, 1880-06-13
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

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The schooner ]. I. Case received q new lib
| boom at Port Huron.
] During the recent heavy blow on Lake Eric
| the tug Balize lost about twelve cribs from the
! centre Of her raft.
| The tug Parker recently towed the Canadian
stean-large Vanderbilt from Cove Island tc
| Waubashcne, disabled.
! Sibleys new scow arrived at Detroit Wednes-
| day to be measured and. rugged. Sho is a
nicc-1ooking craft, seyenty-tlye feet long and
eighteen feet ten inches beam, and will be en-
| gaEed III the stone carrying trade.
Eleven feet seven and one-hAlf inches OF
water IN the Sault Canal is the latest report
| Frank Kirby, of Wyandotte has been cug1lgcd
for some time back on the plans and spccitica-
nons Of Il new tug for Macarthur, Smith l. Co., OF
long, fourteen feet beam, and six feet six inches
deep, and is expected to draw, with her fuel on
board, five feet Of water: Her engine will be
high pressure, fourteen inches diameter Of cylin-
der, aud sixteen inches strnke.
Inc anf swesPstakes7 vii tow the dismasted
this lake.
The schooner Sligo, ashore on Cockburn Island,
Lake Huron, is reported to be in bad shape.
Capt W. 4. Campbell. Of the schooner Morn
ing Star, was arrested at Cleveland on Saturday
last t1r shooting hiss son Edward, ex-mate Of the
vessel, in the car.
Capt. Fred Boynton, Of the scow D. II. Norton,
munufacture atloat Tuesday night some thirty
miles of Port Washington
pick up tho barge Motuwk in tho chnn,lcf at
Erie on the 10th, was caught by the undcrcur-
rent and became untnanngeabie- She ran hard
against the vessel nnd was badly demolished.
She lost all her hulwarIls, starboard arch,
stanchiors. and pilot-house. The Mohawk
escaped with 500 damages to her starboard and
bow while it Is estimator that it will take $1,000
The Canadian tug Smyth hns been sold by W.
Lo!d. Of Chatham, TO K Miller, Of Detroit, for
The tug Bob Hackctt WIS sold at Detroit on
$4.OO0. 1ol
Alexander Trerfce, of Dresden, has purchased
;s Mr. Curr'cs interest fone-thirdl In the steam
two-t1fttls III ncr. So writes correspondent
from AmherstburK
The Detroit i'ost' and Tribune makes mention
OF report that the tug Mocking- Bird earned
Sl,1o0 between Friday and Tuesday last.
\ Sarnin paper rclntes that the pIeasure-boat
Alfred Wilson,. formerly. of Port Franks. has
the hammer: Tho sale, however, was unexpect-
ealr stopped on discovering that some one dur
ing the night had carried Of the boiler and en-
glne-
The scow D. u. Norton, lun1ber-laden from
the latter port.
The schooner ]. F. Tracy was obliged to run
int.' harbor at Frankfort Tuesday night leaking.
and minus portion Of her deck load,
The schooner n Z. West arrived Mt Detroit on
tuesday night with her forcmast head and main
Iopnast gone. lost during Sunday gale on Lake
Erie: nlso the downward passage on the same
day Of the schooner George G. Ho,1ghton minus
ner 1oret"pmnst% the schooner Emma 4. Mayes
WIN WIN her mlzzen toptnast missing. and the
schooner 4. G. MDrey with her jijboom broken
lhe north harbor pier at ManiEtee is being
EXTENDED. and the contractor has finished set
sing crib Masters Of vessels trading to TINT
level with the water "
The scows John Dcan and Nancy Dell were In
Dry DOCK 1T Milwaukee day before yesterday to |