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having bwn hanled out during the winter. The -scows Sbattnck and Page were also hauled out and partially rebuilt during the winter* it being intended to launch them some time this week.Several craft laid in here during Wednesday, among them tieing the steamers M. C. Neff, S. K, Martin, C. Hickox, John Bcbroeder, St. Joseph and consort, and the Temple Emery. The barometer was falling and the recent stormy weather has made mariners a little cautious The tug Spalding, which has been employed in fishing off Two Rivers during the past winter, returned here on Monday and will be employed in towing stone •cows across the lake during the summer. As soon as the weather is favorable she will leave for Manistee on her first trip.The Goodrich steamer Sheboygan was In again on Sunday. She went as far north as Menominee, where she got into the river, but was unable to land at the K.-C. Company’s dock on account of the ice. As soon as Green Bay is entirely free from ioe the daily boats will be put on this route.Probably no one feels more jubilant over the fact that the canal is now than do Messrs. John Leathern and Thus. H. Smith, of the Leathern Smith Towing and Wrecking Company. They Imvi been very energetic in securing the desiret legislation and it must be truly gratifying to them to see their efforts crowned — success.The Eugene Hart was in port Monday on her way to Green Bay from Manitowoc where she has been lengthened out £5 feet during the past winter. This makes her the largest boat of the Hart line and one of the finest passenger steamers on the lake. The work of painting ahd decorating her interior is still in progress so that her appearance when finished can not' “ told as yet.Capt. C. B. Packard arrived here Friday evening from Waukegan, where he bad been superintending the work of getting the steel boilers belonging to Leath Smith ready for shipment to Manitowoc. He was taken suddenly sick and was forced to come home. The Foster was all ready to receive the machinery and it is calculated that she will be ready for business In about three weeks. .The steamer St. Joseph and consort Sydney O. Neff laid here during Wednesday. In getting away from MeDOmiDee on Tuesday .the stern of the Sydney O. Neff was jammed against a dock, breaking her steering gear. After rigging a temporary tiller the tow came to this place where a new wheel and gear was obtained from Leathern Smith. The Sydney O. Neff is commanded by Capt. John Campbell, of Salona.The Pewaukee want south on Sunday with a cargo of lumber from Menominee. That 40-foot stack which has just been placed on her will make Chicago marine men open their eyes. It is thought that with this length of stack steijjn can be kept up without using a blower to create draught. All the latest war vessels have high stacks and there’s no use in allowing those salt-water fellows to monopolise these new tangled ideas.The steamer Ohio was wrecked on Lake Huron during last Thursday’s gaie. Her rudder was carried away and her engine broken down and sho drifted about absolutely helpless for several days when she was picked up in Detour passage by the tug River Queen. On Friday, Capt. R. T. Evans and four of the crew left the steam ar with the life-boat, intending to get ashore, but since that time nothing has been seen or beard of them and it is fear-ad that the boat swamped and they were all drowned.The tug Temple Emery stopped in here an Tuesday, the weather being too rough tor her ont in the lake. The Emery and ane of her scows went ashore in South Kanlton harbor during the gale of last Thursday. She was driven on solid, but was dredged out by a tug. the bottom be-ng all sand. There was an immense sea -mining and the waves washed clean over ;be boat while she laid on the beach. She vas not injured at all by tne accident. Three schooners also dragged ashore in bat harbor dnring the same blow, one of hem, the M. L.Collins,being a total wreck. The big barge Newell A. Eddy fonnder-id on Lake Huron dnring Thursday’s blow if last week, all bands going down with ter. She was in tow of the steamer Chas. k. Eddy, whose steering gear had got out if order. The tow line parted and the .teainer was nnable to pick up her consort, iwing to the heavy weather together with he fact that her steering gear was broken, o the barge was left to her fate. The yawi tnd other wreckage has drifted ashore, but he boat has gone down with eight men. ihe was one of the largest tow barges on be lakes, being 250 feet long and worth 65,000.The northeast winds dnring the past reek drove the ice back into Green Bay rod blocked np the entrance at Menomi-lee so that for a few days during the later part of last week it was almost impos-ible to get into the harbor. The fore part if the week a channel was broken so that raft could get into the river, but the locks on the bay shore were Btill block-ided. On Sunday the Ferrett and four targes attemptedf to leave for Chicago, nut onnd Death’s Door full of ice and had to nn back* As there is not enough water in he canal to enable her to get through she riU have to wait until a change of wind Irivea the ice away.Before ordering your new spring or smn-aer salt ceil at SMmmel * Son's and look over tieir elegant line of suiting* and pantings for he spring trade. _Dr. A, H ChandlerCalls the attention of the public to a new loll ansesihetio he uses for. extracting teeth, ts advantages are:1st. It makes the extraction of teeth practi-tlly painless.Id. It Is not dangerous u use.*d- Ihe patients retain their reason and rose while using It, making it superior to ni-hous oxide gas, vitalised air, ether or cbloro-No extra charge made for it* use If artificial eth are inserted.t, crowns, and ail the latest work1. Bridge work, crowns, and ail the latest « In mytee done in a satisfactory manner, work warranted llrat class.
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Sturgeon Bay Democrat
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Apr 27, 1893
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