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XIII. OLD SERIES, NO. 39 Local Matters ------------- The schr. CHALLENGE will be ready to place in the lake again this Saturday evening. The schooner CECELIA took on a load of lumber last Tuesday for Geo. W. Roby & Co. The tug ALBION was here last Monday and Tuesday getting repairs done on her boiler. The wrecking tug LEVIATHAN is expected daily to take the schr. MERCURY off the beach where she has been since last November. The boiler of the tug GEM of Pentwater has been taken out of the boat and taken to the boiler shop of Thos. E. Davies and will undergo a complete repair. The barge COLIN CAMPBELL, came in last Tuesday, with a consignment of goods for W. J. Nichols, and left Wednesday with lumber from Geo. N. Stray's mill. The Frankfort Express says - "The government dredge has nearly completed its work at this place, for the present." We understand the boys next stopping place is to be Benzonia. Ludington would be proud to welcome them. We need their goodly offices sadly. The diver who is to secure the boiler and machinery of the propeller CITY OF TOLEDO, now lying off Hamlin, was here Wednesday making preparations to go to work. Operations will be commenced at once if the weather is favorable. On Saturday morning, the crib built for the north pier was towed into position, and before it was firmly fixed, the steamer JOHN A. DIX passed out of the harbor, and in doing so, caused a sea sufficient to swing the outer end of the crib into the channel somewhat, so that it could not be replaced, by reason of the stone that had been thrown into the pockets. The crib will be lightened and replaced as soon as the foundation for it can be put in shape. The new freight steamer, DAISY DAY came in here last Monday, on her first trip. The boat was built this spring for the firm of Guyles, Jacobs & Nash, who have commenced business by opening a general feed store, and are located in the old round house, just north of the planing mill. The boat will run regularly between here and Manitowoc, and will carry passengers as well as general freight. The steamer is 146 tons register, is fitted with an engine of 16 inch cylinder, and boiler 10 feet long by 5 feet in diameter. Capt. John Jacobs, who sailed the schooner INDUSTRY, and is well known here, is a partner of the firm, and will command the new boat, while Mr. Nash will take charge of the store business here. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN The iron ore shipments from Escanaba for the season up to May 19 were 147,652 tons, and from Marquette 69,008 tons. The body of a man was found floating in the little lake close to the ferry at Ludington. It was identified as that of Harris Smyth, who fell overboard from a hooker at the P.M.L. Co's dock some time last fall. DETROIT IN BRIEF The new steamer CITY OF CLEVELAND'S trial trip from Detroit to Cleveland was made Monday and occupied 5 hours 58 minutes and 29 seconds, beating the best time ever made before by 7 minutes and 55 seconds. The NORTHWEST with a delegation of the Cleve- land board of trade came out 12 miles to meet the Detroiters, and returning made very good time, but the new boat soon left her far in the rear. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Friday, June 11th, 1880 VOL. XIII. OLD SERIES, NO. 40 LOCAL MATTERS ------------- Guyles & Nash have received another cargo of Flour, Feed, Middlings, Rye Flour, Butter and Eggs, by steamer DAISY DAY, and are ready to supply the trade. Fralick expects a cargo of new hay, &c., on the schooner LYDIA. The schooner E. P. ROYCE, Capt. Courtland, arrived here last Wednesday. The CONNEAUT on her last trip brought back several thousand bushels of corn and oats for T. R. Lyon. They are busy at Goodsell's machine shop on work for Butters & Peters' mill, and for the tug GEM. The Canadian barque PRUSSIA took on a load of square timber, rock elm, this week for Quebec, where it will be re-shipped to Europe. It is reported that Thos. R. Lyon has given the schooner OAK LEAF and $2,500 in exchange for the schooner E. P. ROYCE of Escanaba. Capt. Fred. Kendrick arrived here with the U. S. tug and dredge last Wednesday. The dredge will prepare the bed for the placing of the crib that was washed out of position last week. When this is done it is to be hoped that the channel will be deepened. The schooner D. A. VANVALKENBERG was dismasted during the gale of last Saturday and Sunday, off Manistee. About daylight the new propeller DAISY DAY trading between this port and Manitowoc, ran across the schooner drifting some miles outside of Ludington and taking her in tow turned back to Manitowoc. The DAISY DAY came in here on Wednesday morning and left in the evening for Milwaukee with a general cargo. While in Chicago last week Mr. Clayton had a talk with Mr. Goodrich, president of the transportation company, relative to the naming of the company's new propeller, lately launched at Cleveland, and in- tended for the line from Milwaukee to Ludington, and Goodrich pro- mised him that she should be named the "CITY OF LUDINGTON," provided our people would furnish the boat a new set of colors, which is the usual custom in such cases. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN Iron ore shipments from the upper peninsula for the season to May 26 were: From Escanaba, 185,917 tons; from Marquette, 77,495 tons; from L'Anse, 5,110 tons. Adding pig iron, quartz and ore to local points the total is 281,493 tons. MISCELLANEOUS The steamer GOLDEN EAGLE, of the Keokuk Northern Packet company, burned to the water's edge at Martin's landing, 30 miles above Alton, on the Mississippi River, at 2 o'clock Monday morning. C. L. Finn, a cigar boy of Quincy; a stock-dealer named Grierly, of Bowles landing; and Mrs.-- name unknown - who lives 16 miles above Keokuk, are missing and supposed to be lost. The boat is a total loss. The cause of the fire was the explosion of a kero- sene lamp on the boiler deck. CONGRESS June 1. - Mr. Ransom (Dom., N.C.), as per previous notice, moved to postpone all prior orders and take up the river harbor appropriation bill. Agreed to, years (sic) 45, nays 7. Mr. Ransom stated that the amount appropriated by the House was $8,482,500, to which the Senate committee added $142,000 after making some reductions in the amounts in the House bill. The bill was read for action upon the committee's amendments. On motion of Mr. Thurman the appropriation for continuing operations on the ice harbor at the mouth of the Muskegon river, was increased to $70,000. Amendments increasing from $20,000 to $30,0000 the appropriation for improving the harbor at Toledo and inserting the words "to the depth of 16 feet;" appropriation for improving the harbor of Calument, Ill. The increasing from $10,000 to $50,000 the appropriation for improving the harbor at Grand Haven, Mich., and reducing from $200,000 to $160, 000 the appropriation for improving the Kentucky river from its mouth to Three Forks were concurred in. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Friday, June 18th, 1880 VOL. XIII. OLD SERIES, NO. 42 LOCAL MATTERS ------------- Guyles & Nash have received another cargo of Flour, Feed, Middlings, Rye Flour, Butter and Eggs, by steamer DAISY DAY, and are ready to supply the trade. Mr. Stearns expects to ship lumber from here next week. Capt. Sterling's schooner CHALLENGE was launched yesterday afternoon. Chicago lumber merchants have been in the city the present week and purchased cargoes here. Freight, for carrying lumber, has increased one shilling the present week; it is now 13 shillings per M. Messrs. Butters and Peters have shipped two cargoes of long lumber to Chicago, this week, to be used for building bridges. The U. S. dredge has been ordered back to Portage to complete the improvements to be made there the present summer. The U. S. light house supply boat called at this port on Saturday last, and left 85 gallons of mineral oil as a year's supply for the light house at this point. Mr. S. A. Aldrich shipped a cargo of hemlock bark to Milwaukee last Wednesday by the schooner W. W. BRIGHAM and a carload of bowls to St. Louis the same day. The improvements to be made on the entrance to the harbor will soon be accomplished. The north crib has been placed successfully and in a very satisfactory manner. That one for the south side will be placed Saturday, if the weather is favorable. The improvements give to the harbor of Ludington a prominence over neighboring ports, and make this a very desirable port to trade in. Sheriff Fay, of Manistee county, passed through this city, on Tuesday, with a prisoner, who was sentenced to the Ionia prison for six months, for stealing silver ware belonging to the steamer CORONA, while lying at that port. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN The iron ore shipments for the season to June 9, inclusive were, from Escanaba, 247,346 tons; from Marquette, 122,967 tons, and from L'Anse, 7,175 tons; total 377,488 tons. The Muskegon News and Reporter says that over 500,000 railroad ties have been shipped from Muskegon County since the opening of navigation. A ship carpenter named JOHN CANKELL was instantly killed at Port Huron Friday noon, by falling from the cross trees of a Greenback pole, a distance of about sixty five feet. He was suspended by a rope, fixing the apparatus by the cross trees, preparatory to taking the pole down. The rope gave way and he fell to the ground and struck the side walk below, breaking his neck. He leaves a wife and one child. ===========================================================================