, 1874-08-23
Miscellaneous

| CHICAGO.
| Thers II quite large lumbar dset tn tho rna1kd
W Il. Ingrslam received 3 dlspstch Saturday
informing him OF tho safe arrival Of tho rescued schr
| s. Y. r. Watson At Buffalo.
| The new Canadian scnr Antelope arrived Il thts
port Saturday for the first time. She Is \ splendd
The new achr J. E. Dailv, of Toledo, arrived here
Saturday having Lost her cathead while On her ToTags
to this port.
| The stear,-b.rgo #. T. arares. which Was tatrn
| Oh Miller Brothers d1y-dock few days ago With
full cargo Of board, having sprung leak willis
lying at the elevator has been repaired She was un-
loaded Saturday, md will be reloaded to-day.
spout wss seen to descend near South cnicsgo .ppsf-
emily miles from shore. 1t seemed to travail qutta
fast, and soon disappeared.
Manlstes has nlne tugs, and ten regular vessels.
Work has been commenced upon large rcw
vessel 1t Jones' ahipyard in Bufao.
The schr New Hampshire haz been in selE1oo
twenty-eight yeara. She still carries GRIM and coal
The prop CITY Of Montreal 1nads the round trip
recently between Chathata and Montreal in thirteen
d1ys,-the quickest time on record
4 fog-whs,le has been established 1t Msnitou
Island Light near the entrance to Ee"iunee Day
-Messrs. Soyes Reed have sold III the prop Buffalo
ton Of $4,000. Sue will continue In the lumber tsaa'
Is before
tust been completed By Capt. J. H. jones 1t Spring.
wells It Ia capable Of taking in the largest shipping
aoat easy Of access, and Of sufficient derth OF va
Tie third annual meeting Of the National Boare Of
Steam Navigation is to be held At Buffalo sept. IL
ordinary interest TO the seanooatmea OF tne onteo
States.
which paeaed Detroit Wednesday might, had deck
load Of lumber u feet high, aud in tho aggreste tho
largest cargo Of the which she has yecaFted
"A letter received by the Detroit Tribune from
Cant Charles Leahy, who went with bis seam-p1np
to ruse the barge Waverly which sunk few days ago
a: saadusky, says she has been raised very en9na5
damaged, Aud taken to Cleveland for repairs"
Mr, Leahy expects to rrttrn homo to-day.
Extensive fires afo again raging along the west aho1e
Of Lake Huron- he ssrs Saginaw Bay vas shroua.
considerable anxiety prevails lest the ahore toWna ms3
agsis, be visited By the fires. an.
The schr J. B. Merrill, on her Lust TIP from NH
vaukae was picked up immediately after getting out.
towed through to Lake Erie at the river card-raca.
This is but Of numerous instances that aFe co.,
Two tugs we're recently delayed nino days It ths
lower extremity Of Lake Erie before collecting Vesdsa
sufficient to their return to Lake Huron Iaa
patronage heretofore derived from Vessela trading IA
Lake Superior may ~ considered as virtually over
there are sufficient number OF stcsm craft piyn8 N
There ia now building ut Buffalo new proleuea
for the Union Steamboat Company. Tho keel tof tna
new vessel was laid about the lat Ut June and areaaY
the new boat has assumed ample proportons
expected that sha will be launched abont 1ho Ia
Of ovemEer, but she ri. not be finished until spring.
zfe - follows: Length OF keel 21G feet breadth Of
BEAM 81 feet; depth Of hold ~ feet WE :ns en.
ception Of being abont 2s fee: longer sne tne s7ne
size md style al the prep Waverly.
Tho stnra f. B. Hale and selah chamneslsan. oS
longing Capt. Bradleys hest .. ccvsnd aad ~ t1an-
ing 10 Lake SUPERIOR tbs last trip down had an o
portuuty Of testing their relative qualities AZ to nee,
ness Both reached the Sault at the same nmet M
two vessels ID tow, and arrived at Lake Hnfon
er, The Hale proved suteyior to her rival 10 nes
ness. arriving in Lake Erie ZONE hours II ~
vance. and, 1t the final Termination Of Tue 'o5As@
gained an additional hour.