The Portland daily press., 1879-04-23
ROCKLAND,


from New York. His bark has been thorough
ly rebuilt and now rates A l, being of sol tons
register. She is chartered to load for two ports,
viz: Adelaide, South Australia, and Brisbane,
Queensland The freight he is to receive for
this passage has been fixed at e2,05O. After
remaining in this city few days he will return
and superntend the loading of her, intending
to sail in about three weeks. His family now
intend to accompany him on the voyage.
Schools OF this city commenced yesterday I'M
der the instruction of the following named
teachers: High School, Mr.. f. f. Phillips of
Lewiston, principal; Miss Jennie E North of
Connecticut, LIST assistant; Miss G. A. Davis of
Lewiston, I'd assistant. Lincoln Street Gram.
mar, Mr.. I. H. McLain, principal; Miss Inez
Hall and Miss Beal, of Waldoboro, assistants.
Pine Grove Grammar, Mr.. A. L. Tyler. Birds
Corner Grammar, Miss Maggie Fisk of Rock.
vile. Middle Street Grammar, Miss Aunie L.
Clapp of Bangor Purchase Street Grammar
Miss Louise Walker. Purchase Street Inter.
mediate, No. 1, Miss Mamie O. Barbank: No.
2, Miss Laura Hooper. Lincoln Street Inter-
mediate, No. 1. Miss Addie S. Osgood; No. 9
Miss Ella Booker. North Main Street Inter-
mediate, Miss Mary G. Tyler Oak Grove In.
termediste, Miss Carrie Packard. Purchase
Street Primary. No 1, Miss Fannie Smart; No.
2, Miss Rebeccs Ludwig; No. 3, Miss Alice
S = Grace Street Primary, No. 1, Miss
mer Street Primary, No. 1. Miss Hattie
Coombs; No. q Miss Lizzie O'Donnell. North
Main Street Primary, Miss Lille A. Colsou.
Pine Grove Primary, Miss Eva Dunnng, prin-
Grove Primary, Miss Sarah Brewster. Birds
Corner Primary, Miss Cassie Low. West Mead
ows' Mixed, Miss George Sweetland. Oxton
District Mixed, Miss Hattie Ewell.
VIM. Achorn, master Of schooner Mansfield.
which sailed from this port for New York with
a cargo of lime from A. F. Croc kett & Co., and
was abandoned at sea April I'd: Sailed from
Portsmouth Sunday, March 3Otb, taking N.
e. gale off Cape Cod at about 10 o'clock a. M,
Monday, losing foresail. 1t was then storming
very hard and SO thick that we could not make
any point of land. We ran for Pollock Rim
Light Ship, making Great Point Lighthouse
at 2 O'Clock p. M, Kept vessel off and
at o'clock that afternoon. At z O'Clock that
evening the chains of both anchors parted and
we were obliged to 90 to sea, wind being NNE,
At 10 O'Clock the same evening a sea boarded
the vessel, washing the bulwarks away and
twisting off the rudder head, leaving us entire
~ at the mercy of the waves. Had to heave
the vessel to, which was leaking at the rate
of 1900 strokes per hour. Laid to all that
night, the wind being NNW at first and chang
ing to NV. Laid to all day Tuesday, and
that night about o'clock found the vessel was
on fire. Laid to all that night and Wednesday
morning it was very rough and blowing a gale.
We discovered a flag to windward that morn
ing and hoisted signal of distress. 1t proved
to be the schooner N. B. Fisk, commanded by
Capt. Crowell, of Massachusetts, bound from
Boston to Martinique, that came to our assist
ance. By means of our small boat we left the
remainder of the Mansfield and went aboard
Of that schooner, at which time we were so
miles Sc of Nantucket, In perilous condition.
our hands and feet being swollen very badly
on account of having been wet so long. We
stopped on board this schooner from April ID
until Saturday the 9th, when we fell in with
the Norwegian bark Constantia, Capt. Tollack-
| SOD, bound from France to Boston. We were
| put on board of her in Ion. $3.50, lat. 81. 80,
where we remained until arriving in Boston
the 18th inst. The mate, Mr.. Sawyer, was
| from North Haven, and the cook, Mr. George
Gould, from Appleton, the rest being strangers.
The Mansfield was of 81 tons burden, and built
| in 1863 One half was owned by the captain,
the remainder by A. j. Bird & Co. The cargo
was insured, and the captain = part of the ves-
| sci for $500. The captain says that schooner
Calista, Capt. Fountain, the missing vessel,
was in company with him at IL clock Monday
| noon, off Pollock Rip lightship, and that was
the last he saw of her. He thinks it probable
that she went to sea and the crew taken off
| off BY some unknown vessel and landed at
| some foreign port.
DR.. Chas T. Spear proved himself to be
| very skillful physician by ths operation he ger
formed at Farrand & Spears store the other
day. His patient has now nearly recovered.
Schooner Nile, Capt Spear, is loading lime
at White C Cases wharf for New York.
Schooner Hume, Capt. Calderwood, is load.
| ing lime at Hunts wharf for Salem.
Schooner Cornelius Hanrahan, Capt. Whit
more. sailed yesterday afternoon for Rock port.
where she will load ice for Key West.
| The following named went to Bangor yestsr :
day to testify in the Gilmore-Ross & Howell
case; James Campbell, A. G Gay, Jonathan
Crockett, A. Fl. Jones, Edward Thurlow.
Samuel Burpee and Gilbert Ulmer.
Schooner Atlanta, Capt. Bradbury, arrived
IN this port from Boston last evening, having
on board the boat of schooner Mansfield. The
Atlanta will go out on North Marine Railway
next week and receive a new shoe. She will
then load lime for Boston.
Snow has nearly disappeared, and the mud
Schooner Slnbad which has been on the
North Marine Railway for the past week has
received necessary repairs and will launch to-
morrow. She is to be commanded by Capt.
GInp, and will load lime 'from Cobb Lime
Company for New York, Immediately.
Schooner Edward Everett, Capt Jones of
Rockport, arrived in this port to-day, and will
go on the North Marine Railway tomorrow to
| receive repairs.
Mr.. Francis Cobb, of the firm of Cobb.
|
fine Newport schooner R,enza She carries
about l6O tons of coal, and is said to be an ex-
cellent sea boat.
Schooners Hume, Bob Light Boat and
Billow are loaoed with lime aud ready IN sail.
Schooner W. s. Farwell will finish loading to.
day.
Schooner Geo. M. Brainerd, Capt. Kennes.
top, is at Dix Island loading granite for Phila'
| delphia.
woman was grossly assaulted on Main
street last Sunday evening, while returning
from church.
Road Commissioner Larrabee is making a
great improvement on Front street,
Last evening the Boston papers stated that
the pocketbook of Capt. Jackson, master of
schooner Odeon of this port, was found on
Nantucket Beach. This schooner was bound
from this port to Boston with cargo of lime
and this intelligence bears evidence that she
was probably lost during the gale of Friday
night with all on board. She was largely
owned by K. Q. Rankin, and neither vessel nor
| cargo was insured.