, 1870-04-23
Miscellaneous Items.


FRox DE1Eoy1.-A letter received hare yesterday
ssy1: "The St Clair River IS blocked from shove
the oats to above Aeoaac- Over twenty pEopel-
lers and aau vessels arc waiting below, tie Golden
West amopg the number. There l. no clear water
In siSht from Port Huron, and lust 10 long Is the
wind remalns east where II has been for several
days 1t Will keep closed The season opens M
yeI3 dull Theze u Iargr1 inc1,Ase OF pzupelleEs
and hArEea going into the Saginaw trade th1o
there W! BE- lumber for" The letter bears date
YEsEL SA,x-u. s T.lbrt,,ee- of rbtst,o ana
cantajn (Ouiitr have soll rse ncnnrr sfsI,ntc ~
swain / Rol,ertson, of Cttyeiaau.
po1 Nas launched Wedneds1 and tp9eI n s3oRs ,1
feef inches IN htsad1h W. an. inrn1,att th.t nH
me other boat viii arrive here In = lew d1ys from
the Eas1 ''o'''
Ben D1nkc md bis Left foot crrsht.1 on Wcsiues1
das niXat, while WORKING IL the hold Of th.
E1erc41n-Tnr ,r,,ne,,,r sr yoo,s x,s
pectei to arrive here yesterday Afternoon but uo
TO O'Clock had not put In IN appearance, She il
rtom Buffalo, and vas the INST boat to pass
through the Straits tppl and arrive Al Milwaukee
LA1EI-The propeller ST Louis Csptatn J.me,
r1att, arrived u o.cioct sic rroof1s having
passed through large botles Of ice In The St. Clair
sAnoRs' wAGEz-A, this rror. yesterday scancn
| were receiving {l.50 and 81. Is ret day.
| The wages IL seauen u B,1ifain for nrttnr mn
Is $1so and boarl .benlselyea They a,s1 r.r tnat
| now. for out OF the port but After the hurry l.
oyer The rates Wi pfobahly b. lower.
The Detroit Frtt xay Says IN en- shining at tl,a.
| port H1c signing articles 1t low raic 0f wages.
compared 10 list year. on lumber bnryes aui
! ttcs. recurring The harvest lsrn1 srnd srrnnw
nsnds can Il. securr,! Tor Il 4 ,iav sn1 IN NJ
mouth. Whcclsluen VI tugs Arc Gtsr1nr in ave
EaSc OF - per ,uuntn, and arenlen apouI ii DAY
| There Is large suppy TO draw FINN SI~,f,.s n
sailors being IN aud down he .orSs eyers 1,sr AZ
| for be!1hs and unable TO md Them Txrlrr shi
nnes rer day Is The very nIehest rase ra,i 70 men
before The mist on any vessel yet entering that
port this spring.
AL7KREh-Ihe Schooner MaJ Booth has been
changed into haSye.
l The brig Lewis Is fcpaIfcd. aud comes out A a
tots-and-A after.
Hldu WA1KR-The water IN Lain Ontario Il :
AakIvAls At MoxrKKAl-LOn Nondsv mora,nc
bE The aid Of an easterly breeze, about twenty
ss6eenss a5s'sed a. Montreal from loxSr pes
len Kingston Tuesday morning, and wa$ expected
to arrive that night at Toronto, to LOST ius uapel
TFS FSox poRr colsopsk-A telegram. under t,,,e
| OF the 10Th, SAYS: " The Ice haa blown Oh this
ahose. The schooner tAuuand.1e went uut Al
- os Soee hsvs 70 aTyea as Se ssae p2aae
!ers arc expected in Tomorrow"
AT GEEES BAr,-Wosk on lhe straight cut a,
| Grrcn Bay has commenced. and tyt1iaes are Al
work
OWES sorSn-The harhor At Owen Sound Il
clear of ice. The Maple Leaf arrived from Col
to have left for ColnRwood On MONDAY evening.
e,S "a S7Ea.EH r., G sIRsSDEn-Thc steamer Franc:
and Nhcn on SaNs Point was compelled To KEEL
rather close To shorr hy the press uf Ice. Will
cndeAvorsns to set out iu'o deei, water. she WIN
on ahore Oh 1eeL The stcat1ers WAuhulO an,
| OEnura have gone 10 her assistance.
WkEckiS6,-Iee horE Two Brothers WIS ses;cs
other vrrektnR apparatus and expects TO start II
hammonds hsy, Lake nutun, this mutuing. to Q
least endeaytE " get the rallroai iton OUT Ut III
baIk John Alner, wseekea there last fall il not
), making a sooA sutke.-Ix:roa Free Pssss, 81
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