Named Entity Results, Lake Michigan (United States)

A phenomenon in Lake Michigan --Sudden Rise and Fall of the Water of the Lake.--One of those singular oscillations in the lakes, which have been observed occasionally from the time of the explorations of the Jesuit fathers, was witnessed some days ago in Lake Michigan. A variety of signs, such as the mirage of the distant shore, unusual depression of the barometer, and a sudden rise of the temperature from a cool, bracing air to a sultry heat, indicated an unusual commotion in the atmospLake Michigan. A variety of signs, such as the mirage of the distant shore, unusual depression of the barometer, and a sudden rise of the temperature from a cool, bracing air to a sultry heat, indicated an unusual commotion in the atmospheric elements. About 11 o'clock A. M., when our attention was first called to the phenomenon, the waters of the lake had risen about thirty-one inches above the ordinary level, and in the course of half an hour they had again receded. Throughout the whole day they continued to ebb and flow, at intervals of fifteen minutes, and the current between the outer and inner breakwater, near the Illinois Central Round House, was so great at times that a row-boat made little or no headway against it.

e will stand, patiently waving his signal and gazing intently far out upon the lake, muttering incoherently to himself meanwhile.--A sailor who knows the old man, gave us, this morning, an inkling as to his history. He was a fisherman on Lake Michigan, and reared his children, four sons, to the same calling. In a great storm which swept that lake four years ago this fall, his sons were all lost, with their boat. The father, with the prophetic vision of an old fisherman, saw that a great storm was coming, and his boys were far out on the lake. From a high position on shore he attempted to signal them to return; but the storm, which came on with the suddenness and rapidity often remarked on Lake Michigan, overtook them before they could reach the harbor; the boat capsized in the gale, and the frantic father saw his four sons, the stay of his old age, perish among the angry waves, and he powerless to aid them. His mind never recovered from the shock. He clings to the vicinity

ll recommend the erection of such fortifications at Mackinaw as will make it the Gibraltar, as it is really the key, of our Northwestern frontier. Their report will provide also for the establishment of a naval depot and national armory upon Lake Michigan, probably at or near Chicago, and that preparations be immediately made for the accumulation of the necessary arms and munitions to arm the whole of the American vessels engaged in the commerce of the Northern lakes. It is estimated that theand render communication with all parts of the North west secure from interruption by a foreign foe, it will also be recommended that a military railroad shall be immediately constructed from the mouth of the Menomonee river or Badenoquet, on Lake Michigan to Marquette on Lake Superior; and that a ship canal shall be built from Chicago to the Mississippi river. It is said that these recommendations have the approval of Gen. McClellan. The Bebel Privateersmen recognized as prisoners of War

Sudden fall of water in Lake Michigan. --The fact has been noticed and commented upon by papers published east of Chicago that there has been, since the close of navigation, a very sudden and great fall of water. The same fact was observed in Chicago yesterday. During the twenty-four hours preceding yesterday, the water in Lake Michigan fell over two feet, and there was a corresponding fall on all branches of the river, and the water is now lower in the river and lakes at this point thavery sudden and great fall of water. The same fact was observed in Chicago yesterday. During the twenty-four hours preceding yesterday, the water in Lake Michigan fell over two feet, and there was a corresponding fall on all branches of the river, and the water is now lower in the river and lakes at this point than is has ever been known to be before. In the river the water is now between three and four feet lower than the average water line during the summer season.-- Chicago Times, 24th.