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0$: ¦'-'- Shcaweb K. N. Rice, 1868, Capt. Wm. McKay. Following is a list of the Oswego vessels, with the names of the masters wtio wih sail thorn this season: Bolivia, Benjamin Chambers; Jamaica, James Glassford; Samana, Andrew Robertson: Leadville, Daniel Hourigan; Blazing Star, John Hurley; Guiding Star, William Griffin J Mystic Star, Patrick Gnffin; William L. Preston,.John Van Alstine; Kate Kelly, William King; John H. Noyes, Daniel Keeliher; Oliver Mitchell, Ed Chatteau; John Magee, Captain Kipson: E. P. Dorr, Peter Dufrane; Senator Blood, John E. Preston; J. Maria Scott, William Richardson; Willie Keller, Thomas Murray; Hartford, William McCarthy; O. M. Bond, S. Lefevre; Camanche, W. C. Becker! Sea Guil, John Cailan; Fj D. Barker, James* Scott; James Wade, Fred Pritchard; G. B. Sloan, James McDowell: Hoboken, Mate Hourigan; D. G. Fort, Cap taiu Daniels; M". J. Cum things, Charles Tifft.; West. Side, John Quigley: Mary Copely, W. J. iVincent; H. W. Sage, Michael Holland; Lciu i i h, Matt Kerwin; Trinidad,-------Higgins; Rising Scar. William Preston; Nevada, Captain Howard ; Sam Cook, J;; men L urran; Penokee, Frank McGuire. The schooner Nassau will be sailed this year by UaptaiQ Hugh Boss, the Pulaski by Captain John Moul'tner, and th< / V A is FROM FRANKFORT. Special Telegram to The luter Ocean. Fuankfort, Mich., Nov. 2-i.— it has been blow-in g a nortuwest gale here a'l day. Tne steamer George Sanford, which arrived last night, reports a very rough passive. Also, that she lost an open boat she tiai in tow. the Rob Roy, containing three men, by tne line parting. As yet there are no tidings, and it is feared they have found watery graves.. REMARKS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LOSS OF THE ENTERPRISE, Gilclhrist's Mil!'to a distance of 1.20=) feet outside the light* Picton, Ont., Nov. 2-i.—The scnooner Enter-houwe. A ohaunel 150 feet wide and fourteen feet deep is prise, loading bailey at the West Point store-to bie dugout, and the work will be completed some time ^0USe, attempted to leave tor sneiter, but went ¦""*'"..... asuore. Vessel and cargo total loss. Crew John T. Mott by Captain Peter Cronley. the last shall be first," etc. See Scripture. "And next summer, Cavpr, Si Sinclair, of the tug J H Martin, has cleared him-' self on the score of inhumanity. He says that the tug Sa:i taction was fully a mile astern when he discovered that her towline had parted, and knowing that the tug Chioaago vms near be did not stop, believing that the Chi-* eago.i^s captain Would pick the Satisfaction up. Had he Known that the captain of the Chicago had refused to assist i the disabled tug he would have let go his tow and gone back-; to the relief of the Satisfaction. Tlhe steamer Prussia arrived at Colchester from Leam« ingtcon on Wednesday, and took on S.ooo bushels of wheat for (.Captain Norris, of St Catharines. After leaving port at ikoou yesterday she experienced considerable difficulty, cauMed by a slight error in judgment on the part of the captain, and came near going on the beach. It was Mowing aa gale at the time from the west, and he mistook the distance he was away from the dock, and undertook to' roumd without having sufficient sea room. However. withi the assistance of Cant Scott, who happened to be on board, she was worked off and went to the river, where she ita to complete her cargo. The schr Benson is riding -e gjUe a ahort distance from Colchester Ke«f. MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA-The schooner Torn Sinus is ashore at Pierpont. j She measures 21o tons, was built at Oswego, by I Miller *fc Co., in 18ti2„ rated Bl1^, valued at $5,000, and owned by tine Elias King estate, of Chicago, i The schooner Scotia came into Chicago yester-The scow G. 1 day with her topsail and foresail split. lereW The schooner Eagle Wing, with lumber for ¦ tho f Chicago; got itrto Michigan City. Ttie schooner Frank Crawford, of ChicasfX at Portnge Bay, fhas been Eaved. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ GEAND HAVEN. Bpetial Telegram to The inter Ocean. Grand Haven. Mien., Nov. 24.— 8. Skinner, lumuer ioaaed, ran on the beach heret last night, and will be a total loss. Also the I scnooner Jesse Martin ran on the beach here! with oats, flour, and salt, which will be a total iasuore au A „*.¦,„,.« -,_,, ----- loss. The schooner was damaged about $500. 'the underwriters. She measures ^M ton* jvas abandoned to §bui^ at Pigeon River, bar E. Q»»Jnf. ittwim»i Wiliiam Th. crews are au ¦»£ ^Vffi^^^JSfiSu**** I Bocbistib. N. V., Nov. '.U-Two .propellers £)}^iT^oon^-W BoS* on (°i?« b»alc. ami live samng vessels were anven into Cbar 1*- \^VuflaST^ekSreS 017 t us. She is/ lotte to-day by stress of weaker. Pned bv tbeHon. Wllsy M. E*an, of CWca^ lakes. She was built AcooTolng tq the Sarnia " Observer," the Beatty.P»PeA tamers in the harbor wind bound lets have been testing their speeding powers with some the American nropellers, and proved themselves to be the fastest. The " Observer " says :—" There bii3 always be; Cheboygan, Mich., "Nov. 'J4-—A heavy northwest pale uas been preTailiny: since last ni^tit, 1 by flurries of snow and it is Ueez- egc ""•">" """'--"r.~.'.>^ kV,h,™ abandoned to There are several schooners and pt is understood tuat sh.e has been abandontd to Ttho underwriters. The msmance i= *^a,»ut> m |, the jfitno, the Detroit Mre and Marine, fcnestsailiUK vessels on the:------- accompanied by flurries of snow and it is treez- gtt Little Stureeon*ay BW^Pears^SonJn^lBT*. ini: hard. " ' ' ' Special Teleerarn to The inter Ocean. EHqIIPool Shchadnoica ri^ry between the Canadian and United-State, .teamer, \ , Mm*** ^^^^^n^JW^ E^^^g^- MoifAffli ^iaW^ea| NOT SO BAB AFTER ALL. -The PuiutU papers say: "A", Buffalo on Thursday last the following coal charters were made for Prince Arthur's Lauding: Steambarge J.saac May and barges, L. W. Drake, Iowa, Waubesh-irie. Muskoka, and Severe. This fleet will carry in the neighborhood of 5,000 toas. It was intended to keep the freisrht rato private, but it has leaked out that the inducement held forth was $2.50 per ton, free in and out. There still remain 3;000 tons, of coai at Buffalo, which was sold to Winnipes parties on condition that the i same be forwarded this fall, and it is now thouarht 1 that even a higher rate than the above will I have to be paid before the owners can get boata J to touch it. But even if boats are secured at the same rate it will cost over $25,000 to lav this 3,000 tons of coal down as Prince Arthur's Landing, a rato that will knock the profits on this coai akyhigh. And when this flee? the landing the fun will commence in dead earn-¦ftas-te ia only, one dock -there, and that will* o?.ay>-bxki-5O0 umS'tftuHiQ ftStirfiiifeftS A $R$ 0^e b6at,"c.i:n unload at & time. . TSfie coai wjfa 'b^b^i^^d ottS with, a .bucitet,, dumped; ,intp a care, hauled out into tne couutiy,1 aud-u^ifeadred.' and it will take three weeks at the very earliest to unload this fleet. Some of these boata will never ^efc below this season, as the Sault River will undoubtedly be frozen over before they can get unloaded." On arriving at Port Huron the Isaac May and her barges laid up. They thus have big-paying cargoes for the spring. IKON OSE SHIPMENTS. The following tabic exhibits, in gross tons, the total lake shipments of iron ore from Upper Peninsula ports the present season up to and including Nov. 15, together with the amount whi p ped during a corresponding period last year: Name of port. 1881. 1S82. Escanaba.................1,414,945 l,9jjtL963 Marquette................ 006,780 927,641 J /Ance.................... 53, IJBO 68,328 St. Ignace................ —,. 56,-91 Total.................2,164,885 2,571,226 An increase of 586,371 tons. : the Lake Superior route in the matter of Bpeed, \here to-dav the hardes hit¦ wrh never allowed to develop into anything like -peiler Philauclphla attempted to go out last racBDc. Occasionally the boats would come together and a knight but ran on the bank of the ciiannel and is little brush would ensue, but the Question of nunremacy waa ^tili hard aground. The propeller Delaware never definitely settled. It was the Quebec's luck on her itrjed (,o re.ease her, but could not. two last trips to meet rival steamers on the down trip off J Sagiinaw Bay. and the result was a trial of sailing qualities, ¦$. FROM MILWAUKEE. whittta In each case terminated in favour of the Quebec. '< Special Telegram to iuo Inter Uwau. The first wa-j with the propeller China, which was left some " Milwaukek, Wis., Nov. 24,—Ihe wrecking i.-e in the rear, and the last was with the propeller ;:tua Leviathan has been telegraphed to no with Kyai-ck, the best boat on the American side. This was a : eteam pumps to the schr Tom Sims at Pierport. neoHs and neck run to the river, the Quebec coming in a ' Nothing definite as to the condition of the Suns length or two ahead, thus outpacing the fastest boat of the oaD be iearaed, but it is understood that sue is ntion in reversing the decision of the Chicago . *s.^Pre* . m ,, . „ „„„*,„«„„ *ha t«t« „,.„ locals Inspectors with regard to the condemned tug DX ' The trale of the past day or two on the lake was BaVooock, is causing much unfavourable comment in marine ¦ the severest of the season, exent vessels havlnsr circWeB on the other side of the border. The local Govern- rgone ashore on the east snore, up to a late nour (?•Bat authorities found the vessel unseaworthy in boiler and ":Jast nisiht no ioss of life had been reported. hull and refused to issue papers to her. In spite of this. The schr Three hells arrived here t-nis after- and-lin violation of theOustoms laws (which suy a condemn- 'n00Di havinffi lost a portion of her deck-load of ed ecraft shall not be removed from the aistrict she is in),the «.nnri Babocock steamed up and proceeded to Milwaukee, a port |woou' 1 the a hmndred miles distant, in another State, and another dis tni-t. There. Superviaiug Inspector Cook met her—coming fronn headquarters at I>er,roit to do so—and he gave her p&pttrs to run ttnd to do general harbour towing. She them returned to Chicago, and has been steadily at work . ever since. Waiving the question as to whether the boat The schr H. E, Moore, bound from Chicago to tons. She was built at Cleveland: by Presley & S. in 1857, rated A2*a»and was valued at $8,000. Thomas Birch and others, of Buffalo, owners. ^^h The schooner C. B, Benson measures 299 tons. She was built at.Port C inton by J. Duff in 1S73, rated A 2, and was valued at $13,500. Dull and others, of Toledo, are tiae owners. The scow Skinner waa built at Port Enron by Buuford in 1869. She measures 195 tons. A. V. Nanu & Co ar« tho owners.. The barge A. H. Moss (formerly schooner) measures 324 tons. Slue was built at Vermillion by Crozier in 1863, rated B 1, and was valued at $8,000, John Hurlev. <of Detroit, is the owner. The barge Groton (fiormeriy schooner) measures 350 tons. She waw built at Port Huron by Muir in 1S68, rated B 1, and was valued at 88,-OuO. John Hurley and others, of Detroit, are the owners. _ Muskegon, is in port wind-bound. i Arrived from Beiow Coal-laden—Sohrs Por- (, ter and A. J. Dewey. LOSS OF A TUG. Special Telegram to i'iio inter Uceau. Toronto, Out,. Nov. 24.—The tug Colin HTOIiai NOTES. The schooner Joun Bfiee, ashore.near_Blg Point Sauble, was formerly the Pauline. Sue meas Sres 199 tons, was built at Milwaukee by J. Barber in 1356, rated A 2, and was valued at t $11 000 W. W. Chaiun. of Manistee, is the owner. There is some insurance. -V....JWU o^muv JU iri uvtt hviimu tnu in in no 3n;i.q ulc . The scnoouer liCiirjse, ashore question was leferred to the Supervision Inspector General George Johnson, the fireman, wno was acting as Rau7Je measures 19G tons. S is setaworthy or not,"the Customs officialc in Chicago naked I______________________________________________ the Departraeot in a formal tetter whether the Supervising | jjunro, owned by Captain Tiiomas Mentor, sank Inspector had the right to order the removal of a con- . h,.!,_„i, „- i{„hv>- pninr rlnrintr tiip -'ini-m denized steamer. It is now about two months since the at her dock at babv s Poiuu duutu the „toim. of Steamboats, Mr Durnont, and no deoieion has yet been watchman, is missing. The supposition is that ^ < at Big Point was buiit at made. Chicago vestelinen attribute Cook's action to pet! feabanwy of the local inspectors, with whom he has au a eged grievance. BUFFALO AND VICINITY. Spfficlal Telegram to The Inter Ocean. ElUFFALO, N. Y., Nov, 24.—The fiercest storm thins far this season has nassed over this vi~ ciniity, and was particularly disastrous to shiD-pitog interests. Three craft are ashore within a milte of each other. The schooner J. W. Doane, whiich went on the north breakwater, will be-corme a total wreck. Her mainmast went over-boaard about noon, and it is expected that she wllll be broken in two before morning. She is inssnred for $25,000, and owned by W. M. Egan, of Chicago. IThe barges A. H. Moss and Groton, of the steeambarge Empire's tow, which broke adrift ahireast of Dunkirk, sailed down to this port, and are both ashore. The Moss is on the beach near Bird Island piers, and the Groton is well up in j the sand south of the Lichthouse about ono mile. They are both considered lyintr easy; cariroes and hulls insured. The iusurance neo-plte are making preoarations to lighter the MMfthe sea« subside. * The propeller Antelope, which left ifere Wednesday night with the barge Manitowoc in tovw, has just returned, haviug dropped bairgo off Long Point. The Antelope is nearl he whs ia the cabin at the time and went uowa with her. Several theories are advanced as to the cause of the disaster, but nothing reliable up , to the present. No insurance. PEOPELLHE PRUSSIA'S NARROW ESCAPE. — Colchester, Our., Nov. 23.—The propeller Prussia narrowly escaped going on the beacn hereto-day. She left at noon for the river to f complete her cargo of wneat. The captain maae ' t a mistake in estimating his distance from sliorc. and did not uive himself sufficient sea room iu , . roundinir in. The wind was biowine a cale at / q the time, but she Dually succeeded in working herseit oif ail right FE*M BETEOIT. ¦ Detroit. Mich., BTov. 24 —Reports of disasters V \ are not numerous here, which leads to the hope that tho gale' of Thursday nicrht did not catch 1852, ratffld B 1, and was valued at Tedl Warner, of Chicago, the Milan ^^^^^ $4,000. Captain _ . ^^^^^^^^^ well-known tubman, iis the principal owner. I The Sigel, ashore nesar the Ecliuse, is the Gen-, eral Sigel, and not the; schooner General Franz Sigel. She measures 144 tons, was built at Youngatown by N. tCoilius in 1853, rated B 1, and was valued at $5,(000. The schooner WaUialla arrived at minus a portion of her deck-load, canvas torn. The WescoU got m The Thomas Smith and her barge ran into Milwaukee. The schiooner Conquest also got shelter there, A Stumeon Bay dispatch of Saturday says: "During the snowstorrm this morning the propeller Canada, bound from Chicago to the lower lakes, came into the (canal for shelter. """ — Kacmo i and with ! minus her She re- many vessels out. No further news from the -} . ^*f*L^fltp*nn"tiiaftorno*on7wlien she ventured schooner on Colchr^ter Reof, arfd it is Relieved /< mained heie until jit^rnooii, Charters and Freights. Chicago, Nov 23.— The shipment of Brain to Canadian ports is about ended, as far us this season is concerned, though there will doubtless be an occasional and solitary charter at intervals. The line boats have a mononnly af the grain carrying, hut little is now done in the way of lumber, and the iron ore trade has quite closed down. EUB-FAtO, Nov. 23:—A few loads of wheat were Shipped ¦ to New York yesterday by canal at about 6; freight. The ¦ useed up. Her port arch and smoke-stack Wabash line prop.J C Oault, which took a load of barley i gome, and she is largely damaged otherv from (ireen Ba^'aWc¦ * " * *** ¦ ' &**<* schooner Henry Folder, bound to Dktkoit, Nov 23.—Schr TJaadill* seta §1 5o per ton on iron ore from Escanaba to Cleveland. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo, "Nov. 23.—The Canadian schooner China was ! stripped at this port yesterday. ! The season's work on the imw breakwater waa finished yesterday. Three hids have been submitted for nest year, The props H 3 Jewett, Jay Gould and Ouhtt cleared from Chicago tor this port on Tuesday, loaded with grain. The Jewett had 73,000 bushels of corn. The schr II R Newcomb and steambarjc IT D CotEnbury, now at Cleveland with ore, will be laid up here. Tiie prop Potomac cwme in yesterday with llaxseed from Chicago and fish from Port Huron. She gyes into winter quarters here. the crew successfu 'v made their escape. The new iron propeller H. J. Jewett is aground on the Lime Kilns,'but it is thought will be got ¦ off without difficulty when the water rises. Tne propeller Panama is high and dry on Bar Point/Lake Erie, in an exposed position. Detroit Jotting*. l this evening, after hav- out, but returned aaaiin t as North Bay, and will remain The steambar^e S, iug got as far until the sale goes drown, ,'M C. Hall is also iu portt." ¦Jm The schooner Alice B. Norris, at Milwaukee, r*^ lost her centerboard. The C. B. Benson iis not the vessell on Col-_ n. ™, . ,__. ,. , „ „ Chester reef. The C. B. is laid up at Toledo. Detroit, Nov. 24.-The barceArcturus. which was cou» - Th« Neilift ftirdneir wet (.Oil hnnhAlR of hor ¦ • — cardine when the latter sunk in the Geor- the Heine Uarane* \\ei• i uo Dusuets ol ner corn cargo. Sue is ;ut Buffalo. The Pridgeon sort of the Kin'-------- gian Bay, arrived down yesterday. ^^^^^^^^ The iron steamship 11 J Jewett left Chicago on Tuesday evening with a cargo Of wheat, destined for New York. A special effort will be made to get this wheat to New Yori by Monday next. j will be ready at Buffalo to receive The Black Diamond line steamship Oceanica arrived on Tuesday nii;ht wish corn from Chicago. She will he lai 1 np here, »ad during the winter her lower deck will be planked and her hold divided into compartments, The line schr GuldO 1'Mster. Capt Johu Martin, with wheat from Duluth, made port yesterday. She will be Stripped here. Detroit Jottings. Dftroit, Nov. 23.—The Union Line iron steamship H J Jewett has arrived at Milwaukee from Buffalo, having made the run froth Buffalo in two days 14 hours and 15 minute*, the fastest time on record. The schooners of-the Merrick fleet have been placed in winter quarters at Bpringwell, The prop Osceola leaves Hutchings dock Friday morning fcr Lake Superior, She is the last boat of the season from this port. An Amherstburg despatch last night says the propeller Connemaugh, bound for Chicago with coal, i3 there, wasting tor water enough to cross the Lime Kilus, She is drawing 4 feet lo inctres. The work of removing the cargo of the schr RuBsell, sunk in the Sault Ste Marie Birer. hafl been suspended for the season. It iflU bff resumed nex . spring. Tho dredge which has been doing experimental work ' torn, from Loraine, arrived here this evening jnnnus her loresail, boat, and four libs. 'Tue OK M. Case, bound for the Welland Canal, pmt in here. Nearly au her lower sails are gone. The Samuel J. Tilden, from Escanaba, ore la'den, unable to make Erie, arrived here about 4 (o'clock, with her foresail and staysail gone. The little sctiooner Jessie Martin, barley laden, is reported ashore up the Soutu Beach. No particu are can be ascertained. The floating elevator American Giant, belong- . ing to Captain Johu Green and Kilderhouse, was ; turned over. Loss, about $10,000. The scnooners Hercules, Maria Martin, and ' stieambarge Huron City broke from tneir moorings and were slightly damaged. Theacnooner C. B. Benson is reported ashore at Colchester Beef, flying aignais of distress. ry Tine crew were lashed to the ringing. The vessel ' t£»t sighted them was unable to give assistance. * A lal£e captain named Jehu S. Kyau iired a pis-toil snot at Jonn Connelly, a junk dealer, on the ' Ceeetral Wharf, this aftjrnoon, without hitting hiim. He was arrested. . 'The floating elevators Marquette and Buf-fsilo broKO away and drifted aga,uiat a coal dock, slaving a hole in the former. "Tne Vanderbilt, of the Western Transportation, ran back, this mornintr. 'The fiusseu Sage, which weut out at the same tiime, succeeded in making Grand Kiver. The propeller John Pridgeon, Jr., and ecihooner Neiiie Gardner, from Chicago, arrived thus afternoon. Buffalo, N. T., Nov. 24.—The fury of the sUorm reached its height at 8 o'clock, when tho w.und w,;s blowing at the iate of sixty miles :*n bionr. Two of the New York Central Railroad trracks running aiougside the lake were^ wasned it with the least possible delay, and it isexpected the fastest time on record between Chicago and New York will be made. A letter from Sault Ste. Marie says that at the Court of Assize for Algoma Diatrict, Ontario, Jas. Gilway Stewart, of the prooelier Ontario, was tried for the alleged crime of rape on the person of Mary Currie, a passenger on the boat, and honourably acquitted. James and John Quinn, submarine divers, who have been employed at S.ault Ste. Marie River improvements all sum* mer, arrived down yesterday. Miscellaneous. The Canadian schooner China was stripped at Chicago on Wednesday. The Chicago tus Babcock had her rudder-head broken Wednesday while up the North Branch. The schooner Canada, which was on Colchester Reef, succumbed to Thursday night's gale, and not a vestige of ht.r was to be seen next morning. The Benson is at anchor a short distance from the Reef, with part of the 0 anada's cargo ou board. She rode out the gale all ni^ht J. Kincbler, a sailor who died at the Chicago Marine Hospital, of pneumonia, was buried Wednesday at Grace* la.nd Cemetery He was % non-union man. whoHe native where a brother now re- land" Cemetery. .— place was Kingston, Canada, In the event of the winter being an open one, the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company and some other steamers will not lay up. The number of v«ssals which have not aK ready gone into winter quarters, however, is very small. The propeller Toledo, after completing her present trip to Collingwood, will return to Chicago and lay up for the season. Captain Lewis, master of the steambarge M M Drake, whose mysterious disappearance from Ashland nonplussed all his friends a short time ago, has turned up at his home at Batavia, III., where he is sick. The reason why he secretly left his vessel and crew has not transpired. "^•¦re is an intention next year for the steamers of the England Transportation Line to be sent direct from Channel hftSBUSpended operations for the season, j "Eau,VB iuuu'.L'K tV"'y0l'**i' 1J"" ,*"i'"i'r'w *i,™a£ Eighteen hundred feet of the nupposed rock has been gone omt, anu trains for Lockport and the Falls had ; over and the fact ascertained that it can be dredged. There I toi leave by tne old be.t nue. At East Bciialo reason to supp se that the rest will be different, but | tine storm was also severe. The water in the New Knglaua xraoBDurinhbiuu uw v~ ~.—...... Chicago through tho Welland Canal to Ogdensburg, this route lias, in fact, been considered for some time pasr., and there is hardly any doubt that the steamers will be transferred at the opening of navigation in the spring. The St.' Catharines "News" says ;—The Persia returned to port yesterday, having finished her twenty-ninth trip to Montreal and return this season without a single break as to time, or sustaining any loss to or on account of the boat. The Persia is one of those "canal built boats" that were sharply criticised after the Georgian Bay disaster. She does not show signs of weakness or fault during wind and storm — stopped for nothing, she has made regular trips during lau i-ui;3 vjumm Lane have been taidl up. wet some of her flaxseed. The propellers he Louis, Empire State, Arizona, and Winslow airrived at Detroit from Lake Superior Satutday ewenlue. Their officers report heavy weather but no disasters. The St. Louis struck in the Portage Kiver and haa to have a steam pump put on board. She leaked one inch per minute until she reached Sault Ste. Marie, when a diver ^patched up the hole. The schooner George M. Case, with wheat from Chicago ror Oswego, a'-.d the schooner Henry Foiger, with com twain. Black River for Brockville, wiych run to B>uu"j'lo for shelter, have bad ther canvas mendeiA. and will be towed over to the Welland Cana.1 as soon as the weather permits. FREIGHTS. Grain freights wiere quiet. The propeller Rochester, to Buffalo, obtained 8*30 on wheat and 3J4C on corn. The charter3, all to Buffalo, were: Propeller Rochester, wheat................15,000 Propeller Rochester, corn..................33,000 Propeller iiianchard . corn..............20,000 Steamship R. A. PacJker, corn.........._. ...40,000 Lumber, IduskeciMu to Chicago, $1.87*8. Special Telegram to Th>e Inter Ocean. Buffalo. N. Y., N"qv. 20.—The weather to-day ! is very discouraging; for vessel-owners who in- | )Wj« , tend Bendina their craft out again this season. r^&^/V-^ The around is covered with about ten inches of snow, with it still snowing. The propeller Scotia was chart-red yesterday to take coal to Chicago at $1.30 per ton, thy highest freignt paid this season. Sue will begin loading Tuesday. The steamers Fred Mercur and R. A. Packer, of tho Lehigh line, will also take coal to Chicago this fall. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. Wind yesterday west northwest. The schooner Conquest arrived from Sturgeon Bay. The schooner Halsted left for Milwaukee, to deliver her coal thcire. The tugs Commodiore, Success, aud Mary Mc-laidl up. loaded, ¦/i tests have to be made to certainly determine the matter. Tuesday night as the steambarge Wallace was going up Lake Huron she collided with the steamer Waverley. The collision was caused by a misunderstanding et signals. The stetunera hit each other's bow on KOmethiug of a glancing blow, ami no damage was done the Wallace further than scraping the paint. Whether the Waveney fared as well is not known further than that she seemed to bo going oil all right. Miscellaneous. ri'.ver is very high. The cellars of a good many hiouses in the lower part of the town are submerged. A small Canadian vessel, laden with flour, is reported on the south shore. Tne schooner G roton is insured for $8,000, $2,000 in the State ott Pennsylvania. All the steamboat lines report their boats safe, as far as heard from. -.. —¦ -^^^ j LOSS OF THE MORNING LIGHT. ......~V Special Telegram to Tne inter Ocean. Ludington, Mich., Nov. 24.—The schooner" Morning Light is a total wrecs. five miles south off this port. She cleared at noon yesterday from Manistee with lumber from Ed Buckleys, Manistee, to Beckford, Knox & Co., Chicago, and ' when the storm struce her she tried to make thus port, but couid not see the lieht. The life- The schooner City of Green Buy got oft Plumb Island shoal without sasistanca by jettisoning a few tons of ore. The Malta, with salt, Sarnia to Woderieh, Was ashore near the pier at Baynald last night. Snow anu rain are falling. The tug Cygnet, owned by MattOOn & Co., of Cheboygan, wns burned in the river Monday night to the water's edge. She was Valued at Sr,uco. A sew propeller is being built by William Forbes at WhtPiera Crane's shipyard. Bay City, on tho model of the .....„,„.,_______________r________________ Osceola, launched from the same y-trd last fall. The neW|j giavinu crew from here got alongside and tooK boat wiliest about *7o.p»o when complete, anu is to be . OJff lytQ m0D butcapsiaad, and all swam ashore. ready on M:,y 1st Sue is Jto carry grain and oil between j T:ne COok jumped overboard and swam to the ^^VSyotJ^iS^^dl^v^t^ from the tag- f »*w>». '^a ">« Aldrich towed out tho surf-boat fniou a week or two ago, lias been fouud at the fooi of La * *""¦*» * :-i-tlle-3treet, Chicajo. I > his forehead was what at rirsfc sight aupea1 ed t > be a Imllet-holc, but which is more likely j to be a wound received iu failing overboard. 1 The Government contract fur improving the mouth of 1 Thunder Bay Kiver provides for dredidng the river from the whole season. FROM CANADIAN POUTS. " . I1}^'!!! 5cho.ou,er Adventure, grain Special Telegram to Cue later ocuan le" ^nicago for barmiauti Friday mgut. Pokt Dalhousil, Out., Nov. 24— Passed Up— - Madison street briidge is turned by steam now. Steambarge Bruno, Port DarHngtott to Cleve- (" Safety gates shouiu be put at theapproaches. iana barley A strong gale o£ wind has been ? The propeller St. iPaul, of the New England, blowing all day.^ It began about midnight from----iefton her last trip. Sbe lies up at Huron, Ohio. ^ W. C. Soencer. comuccted with tho Lake Su-? perior Line of: wtieamers, died at his home in til a westward, Rhiftmg toward the northwest aoout noon, and is still blowing hard, but gradually decreasing in force. No casualties in this vicinity as far as known at present. Special Telegram to Tho Inter Ocean. " Amherstburg, Nov. 2T.—A very heavy gale from the westward was experienced here last night. A lartre number of barjrea and propellers I had to pqt back and iay over at this port. '"' * The witti the life-having crew, and late tola after-moon rescued tne remaining four men from the j wreclc. The Morning Light is owned bv her [ caiptain. Thomas Burch, and Loraine Smith, of ! Bluffalo, and insured for $5,250. There is an- ; otther wreck above Big Point Sauble, but uo news j coin begot to-uiirht. propeller Prussia, loading grain on the lake shore, had to run into this port for refuse. The gale being- so heavy from the west caused the water to drop about three feet here, leaving many of the craft lying at the dock hard aground. Since the cale has gone down the water has come up again. The Prussia leaves for St. Catharine's to-morrow wild 17,000 bushels of wheat-(jpecjfti Telegram, to The Inter Ocean. Kingsville, Nov. 24—The gale from the southwesn last night was very heavy. No damage in tins vieumty. Considerable wreckage and timber is conning ashore off the schooner Canada, which weiut to pieces ou Colchester reef last Waukegan on Saturday. The Higgle is in from Tawas, and the West Side, Keiderhouse, ;and others, from Green Bay. The H. E. Packer h;as coal from Buffalo. The schooners Noirth Star, I^er Lawsou, and Fearless cam« in nuuius portions ot tneir deck loads of lumber. A number of lumber fellows arrived last night with their deck-loads all rignt. The propeller Armbia, the last of the Western Line, left tor Buffaito yesterday. Tne Starncca and Avon, the last oof the Union Line, got away last nigut. The Goirdon Campbell, of the Anchor Line, aud the Kcantoke, of the Commercial Line, are also gone- The schooner D. (G. Fort, towing, collided'witU Polk street bridge Mast nigut. losiug some headgear and having heer rigging damaged. Tfce accident was caused tby the neglect of the bridge-tender to show iighnts or to open the bridge. The tug captain thinks j the bridge-lender was not at his post. *