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 Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 10 May 1890, p. 3, column 3     The Galatea and Miztec Released The barges Galatea and Miztec, of the Aztec's tow, were finally released and both taken to Manitowoc for docking and examination. The Aztec got back from Manitowoc Friday morning after being docked. She was but little injured. The tugs Nelson and ...

      Buffalo, October 9. - [Special.] - The tug Peter Smith arrived last night. She will tow the two sections of the steel steamer Mackinaw through Lakes Erie and Ontario, and Canadian tugs will take them through the canals to Montreal. They will make a start Monday, weather permitting. ...

      Buffalo, October 11. - [Special.] - The tug Peter Smith this afternoon towed the forward end of the Mackinaw to Port Colborne. The after end will be towed over in the morning. The superintendent of the Welland Canal has given permission to let her go through on Sunday so as …

      In 1889 F. W. Wheeler & Co., shipbuilders of West Bay City, Michigan, took a contract to build two ocean-going "tramp" type steamers for the Atlantic trade. The steamers, which were to be too large (291 ft. oa) for the Welland Canal, were built at the Saginaw River shipyard and …

      It was the steel steamer Mackinaw, built by F. W. Wheeler & Co. of West Bay City, that went down the river Sunday, instead of Davidson's first ocean trader, as was stated in The Free Press yesterday. The Mackinaw left Bay City Saturday at 2 p.m. for Buffalo, and reached …

      Buffalo, October 7. - [Special.] - The steel steamer mackinaw, built by Wheeler at Bay City for the coast trade, arrived late last night. She was put in the dry dock at the union yard this morning and the work of cutting her in two has begun. She will be …

      The steel steamer Mackinaw, constructed at Bay City for the ocean freight trade, has arrived at Montreal, and will be taken thence to New York.

      John Lee Death claimed for a victim yesterday another of Oswego's best known citizens in the person of John Lee. He was born in Oswego 66 years ago and always lived here. By trade he was a ship ...

      OBITUARY. _______ Captain William Williams Died - In Oswego, N.Y., Dec. 7th, 1890, Captain William Williams, in the 82d year of his age. After a long, and, at the last a painful illness, Captain Williams died at his home in West Seneca street at 9 o'clock last ...

      Port Ontario. It doesn't matter to the people of Oswego county whether or not the Auburn Bulletin knows where Port Ontario is, but the government deems the place of enough importance to maintain it as a port of entry. navigators dare not enter the harbor there except in the ...

      The M'Kinley Bill ____ Collector Lyman Says It Will Go Into Effect To-morrow Night. Collector Lyman says that the new tariff bill will go into effect at 12 o'clock to-morrow night and that all barley received after that hour will be taxed 30 cents a bushel. Importers ...

      THE TARIFF EXCITEMENT. ____ Lively Times At The Custom House All Day Yesterday. ____ Thirty-Eight Entries Since Saturday Evening - A million Bushels of Grain Entered -- The Saving to the Shippers About $110,000 in Duties - The Propeller Shickluna the Last to ...

      The McKinley Bill in Canada. _____ The Canadians Hustling in the Shipment of their Products - A Few Hours More Shuts Them Out. Cape Vincent, N.Y. Oct. 3. - The seed houses here are working full force night and day emptying as many schooners as possible, in order to ...

      Beating McKinley's Bill ___ A Big Business By Local Importers ___ They Paid Big Freights, But They Received Nearly Two Million Bushels of Fine Canadian Barley and Beat the Buffalo Importers The barley importers of Oswego have been pretty busy for the past ...

      The McKinley Tariff took effect that night at midnight.

      Announcement is made to-day of the death of Captain William Schuyler Malcolm , one of Oswego's oldest and best known citizens. For the past two or three years Captain Malcolm has not enjoyed the ...

      A Lively Voyage ____ A Mid-Winter Trip Across Lake Ontario ____ Venturesome Canadian Sailors - Thousands of People Watch the Vessel Enter Port . The Captain's Story Several ...

      Has Cleared for Oswego . The schooner Ella Murton , commanded by Capt. Saunders, cleared for Oswego with 18,000 bushels of barley. This is the latest departure from this port in some years. The wind ...

      The Mariner's Complaint. ____ The Dispute Between the Two Captains of the Ella Murton - The Schooner Sails for Kingston this Morning. The schooner Ella Murton got away this morning ...

      The Ella Murton _____ Who is Captain of the Midwinter Cruiser? The Times yesterday chronicled the arrival at this port yesterday afternoon of the schooner Ella Murton from

    The Ella Murton _____ Who is Captain of the Midwinter Cruiser? The Times yesterday chronicled the arrival at this port yesterday afternoon of the schooner Ella Murton from

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