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/ / ABOUND THE LAKES. BUFKALO. Collootor.of CiiBtoms, Buffalo N. Y, SlrWour. letter of the IB la received— submitting t|is.iippliuution ofS. H.-Currte, mnntoi' of the steiim tujf VV. A, Moore, for romUsloii ofiijlnu .of(i20, incurred uiidor ' section 3,123 mid ,1,125, K. 8., by lenvhiR " Lorain, Ohio, without clearing. It appears that Mils tug Is exclusively employed In tow¬ ing, ami her master suppuBcd her to be ex¬ empt from clearing, though she was without R tow* and that ho had no Intention io violate the law. You'recommend favorable action In the mutter. In view of the tauts, the de¬ partment decides to reduce Clio, line to $5, and you will refund the remainder ol the money collected. Very respectfully. Ciuiu-KB J, FoLCllill. CLKVKLANIl, Tlio violent stdrni which prevailed so ex¬ tensively for three days, Is impreccdpnted In the history of tlio lakes at this time ol t,lu; yoar. Almost all marine business was at a stand still, ami what llttlo business there has been done was entirely'of a local nature, Tlio wharves tin.I docks of Cleveland Were almost entirely deserted, In consequence of the delay, business will be lively now the storm has abated. Reports from all parts of the eountryshoiv that great damage lias been done, both to marine and agricultural interests. How much' we are at present unable to ascertain. At Lima O, snow is reportedTo have fallen to the depth of twelve inches. At Toledo ono man got out his cutter and took a sleiglirlde.' Our News columns contain 'ac¬ counts ol some ol the principal wrecks. Several lives are also reported Jost. Pro¬ bably those vei-scls engaged in the lumber trade have sufl'crcd more tliau any others, ' In fact.it Is a storm that will bo_reiuembcrcd for a long time. And we hope we shall not be called upon to record* such another for .some lime. -The storm created a terrllllc sea on the lake, being one of the sejrerestrfbr a long time. The ralttmt l»-U¥>-out Silk, hltfbor lately I __hy the ni|> Dallzc has been driven to the shoroTmtfano of the cribs of tlio break water hfis gone-on the bench.' The rates on ore and coal remain substan¬ tially unchanged, but the hitter are tinner. Vessels also, though scarce in this pore, are now able to obtain single trips much aplcr than at any time heretofore tills scason™'lie rate on coal, at BuM'alo, Is llrmat 75 cents to .The bargo Warner loaded stouo ill Marblo- heild for Buy CltyT~~— The bargo fronton', In tow of tho bargo VVestford, which sank Jn-Detroit river, ar¬ rived With lumber for Ayres & Co, Steambargo City of Concord arrived. Barge Itltohle cleared with Icinilxipjfcr Huron.' Propeller A. L. Hopkins, of tlio Wabash Iilne, cleared for Bull'alo- wltji grain from Greer & Co. , - •Steambargo Rudolph nhd barges Keycip and Wolverine loaded stone at Marblehead. . -Barge "Conrad Kecd loaded stone at Mar¬ blehead for Bay City. Bargo Cleveland ,IA loading at Marblehead. Bargo Dolphin arrived with 'lumber. Schooners Jewettand Venus loaded stone at Kelleys Island. Schooner Irene arrived with staves for Hodgeman & Co.- Bargo Reindeer arrived with lumber for the Plummer Lumber Co. Tug Gal Davis, a( Clovclai]U, arrived and lias been purchased .by Blcmlller & Cu. for $5,000. She will be engaged III harbor tow¬ ing. . ■ * Barge Mldulghtarrlved with lumber from Bay City. Barge Crocker also arrived with lumber. The tug Rollef was lying in the passage wailing for a to*. One of Captain Ilayden's dfedges and,onc tug are going to East Saginaw to engage In harbor work. v Mr. J. J, Kaedon, marine inspector with Crosby & Derrick, of Bull'alo, and who came ] here to ndjiiht the lossou the schooner Lead-' ville, left for Detroit to settle the loss on the steambarge Weslford. The wind and niln storm that has been prevailing has been of unusual severity for this season of the year. Tho water rose very high at the .docks along the entire wa¬ ter front, and barrels, boxes, etc., were swept away; but ho greatdiiinago was done. The craft lit port 'that \vere exposed, had to be shifted to keep them from pound¬ ing against the docks. The steamers on the Detroit, nnd Sandusky Island routes did not put in. an appearance, the storm being too heavy. The oulycYal't arriving were the the Eagle captain, Tom" Fountain, Ids son Dan, and the remainder of tho oUlcers nnd crow,.num¬ bering cloven' In all perished, It la feared that some other vessel collided with hor. - and that she has also gone duwii with all hands. Old sailors say the recent storm Is the se¬ verest experienced In Mils' vicinity for ten years, The whole shore is strewn with wrecks and tho loss of lite is very large. Captain Bartlctt, who commanded the steamer Lorn Inst season and was much- es¬ teemed, Is how keeping a hotel at ICIrwIn, Kansas, nnd is also farming. We are greatly pleased to know that he Is tlndlng attending to persons wants on the hind and also •ploughing the land instead of the sea greatly to his benefit, both financially and otherwise. Captain Alexander Jillen, who formerly commanded the propeller Messenger,' Is this season lii.eommand of the Lorn, one of (the Grnliiim & Morton Transportation Compa¬ ny's passenger and freight steamerj-rtHming botween Chicago, Benton Harbor' and St. Joseph Iir'connection with the Cincinnati, Wabash. & Michigan R. R. Co. Several passengers \vlio have made trips in the l.ora this season are ready and willing to.'.swear by the worthy captain, who, they say, Is one of tho verv best. i On Friday last-the schooner-Driver in low of the tug Chicago, ran into I lie propeller Armenia, of the Mereluintii' Line, of Mon tronl ami Chicago, near the Kinzie street railway bridge, where she was waiting to get to the Fulton elevator to unload her car go of barley from Toronto. The Driver's llbboom and headgear were carried away, and the Aameula's cabin alt and rail, etc., were badly damaged, the jlhbooin of tlio tyrivor making its way through the purser's olllce and raising the root over his head. • Tho schooner II. B. Burger also went ashore and was wrecked on Mundoy morn¬ ing, her captain and crew, consisting of Captain McCoy anil six men having saved themselves by Jumping ashore near 27th street, Coleago. Tho Burger was built at Manitowoc in 1875,and owned by Rnbey « Waldo, of Ludington. The schooner Mary E. Conk jumped over ^tho exterior breakwater. Henry Miller, a young mini who >va« on her for a pleasure trip, was drowned, and Frank Lleb, one of tho seamen, was badly Injured. Tho vessel was damaged to the exleut of about $$00, and hor decklond consisting ot 30,000 feet of Hayes from the Peninsula and from the Islands. Snow in the vicinity, Qhlte a distinguished party of fishermen ] iuhibcr'washed overboard are here waiting to go over to Pelee Island as soon as the storm abates. The imrty con¬ sists of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, Gen. Anson ClncagOT—The-chartera ro|wrt«0-y<)Btor4ay-|-SuigerT-MaishalLEleld^Mjirtlni Ryerson, A are; schooner Franz Slgel, lor cargoes of coal, Cleveland to Brockyllle, $1.20 per ton; four cargoes of ore. Ogdensburg to Cleve¬ land, $1.70. Schooner John Burt, limestone, Keley's Island to Ashtabula, $2 per cord.— Leader. J. Brown received a telegram from Port .Huron, staling that the barge C.J. Mclsel find become water logged during the gale oil' Lexington, and Was seperaled with the re¬ mainder of the tow from her. steiun consort. It Is thought the crew arc saved, but fears are entertained that she has gone ashore. She is owned by W . Hart, of this i Ity, and wns londed with 215,000 feet of luniher from East Saginaw to tills city. Tin cargo is consigned to Monroe Brothers & Co. She is worth from $1,500 to $2,000 and Is un- , Insured. A tugrtvlll bcttentlroin Port Huron ' to look for her as soon as the weathei per- '"'nilts. • %, ■ - * The attention of mariners entering To¬ ronto biirbor is called to the lact that there has been a cmingo In the character of the light located at Gibraltar Point on tho Island, It has, been changed from a fixed to a Ihiah light, revolving once in thirty sucouds. Sey- ,end errors have already occurred owing to ignorance of the change.-wleader. Friday morning ono of Smith's tugs took a ruifaround the Water-works crib to see if ai)y help was needed therg. ~Not a person was Been but three'large holes In the Irop casement were noticeable, one of them ten feet square. The damage is undoubtedly . indie serious than appears I ruin an outside view. HANDUBKY. Business is dull at tills point. Nothing oQorlng but prospects are good. Steambarge tjchuoor, stone laden, from Kelleys Island unioiile for Cleveland, had to put back on account of heavy weather. Burgo Dakota arrived at this port with lumber from Ray City for Scbroeplle & Sloan. The schooner North Cape cleared light for Duncan City to load lumber for Chicago. The sUiambargo Yosomlto arrived with lumber from Bay City. Tho schooner Ferrltt and scows Spauld- IngjSt. Joseph and Tuttle. loaded stone at Kellys Island for Detroit. The schooner John Rice arrived with •lum-1 ber for Ryan, Johnson & Co. The barge Icsmaii arrived on the way to Fremont with a cargo of lumber. Schooner Sheldon arrived to" load coaVfor Duluih. 'Scow Crawford loaded Btoue at Kelleys Is¬ land for Casevllle. The schooner Lendvlllo towed to Toledo to load grain for OBwego. F. Seaburger, O. S. A. Sprague, and J. W. Doanc. The party will be joined by Post: master General Grlsham. They liavo the American Eaglo under charter for sovoraU weeks. Major Rlckham, of tho Dayton Jour-* mil and a largo party are over at Pelee Is. land, and report.the Hulling very good. DKTItOIT, The schooner Unadllla arrived during tho Captain N. Robins, of Grand Haven, sii- porrntejulent of tho Eleventh Llfo Saving District, visited Chicago on Saturday'last. He Informed our correspondent that tho whole of the eighteen stations in his districri are ready for service, and that he was glad to be able to say that no lives had been lost up to that date, l^iurnew stations will soon biftulriitl to the .Eleventh Dtsbict, and wc sincerely say, "May God specdiihein In their efforts to save their fellowniep'." The schooner Annie O. Hanson lost her mningaff topsail, living jib and jibtopsail In recent storm, In tow of .the tug Crusader,|tho olow on Lake Michigan on Friday night. having lost a part of her decklond, also a yawl boat, and with her cabin washed in. The propeller St. Louis broke her go-ahead eccentric on Saginaw Buy, and after doing some heavy rolling, shitted her eccentrics and managed to get here leaking badly. She reported four lumber laden towoarges wa¬ terlogged and flying distress signals oQ Forester. The captain of the St. Louis reports the seas as sweeping" over these vessels and thinks the crews must be lost. He also says tills Is the severest storm he ever saw. A dispatch from Port Huron says there Is great Inquiry regarding the steambarge A. A. Turner, and towbnrges Crocker, Arizona, Wyoming, mid others, and nothing can be beard of tiie crew of the latter. The barge Oroides and her cargo has been turned over to tho Insurance companies us a total loss. Fours ure entertained for the I.' May and three barges which left here Saturday noon, The celebrated enso of the tug Gladiator against the barge Rutter has been decided at Detroit. Tills Is the first, decision in'a case ol ilils_klnd, and defines the right of a lug to extra compensation for wrecking when engaged by the season, provided llio wreck is not caused by any fault of the tug. She experienced a very rough time but sue. cecded In getting to Chicago without the loss of any of her load of lumber. On Monday morning between 5 and 0 a. t m., during a terrific gale, the schooner Jen¬ ny Lind, laden with slabs from MusRegon, wiib driven ashore near 33d street, Chicago, and went to pieces; and her captain, John Anderson; L, PotcrBon, the cook, alid two men were drowned, A. Sampe, the male, who was the only unmarried man on board, was the only ono saved. The vessel was owned by the captain and cook and was built In Chicago In 1848 CH1CAOO. At tlio Chicago Drydoiik Co.'s yard, the schooner Lookout, which went ashoru on Rock Island, Green Buy, and wns towed here bv tho tug Gardner, is receiving new keel forward and aft, new sternpost nnd deadwood, rudder, windlass, bitts, and da¬ vits, and a thorough reculklng. Schooner Irondalo lias been recalked. Barge Judd and one of Green's dredges were also re- calked. Steumbargo Monitor lias had gen¬ eral repairs. Tug Hiiliday got a new wheel. Schooner Merchant had a General overhaul¬ ing. Barge, Mliiuekitnne has had some re¬ pairs. Barge Windsor was recalked. Scow 8. P. Wilson got a new llbboom. Schooner Mercury also received a new jlhbooin. Schooner i. It. Wilbur hail some repairs and schooner W. II Dunham a new rudder stock. Sco\mI.,M . Hill bad some general repairs, also Hie barge Wayne. Tho 'schooner Frio Belle had pew hutch combings and hatches. The thW-niasted schooner Wolls Burt, of this port, own.(thy J, S, Dunham, went Captain C.JS. Baker, of tho schooner II C. Albrecbt has Invented and patented a flro escape which works automatically. A de¬ tached Iron veranda Is placed outside the window, and when otic or more persons got upon It and the spring Is touched, It will de¬ scend with a steady motion until the ground Is reached; and as soon as the persons step off'tho vornndii it will go back tolls former i)Osli1on and be ready to use Immediately. It can be regulated to travel at nnv rale of speed thnt may be requlrlto and will con¬ tinue to goat that rale until re-adjusted. The simplicity ol the Invention is the great point In Its luvor, and It cannot get out of working order. It Is composed of a brass tube 7 feet 111 length and (J Inches in diame¬ ter, which lias'a cap screwed un the bottom with a pet cock or vent In tho centre. Unoi\ tho top of the tube Is another cap In which are two faucets or vents which regulate tlio speed. On Hie top of the tube Is a tank, the bottom of which was .aero >ed on under the cap, and In the tube there Is a' pRon to which Is attached a wire rope which runs through the centre ol the cap at the ton of (lie tube, and Is fastened to a woodon roller, at one end of which 1b a cogwheel. The cogwheel connects with a smaller cogwheel above, which,Is fastened to tljo end of an¬ other roller, around which Is a wire rape of Biifllclcnt length to carry the veranda to tlio ground. The tube Is tilled with water which can lie mixed with chcmL'als to prevent It Ironilruezlug. When tlio weight/Rocs on the Veranda and the spring Is touched, the piston In the tube will rise as the veranda descends, and a vacuum is formed under tho piston, and iib a matter of course, the piston cannot rise faster than the faucets or vents tho weight Is off I ho veranda tho vacuum causes the piston to descend at tho sumo rate . of speed at which It ascended. ~T|nr-\vliolo , nppllnnco can be put Into It case 12x10 Incites . mid can be placed In any corner or place In a building. At last it is a sottled fact that Invalids, old •tacrsnns and children can bo saved from a burning building, as they cap bo placed upon the veranda and go down in ' perfect safety without tho least jar or In- RonyiMihtnce. What Is a ladder compared with this'Method. It requires a man- with i avory strong nerve to go down froin a build¬ ing five, sfit"or'more stolles-hlgh. Tho ' invention will very soon bo. exhibited upon one of tho'prliiclpal hotels Hi tills city. The worthy captain has one of them fixed up at , his residence, 700 South Halsted street, which works to perfection. It has bccfl.ln-.. '" speoled and tested by the five marshals of tho city, who proiiounco It safo and relia¬ bly and they lind In it all that.lg claimed in Its behalf. .MltW'.tlKKK.""" , ' Tho schooner Margaret Dull, of Chicago, arrived during tl|o recont storm totally dls- uiniBted." • The Sailor Boy went ashore at Bay View. Tho crew all saved. Tho papers of the schooner Petrel have been recovered, niid the names of the three soainen drowned iiro learned to be Charles J. Olson, mute, of Milwaukee, who wns mar¬ ried here Ihrce monies ago, Jiicob Hanson mid Martin A Mattlsot>. None of the bodies have been found but the lake will be dragged DULtrrii. The tug Sampson Is on her way toDuluth with the schooners King, Wabash and C. H. Johnson In tow. They are all loaded with coal. In no harbor on the chain of the great lakes could there have been fpundwi finer lleet of steam and Bail vessels than Avero ly¬ ing at our docks on Saturday. - The propeller City of Duluth was the first Chicago boat to reacli hero this season, nr- rlving on Saturday evening with 155 tons of freight and a number of passengers.. Sho eleared'again on Sui)day morning. The engineers were again engaged in making soundings In the harbor to-day. In this connection The Times.has been re¬ quested to ask how It is that tho engineers alwaya muke^ounJlngs in the harbor when the wind blows from the northeast, when It Isa-well known fact that the water Is always a foot higher than at any other time. f. Tlio following fleet is on the way torDu-' luth with coal for the Northwestern Fuel Company viz.: Steamship Jarvls Lord, with 1,50Q tons, schooner Ondlrujv with I,- 815 tons: .schooner Wall with 1,108 tons; steambarge Mllburn, with 083 tons; Albany, with 528 tons; Baldwin, with 400 tons; Grace Whitney, with 544 tons; steamship Cormorant, with 1,247 tons; steamship Jesse Farwell, with 1,112 tons, nnd schooner Peter¬ son, With 1,102 tons.—Times. Add Cleveland. Grcenhalgh's stdamlighter went to Fair- port last night to work on the schooner Tlbblts, which sunk at that port Monday nlglrt. Her cargo of stone for the Falrport pier extension will bo lightered, and the eontritugal pump oh the steaml ghtcr will be used to pump her out. The Tlbblts was leaking when she arrived at Falrport. A fine wooden steam yacht is being built for Paul Lohmeyor at Qunyle's shipyard. She Is 100 feet keel, 20 feet beam, and of light draft. She will be propelled by an engine of four 12x14 cylinders, which is being made at Gale's machine shop In River street. The hull has been completed and the upper works aro being erected. She will be launched within n few weeks. roitr coLBonNK. L Tho 6clioonor Hnrtford, bound for Chicago with coal, and the schooner Jessie, with stone lor Toronto, collided to-day- about U mile below here In tho canal. The Hartford lost her bowsprit and Jlbbuom, and tho Jessie had sVlnie of her rigging carried away.— Leader. down off Evaiiston, on Sunday night. The permit (ho water to escape; and Immediately IN TWO SHIPWRECKS. Jasper Leulirs, son of Patrolman Paul Lciihrs, was on board tho barge Orontos, which went nslioic'uear Lexington, on'Fort Huron, Monday morning. Officer Louhrs received a dispatch from the Chief of Police of Port Huron, yesterday afternoon, stating thaNtW sou has been saved, with the re¬ mainder of the crow. Although but sixteen years of age, this is the second wreck In which young Leulirs has been during bis experience on Clio lakes. AN ERA OF REFORM. The necessity of reform is not confined to politics. Household management as well .as public sentiment demand urgent reform in. the Interest of economy. The time has gone when sensible people endure long treatment ' for an ailment that call be cured at quo- lourtb the mat. Nowadays when u niun Is attacked with the piles he wituts to ho cured economically and speedily. He's had ex¬ perience; lie merely invests a small amount iu Swayue's Ointment, firm In tlio knowl¬ edge of up early cure. All soreness, pnln and itching is stopped in u manner equaled by'no other..