, 1880-08-29


schooners saveland, F; u. KNAPP and MONITOR
from Milwaukee to load. ..
In Miller brothers dry-docks yesterday for
culking.
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
QUICK TIME.
As items recording quick trips are appearing
from time to time III the newspapers, 1t 1nay oe
well to publish the following. which certainly
shows rapid sailing:
Tho schooner Francis Palms left here Mt 6
o'clock Monday morning for Buffalo with 10000
bushels Of wheat US curgo. Thursday morning
at o'clock, rs the books at the Custo1n-Hous
show, she was back here, and at II O'Clock
Thursday night she a;ain n departed f9r bnualo
with second cargo OF 4gMU DnSnes ol WY Wneat. ..o
Thursday morning. made the run here from !ne
WeIland Canal in fifteen hours. and yesterday
was loaded and gone ngatn-C1ecctund HeTd1a-
DEATH OF CAPT. GOTHAM
Capt. Anthony S. Gotham, who was seized
some weeks ago with u stroke of Paralysis
while sailing his vessel, the schooner IhoulAs
" dfea ch az
hns sailed on the lakes for the past thlrty-tWo
years, most of the time as master. and W:ts well
cago TO the St. Lawrence He was one Of the
kindest of men, with charity toward all whom
he met. and malice toward none, and the news
who have enjoyed his acquaintance. Capt:
Gotham at the time of his death was about IS
years Of age He leaves wife and one son ana
Of friends will truly sympathze- His son Is
now acting as master of the FerrY.-Ctcuetdnd
Heraldjey
ENGLAND PROPOSES TO FOLLOW SUIT.
4 Newcastle lEng.) Exchange says: There Is
now lying on the beach ut Tynemouth, near the
Aauariuin. tiny vessel. whose adventurous
owner proposes to undertake IN her VOYAGE
round the world lie has already made start,
for he suiled from Chrstiansand, Norway, about
the beginning Of July, and arrived In the port OF
Aberdeen aftera successful voyage M ncross Of SIX
at various ports, and will shortly proceed south
ward in n like manner, and, on reaching the
west coast, snil across the Atlantic to America.
He will either coast around, or carry his BOAT
across, the American Continent to the Pacific,
and will subsequently set sail for the far East
Indian Ocean. Red Sea, Sucz Canal, and Medlt-
errancan. The boat is a Norwegian yaw1.
decked 1sH feet in the keel s5 feet o. er all and
from Norway, and fouQd her q good sea boat:
His name is Johu Bcnuihont. He is IL native of
Seaham Harbor but has lived in the South m .uo Of
formerly sailor, but had not been to sea for
many years until ho left Christiansand with his
tiny yacht
A TORONTO SCHOONER MISSING.
painful rumor was current u1ong the docks
yesterday regarding the loss of the schooner
Echo. now two days overdue from Sodus. She
smiled from that port on Sunday nlght, in com. Pm.
pany with the 4. G. Ryan, but the latter lost
sight of her during the night, and she has not
since been heard from or reported ut any Of the
ports. Dispatches have been sent to several
places that it waa at I'LL likely she would run to
for SHELTER but so fur without avail, and unless
she managed to make 4 south shore port grave
feArs are entertained for her safety. She was a
small vessel Of about 100 tons, and wis bringing
coal for Messrs Keith of this port. Vessels that
have loaded and left since she did hnve arrived
All right, and. with the wind behind her. it is
time she made an appearance Her owner ts
Mr.. 1fotrat, Of berkeley street, and she was
sailed BY Capt John MeLenRan wsk9o%n g t
owner, WIS also on bonrd and with a man re-
Gently shipped, but whose name is not known,
formed the crew If she has succeeded In reach
ing any hurbor OF refuge, telegram to that
effect would ease the minds of those who have
friends on board.-Io'Unt0 Mail
THE LOSS or THE TOW BARGE SAGINAW.
Yesterday evening telegram was received by
and owner Of the tug Alanson Summer, at Ash
tnbula, saying that during the Storm on Lake
near Port Stanley Wednesday night, and to
notify tho owners. On arrival Of the schooner
H.. J. Dewey about noon, Capt. William Vincent
Thursday ut O'Clock p. he saw bright light
rs Of IL burning bout. aud he Immediately stecrcd
for her. Whea about fifteen miles south by east
from Round Emu he came near burl.e Wlter-
logged and her deck-l0ati of lumber wns burn
Ing. He stood in till about eighty feet from the
barge to ascertain II any Of tho crew were on
He had heard that the Fl. N. Seovc had picked
UP Il wrecked crew and that she was in tow Of
the tug Stranger. On the arrival Of tho strnnser
stantially as given above, but without any
nnston to the fire, which may have caught
crew had left. The Saginaw was a lumber tow
bnrgc Of BIO tons, about 10000 capacity built In
ls19 Mt cass River: She WAS owned IN Detroit
Saginaw consisted of Capt. ]. 4. Bunting; Mate,
George po1ncroy; stcwMrd, 4. j. Condo; seamcn,
Michael Connor, John Williams. and Joseph -
Hsrtx. tkx.I.
thanks to the officers and crews OF the tug
Strnnger and the schooner Scove for their kind
and brotheriy attenuons-Detron Free Press.
THE PLYMOUTH.
Notwithstanding that she has seen twenty
six years Of constant service on the lakes, nnd is
only ruted 3 2on Inland Lloyds, the old propeller
Plymouth cnn dclivcra cargo of grain in us good
five trips this season with grain between Chic:l-
go and Buffalo, and On cnch 0cc,4siun, wc under
stand, hns delivered her grain in tirst-cass con-
dlt1on. not u bushel turning out wet in tho whole
five cnrgoes She was built in April, 1851, by
Atr. Lafrincer, OF Cleveland for the Western
WIS il favort boat in their line between
Buffalo and Chicago. She was extensively re-
paired In 1854, and even now is In much better
condition than many crafts which have not seen
half the service she has. Her present owner
anu muster. Capt. Nclnness, purchased her from
the Western Transportation Company aud pro-
poses Tor the rest Of the sesun to run her In the
!umoer trade between Buffalo and Buy Citv
Her engines. which very powerful, are IN
good condition. and as q tow-boat she is a L.
AND yet it mny be added thut it ia a positive
alsgrnce t; to the Board OF Unaerwriters thut
grain on the sume terms with tirst-clas3 cruft
NEW BAlt0E-
Mr John kcldcrhouse, Of this city, Is having
new steum-barg built ut Crosswuith's ship
over oil, and the engines which formerly be-
longed to the old propeller Bradbury ure to fur
nisn n her motive power. She will be tittcd out in
fHvnyN $rn