, 1880-09-19

KINGSTON LOSING HEh GRIP.
The Kingston Whig says: In 1875 from the LIST
OF August to the 1lth Of September, there were
shipped from Detroit to Kingston 4s,7W bushels
Of wheat; during similar period In 1879 715, Ill
bushels were shipped; in 1850 only 1852
Nearly as bad falltng-on is shown In ship
ments to 0sweeo and Buffalo, while the guam
tity sent by rail Especially over the Grand
Trunk) has increased The evident lesson is
that the cars are gradually suppianting the nat
ural route to the ocean, the WeIland Canal in
cluded- This is not comforting to q seaport
town like Kingston" The truth Of the matter
Is, that the opening OF the Colltngwood lake and
rail route has more TO do with the matter than
any other agency. Just so long as the Canadian
Government insists upon the present Weltand
Canal to1i-ievy, neither oswego nor Kingston
can expect to handle much Of the grain shipped
from upper-lake ports
:, VESSEL TRANSFERS
. The steamer Jay Cooke, which is now on the
route between Sandusky and the Islands, has
been purchased from J. P. Clarke l. Co.. Of De-
troit. by Andrew Wchrle, ST., Andrew Wehrle,
Jr., of Middle Bass Island: Capt George Brown.
Jacob Weia, and Mr.. McFall, of Sandusky+ for
x1uN She will continue e. on tha Island route ute
machinery will be taken out and put into new
hull OF the same model as the Cooke The new
% Inc I sehoouer M Theodore rt Voges has been sold to
Of Versniiiion. for 5000 Jacob striebinger, Of
Cleveland, vas the former owner.
SAD ACCIDENT Ar>HANCoCR..
4 heavy staging erected upon the deck OF .tha;
vessel james F. Joy fur --dischargng conl ut the
Hancock Mining Company's dock. in Hancock,
precipitatlng three men Into the wuter under a
quantity Of debris and causing fourth. namcd
Joseph Davis, to fall ON the deck head first,
fatal. The three who fell into the water sue
ceeded IN getting their their heads out Ry postng
them between the fallen um9era they were
rescued, but received serious injuries.
i. GLEANISGs.
Kingston claims to have shipped more barley,
so far this season, than any other Canadian port.
The schooner Vienna made the round trip
= Tie schooner Persia, in leaving the Port Col
borne lock yesterday. toaled. With the swing
The scow r. q. Becker, which went ashore in
Ellison's Bay on Sunday, was released uninjured
BY sns sRsad eapsseS on Marble
head, O.. during heavy weather on Flesduy
evening last, aud her crew were rescued with
difficulty By the crew OF the Marblehead Life
Tho Old propeller Bruno is to be towcd from
Port Dalhousie to Toronto for q rebuild She is
now the property OF J. q J. I. Matthew's Of
The sieam-canalboat Hebe, bound from Buf-
falo for Troy with 1850 bushels Of haxseed, got
the ship-lock at Black Rock. The concussion
caused the craft to leak so badly that her cargo
suffered severe damage from water. Boat and
TRe scow Louisa left Hancock on Friday for
Ontonagon. She takes some choice pine to Chi
cago at = Rsr thcnssnd s feet freight 6e,,o .ses
.sWill the Garland be seized If she comes to this
side OF the river2" Give it up.
Kingston ship carpenters are ready to engage
The tns Champion has gone to Sand Beach for
the Henry Howard raft, which was 60 badly
on qp Il to p 4s Hataa on LAKE Huron and
The new propeller Boston took on 1850 barrels
of salt On Fridav at Buffalo, for Chicago She
will go from there to Cleveland, when She will
II The e propeller Mary Mills, which has been en-
Gagged On Like Michigan for a short rfme has
carry salt for the Michigan Salt Association from
the Lake Huron shore TO Ohio at 18 cents per
barrel
raft for tho Weliand Canal. grounded the same
about fifteen miles above Hond Eau Bay, Lake
Erie The raft went to pieces ana 1s nelnx
II caeS charles Ely of the N T. Line propeller
lawrence Is very sick at EFT horon ~ s Ineee ere
Mr. j. C. williams, OF Cleveland, has COM
breakwater. Twerty-seven carloads have been
The tugs Bati7e and Gladiator will leave their
RATS at Detroit and engage In vessel-toWing un-
I'll after the equinoctlal
The tug Burnside, bound up, while of Port
Stanley with ner tow of barges, broke her shaft
aud stern pipe, and being badly disabled, iaid at
came near sinking. Repairs will be made at
Detroit- -
the Murine City disaster to be examined by the l
;teambiut Commissioners, passenger, before
they viii make report as to the responsibility
of the loss. 49, 49,.
rhnmaa " Palmer, taken on at Detroit for
Buttaio. consists of 80 100 bushels Of wheat She
lraNs fourteen feet nine inches with cargo ana
,lxty tons Of coal aboard.