Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Pentwater News Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich. Friday, July 4, 1873 Volume III, Number 129. Neighborhood News - Muskegon The Engelman Transportation Company are about changing the dock landing from the central wharf to Wood's dock, near Ryerson, Hills & Co.'s mill. John Bronson will have charge of the warehouse, who has no superior here, in the handling and prompt delivery of steam- boat freight. The steamer LAKE BREEZE will make an excursion from Rounds' Dock at five o'clock on July 4th. The Cornet Band will be in attendance, and also dancing music for those who wish to "trip the light fan- tastic toe." Fare for the trip, fifty cents. The LAKE BREEZE, Capt. Joyce, on Tuesday night, made the run from Pentwater to Manistee, in three hours and five minutes; Mason, Engineer. How is that Griffin? Marine Items. The following are the arrivals and departures at this port for the week ending Wednesay, July 2. Arrived. June 26 - Schr W. H. CHAPMAN, Milwaukee Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Schr DANIA, Sheboygan 27 - Schr RADICAL, Mich City Schr G. ELLEN, Chicago 28 - Schr MT. DESERT, Port Washington Schr SPY, White Lake Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Milwaukee Schr B. & B., Sheboygan Schr SOLOMON, Milwaukee 30 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Chicago Prop HILTON, Manistee Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee Schr FLORENCE, Chicago July 2 - Schr GOODRICH, Chicago Schr NORTH STAR, Chicago 3 - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan Cleared. June 26 - Schr W. H. CHAPMAN, Milwaukee Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Schr DANIA, Milwaukee Schr NINA BAILEY, Milwaukee 27 - Schr RADICAL, Mich City Schr G. ELLEN, Milwaukee 28 - Schr MT. DESERT, Milwaukee Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan Schr B. & B., St. Joseph Schr SOLOMON, Milwaukee 30 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Chicago Prop HILTON, Muskegon Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee Schr FLORENCE, Chicago July 1 - Schr GERTRUDE, Milwaukee Schr NORTH STAR, Mich City 2 - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan Also the usual steamers of the Engelmann Line. The schooner SOUVENIR was successfully launched last Wednesday morning, and is one of the neatest looking vessels we have seen in many a day. Work is progressing on the MINNIE CORLETT as fast as it can be pushed. She is being thoroughly rebuilt, and when completed will be in much better trim than formerly. The new V. O. A. tug CHARLES L. PARKER was launched at Chicago on Saturday. LAUNCH - A full sized canal schooner was launched at Port Robinson on Saturday. The U. S. steamer MICHIGAN is coming to this lake. ABANDONED - the tug LEVIATHAN has abandoned the schooner E. KANTER, which stranded near Leland last fall. The AMAZON - The new four-masted propeller AMAZON, built at Trenton, arrived at Detroit, Friday afternoon, from Cleveland, where her engines were placed in her. It is reported that hereafter the propeller WINSLOW will be put in the Lake Superior Line and that Capt. Ben Wilkins, of the INDIA, will command her. The steamer INTER-OCEAN, with the barge ARGONAUT in tow, has made four trips between Buffalo and Chicago inside of fourteen days for each trip. In the mean time she also towed vessels some distance. The steamship GORDON CAMPBELL cleared from Milwaukee with a cargo aggregating 1,690 tons. It consisted of 500 bbls of flour, 33,000 bushels wheat and 10,000 bushels oats. STANNARD'S ROCK - This rock lies in the track between Keweenaw Point and Marquette, and until the United States Government lo- cated thereon a beacon, was invisible in calm weather. It has a base of cut stone nine feet in diameter and eight feet high, surmounted by a wrought iron shaft with a ball and cage at the top, 33 feet above the surface of the water, painted red. To the northward and westward of the beacon a rocky reef extends 480 by 320 yards; least water two feet. One thousand four hundred feet west of the beacon are two detached rocks with eight feet of water on them. The soundings in proximity to the beacon and reef are from 3 1/2 to ten fathoms. Bottom, rock and gravel. Vessels should not approach the beacon northward nearer than three-fourths of a mile. The following items we clip from the Leelanau Tribune: We learn from the engineer of the SUSQUEHANNA that yesterday morning, as they were about 80 miles from Milwaukee, a propeller's cabin was discovered floating on the water some distance off. They were not able to discern any persons on the cabin. The schooner REINDEER, laden with ore for the Elk Rapids iron furnace, mistook the light of the schooner MARTIN for the dock at Elk Rapids and ran aground Wednesday night. She was hauled off by the ELLA BURROWS. The propeller J. L. HURD was towed into this port by the WADE last Monday with her shaft broken. She was taken to Milwaukee Friday by the NORMAN of the same line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentwater News Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich. Friday, July 11, 1873 Volume III, Number 130. The Engelmann Line of Steamers are making regular trips in each direction and are giving excellent satisfaction this summer. - Manistee Times. All of which we can heartily endorse. Mr. Engelmann has taken great pains to accomodate the people on the East Shore, and has succeeded admirably. They have been very fortunate in the selection of officers for their different boats, a more gentlemanly set of men cannot be found. On the morning of the 6th, the steamer CORONA collided with the schooner LOUISE McDONALD, carrying away the former's wheel and part of her cabin and the latter's bowsprit and jib-boom. Pentwater possesses unsurpassed opportunities for ship building, which we hope to see fully improved at no distant day. Marine Items. The following are the arrivals and departures at this port for the week ending Wednesday, July 9. Arrived. July 2 - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan Schr SPY, Milwaukee 5 - Schr RADICAL, Mich City Schr SELMA, Milwaukee 8 - Schr PRIDE, Milwaukee Cleared. July 2 - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan Schr SPY, Milwaukee 3 - Schr SOUVENIR, Chicago 5 - Tug FANNY SHRIVER, Holland Schr RADICAL, Mich City Schr SELMA, Milwaukee 8 - Schr PRIDE, Milwaukee Also the usual steamers of the Engelmann Line. The tug MESSENGER in her new summer clothes, looks just as nice as can be. Charley has been so busy this season so far, that he has not had time to dress her up. The tug MARGARET has arrived at Chicago from Pentwater with a raft of 380 spars. The brig I. M. HILL also towed a small raft of spars to Chicago. The FANNY SHRIVER, which has been plying between Ludington and Pentwater, has been sold. We understand the same parties from whom she was bought have become her purchasers. She goes back to Saugatuck. Steamboat Laws - The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that all vessels propelled by steam are subject to all the provisions of the United States law in regard to boats of their particular class. The question arose on the protest of the owners of a ferry-boat in Missouri, used on a portion of the river wholly within the State lines against submitting to inspection of United States Officers, and complying with all the requirements of the law. The protest was founded on the plea that the boat was at all times within the lines of the State of Missouri, and subject only to its jurisdiction and its laws in regard to steam vessels. Lake Michigan has been visited by one of the old fashioned northers. On Wednesday, the 9th, the schooner R. J. SANBORN arrived at Grand Haven with loss of topsail yard. Grand Haven has a good ship-yard, but could not supply the SANBORN with a stick of suitable dimensions. Schooner SINAI arrived at Muskegon with loss of fore-sail and topsail yard. The schooner DAVID A. WELLS was towed into Chicago on Sunday morning with only two sails up. She lost the rest, or rather they were rendered entirely useless in the violent squall off Sheboygan on the 4th. The WELLS was loaded with coal for Michigan City. The schooner TURNER & KELLER, while in the straits, on the passage up, laden with coal, encountered the recent terrible squall and lost every stitch of canvas. After some time she was picked up and towed into Sheboygan, where she now lies, thoroughly crippled. The schooner GLAD TIDINGS came into Chicago minus her main boom, and there were several vessels in port with sails more or less torn. The schooner Z. G. SIMMONS collided with Clark street bridge, losing her main boom thereby. The steamer OCONTO, of the Goodrich Line, struck the tug IDA, making a big hole in the latter. The schooner COL. COOK was struck by a squall, which broke her main boom. The captain of the propeller MERCHANT saw the schooner FLORENCE with her main boom gone. The schooner CORRESPONDENT had her main topmast blown away by the tornado, while lying at her docks in the river. The bark CONSTITUTION arrived in Milwaukee with the loss of two gaff-topsails. The schooner FRANK PEREW lost her raffee, main gaff, three hoops of the mainsail, and her main cross-trees; the schooner NABOB half a jib; the schooner COMANCHE had two jibs and a gaff- topsail split; the schooner ELIDA had some of her canvas split; and a small schooner, hailing from Chicago, lost a jib. The captain of the brig ROSCIUS states that he saw a fore-and-aft canal schooner strip- ped of her canvas off Racine. The captain of the schooner GOLD HUNTER saw two large three-and-afters stripped of their main canvas and seriously crippled off Sheboygan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentwater News Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich. Friday, July 18, 1873 Volume III, Number 131. Marine Items. The following are the arrivals and departures at this port for the week ending Wednesday, July 16. Arrived. July 9 - Schr FAWN, Sheboygan 10 - Schr TRAVELER, Manistee 11 - Schr DANA, Milwaukee - Schr SALAMA, Milwaukee 12 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Chicago - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan - Schr NORTH STAR, Mich City 14 - Schr EMANUEL, Milwaukee - Schr ROB ROY, Chicago - Schr SOUVENIR, Chicago - Schr RADICAL, Mich City - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee - Schr THREE SISTERS, Milwaukee - Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Cleared. July 9 - Schr FAWN, Sheboygan 10 - Schr TRAVELER, Manistee 11 - Schr DANA, Sheboygan - Schr SALAMA, Milwaukee 12 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Mich City - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan - Schr NORTH STAR, Chicago 14 - Schr EMANUEL, Milwaukee - Schr ROB ROBY, Chicago - Schr RADICAL, Chicago - Schr SOUVENIR, Milwaukee - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee - Schr THREE SISTERS, Milwaukee - Schr PLANET, Milwaukee Also the usual steamers of the Engelman Line. The tug HOWE left Chicago Saturday for Point aux Barques, there to be employed on the improvements in the harbor. The schooner S. J. HOLLEY ran upon her anchor a few days since at Racine and broke a hole in her hull. Repairs are being made at Milwaukee. The steamer MAGNET, formerly running between Fruitport and Grand Haven, has been sold to Messrs. Smith & Roddy for $7,200, and took the place of the FANNY SHRIVER on the line between Pentwater and Ludington last week Thursday. The FANNY SHRIVER now runs between Holland and Saugatuck, and the PHOEBE between Fruitport and Grand Haven. The Lake Superior boats are crowded with passengers. There is also a large travel between Chicago and the lower lakes. The United States steamer MICHIGAN left Chicago Saturday evening. The Detroit papers show conclusively, by an exhibit of the disasters occurring at Bar Point for a number of years, that some- thing should be done in that locality toward the protection of the shipping. The REDWING took out 48,500 bushels of corn, and the DANFORTH 47,000 bushels. The CHAMPION took out 36,000 bushels of wheat. A large quantity of wire has arrived at the Sault for the new telegraph line, and it is expected that it will be open to Mackinac and Marquette by the 1st of September. Off Racine, Monday night, June 30th, a sailor named James Daniels, fell overboard from the bark C. K. NIMS, and before assistance could reach him was drowned. According to the Buffalo Marine Record, the steamship AMAZON has arrived there with 56,000 bushels of corn, not 65,000 bushels as first reported. The aggregate weight of her cargo is 1,568 tons. Among the arrivals on the same day were the propeller ARABIA, with a cargo of 1,781 tons, the schooner HELVETIA with 1,680 tons, and schooner RICHARD WINSLOW with 60,000 bushels oats. On Saturday next, Messrs. Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee, will launch the large new schooner now rapidly approaching completion for Messrs. Saveland & Brigham. In model and dimensions she differs somewhat from those heretofore launched at the same yard. She is handsome and will prove a great carrier. At Allen & Co's yard, the beautiful new vessel on the stocks for Capt. James Porter and George Sanbern is progressing favorably. She will be ready for launching by August 15. The schooner TWO BROTHERS, lost her jib-boom in the river at Chicago. William Jury, mate of the schooner ARCTURUS, was drowned in Chicago Harbor, at the foot of Dearborn street, on Thursday night. The de- ceased was an Englishman by birth and only about 24 years of age. He had no relatives in this country. The new Canadian propeller PERSIA will be commanded by Capt. Scott. The report of the propeller LAKE BREEZE going ashore north of Manistee in a fog is incorrect. She went by in a dense fog about five minutes, but came between the piers again without touching. Work on the North Pier is progressing finely. The cribs are being put together as fast as possible, and when the extension is completed we shall probably have the best harbor on the East Shore. We now have an average of over ten feet of water. We are under obligations to Capt. Griffin of the MESSENGER for sundry marine items, and while we are about it we wish to say that the MESSENGER under Capt. Griffin's management is making her trips with the regularity of clock-work. The Captain is one of the most popular men on the line and is gaining hosts of friends for his uniform courtesy and obliging manners. No one goes on his boat but wishes to go again. We hope to long see "Griff" in a position for which he is so well fitted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentwater News Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich. Friday, July 25, 1873 Volume III, Number 132. Capt. Griffin of the MESSENGER informs us that the body of a drowned man was found in Muskegon Lake a day or two since. It is supposed that he fell from one of the boats, but nothing is as yet known of the particulars. Would it not be well for the Harbor Master to see to it that the steamboats and tugs which enter our harbor be made to keep their spark catchers down, as there is great danger from fire, everything being very dry and high winds prevailing. A small spark might do us irreparable injury. Marine Items. The following are the arrivals and departures at this port for the week ending Wednesday, July 23. Arrived. July 16 - Barge HILTON, Ludington - Schr B. & B., St. Joseph - Schr J. H. STEPHENS, Sheboygan - Schr MT. DESERT, Milwaukee 17 - Schr FLORENCE, Chicago - Schr UNION, Milwaukee - Schr HONEST JOHN, Chicago - Schr PLANET, Milwaukee - Schr NORTH STAR, Chicago - Schr SOUVENIR, Milwaukee 18 - Schr JO VILAS, Chicago - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee - Schr SALAMA, Milwaukee 19 - Schr KITTY GRANT, Chicago - Schr ELLEN GRANT, Milwaukee - Schr FAWN, Sheboygan - Schr J. H. STEVENS, Sheboygan - Schr DANIA, Sheboygan 21 - Schr JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE, Milwaukee 22 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Mich City - Schr J. H. STEVENS, Sheboygan - Schr SOUVENIR, Milwaukee - Schr TEAL, Milwaukee 23 - Schr RADICAL, Chicago - Schr THREE SISTERS, Milwaukee - Schr D. R. HOLT, Milwaukee - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Milwaukee - Schr NORTH STAR, Chicago Cleared. July 16 - Barge HILTON, Mud Bay - Schr B. & B., St. Joseph - Schr J. H. STEVENS, Sheboygan - Schr MT. DESERT, Milwaukee 17 - Schr FLORENCE, Chicago - Schr UNION, Milwaukee - Schr HONEST JOHN, Milwaukee - Schr PLANET, Milwaukee - Schr NORTH STAR, Milwaukee - Schr SOUVENIR, Milwaukee 18 - Schr JO VILAS, Mich City - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Mich City - Schr SALAMA, Mich City 19 - Schr KITTY GRANT, Mich City - Schr ELLEN PIKE, Sheboygan - Schr FAWN, Sheboygan - Schr J. H. STEVENS, Sheboygan - Schr DANIA, Sheboygan 21 - Schr JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE, Milwaukee 22 - Schr R. J. SKIDMORE, Milwaukee - Schr J. H. STEVENS, Sheboygan - Schr SOUVENIR, Milwaukee - Schr TEAL, Milwaukee 23 - Schr RADICAL, Chicago - Schr THREE SISTERS, Chicago - Schr D. R. HOLT, Chicago - Schr G. R. ROBERTS, Chicago - Schr NORTH STAR, Chicago Also the usual steamers of the Engelmann Line. Last Thursday, July 17th, the tug ALDRICH, of Ludington, caught fire, and was considerably damaged before the flames could be extinguished. The schooner BRONSON, on her way to Chicago from Menomonee, grounded on the rocks in Death's Door. It is stated that she sus- tained no injury. The Milwaukee Wisconsin of Friday says: "A large white schooner is sunk near Old Mackinac, and, from the fact that a large three- master was seen near her with her bowsprit, jibboom, and everything forward gone, it was concluded another collision had occurred." The schooner C. L. JOHNSON left Chicago on Saturday to load with lumber at Muskegon for Cleveland. The cargo is to be mill run. This seems like carrying coals, etc. The schooner IDA arrived at Chicago on Friday in a crippled con- dition, her mainmast being so shattered that it would hardly stand. While at Manistee, on Monday, the vessel was struck by lightning, with the result stated. The fluid passed down, through and far beyond the masthead, and of course the entire spar is ruined. At the time of the stroke several of the crew were on deck, but though they were stunned and terrified, no injury was sustained. Jettisoning cargo - The master of a vessel has authority to throw overboard a part of the cargo, for the purpose of saving the ship, and the residue of the cargo in case of extreme peril. He can make a jettison, however, only in a case of extremity, as where the ship is in danger of perishing by the fury of a storm, or is laboring upon rocks or shoals or is closely pursued by pirates or enemies. The mere convenience of better sailing or more commodious storage will not justify him to throw overboard the smallest part. In cases of extreme danger, where the lives of the crew cannot otherwise be saved, the master may even throw the whole cargo overboard. Concerning collisions - Collisions have been unusually frequent lately. There are cases where neither party can be blamed, as in the case of a fog or a violent storm. In such cases each stands his own loss. There are certain rules which decide the question of negli- gence. Thus if a vessel is sailing closehauled to the wind and another meeting her is going free, the rule is for the latter vessel to go to the leeward or windward as she best can, yet she ought to suppose that the vessel going to the windward will keep her position. If two vessels are beating up to windward on opposite tacks, it is the duty of the vessel on the starboard tack to continue her course, and that on the larboard to give way, and when both vessels have the wind free or abeam, and meet, they should pass each other on the lar- board hand, to effect which the helm must be put to port. ==========================================================================