Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, August 4, 1881 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 47 VOL. II NEW SERIES, NO. 11 IN THE CITY ----------- - The schooner A. PLUGGER took a cargo of shingles on board last Wednesday - Capt. Sullivan, of the LILLIE PRATT, was quite sick last Wednesday. Dr. McConnell was called to prescribe. - On Monday last an immense steam barge was launched on the Saginaw river from James Davidson's ship yard. The vessel measures 1,490 tons, and cost $110,000, 900,000 feet of timber and 150 tons of iron were used in her construction. The craft is intended for the carrying of grain, coal or iron-ore, and will be known as the OCEANIC. The construction of another vessel of like model, but larger in size will be commenced at once. The OCEANIC was commenced last October. - On Wednesday last, Owen Jones, one of the crew of the schooner LILLIE PRATT, fell into the lake between the vessel and the dock and disappeared from some time, causing considerable uneasiness. Upon coming to the surface and being a good swimmer, he was promptly rescued. Captain Sullivan has appointed September 31 as a day of thanksgiving for Owen's recovery. - The members of the Ludington vessel loaders union presented to JOHN MUNSON, last Friday evening, a nice stem winding watch and chain, valued at about $40, as a token of their appreciation of his services as chairman of the organization. The following inscription was engraved on the case by H. H. BISBEE: Presented to JOHN MUNSON by the L.V.L.U. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, August 11, 1881 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 49 VOL. II NEW SERIES, NO. 12 IN THE CITY ----------- - On Tuesday last the schooners MAGGIE DALL, ANNE TOMINE, FELICITIOUS, ROYCE, TRANSIT and PRIDE all loaded at the railroad dock. - John McHarry, light house keeper at Old Mission Point, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the steamer CITY OF TRAVERSE at the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay. No cause is known for the act. The body was recovered. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, August 18, 1881 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 50 VOL. II NEW SERIES, NO. 13 IN THE CITY ----------- - Mr. Frank A. Foster has purchased an interest in the steamer MAGNET. - The steamer MAGNET will give an excursion to Muskegon on Sunday, August 25th. The Knights Templar band will accompany the excursionists. - Two of Lyon's lumber scows, the DAVID POWERS and the JACOBUS left here yesterday with the tug BROCKWAY, for the Saginaw river, and will take a load of lumber from there to Chicago. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, August 25, 1881 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 51 VOL. II NEW SERIES, NO. 14 IN THE CITY ----------- - The TRUESDELL with scow KELLOGG and schooners MARS and C. P. ROYCE arrived last Tuesday. - Captain John Sullivan, of the LILLE PRATT, is lying at his home in Milwaukee sick with typhoid fever. His recovery is considered doubtful. - The railroad docks were piled full of bark, ties and lumber the beginning of the week, waiting for vessels to take it across the lake. The southwest wind on Tuesday brought the desired fleet. - Mary Hinkley, aged about 30 years, a resident of Arbela, took passage on the steamer METROPOLIS for Alpena, and it is supposed she jumped overboard and was drowned in the lake, off Harrisville, on Saturday morning. Her hat was found on the steamer's deck shortly after her supposed leap. - At St. Clair, William Lee, a sailor on the schooner MINNIE DAVIS, was shot in the back by Constable Gilbert, who was attempting to arrest him, and seriously injured. - A. J. Hawkins of South Haven fell through the hatchway of a steam barge at Chicago and was seriously injured. - The tug A. B. WARD burst its boiler in the river at Chicago and the engineer and a deck hand were killed, the captain was seriously in- jured, the other two men on board were considerably hurt. The heavy boiler was fired like a bullet by the explosion into a boat house on the river bank. The tug sank where the accident occurred. It was valued at $6,000 and was not insured. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other items of Great Lakes Maritime history by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/ ===========================================================================