, 1880-07-25
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
4 STEAMER. DISABLED.
dispatch from Kelly'S Island, dated July 23,

a dispatch from hely'S Island, dated July 70.
says:
sandusky at p. N, to-day, twisted he arms out
OF her port wheel when d mile from here. The
steamer Alaska towed her. to the wharf here,
happened in still water, and no other damage
was done. She will be aid up from ons to two
weeks for repu1rs.
NEW STEAM BARGE.
The new stean1;barge Lue'la Wortthington,
for the firm Of Worthtngton s Co, arrived here
Yesterday to 10 Inspected and measured by the
bult bat M GfS aet & sae es and
liz feet depth OF hold. Her engine Is 26131;N.
and she c:,,ne down from Black River on this,
Il We ory posds
Of steam and Ennklng sixty revolutions per
minute. Sue Is ans easy boat to hnndie, and
viii leave wei ths @ evening for Port Austin, and ber
to sandlsky: Capt. st. Cla.r. w,1o is muster Of
the Worthington, sass il + splobable she will be
trAde.-C1eUeldnd Leader.
MrsaAP 70 THE TUG NIAGARA.
The officers Of ths tug Niagara, which arrived
down with tho MERCK fleet ~, Thu isday eyu,l-
Ing, report that on Monday the two broke up
oil Tuwas, several of the tow lines partlng- At
the same time huge sea Carried away the tugs
rudder. leaving her ut the mercy OF the storm.
4 small su:i was rggcd' up To steer with, and by
lint Of careful management the N!ngar:. was
brought In safety to tho hurhor Of East Tawns.
tugs rudder was temporarily rcplred. The tug
Is now in the Detroit drr-dock receiviny new
ruddcr. Her officers state thut Mondays storm
was one OF the worst ever seen in July.
IN LEAKING COSDlT1oS.
: Tho schooner j. Maria Scott, which left
here Monday, bound for Milwaukee with cargo
Of rnilroad-iron returned to port Wednesday,
that be first discovered Ills vessel was leaklng
on Tuesday morning, when abtsllt ten miles this
side Of Long Point but thought thai with the
Detroit The lenk WIS in the bilge on tbs pnrt
side, little forward Of the nl,zzen rigging, and
the rush Of wator was 50 strong it could be
stripped of some OF tie ceiling with u view or
getting at the leak and stopping 1t from the
inside, but owing to the cargo was unable to got
nn old sail over where he believed it w;ls, from
the outside, but this did mot appear 10 have
much effect in stopping the leak, which soon
hour. When about thirty miles above Long
Point he deemed it best 10 rim buck here Tor
repa and ID asfoFng @ E put ~
with bis crew nearly exhausted from cont tfnual
work ut the pumps Yesterday the Scott WAS
busy dschaTens her Of D, and this
repa1rs.--Buga40 Express, FFhuU.
L1FE-sAr1sG SERVICE.
On Thursday night the fact WIS whispered
round that naval invasion of milwaukee, 'hud
taken place and that the century old mug Uncle
Sam flew from the peak of raki5h-looking
craft In the river. The boat was found and
to be 5 cutter ot
smuggling and INSISTS vessels IN distress: She ii
ia rgcr than either tho Johnson o,. ric Michigan,
specnon Of organized life saving aratons md ~ Of
plnces proper To establish new onoe- Sne carries
a crew OF thirty, with tho following officers the
Captain, George B. siicer, being detained in De
First ifeutenant,,fn in command-E. II. Biondi.
&s sSgoad OF Il tls.1tenanFJsmes D. % nHtt
ehief 9 Enelseer1rE Esfssifs Madison + Case. aa
Second observation-disclosures B, Brown. -:
Pilqt-Rvbert III. Wagstar. -:
General Superintendent Of Lft-Savs1ig STATIONS,
!; l. h1abal; Assistant Superiuscnacnt, Cnpt-
Merrjmon; and I'D Eapt; Jqseph Sawyer, superine
Lakes Auron and Superior. Mcssrs kimbAt and
Merrimon went:tO Chicago yesterday to inspect
s,at1on thers and vii rc1oIn the Fessenden
Capt. Sawyer reports nil the crews Inspected
as being it iirst- olass condition and showing et
eeney !" meet an Mr. Is the ex
euch Station arc thoroughly tested In bout-t1EII.
rocket'aud gun ptactico.~ swimming. and every
% IL t1Ip m Fesseadcn wa vas p'I Pleasant one
with the exception 1.-The late cold SUPP: July
snow is q, rarity, and yet sharp snow storms oc-
Srand Mats Pessen1
and proceeded up Lake ST. Clnir and through
Lake Huron "a DeIour, at tho mouth aol: Lake
Supertor.s From Detour she went through the
Straits Of ttackipa v and down tho vest sht5rc Of
Lake >Miohgan, calling at every station on the
Hence she &oes to s;4 Grand L, Ahgfa 1s a1d then
% far fesuited ID the reconmendatt0ns Of the
o.lowing. sites: Tenth. D!stsict, saiid Beach,
;rindstanc: City, and Middle Island. Luke, HUI
IN nssono 81 tho wessern' entrances Of the Por-
a9rCalaI, LAKE. Superior, In Lake: Michigan,
taHons will ba heated at Baileys HarboE and
Ieenlr1 Bear Point: There Ia some talk n dis:
,fnnrin1iinr tha one at Beaver Island. ...-.:7:
Takep altogether the trip Of the Fessenden is
.noat onnrfant one, rs recent mgrlpc disasters