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      The Excursion to Oswego ____ With some hundreds of others, we participated in the enjoyment of an excursion to the city of Oswego on Thursday last. The day was all that could be desired for such an excursion, and nothing occurred to mar the enjoyment of the trip. Starting ...

      INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH CAPT. OTTINGER'S SURF-BOAT. - A series of experiments with Capt. Ottinger's surf-boat and other apparatus to be used in saving the lives of shipwrecked persons were made at the Erie Basin yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a few invited friends. Capt. ...

      Lightning strikes of sail vessels on the lakes were fairly common, with several a year being reported. Most ships just suffered the "shivering" (i.e. splintering) of a mast, but a few strikes - like this one - had somewhat bizarre effects.

      The brig Black Hawk, Capt. Alexander, left this port to-day for Liverpool, with a cargo consisting of 25,507 West India staves, 21,024 pipe staves and 1466 ps heading. She is under charter of Messrs. Aspinall & Son and is owned by A. T. Barney, Esq., of Cleveland. She stops at …

      ANOTHER CANAL STEAMER. - The Utica Observer of last Friday notices the passage westward through that city, of the canal steamer G. W. Paddock, propelled by side wheels, which fold up like a fan to the side of the boat.

      The schr Toledo, which, about a week since, was run into by the steamer Cleveland, on Lake Michigan, was subsequently towed to Grand Haven, where she was again run into by the steamer City of Cleveland, and this time nearly demolished. She was owned in Milwaukee. ...

      VESSEL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING - The scow Sea Star was struck by lightning at half past two this morning near Grosse Point. The foretopmast was carried away, and the foremast very badly shivered, one bolt passing into the center of the mast, traversing almost its entire length and coming ...

      This phenomenon has also been observed and well documented on waters of Lakes Michigan and Superior which overlie great deposits of iron ore.

      All of the vessels mentioned are American Great Lakes boats.

      Miniature Ship. - Geo. A. Ford , Esq., has just finished a miniature ship, which excels anything of the kind ever attempted in this vicinity. The vessel is built on the clipper plan, is sixteen inches in length, and is framed, he same ...

      "Union Village" At a meeting convened at the Cobble Stone School House, on the 7th inst. at 10 o'clock A.M. Agreeably to adjournment, Selden P. Clark took the chair, and Jonathan ...

      Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana R. R., formerly the Michigan Southern R. R. They owned the 2,026 t. sidewheeler CITY OF BUFFALO and the 1,861 t. sidewheeler WESTERN METROPOLIS.

      At his port there is a great demand for seamen, the supply being light. $16 per month are the going wages.

      The next week they probably had a man who wanted to sell them a bridge! A sidewheel steamer that would carry 3,000 passengers and 3,000 tons of freight at 50 mph using less fuel than a conventional steamer - we should get the plans! In fairness, at his time Brunel's …

      Marine Intelligence - Port of Detroit, Nov. 7 PROPELLER PROBABLY LOST. - The schooner Circassian, which arrived at this port yesterday from below, reports having seen, on Saturday, when about 15 miles off Port Burwell, a large quantity of boxes and other western-bound ...

      Column 6 Transcribed by Brendon Baillod from the identical article which was first published in the Sandusky Register 11/8/59, copied in the Cleveland Leader 11/9 and republished in Inland Seas in 1959. I also have a copy of the original which appeared as shown above. I changed Brendon's transcription slightly …

      Disasters The schooner North Carolina with a cargo of R. R. ties, left Black Lake for Milwaukee on the 26th ult., since when nothing has been heard of either vessel or crew. - A number of railroad ties found on Sunday floating on the lake some 20 miles from Black …

      She was likely the brig built 1835, Sheffield, Ohio, capsized on Lake Mich. in 1837 with loss of life, converted to a schooner in 1842; last known registration 1851; out of Buffalo in 1854 (port list) and not on any of my lists after 1859; 73x26x7 and 95 t.

      The brig Black Hawk, Capt. Alexander, left this port to-day for Liverpool, with a cargo consisting of 25,507 West India staves, 21,024 pipe staves and 1466 ps heading. She is under charter of Messrs. Aspinall & Son and is owned by A. T. Barney, Esq., of Cleveland. She stops at …