The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE STRAITS. TIIE riiOPELLEE OKAMPLAlN. Up to yesterday afternoon the agents of the Northern Michigan Line had hot heard from the propeller Champlain since she left Glen Haven, and they doubted the report of her passing Mackinaw on Friday. It is now positively known, however, that steamers can get through, for the steamship S. 3, Macey, from Chicago, passed through yesterday, and is reported in the disr patches of last flight, given below. There are some fears that the Champlain is not only hemmed in by ice at this end of the Straits— in the south channel—but has also met with sonic disaster." .The Macey took the north channel. A OUAE3DIAN ANGEL. Captain Davis, of the revenue cutter Andy Johnson, fitting out at Milwaukee, announces that he will take the cutter to the foot of the lake and Die Straits, m that she may help the grain fleet if they should meet with trouble. The fleet is an immense one, and, in the great crowd, there may be disasters. This movement on the part of Captain Davis is greatly to his credit, and cannot be too highly praised. When the schooner Millard Fillmore, grain loaded, left Chicago, her master, Captain Mullins, said he would watch closely and would not go into any ice. The northeast gale of yesterday would have a tendency to drive the'ice out of this end of the Straits into Lake Michigan. A number of lumber vessels are in the ice, or ' have been, in the Traverse Bay region. THAT KEPORT OF THE CHAMPLAIN PASSING. , Special 'JVueuram to The Inter Ocean. Mackinaw City, Mich., April 28.—A number of people say to-day that the vessel seen in the . Straits yesterday was not the Champlain. The keeper at Waugoshance light said to-day tha't no vessel lias passed down. The City of Cleveland arrived at the island at noon, but was unable to • get into Cheboygan on aecotmt of ice. The weather is clear and pleasant. THE MACES FIRST THROUGH.* Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich.. April 2s.—The first craft' through the Straits this season was a black steam-barge, and passed down about 1 p. in. to-day, taking the north passage. A brisk west wind is prevailing, and the Straits are running full of ice from the break above. Steamers will have no trouble in getting through now. Weather cold. I The craft alluded to above is doubtless the S, J. Macey, from Chicago, grain laden for Port Hu- -ron.j THE CHAMPLAIN AT CHALEVOIX. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Petoskey, Mich., April 28.-—The Champlain was in Charlevoix last night. The ice in the bay has not moved here yet, and there is no hopes of a boat reaching here or Cheboygan for several days. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Petoskey, Mich., April 28.-^-A large steam vessel attempted to get inside this morning, but failed and left toward Cross Village. The harbor here is still full of unbroken ice. She is believed ¦ to have beer, the Champlain, as a gentleman here from Charlevoix states that the Champlain laid , there last night. FROM ST. IGNACE. Special Telegra m to The Inter Ocean. ST. IGNACE, Mich., April 28, 8:80 p. m.— A two-masted steambarge has .iust paused down. She passed Waugoshance light at 8 o'clock this morning. There is a report here that a propeller passed down yesterday morning during a fog. At 8 p. m. the Messenger arrived from Chicago, vi"- the north shore. >:¦¦ ". - v <-¦ y ¦> fin. ,i ., ¦' ¦ . . ;I.,;u with ! i,-000 Bushels of corn on a through rate, which give* the propeller 4c to Buffalo. On corn to Midland. 2^20 was received. On oats to Buffalo, 2I2C was received. The charters were: TO BUFFALO. Bushels Propeller New York, corn___...............11,000 Steamship Jewett, oats (fills out), about....50,000 TO MIDLAND. Schooner John Miner, oats..................22,000 The Jewett's cargo is mostly cargo freight. She was loading her oats at the Central last evening. COARSE FREIGHTS. Agents reported no lumber charters yesterday. On cedar ties vessels get on the basis of O'c from Ahnapee to Chicago, and 8c from Green Bay to Chicago. * Vessels under 140 to] 200 to 249 tons, $5; 2 399 tons, $7; 400 to 440 tons, $8; 450to499 tons, $!>; 500 to 549 tons, $10: 550 to 509 tons, $11; 000 to 049 tons, $12; 050 to 099 tons, $13; 700 to 749 tons, $14; 750 to 799 tons, $15. In computing the cost of towing, canal-toll ^¦>n rirmnrii.........." i.......*L I ; v C- HARBOR JAMS. Last night the steamship Jewett corning up the river, the John B. Lyon going down, the steambarge E. E. Thompson, yachts Idler and Viking, and the numerous vessels lying at the docks on either side created a jam between Wells and LaSalle streets which was not straightened ^ out for an hour. No damage was sustained by ]j any of the craft that is known of. The Viking and Idler were towing down to their moorings. The harbor is crowded with vessels, especially at the mouth, and jams and confusion are now the order. That more damage is not done is a subject for congratulation. There will be no relief until the immense grain fleet sail. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Notice is hereby given that on and after the opening of navigation in the spring of 1883 the Big Sodns tinner) beacon light, Lake Ontario, New York, which has heretofore shown white, will foe changed to red and will be visible from the lakeside, thus affording a range for entering the harbor. By order of the Lighthouse Board. Stephen c. kowan. Transportation Company Info decided to continue the daily line between Manitowoc, Sturgeon Bay, and Menominee. The Sturgeon Bay Canal Company has consented to allow one of the Goodrich boats to pass through the canal twice a day during the season of navigation for $1,000, which is a rebate of about $2,600. This $1,000 stood in the way of the continuance of the line for some time, but the matter has now-been satisfactorily arranged. The Goodrich Company pay one-quarter of the toll and the remainder will be raised by subscription. This will be gratifying news to all the people living between Manitowoc and Menominee. Without the daily line it would be impossible to carry on the large fish trade which promises to be largely increased this year. One dealer alone expects to "CURIOSITY Chicago, April 27.—Why SHOP." ___...____r_ _.. ____ didn't the propeller Champlain pass through the Straits April 25? INQUIBER. Well, the windstorm kept her in port on the west shore of tins lake, and then.....oh, ask us something easy. . WELLAND CANAL OPENING. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. St. Catharines, Ont., April 27.—The Welland Canal will be opened for navigation May 5. W. Ellis, Superintendent. Tpsfrfo 4^0^000 vi uiTTT To market. ™^he sfoarnTai^e^>^!5W(!,GilwT?mTSi^~ rec entf. launched, is pronounced to be one of the bes vtwsels ever turned out of Marine City, being sub stawtfotUy bn ¦ throughout after a good model. In honor of Edward Smith. of "Detroit, secretary and treasurer of the Grat-wiek, Smith 6s Fryer Lumber Companv. She was built by Mitchell Bros. & Co., of Marine City, at George Koenig's yard. Her dimensions "are: Length overall. 201 feet:breadth, V,:', feet; depth, 13 feet; capacity, 700,000 feet lumber. She has compound engines, built by the Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, 20x30 and 50x30. Boiler, 10'2 shell, 40 feet long, of Otis steel, r,s plate. She will cost, complete, .-^00,000. Her officers are: Captain, Alfred Mitchell; mate, Thomas Black; chief engineer, William Sauber. YESTERDAY'S CHARTERS. Grain freights were active again yesterday, and rates ruled at 3 ^c corn to Buffalo and 6*20 corn to Kingston. All the Western Line propellers here were put in on a through rate to New t England, which pays the boats about 4c to Buffalo. Only three line boats now remain unchar FOOT OF THE LAKE. LUMBER BOHOONEBS IN THE ICE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Fuaxkpoiit, Mich., April 28.—The, schooners Michicott, O. M. Kelson, Walhalla, John Roeber, and Three Bells arrived. They report large, bodies of solid packed ice coming from the north and closing in about the Manitous. A fleet of vessels are caught in the ice. Among them are reported the schooners Bessie Boait, Celt, Ironsides, Hunter, J. B. Penfield, Green Bay, Reindeer, ' Lotus, and the scow C N. Smith. The propeller City of Traverse was working her way through the ice fields. A. E. Banks sold his tug Jay to Captain Amos Shaw, and has contracted with Wolf & Davidson, of Milwaukee, to biiild a larger tug. The tug Lew Wallace, of St. Joe, will tow here here this summer. Pepari ores—Schooners Newhouse, Lepattette, Three Bells, Michicotte, Simonds, and propeller Barker, Fresh, north gale; cold. Spe.-ial Telegram to The in'.er Ocean, Ttaveebe City, March 28.—The Prop City of Traverse arrived during the night. Weather clear and pleasan t. Special T'W'gram to The Inter Ocean. GLES HAVEN, March L's. — Don't know the whereabouts of the Champlain. The bay is pretty full of ice. Three vessels are fast in it. The balance tit the fleet ran out, of the South Manitou this afternoon; think the ice drove them. THE RIVERS. tsrsBSsr aacwsSFSg four t&argea in tow: 'prop City of Cleveland; prop Oscodta; prop City ot Concord, barge E. J. Dun-ford iai tow. FLOTSAM AND JETSABI. No grain vessels left yesterday—Black Friday. The schooner Alert arrived with a cargo of cord-wood. The tug River Queen, sunk at Detroit, has been raised. The steamship Chisholm, light, is due from Milwaukee. Only three vessels at the lumber market this morning. Caj)tain Jimmy Mullins sails the schooner Millard Fillmore. Through rates, lake and canal and lake and rail, were cheaper yesterday. The schooner Experiment has left Racine forth e Straits. She goes to Cheboygan If i Ue '"hamplain doesn't look out the will 'be first through the Straits now, Soiuthwest wind yesterday morning. aftemnoon It was northeast and east. Tine Sturgeon Bay Lumber Company's sidew-.-h'.'cl steamer will be launched nest week. Cagptain William Welsh owns an uninsured one-fourth interest in the stranded schooner S. Bates. Captain Ed Cox will command the tug John Gregory, which goes into commission in a week or ten days. The only sail arriving in Chicago from 9 o'clock Thnrsday night up to 5 o'clock last evening was Captain Blodgett is removing forty feet of the cabin of the propeller Passaic so as to facillitntc the handling of lumber.......^...... ......-... A of tered, and the light sail capacity remaining is also very light. Following are the charters: TO BUFFALO. Bushels. Propeller Milwaukee, corn................ 55,00* > Propeller Chicago, corn................... 50,000 Propeller Boston, corn.................... 00,000 Schooner John Kelderhouse, corn........ 33,000 Schooner Elizabeth Jones, corn.......... 42,000 Schooner David Vance, corn.............. 50,000 Schooner J. H. Mead, corn................ 35,000 Steamship Siberia, corn.................. 75,000 TO KINGSTON. Schooner John Magee, corn..*........... 21,000 Macey In the new FREIGHTS. Grain freights were quiet on the basis of S^c corn to Buffalo and 21ge oats. A steamship already reported was rechartered for corn at Ba2C Eollowing were the engagements: TO BUFFALO. Steamship M. M. Drake, corn...... Propeller Cuba, oats................ Propeller Nebraska, oats........... COARSE FREIGHTS. There were no changes in lumber freights. Bushels. ..47.000 ..40,000 ..40,000 I VARIOUS PORTS. Special Telegram toTIie fnterOeean, KasTTAWAS, Mich., April 27,—The lighthouse BURply steamer has just arrived from Detroit to piace buoys at this point. The eteaineT Metropolis, of the shore-line, made her first trip to-day. Special Telegram to The [mer Ocean. Bat City. Mich., April 27.—Frank McOanley, tug engineer, suddenly expired in the Wolverton-ei House this afternoon, of congestion of the heart. He had been drinking heavily of late. He came here from Boston seven years ago. He was about' 32 > < 'I s old and unmarried. BOffalo, April 27.—Strong westerly have driven the ice back into the bay. The only *"lJ!'."W HiyW'wroT'Xu^a^formerly in the office the Marine Hospital here, was in the city yesterday and was welcomed by numerous friends. The John Miner went to an elevator last evening. This vessel has been in the lumber trade, and was no't included in the list of remaining | lip-lit vessels » The Bar Point lightship will be ready to go to her ,J station on Monday next. .The buoys have been placed in position at the mouth of Detroit Rivet < and on Bar Point. '"The captain's name was Casey, and a sailor man was he." He sails the propeller Champlain. By the way (if the dispatches don't mention her) where is the Champlain? ^ Arrangements have been made by the Sturgeon Bay Canal Company with tin; owners of local tugs to do the lowing at the canal. Ac least two tugs will be stationed there at ail thin .isiuoss, ¦"- ' '""""..... John B. Gillet. .ready for There is hardly enough of the Schooner Speed I left to tell -where she was wrecked. The steam I pump which was on board is completely covered frith sand and much difficulty will benad iu — ' covering it. mwmm«i.)8ll^(!Mffe!1,'» ai rington, is prepar-to Sherwood's Hoint, at the south side of new summer. Ing to go ,.,., nw^.Tv™.____......., -. 1 hi.-entrance to Big Sturgeon Bay, where a lighthouse is to be built the coming sum Tiie Warrington will also visit Lake Superior. Thieves are pretty bold when they tackle the boiler of a steamboat, but they carried off that of the steamship City of Borne, which belongs to J. It. Brandon, of the dry-docks engine works. The bailer was nearly as large as a common tea-kettle, winds .Aaa5'^.w«;iiiga>i--------- iIlu,,____ _ _ ________________ eonlv ¦' Captain.Thomas Hawley, of Green Bay, who departure to day was the steamer Uussell Sage recently purchased the fine steam yacht Waubun, ?OBX HUiiOii, Midi., April 27.-Passuiies to- fill Place the boat in the passenger business be-* . *¦»"'"«<•'= w tween Sturgeon Bav, Green Bav, raid Menominee. -_-*._„ —t-t-.ii-r <wf *->7,000, and can nlghi: 0"p—•Steajnbarge Handy Boy, consort, barge Jennie, CairoUvprop Cleveland. LVlegram toThe inter Ocean. St. Catharines, Ont., April 27.—The Welland Canal opens on May 5. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., April 2/.—It is supposed that the propellor Champlain is stuck in the ice 6r at Beaver Island. She was due *j.v tjL-.itfuaa^ W The Grand Tfnnk Railway Company have pnr-' chased of Captain Goodrich, the steamer City dB Milwaukee and propellers Wisconsin and Michigan. The consideration is not known as yet, but is said to be in the neighborhood of half a. million dollars. _ ..^*f------ ¦ni'Jihi alitiiK.....liiiiirl^WTnrn and schooner Delaware, for Escanaba, and schooner Angus Smith, for Buffalo, cleared to-day. The schooner Exchange was seized to-day for a towage bill of $71. tt Charles Herman, of this city, was today appointed keeper of Poverty Inland Light. AHjay m;ki,i:. Wis., April 29. -The steamliarge Delaw are left for Ksca-rday afternoon. They are the first, defer 1 Lial !»•! t i his season. Schooners Alice B. Norris and John Sehiiptte. season •- ere from Escanaba ] to Lake Uric ports, at $1.10 per tori. I pprial'LVi. ' ¦: [nil rOcr.an. fOKT Hunox, April ii9.—The steambarge Macy 1 -.\ down v. Lth grain 'rem Chicago at l i a. in. ¦¦¦..¦.¦ ¦ s'. '!. < treeh broke her Uis ch y I his morning. All the Ini bej Eteet lefi for above this morning. ¦;.l Tflci'i-aon to The Inter Oeenit. Tfcie Waubun originally cost ^limake eighteen miles an hour. _ .vTFne schooner ixii'berc Jinapp^Yying at the St. St. Paul Railroad docks, Baoine, was sold yester-/ day afternoon by her owner, Lucas J5. Merrill, of ~y Ciiicago, to A. P. Reed ana E. P. Hazelton, of Ke-/f nosha, for $4,000. The Knapp will be commanded by Captain Michael Moloney, of Kenosha. S.A.Rogers, of Rowley's Bay, is building a pier into the waters of the lake, about a half-mile south of the latter place. Axel AppeT has just commenced the construction of a pier a short distance north of Korth Bay. It will have to be built out about 1,000 feet before a sufficient depth of water can be obtained. Grain-laden craft taking out clearances yesterday were the steamship Iron Chief and schooners Annie M. Peterson, Red,White and Blue, F, L, DaYiforth, David Vance, George, Thomas L. Parker, Jeremiah Godfrey, and Shawnee, for Buffalo ; the Golden Fleece, for Sandusky; J. G. Hasten, for Erie; John Magee, for Kingston, via Cape YiTiccut; Hartford, for Kingston; M. A. Muir, for , Kingston, via (.-ape Vincent, and the Lottie Wolf, Ifcl'tM'iliilnUtniTwnnd...... "" -' ' hi The following are the towing rates^ which will be charged this season at te Welland Canal: From Port Colbourne to Port Dalhousie and vice versa, light, 15 cents per ton; loaded to ten feet and under, 18 cents per ton; loaded over ten feet, 20 cents per ton; Colbourne to Thoral Head Lock and vice versa, 10 cents per ton under all circumstances. No special rates for vessels less than 140 tons. Tug captains will not consider it their duty ito stop vessels in locks. The following is the scale ¦ of rates for harbor tonnage at either end of the Total quantity grain..................421,000 The lake and canal rates through to New York yesterday were about 10c wheat and O^c corn. Lumber freights continue unchanged. On cedar ties from Little Cedar, Green Bay to Chicago, the schooner Bertlia Barnes gets 53so. THE STRAITS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., April 25.—The Straits are running full of ice to-day. The propeller Atlantic was the first boat through the south passage this season, and passed down this afternoon. The Captain says, as far as he could see with a glass from the rigging of his boat, he could discern no water. It is all ice from McGulpin's Point^up, and has not moved. Wind northwest, fresh; cold. Special Tfile.irrr.ra to The Inter Ocean. Mackinaw City, Mich., April 25.—It will take at least two weeks mild weather to clear the Straits of ice, which is being constantly shifted out by every change of wind. The Algomah encountered considerable ice, and had her rudder broken yesterday. This rnomiuu the steamers City of Cleveland and Atlantic arrived at St. Ignace from Detroit, and cleared again on their return trip this afternoon. "Weather cloudy, but mild. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Gi.en Haven, Mich., April 25.—I arrived here this afternoon 1 reports of considerable slush-ice between hero ajrid Charlevoix; can't tell till I get there whether T will go through or not. ¦ Captain; E. Casey, Propeller Champlain. Special Telegi-.mn to The Inter Ocea'n. Sheboygan, Wis., April 2,.).—The wind-bound fleet all left here, last night. The wrecking tug _ Leviathan arrived here this evening to go to work ' on the schooner L. W. Perry, that went ashore seven miles off here last December. The schooner Stampede sailed for Alabaster, Mich., this afternoon. Wind light, southeast; cloudy weather. Special Teleuram to The Inter Ocean. Nokthport, Mich., April 25.—The barge Lelandl arrived. She came between the island and the mainland through twenty miles of ice. The Champlain is at Glen Haven. RIVSS, TOYiTIHG BATES. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., April 22.—The tug-owners, at a meeting to-day, established the same river towing rates as last autumn. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. • H, C. Ranney is acting pool commissioner. The tug A. B. Ward towed the Red Wing in. W. E. Laduer commands the propeller Maine. Fair wind yesterday for the outbound fleet-southwest. Captain P. "W. Costello -sails the schooner Ernilj B, Maxwell. I Craft that do not sail until May 1 save on their hull insurance. George E, Bramhall is Superintendent of again. The Kosumption and Ford River are on their way to Ford River. , The Daisy Day brought a cargo of lumber for DeCoudres, of Evanston, Captain Peter Lawson has taken command of the schooner Levi Grant. Among the departures was the propeller City of Traverse for Traversa Bay. The large schooner Red Wing, light, arrived from Milwaukee yesterday. The schooner Ford River took out 5,000 feet of oak lumber ffior Ford River. One or two grain cargoes wet would bring insurance men ito their senses. Peter Schlmeider, the Milwaukee Lumber Inspector, suiciided by drowning. It will recpnire a "gas" consumer to quiet the noise over snmoke "consumers." Captain William Olmsted succeeds Captain F. M. Olmsted on the schooner Merchant. Captain John Carlson succeeds Captain William Disher on the schooner John Bean, Jr. The tug O. B. Green is in dry dock at the Chicago Company's yard, Also the yachts Idler and Viking. I Privatedis53atch.es yesterday announced the arrival of two boats in Buffalo. They were from Toledo. The E. C. Hutchinson will hardly get her masts in and riggiing in place in time to sail with,the first grain 11 el. The underwiters ihaving abandoned the S. Bates, she will probably be sold to the highest bidder, and then taken off the beach. In the "rush" for the elevators, yesterday, the large schooner Elizabeth Nicholson's jibboom caught in tihe David Vance's rigging, and was broken. There were more clearances yesterday for below. The steam s::J:> Nab ant was reported to have left port for Buffalo, but it was not true. She is still at the piers.. Schooner Bertie Calkins, Fred G. Elwell to Peter Hanson, t&e whole, $12,000 ' Krerder, Etciward M. ' " the whole, $1,000. The difficulty in regard to the appointment of Mr. Gilbert as Chief of the Inspectors' Department at the; Custom House is settled,, and Mc. Gilbert holuls the office. Mr. Frawiiey, the well-known lumberman, has just recovered, from an attack of the pneumonia. It was a cloise call, avid numerous friends wen; congratulating him vesterrJav. A FLEET OF TUGGS ADKIFT. There are no good piles at the V. O. T. docks, near the lumber market, anud a whole fleet of tugs got adrift last night. The t tug Black Ball, coming to the dock, parted the singgle line which held the fleet, and all went adrift. They were the Protection, -Van Schaick, Satisfaction, Rebel Shields, Ferry, Union, Hood of the; V. O. T. line, and the Babcock. They were secured, and broke adrift again later in the night, antid were secured again. MILWAUJKEE. Special Telegram to The Intea c Ocean. Milwauk.ee, Wis., Aprril 22.—The propeller Champlain got no further Ithan the mouth of the harbor at this port last eveming on account of the heavy sea, and remained art this port all day. -------- — -_-^.- A heavy northeastern wimcl prevailed this morning, but during the aftermoon hauled around to ,r , /> fey the eastward. The sehoomers Felecitous, Ralph, .'/.I .AAA. Campbell, and Scow Success loaded for Chicago, j and schooner Kate Howand ran into the harbor for shelter. The propeller Depere, of the Goodrich Line, which went ashore near TAwo Rivers last fall, was | released yesterday by tine tug Arctic, after channel had been dredgeui to her, and she was J towed to Manitowoc. ' GKAKD KAYEN. Special Telegram to The Infiter Ocean. GE4ND Haven, Mich., April 22.—The schooner I Waukesha, of Milwaukee, broke loose from her moorings this forenoon anid was driven by a heavy I wind into the Detroit amd Milwaukee Railroad J bridge at this place, damaging it to such an extent that trains will be detained" until it can be repaired. Special Telegram Ip The filter Oecr.r.. GBAND Havent Mich.* April 22.—A heavy wind has been prevailing all day, and at 1:80 p. m. snow was falling. The lake has been exceedingly rough in consequence, but no disaster of importance has been reported as yet except the one mentioned in a former dispatch. Several steam-barges and schooners are waiting for Liu; heavy wind to abate that they may venture out with souu; sense of safety. EH CAN* ABA. "Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. ESCANABA, Mien., April 22.—TMR morning the I wind was blowing hard from the east,. The tee in | Green Bay commenced breaking up and moving oVer, and now the ba> is about clear. The steamer Hawley, or Weltoome, is out about nine miles, trying to make tine harbor, but she will doubtless fail, as the hairbor is tilled with ice driven in by the east wind, and the boat is a side-wheeler. Peninsula1 Point and Lighthouse Point, lights were lighted to-night for 1 he first time this season. At 7 pL m. the \nind shifted to the north, blowing hard. The harbor will 'doubtless be clear of ice by morning. SITUATION AND PROSPECT. THE MESSENGER'S REPORT ON THE ICE. The propeller Messenger is in port from Manis-tique. Captain Bouchard, when asked about the condition of the ice in the region of the Straits, said there was no ice along the coast from Milwaukee to Mantstique aud eastward from Manis-tique to Garfield. From Garfield .southward to I lands and eastward to Harbor Springs, on the Michigan mainland, there wa>sen unbroken field of ice, but It was porous and weather-beaten. C;;]>nu;i llouehard talked with a mail-carrier who , slaved it from Garfieldl, which place'he reached j from St. Ignace the day previous by crossing on the Ice! The storm and rain of the last forty~eigkt hours have doubtless had good effect on I It is feared that the propeller Champlain, bound through the Straits from Chicago, lufi^been driven back to the west shore of this lake. 0 The following shows the date thev iirst craft passed through the Straits since 1S59T-' St. EgNACK, Mich., Apriil in. The City of Cleveland arrived at this port this afternoon, the first boat of the season. COLLISION OUTSIDE, THE JOSEPH DUVAL AND CLIPPER CITY. MILWAUKEE; Wis., April 22.—The schooners Joseph Duval aud Clipper City collided fifteen miles off Milwaukee r> o'clock Saturday. The Joseph Dujcal was struck on the starboard quarter by tire bow of the Clipper City and lost part of her rail. ', The Clipper City fared worse, losing her jibboom and having toer bow stove in. Both came to/Milwaukee for repairs. Each claims the other was to bllanie. The Joseph J >u-vai was out of Milwauk.ee for Traverse Bay-, and the Clipper City out of Cthicago for Manistee". Special Ti'le<iT:nh to The In; er Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Aipril 22.—The scttaoncr Joseph Duval, bound lig;ht from this [j] Traverse, and the sehoomer Clipper City^ bound light from Chicago to Mamistee, collided about fifteen miles oh this port a bout f> o'clock 1.-, ing, and both were considerably damage Clipper City struck the Duval on the starboard quarter, damaging it considerably, carrying awav a timber-heaxiand part of the sail, and her jib-boom went through the Duval's mainsail, tearing-it to pieces'. The Clipper City lost her jibboom and headgear, had her eiowsprit and stem split and her bow stove in. Tine Captain of the Duval claims that it was -,\ ndsuLiiderstamlmg, and ilna neither side was to blanne, while the Captain of the Clipper City claims thie Duval was at fault, as he says she attempted t<o cross his bow. Both ¦ vessels are now at the shipyards here. ft, —¦ —«^_ 1 THE STRAITS. i Special Telegram to The Infaer Ocean. Mackinaw City, Micbi., April 22.— The ice h the south channel broke rap yesterday. Xe change above McGulhin's light. A cold east wind blew yesterday and to-day. Weather pleasant: mercury -10 above. Sjv-ial Telegram to Th elater Ocean CHEBOYGAN, Mich., April 21.—Thfi steamer Flora arrived from below at 9 lsat- night (Ar.ni oi» VAltlOtTS POUTS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Post Colborne, Ont., April 25.—The harbor and the lake abreast of here are all clear of ice this morning. The northeast wind which has prevailed-since Sunday morning has driven the ice up the lake. The schooner Wawanosih, which is being fitted out here,' will leave this week, weather permitting, for the upper lakes.. 'flip Welland Canal willl open about the 1st of MayT Special Telegram The Inter Ocean Buffalo, N. Y., April '25.—T +ri_i„..... steam yacht C. E. "Brainardto Charles West, ,„______,_.._-,._ The steambargoD. Lenty, from Cleveland, arrived this afternoon, and is the first arrival here of the season. The propellers Russell Sage and John O. Gault, of the Wabash Line, arrived from Toledo about 6 o'clock this evening. The Lehigh Line propellers Tacoma, Clyde, and Oceanica are chartered coal to Chicago av. 60 cents, and are taking theii cargoes. Thi first coal chartering of the season, and figure which alt along has been refused by other vessel-owners has been accepted from the Laeka-wanna Coal Company fa the hope of fixing low cates. Special Telegram to The latter Ocean. Eiue, Pa., April 25.—The propellor Wocoken, with 60,000 bushels of wheat, arrived this morning from Toledo. She f,s the iirst boat to enter this port this season. Her captain reports having seen no ice on this lake. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., April 2o.—Charters—Schrs Ann Maria, wood, from Traverse to this port, $2.121a per cord; Trans it,lumber from Muskegon, $1.25. The tug Charnbjy, of Sturgeon Bay, with a scow loaded with posits for Ciiicago, came into port this afternoon. Tine prop Champlain arrived at Grand Haven this afternoon. The revenue cutter Andy Johnson wiill leave for Chicago in a few d ays to receive threie new boats building there for her, and then will g<:> to the Straits to assist any vessel which may lhave trouble in the ice or meet with mishaps.________________^ . Among the departures yesterday was the tug Perrett and four barge* for Menominee. Grain in store in (Chicago, about 15,000,000 bushels, against 6,000),0000 bushels at this time last year. Grain trimming is $1 at present. After the first down fleet are diisposed of the rate to be asked is $1.25. There is a great deal 1 of taffy about smoke consumers just now. Mr. Harmon, of the Union line of tugs, accepts Kirkwood's chllenge, and says he may put a consumer^" on one of the tugs '"if lie will give a bond, to hoWd for five years, guaranteeing that the apparatuas will comply with the city will interfere in no wav with the efficiency of the boat in her work of towing."_______