ]aiKl to Brockville, $1.50; schooner St. Louis, recently, has offered to put her in good shape and coal from Cleveland to Prescott, $1.50; schooner send her over Niagara Fails, on fire, if he is fully Arctic, coal from Cleveland to Brockville, $1.50; indemnified for his loss by the railroads. The schooner M. L. Breck, coal from Ashtabula to steamer is 180 feet long. Hamilton, $1.10. These rates are fully twenty Fridav last the schooner North Cape arrived at cents per ton better than any yet obtained thus Buffalo'from Chicago with three non-union sail- far this season, and we anticipate that this is but ors, who had been shipped for the round trip, the beginning of an advance ln coal rates all During Friday night a dozen or more union men around. They have been too low all through the boarded the vessel and made their way to tho season thus far, and for this reason vessels have forecastle and threatened the sailors, who de- not been anxious to take coal cargoes. They are Berted the vessel without asking for their pay. reported not to be anxious to take coal to the Saturday they had the vessel libeled for the above ports, or ports on the St. Lawrence, amount of their wages, through the attorney of even at this advanced rate, on account of the Seaman's Union. The libel was answerable the heavy canal tolls. This, with the amount Monday, and as Captain Peterson was all ready of coal known to be ready to be shipped in that to leave Saturday night he thought best to pav direction makes it seem probable that a still the $72 wages and $-10 costs besides. He shipped a crew of union men for the up trip. The Onoko proposes to take out 2,500 tons of coal, which she will leave at Milwaukee if it can be handled there; otherwise she will go on to Chicago.—Buffalo Exnre.ss The wind has oecn blowing trbm the southwest all-day, ana the entire wind-bound fleet got away. The damage to the schooner Hailaran by grounding in the St. Clair River foots up over $1,000. ignis are weaker and rates lower on account of the decline in grain rates. Shippers today were offering but $1.40 from Escanaba to Ohio ports. The schooner Hailaran was chartered last night for Cleveland at .SI.50. Clearances— Schr R. Hailaran for Escanaba. Arrived Coal-ladeii—Steambarge Raleigh and consort Lucerne. AT EBJK. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. She, Pa., Sept. 26.—The damage done by the recent storm to the sand catch jetty which was in course of construction at Horse Shoe bend, north east of the peninsula, is being repaired. McKenzie & Co., of Ashtabula,, Ohio, had the contract for building 1,400 feet of a jetty, and when the damage was done they had driven 780 feet; of the work done all was destroyed but -100 feet, which is now being bound by stringers. Captain Adams has finished sounding the and finds at a point about fifty feet from the hOJ th pier a bar about fifty feet in width, giving bu thirteen feet and six inches in that place, and seventeen and eighteen feet elsewhere. The bar was formed when the Lehigh went acrousd in July, ana was raised by the action of the propellor and the tugs which came to her assistance. Captain Adams has written for authority to remove the bar. Investigation shows that the beach at the head or narrow part of the peninsula is in better condition than it has been for four or five years. Last fall a row of piles 2,000 feet in length were driven abreast the weather beach in eighteen feet of sand and with two feet above the water. These were driven at a point at which there were grave apprehensions that a break would occur, and which, by the way, is directly across the channel through which Commodore i errv sailed his heet after che battle and victory over the British. A fund of $10,000 is j i n hand in ease of emergency, for a break may occur at aJraQflt v.ny time, and a break in the neck of the peninsula unchecked promptly wouid fill the bay with sand and destroy the harbor. The $2;,i.6<J0 appropriated for tne Erie harbor has been nearly all expended. The probabilities are that the north pier will have to be lengthened 300 or 400 feet, in order to keep the accumulation of sand at the Horseshoe from washing into the bav. If the storms had not destroyed the sand catch pile jetty that structure would have answered the purpose of keeping the sand out of the bay. COOK'S CASH.'*" INSPECTION OF THE TUG BABOOCK. The tug D. L. Babcock, condemned in hull and boiler a year ago by tho lo^al inspectors in Chicago, but taken to Milwaukee and there given a certificate by Supervising Inspector Cook to come back and tow in Chicago, has just been inspected again by the local inspectors here and again condemned. Supervising Inspector Cook was present at this last inspection. "When the celling was torn away and the inside of the hull was exposed Mr. Cook said: "Phiough, I have seen enough." When the boiler was touched with the hammer on the belly and along the rivet seams, Mr. Cook said: "Well, I never! Can such things be? Enough; Enoughl Too much!" The local inspectors again condemned hull and boiler. The owner of the boat (who recently purchased her) appealed to Supervisirug Inspector Cook, and he ias ho ought to have done a year ago with the former owner) referred him back to the local inspectors, thus confirming the action of the local inspectors in their condemnation. The owner of the Babcock will now rebuild the I hull and give her anew Otis steel boiler, making : a Kood boat of her.. But the great Supervising Inspector of Steamboats of this district stands in a most unenviable position. He acknow.-iedues that in overriding the local inspectors a wear ago he did wrong and let a boat continue rumniug which was unsafe in both hull and boiler. • j*p*"* FKEXGHTS. FIRM AND STEADY. The Board of Trade adjourned early, and but little attention was paid to grain freights during the day. Rates were firm and steady at ^3-ic icorn to Buffalo. The engagements were as iol-ows; further advance in prices will soon be made. An advance on prices 'to Chicago and Milwaukee seems also as certain as ever for the reasons stated last week. It Is believed that at least 80 could already be obtained if the tonnage was here to offer. Other charters reported yesterday were the schooner Young America, ore from Escanaba to Black Rock, \t. t.; schooner J. E. Gilmore, coal from Sandusky to the Sault, $1; same vessel ore back from Marquette to Cleveland, $1.75; schooner H. G. Cleveland, coal from Buffalo to Portage. $1.10, same vessel ore back from L'Anse to Cleveland, $1.75; steamer S. H. Townsend and consort Kelly, ore from Marquette to Lake Erie ports, $1.75; schooner Canton, coal from Cleveland to Detroit, 40c; schooner Eliza Gerlach, coal from Sandusky to Lae-la-Belle, $1.50, same vessel ore back from Marquette to Cleveland, $1.75: schooner A. Boody, ore from Escanaba to Cleveland. $1.50; schooner Swallow, ore from Escanaba to Cleveland, $1.50: schooner Columbian, wheat from Cleveland to Buffalo, 2^e." Special Telesrram to The Inter Oce an. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28.—Coal freights fairly active at former quotation, GO cents. Engagements: Props Conemaugh, R. B. Hayes, Sunrise, M. E. Tremble, Saveland. The Peterson goes to Green Bay at 65c. Canal freights quiet; 5:^c on corn was bid, but no takers; t> He was offered on wheat _ "UNKNOWN RICHES. A MOST IMPORTANT DrsCOVEKX. The public have generally supposed that the dock property situated on the north side of the river, extending east almost to the lake, was owned by W. H. Lathrop, as he had controlled the property and had mado repeated efforts to compel the fishermen to remove their shanties and get possession. It now transpires that all the property opposite the Goodrich docks was. owned by Moses Miller, deceased, some thirty] years ago. When the course of the river was. changed it was supposed that the norths half of the property had been swal-^ lowed up, but it was afterward ascertained by a surveyor that there still remained a strip of land some 500 feet long and from two to twenty feet wide. The Miller heirs sunposed that the taxes had eaten up the property, and there fore no steps were taken to claim it. Recently it has been discovered that the land was never taxed, its existence being: unknown to the assessors. The result is the heirs secured a deed of the property and a few days ago sold it to Mr. M. A. Knapp, for a consideration which is private. A new dock Is now being put in and land improved. What Mr. Knapp intends to do with the property, and whether the fish shanties will be allowed to stand unmolested is unknown.—Jiacine Journal. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BUOY ON DAWSON ROCK. Notice is hereby given that Dawson Rock, lying E. by N. % N., 11 ^ nautical miles from Lonely Island Lighthouse,will be marked, during the remainder of this season, by a spar buoy colored red and black in horizontal rings. It is proposed next season to place a bell buoy upon this dangerous spot. The following description will serve as sailing directions: Dawson Rock, in Georgian Bay, with only three feet of water on it, lies directly on the path of vessels running between Killarney and Collingwood or Owen Sound. It bears approximately E. byN. % N., distant ll'*s nautical miles from Lonely Island Lighthouse; and S. E. by 3. 13^a miles from the nearest part of Squaw Island. The whole patch, under the depth of three , fathoms, extends about nortfn and south for a ' quarter of a mile, and appears bold to on this north side. From it the south extreme *of Horse Island Is closed with the north end of Lionely Island, and the summit of Badgely Island ;about in line with the eac*t extreme of Squaw Isla.nd. 1 Wm:. Smith, Deputy of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Th^steambarge Ontonagon, burned on the St. r River Sunday night, was owned by Henry Turner, of East Saginaw, and was insured in the following companies: Guardian, Northern, Commercial Union. $2,500 each; Continental, $0,500; Prescott, $2,500; Mechanics and Traders" $-1,500. Total, $21,000. Buffalo Express: "Lake receipts for the past three days are among the largest of the season, particularly in wheat. The Custom House reports for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday show an arrival of 952,30!) bushels of wheat, besides 22,-815 barrels and 12,770 sacks of flour, 400,400 bushels of corn, and 75.5-10 bushels of rye. The lumber arrivals readied5,000,000 feet." Vesselmen report seeing the bow of the sunken propeller Oakland about four feet out. Large rafts are seen floating about, and it is believed a considerable quantity still remains in her hold forward, held there by the hull and deck, wlxicli is said to be quite strong, notwithstandim g her years. An effort will be made to tow her ashore, and save what they can, at least of her boiler and engine, which were in good shape. The charters given below are evidence for the fact that there is no change in condition of freight rates. Tonnage is still scarce and figures firm, ami looking toward a further improvement. The following were the engagements reported: Schooner H. J. Webb, coal from Cleveland to Milwaukee, 75c; schooner George Worthington, coal from Cleveland to Milwaukee, 75c; schooner Fred A. Morse, coal from Black River to Milwaukee, 75c; schooner John L, Glidden, coal from Black River to Milwaukee, 80c; schooner Lafrinier, wi'.eat from Cleveland to Buffalo, p. t.; steamer Rhoda Stewart and consorts Hattie Wells and Sea Gull, coal from Toledo to St, Ignace, 05c; on return trip steamer lihoda Stewart, pig iron from Favette to Cleveland, $1.50; consorts Hattie Wells and Sea Gull, ore from St. Ignace to Toledo, $1.40.—Cleveland Leader. The Adams street bridge accident is reported in the city columns of this issue. Captaim Lou ¦ Vance, of the schooner David Vance, is ;u good, careful navigator. He is part owner of t.he fine vessel—one of the largest on the lakes—and is always careful to employ none but the be^st and ' most careful tugmen to tow her. He luad two tugs, and had taken every precaution, regardless of expense, to avoid accident. The fact thiat the vessel's light woodwork sustained no danuage by brushing against the mason work of the abutment speaks volumes for the weakness of the masonry. There are numerous other bridges and bridge abutments along the river just a;a weak i and as wholly unprotected as the Adams* street affair. The V. 0. T. Company employ nome but the best, most experienced, and most careful men as captains of their tugs, and Captain Krrby. of the Shields, and Captain McCarl, of the Ho.od, are among the best men among the whole harbor fleet. The following has been issued by Stephen 0. inevfiua last night was a gale, coming from south-southeast. Fortunately it was clear, with a big full moon shining—light enough to read sm&U print. This fact proved a great help doubtless, to the large fleets caught outside There are numerous vessels bound here which are, of course, driven back down the lake. Disasters are to be feared along this shore. The seas were mountainous and were sweeping entirely over the piers and breakwaters and flooding the wharfs far into the harbor. Craft moored along by the Peshtigo dock ground so badly and shipped so much water that they were compelled to call tugs and tow up east of Rush street. Among these was tho schooner Arabia. The schooner Bessie Boalt, lying onposite the life-saving station, was in a most dangerous position at midnight. At times she was down so that her decks tilled, and witn the next sea it seemed as if she would be carried over the pier. She pounded and chafed in a mwt uncomfortable way, and there were fears that she- would be wrecked. The tug Chicago went to her and whistled repeatedlv but (from the life-saving station) it seemedas if there was no one on board Earlier in the nignt V. O. T. tug went down to her. on a telephon e' from the life station, but at that time the master" thought she was safe enough where she was. The tugs did not go outside and craft bound in had to do the best they could. The schooner Lizzie Doak successfully sailed in, and was then taken by a tug and towed up the river. SWEPT AWAY. Large quantities of lumber and timber were swept off the docks at the mouth of the harbor and lost. At a late hour the tugmen reDorted seeing '"a large section of the exterior breakwater adrift." Whether it was a portion of superstructure or a new crib about to be put into position could not be ascertained. THE AUSTRALIA. The schooner Australia has been heard from in safety. Long trips are not at all uncommon. THE LAKE 8H0HE DKIVE. Along the beach on the North Side the seas last night were tremendous. Great rollers came along and, meeting no obstruction, swept entirely across the lake shore drive. Early in the night there were several washouts in the roadway, and the work of destruction went on as the wind and sea increased. The damage would be very serious. The Holland (brush) "shore nrotection" seems no protection at all aeainst a storm like that of last night. If the lake shore drive is to be paved at all some«ort of a pile protection will have to be built as the lake is making most disastrous inroads all along from the city to Lincoln Park. The cost of refilling and repairing will be several thousand dollars. YACHTS AND BOATHOUSES. There were reports that yachts and other small craft in the "outer harbor"—the basin—suffered heavily and that a costly boat-house had been washed away. THE WELLS BUKT. A FLOATING MAST. Captain J. Miller, of the schooner Green Bay, reports that about twelve miles north-northe-;.si from the harbor, about three miles east of Grosse Point, a mast (supposed to bo from the Wells Burt) clinging to the wreck appears floatine above the water, and is dangerous to navigation. *>-" Jj'Lfti'SAiH. AND JETSAMr ' Five of the crew of the wTecked steambargi East Saginaw arrived here yesterday. They are loud in their praises of Tom Fitzsimmons, mate of the vessel, for his skillful management of th' small boat when they were on Lake Huron. Th say the captain hired the tug Kellogg to go their rescue, but she did not go, and neither dl the life saving crew at Sand Beach attempt help tiiflm ~ri"j'"J'lg^i^if{iti/lki \ rarge number of reliable vessel captains claim that the entrance to the harbor of refuge at Sand ftj Beach is tuo narrow, and that during storms it is I >Ji almost impossible for tows to run in without be- I ff, ing damaged. Complaints are also made asrainst the manner in which the breakwaters were built, ,- being so arranged that vessels are liable to be . wrecked by striking them. One old eapiainsays that he believes more vessels have suffered thorp- ,,31"""" *'*'" 1—'-------it '"lilt IhifiTrTiifniii Rowan. Vice Admiral of the United States navy^: -^T—The"final o'utcome of the steamer Oakland dis-! PHEIG-HTS. THE SITUATION YESTEfiDAY. The rate on corn to Buffalo was ftrmat3*2c: wheat. 3-He; corn to Midland and Collingwood, 2 ^Hc; corn to Sarnia, 2 ^c. The schooner William I. Preston was changed from Ogdensburg to Kingston; her cargo la corn, and she gets G^c. The day's engagements were as follows* Notice is herebv given that on and after Oct. 1 1883, a fixed white light of the fourth order, va- i; ried by red flashes at intervals of one minute, will f be shown from the lighthouse recently erected at . Sherwood Point, south side of the entrance into r Siuru'von Bav from Oreen Bay, Wis. The apparatus lights 270 degrees of the horizon, and the focal plane is 32 feet above the ground and (U feet above the lake level. The light should be seen in clear weather from the deck of a vessel, ten feet above the lake, 14^ statute miles. The structure is a square red brick tower, with dwelling attached; lantern painted white. The approximate position of the lighthouse, as taken from the survey lake charts, is as follows: Latitude, 44deg. 53min. (30 sec.) north; longitude, 87 deg. 25 mm. l55 sec.) west. Magnetic bearings and distances from prominent objects are as foiiows: Eag.e Bluff, N. N. E., 21 \i statutemiles; Chambers Island, N. % E., 21*a statute miles; Greek Island, N. N. W. H N., ll1^ statute miles; Mi^ornhiee, N. W. by H„ 15^ statute miles.------_ Reports, as thev reach Cleveland, are that the lost steamer Oakland is still in sight in the vicinity of where sho went down, "her nose," as it is said, beingfour to six feet above water. Her cargo is still floating about, some of it reported drifted as far as Fairport. The owners, who are dealers at Erie, were in this city yesterday trying to negotiate an engagement with the steambargt George A. Marsh to gather it up. This they will undoubtedly do, and will set about it at once.| Laree rafts are seen floatine about, and it is be lieved a considerable quantity still remains i: her hold forward, held there by the hull deck, which is said to be quite strong, not withstanding her years. In sneaking of isome o the causes of her disaster several parties wh knew her well seem to think her sharp bow anf the speed she was making made herplow through -the wave Instead of riding it, and with a heavf" sea even in advance of the gale she took wat< from the wash-over to such an extent as to lis her toward the starboard side. In this conditio: she lost her buoyancv and to a certain extent tl use of her rudder, as she is reported not to ha responed well to her helm at the time. In th: shape she went down. An effort will be made A tow" her ashore if possible, and save what they can, at least of her boiler and engine, which were in gcod tdiape.—Cleveland Leader. MUST PAY TJP, BTEAMKES ON TOX AND WOLP MVEItS. The steamers doing business on the Fox and Wolf Elvers have escaped documenting under the claim that their owners set up tnat they were not liable as the boats plying on the lakes and on Green Bay. From the following dispatch it looks as though they were to be made to comply with the law respecting documenting as vrell as the one relating to inspection, which has always been observed. .... Special Agent Douglas sent one of his inspectors into the Wisconsin a week or so ago to look after the boats on the Fox and Wolf Rivers, it having been reported to him that nearly all had never been "documented" and naid no hospital dues. The inspector reports that he found fifteen tugs, twentv steamers, and eight schooners which had not complied with the law in those respects. So Special Agent Douglas sent the owners notice that unless they settled with the government their boats would be tied up. Some of these vessels have been running ten or twelve years without a license, and the amount due the government by the owners is between $10,000 and $15,000. The penalties toot up a great deal more, but it is not likely that they will be exacted if the dues are paid.—Green Ban Gazette. ' There was a revival of former days on River street yesterdav afternoon. Fighting was the order, and every few minutes a row was under way at one point or another, or perhaps it nii.ight be designated as a running fight. Blood was spilled and old clothes were scattered as the contest watred. It was said frhe fight was between union and non-union men, and that all a man had to do to get his he«d punched was to claim allegiance to either organization. Both sides were out in force. One fellow was reported to be badly cut, and was taken somewhere up town. His name was not learned. A non-union sailor misled his valise'in the encounter, and had not found it up to 0 o'clock. No arrests were made.—Cleveland aster is that she was sold on Tuesday just as she lies with her bow above water, and her stern resting on the bottom of old Erie, for the sum of $500. The parties makinsr the sale are the |Stephens' estate, by whom she was owned, and [the purchasers are James Corrigan, of Cleveland, /land Captain Thomas Wilson, the diver. The par- r I Lies sell ing guarar tee the vessel against all claims. | Thirty thousand feet of lumber is said to be still in her hold. Captain Wilson left this port on Wednesday night for the scene of the wreck, and was perfectly sanguine that he would have her brought into Erie or some other safe port before the end of tho week. When he has done so and has examined her his intention is to rebuild if ^she is worth it.—Cleneland. Leader. COMMERCIAL LINE. ENOBMOUS LOSS. The argument in the case of the Commercial Line has been postponed until Saturday. Meanwhile the steamers are laid up and are losing: money heavily. The Cuba (having been sold on a mortgage and bid in for Mrs. Hamilton) is not included in these new proceedings, and is running —the only boat of the line. She is now on her way down. ^ -¦ PLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The terminal elevator, Buffalo, has been doing some fast work recently. The wheat cargo of the schooner W. H. Rounds, 22,700 bushels, was elevated in one hour and fifteen minutes. Farmers arriving in the city to-day from North Point report that large quantities of shingles and lumber and the cabin door of a vessel washe-' upon trie beach yesterday. This leads to the suj | position that some email vessel has I been wrecked in the late storm. Fur- . | ther search will be made along the i \ shore for more wreckage, and with hopes tha if a vessel has been wrecked her identity can be learned.—Racine Journal. People needn't alarm themselves until more definite information is received. A wag says that while able writers are discussing in the popular magazines the cause of seasickness, the fact remains that sea-sickness is caused by going to sea. Great head, that. It seems that President Villard, of the Northern Pacilic Railroad, is contenmlating the construction of a number of large and fast steamers for the carrying of his freights between Buffalo and Duluth and other Lake Superior ports, in connection with the great Northern Pacific. By such an arrangement he can control, in a measure, carrying rates on the lake, and affect the price of grain East, though his personal object ig to secure cheap transportation for grain from the North. The Seamen's Union, it Is rumored, will advance wages to-morrow to $3.50 per day. The wind continues from the northeast, and the bav and harbor is crowded with wind-bound vessels. Tne schooners Rising Star, Resumption, Grace Filer^ and Lake Forest came to in the bay last night. The propeller Philadelphia ran back, from seventy miles down the lake to-day. 'the schooner I. N. Foster, coal-laden for Sheboygan. came in here for shelter. Special Tcl.-.r;:;;] 'n Tin' .inter Ocean, ^ortEluiX, Ont., Oct, l-i,—Last night about midnight the <:;\--:rain of the stranded steamer Ontario ordered ail bauds to leave the boat, as tne sea was running very high, and the chances for landing were becoming few. They erected camps on shore and made everything as com-fortableas droumstances would oermtt. To-day all the passengers Were brought into town, ami ;i re now comfortably quartered at the Arlington House, BEFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 11.—Coal freights quiet and firm at SOc to Chtcaco and Milwaukee. En- . gagements: schrs Marengo, Golden Rule, for Mil- , waukee, Columbian, for Green Bay, at 85c. The t I Lehigh Line propr Fred Mercer is detained here; her boilers, although new, were unable to stand 11 inspection; repairs were ordered. Wind east, \ | fresh.