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a. TV ABOUND THE LAKES, pawitao. The aclioonor Marie Annctto wliljli wnfl reported cnuglit In tlia lee, Is nt tliu Clinr- lottonll right. Tlicowners'linvo telegrnplied hor onptnin to come on null the schooner will probably iirrlvo by night. ' Tho Mnrlii' 'Antoinette, wllloli run Into 'Charlotte from Port Hope ituil there waited for tho lee to leuve tho shore, left thin morn¬ ing nt ipj£ o'clock lor Oswego, She will .probably,iirrlvo this p ni. , .Tho achodhor Caroling Marsh, with' 10,025 bushels of barley for Irwin and Sloan, was cnuglit In'tho Ice-.yesterday, but finally managed to work through and arrived In port all right tho first schnpucr to reach Oswego this season, , -. Tho schooner.'Ariel from-Port Hope Is In with baFley and rye for tnvln and yloiui. The tiigehmmlngs, Captain Doliovim, Is the only one In commission yet, TliSschooncr Bentley Is on Goblo & Mac Fnrlnne's drydoi-k for repairs, F. J, Klein lias been appointed Milwaukee agent of the new Ogdensburg Hue of pro¬ pellers. They will land at the foot ot Fowler street. The tug Cmnniiiigs lies exactly in the ami' position In 'which she was first sunk, 'wedged against llie wharf and abutments. Captain McCloud of Buffalo, agent of the Insurance companies, is In town and lias Inspected the wreck and Is receiving bids from pintle- for the work of removing the tug! Superlutcnuuit Phelps and agents of the coal company had a talk with Sir. Mc Cloud this morning and cpnenvored to Im¬ press upon him the fact Unit tho obstruction was causing them grejuor loss, as they wore lUnnhlo to send vesselsiip tile river to load nt their trestles. The harbormaster this morning told Captain McCloud that lie would givchlm a reasonable time to get tho hull out of the way, but would not permit long delav, and if tho matter was not ai- 1 tended to at once the board ot public works would take it In band, If they had to use dynamite to remove It. There was con¬ siderable talk about the streets to-day in reference to the control of the water .In which the hull lies. Some seem to think that the government have control of It,. others that It is under the power of the state as far as the removal of this wreck Is con¬ sidered. A. C, Mattoon, who is perhaps as well posted as an/ man in the city in regard to it, says that both are wrong and'that whllo tho water is a public highway, it is , absolutely under tho control of the city and the harbormaster alone has authority over the removal of such an obstruction.- In comii|on justice to those Whose jAislness sutlers from tho wreck, It ought to bo re¬ moved at once. We understand that com¬ petent persons in tills city are willing to do tho work at reasonable llgures. Captain Richard Saunders,' of Cape Vin¬ cent has arrtved In this city lor the purpose ol superintending extensive repairs on the scliooner-L. S. Hammond. She will receive now frames forward and aft, stern planking and all necessary work to put her in. tlrst class shape. Mi'. George Goble, the- well- known and cfllcient vessel builder of this city, will have charge of the work, There Is an Immense body of ico oft" to the northward of this port and at Capo Vincent In. tho St. Lawrence river, and iitjlio foot of the lake it is not yet broken up. On |ho morning of the'13th of 4prll a sleigh loaded'with freigut was drawn across the river with one horso and It is doubtful whether navigation will, be open at that place before the first ot May. BUITALO. At Mills & Company's shipyard a tug is being built fur the Tittiibnwasseit Jiooin com¬ pany. This craft Is very shallow', being In¬ tended to draw only three feet of water. Hit length Is 10 leet, beam 13 feet and a half, hold lour and a half feet. Her engine will be 10x12 inches. She will turn a lour and a hall loot wheel. The planking Is nearly finished. This Is the fourth, tug built there for this booming company."?- The Commercial Lluefof steamers will probably run In connection with tho Lack¬ awanna Kail road the coming season. The .anaugfcuicuts are neatly, all made and It is arsured by authority that such will no doubt he the result of the negotatlons. The Lack¬ awanna Company is blasting the rocks In the Kile IIiibIii in front of Its property there, and will piovlde eighteen feet of water lor the Comniuruhil propellers. A wareliouso wiijjajo feet front will be built at this point for the 'storage of package Irclght. XYoshy & Dluiuiick, ot Itullitlo, are mak¬ ing up a hull book of their own. ., SANDUSKY. --'i'lio demaud for vessels Joy the Island sxono trade Is good. ' ' Utealubarge Mary Mills cleared for De¬ troit loaded witli coal at 10 centH.-aud re¬ turned towing the riclmoner Jtouud^, corn ladijii, Shu will load coal lor Windsor. SchoonerKogersarrived IroinToledo with a ea I go of wheat in low of tliu lug Green. Shecleait'd light lor Toledo to loud p'uln for Buffalo.' Schooner Corsican is expected here to loud coal for Amhui'iitburg. Schooner Bliss is expected from Detroit with corn. Schooner Harry Blesoll, loaded with corn nnd wheat, In tow of the Kiito Edwards, nr- rived nt the B, & 0. Elovntor. She was leak-, ing badly, having struck a rcol between Mauso nnd Starve Islands, Schooner Iroho cleared from hero loaded with atone for Dotrolt. Barge Emeu, for Dotrolr, schooners T. P. Merry, Jowott and Slogol, for Clevoland,nll tako Stono, C Scow Homer Hlno Is loading stoho nt- Johnson's Island, for Detroit, ' Steamer B. F. Ferrls.'wlll commotion run¬ ning on hor regular route-this week, having been gonorally overhauled. Viillentlue Doller, of Putsin-Bay, has sold the Btoamylieht Sallio to L. S. Sullivan and Captain JamesSheldon.of Toledo, for$1,000. She will Do nsy'd for a pleasure boat. Scow Mopjilhg' Lark carried away 'her Jlbboom. Schooner.Cleveland cleared from Marble- head with stone for Cleveland. Steamer Alaska arrived from Detroit on Monday, with all Hags flying, It being her first trip. She has Jiccn generally over¬ hauled and renovated, -new carpets, etc. She will be officered as follows: ' A; Harry- man, captain; A. S. Clark, clerk j John Gal- way, first engineer; Fled Nelu, third engi¬ neer; mate, Win. Smith. Site will make threo trips a week, every .Monday', Wednes¬ day and Friday. ' There were 350 forolgn entries -at South- port, Pelce Island last year. City of Drisden arrived-from Windsor Monday. ClcHrcd next morning, light. Fordo's-vessel iffeoncy at this port reports business good, and as It has not been prop¬ erly attended to heretofore the prospect Is that there Is quite a profitable trade to bo done at this point. ( The soft coal shipments at this port will bo very light this season, but It Is expected that more hard coal than ever will be han¬ dled this summer.- port nunON. . ' The propeller Saginaw Valley Is fitting out at this port. Port Huron dry dockB and ship yards are booming just now. Every captain Is anxious to get his boat overhauled as speed* lly as possible. ^ J. W. Thompson & Son will this season be agents for the following Tellable lines hero: Superior Transit Company, IJnion Steamship Line, Anchor Lino, and Western Transportation Company. Parsons & Son ■will probably bo the agents of tho White Stur and Chicago Lines this season, day city . . t Navigation Is now fully opened 'on Sag¬ inaw rfver, but it will be several days yet before any outside craft enter. A vessel man states that nothing will be done In the marine Hue, to speak of, before May 1st. The steamer Gcprge L. Dunlap sunk at her moorings near the west end of the rail¬ road bildg'o during Monday night in twclvo* feet of watefT The ship keeper had been working awiiV from the steamer during Monday and whon ho returned, found her leaking through some open scams. Tho lateness of tho hour prevented him from getting a tug to go to her rescue and at 5. a. m. yesterday she i cached bottom. She is owned by Cole & Holt mid has not been In use for two .years. She will bo raised when a favorable south wind provallB.— Bay City Preatr. EAST SAGINAW. The Herald states that the heavy wind Tuesday night and Wednesday seems to have started the Ice all along tho Luke Huron shore, and the prospects are it will now break up quite rapidly. The wages' ol dockwollopeis, It la said, will opou at 30 cents an hour, that Is to load the .licet that wintered in the river, but tlio incoming lleet, It Is said, will have to jiay40 cents. Captain Price left Tuesday evening for Cleveland to lit out the barge B. M. Bakur. Captain Byron Ionian goes to Cleveland this week to lit out the sleambargo Mu¬ tt Mini. The proposed placing of the propeller Saginaw Vallev on the Chicago and Ogdeijs- burg route has lallen through. It Is now talked of her running between Bull'alb and Green Bay. The steamer belonging to the Flint & Pere Marqnetto, Luillugton and Milwaukee Line, lire now making legular trips across tho lake In connection with the roads, and aio doing a heavy passenger and freight business. Tho Arundell has received a new smoke stack, nnd Is leady for business. The- steambarge Sanilac Is coaled up and ready for her tlrst trip. . The tug ."Waldo A. Avery has gone Into commission under command ol Captuiu Sey¬ mour Stratum. Tho lire tugs Leo and Fnrrnr aio being painted and lltte'd lor business. Tlie steamer Ciiri'lngtiin is getting loady to make the nip to the Klllu river as soon as tho Ice moves In the bay. The tug Witch, which has been rebuilt at Davidson'* yard, was launched Saturday, nuil Is now receiving her machinery. C. W. LlkonTnas Tho tug C. W. LlkemnmB boon chartered by tho All Ores Bourn company to do their log towing for tho season of 1883. Tho barge C. F. Cuitls, Of tho Toledo & Transportation company Is being-furnished with boilers and engine. Tho engine will bo a compound with cylinders, !i0 and 48 Inches, with a 42 Inch stroke; the boiler Is 10 feet In length nnd 02 feet shell. Consider¬ able work has also boon put on her cabins. Tho ttrjfAnna, wliloh has -beon In' o6m-. tv' mission at Saginaw' for some days past, came to Bay .City. Sunday, -towing- tho barge Sylvia-Mbrton. Her _ _' ~ Ico gorge above Third street bridge ' was decidedly exciting and was witnessed by hundreds 6f spectators. The tjtg George B, Dickson camo up from Bav City Saturday; the first craft to make TlieTrlp this season. „.*, Georgo L. Cojwell's tug Lark-will tow botweeh the Tawases and Au Sable this season. Captain (Stunner will command hor. . • MTi CLEMI'.NS. The rlvor Is free of ice hero mid boats will begin to leave about the lust of this. week for different points. The steamer Handy Boy and her consort loave for Toledo to load coal lor J. Janks of Sand Beach then she goes to Casevllle to load lumber for Detroit at Bay City rates. - The steamer Ida expects to leave a week from-this Monday for freight'nnd passengers to run'between Detroit and Mt. Clemens, three trips a week. . The steamer City of Mt. Clemens makes her first trip to Kelleys island for a load of Btono.for this place. The steamer Windsor had now plank all over and a through overhauling tins spring and will trade between Bear Creek and Mt. Clemens this coming season. The steamer J. S. Ruby Is to" start out the laBt ot this week perhaps to take on n load ot staves from Fair" Haven to Cleve¬ land. Mr. Lonsby has made his lighter one foot, higher and other rcpars for the purpose of lightering his lumber In this river. „ ST. IQNACK. The weather has been very warm for the post week and the Ice is wasting fast. The lumbering camps broko up Saturday. The Algomjin makes dully trips to Chehoygim. Any propeller can come to this port from Luke Huron at any time. MUSKKQON. Tho Mafkogon lake tug fleet has been overliiinfra '""' Is.ready tor business. Tow¬ ing Wtos will be tho same US' last year. The licet will bounder the management of the association. Muskegon lake Is now free from Ice and vessels are commencing to load lumber for Chicago, Navigation Is open. . Tho ferry boats have commenced running. SAUQATDCK. The steam excursion yacht built by J. B. Murtel lor captain II. Uoh|eke, of Chicago, was successfully launched in the presence of many Inspectors. She was named J. W. Purmelee, in honor of Chicago's ponulur busman. Following are lier dimensions: Length over all, 70 feet; breath of beam. 15>jj feet; depth of hold, 7 feet 9liicn.es; steel boiler, 5x10; engine, 10 square; wheel, 5 feet i Inches, and of Buffalo mako. She is tu bo fitted up as an excursion boat, and w 111 bo ready lor business about the middle of May. CHICAGO. The Chicago coal uuloailers are oiganlzed for the season. Also the longshoreman employed by the propeller lines. Captain Johnson, of the Btrambargu G. T. Burroughs, says there is no Ice on tho west shore from Chicago to the Door. There is no hull pool, and little prospect Qfone. Only one Canadian craft wintered in Chicago the schooner Arabia. Vessel owners aie happy over the advance In grain freights. Oriiliiim & Morton's new propeller Is call the City of St. Joseph. TlioOlllcoUol the Chicago Vessel Owncis' Associationaio as follows: I'lesidprrt, Wiley M. Egiin; Vice J'lesldonf, A 0> Sclialck Treasurer,C. W. Klphleke; Seciutary, Flank Ii. Higgle;' Executive Committee, J. G. Keith, Thomas Hood,(J. W.EIphlcku. Chicago Dry Dock Co. The L. M. II. S. Transportation Company*' propeller J. is. llurd has been iu diy dock gelling her stem repaired and Iter wheel balanced. The Schooner II. C. Wlnslow/Capt. Sam Murdoch went Into diy dock to got hei bot¬ tom le-calked a.ild her centre board box re¬ paired. Tliu schooner B.' 4?. ^Vade went Into dry dock to get hot' bottom calked The steam barge Inter Ocean went Into dry dock to have her bottom calked and a new " heel. Tho Schooner W. M. Jones Is at this coilipanys' new derrick and will have her luaiuiuast taken out and leplaeed by a new one, Capt. Hickman's splendid new tuglLoreua Vent into Comml-slon with the Chicago Union Tug Line on Monday, last she is as handsome and well equipped boat as any on tliu river, and will be a grand addition, lo the Lino, Capt. Hickman Is In command afiiTV Patrick Kcahey la tho engineer. She. had tho Schooner II. W. Sage, nnd tho Pj-o- pclJcr.Lehlgh for hor llrst days tow, In 'the • river and she handled them first ol|iss. Capt. A. RuberUon who sailed the Bchr. -/ Snmami tho last S seasons will sail tho schr. Jamaica this season. Capt W. F. Andrews a'III- sail the Snmiina. which Is loiuh it with corn for—Klngstof Out. at 0% cents and tliu Jamaica utO cents lor tho same port. , . ,,......„h -At MHIer'Brnthors drytlock thn propeller ', .-towing- tho uiifgo j^wronco has beonjrutllng now rriunos and P"!S£ S^TTf Wng forward, U£s,«nel,lo„s, covering board and rail, and lrthorough overhauling, she will run between Chicago and Cheboy¬ gan, Mich,, this season with passengers nnd irclght. The sleambargo Michael Uroli hud a leak stopped. Tho schooner T. Y. -Avery has had new bligo'streaks and fntlouka, and has been converted into a three-aiiil.af¬ ter. Her mainmast has been mnvetl forward— and a new mizzenmast, put hi. The tug Mlf. dred was read Iced, reironed and had her shaft straightened. Tho schooner David S'telvart went Into drydnek to stop a loak. she was loaded with 30,000 bushels of gra|n- Tho schooner V. B. Gardner was recalkcd. Schooner Starlight Is to bu recalked. The schooner Clipper City Is to receive n recalk- ' Ing. Schooner S. B. Pomeroy had her deck calked,' Schooners Otter and MaxwuMkhad their decks calked. ^ AttluiVessil Owners' drydoek the pro¬ peller Toledo has had a thorough overhaul¬ ing at a' cost of about $000. Tue steambarge Fayette will have a leak stopped and a thor¬ ough overhauling. The bulge Windsor Is having a general overhauling. Schooner Pllurlin has had her topsldes calked. The schooner Metropolis has had a now forctop- niast angii general overhauling. The steam barge Queen ot the West is getting some' general repairs. Tho tug J, H, Hackley is in dry dock receiving some general repairs. Steambnrgu Iron Chief is having some gen¬ eral repairs. Propeller M. Drake has had sumo calking done. Schooners M. L. Higgle has had a new boom, Scotia a new guff, Nus- sati'ii new topmast and Nortli Capo has had some calking. Milwaukee. The report that the 6rand Trunk Rail¬ way Company has piiifchased of tho Good- tluh Transporlatlon Company the steamer City or Milwaukee and the propellers Mich¬ igan mid Wisconsin and would take posses¬ sion of them on the 15th lust., Is not con- llrincd, although It Is admitted that negotia¬ tions have been pending and tho railway company were given until tho 15th to accept or decline. TheHrsr ve,88el<tn hoiid canvass at,Mil¬ waukee was the John Meo, Jr., which left for Manistee. A Milwaukee vessel owner, who wro»o to tho headquarters of the Welland In relation to the recent order that no vessel with llxed bowsprit would be perinllted to pass through tlioeunjd, received a dispatch that the Older was peremptory from Ottawa and had not been repealed. The order Is caus¬ ing considerable dissatisfaction among American vessel owners, TlieBCowH.H. Williams, tho flist sail arilval, and the steainhargc Nellie Torrent, the first lumber carrier to anlve this year, came on the 12th, the former with a cargo of wood from Horn's Pier and tho latter with a cargo of lumber from ManlstPo. The scow Diirhuin, the Hist sail dcpaituie, and the steambarge G. T. Burroughs lelt lor Bailey's Harbor that afternoon. There were seven clearances and six anlvals at this port that day. During the fore pai t of the week Hopkiu's Pier and Pcrij's pier at Pierport wcie con¬ siderably damaged by I he lee, and SWaty & Fallow's pier lit Foscaia, ulih 100 coidsof woial was nearly all carried away. About 1(10 leetol.ihe pier at Cluybiiuks was also cabled icnny. The propeller Oconto lias arrived fruin Manitowoc on her Hist nip of the season, and will ply On (he west slioie ibuto lor the present. The steamer Chicago w III go Into commis¬ sion on tho west shore unite. The steamer Coron.i will probably be run from Luding- lou lo Franklin c the ensuing season. Captain Curr, last .season on the Maria Moitln, has airlved lo fit out the schooner Red Wing. iioiin's fiicii. The lake Is free fioni Ico along tho west shoie lo Deaili'; Uoor. Tho Sluigeoii Bay Canal is also open. The schooner F. W William-, :he Hist arlived at Ibis place, and only vessel seen hen; sinutrmst lull, denied tor Milwaukee with coiiKvood Itmi. .Sunday night. The Ico at btiiVgiMin Buy and In Ul'eeu.Bay In disappearing Inst, but there Is no opening yet. -The steaintmrgo Thomas Smith Is loaded at Sturgeon liny nn,|- ex¬ perts to break a ehau'nel through, via tho canal, in a lew days. The weather Is warm and pleasing; wind li^ht multicast. 1XII.I in. The repairs lo iho Northern Pacllle dock are lliilslieil.and the steauieis can now com¬ mence running as soon m they want lo. Tlijralenm scow which 0. P. McUcugnll Is building on the Northern Pacllle dock will soon be ready [or launching. V •