The Republican journal., 1882-02-09

SHIPPING ITEMS. The British board of trade
have awarded to Capt. a. L. Lowell. of the ship
ivy. Of Bath, prize Of plate; to II. a. Hart
way, chief mate. Il bnocular glass; to Henry
Hcrnard. VIM. Purgra>S John Galloway and
Mercer Christian, seamcn, three pounds ster-
ing each for services rendered the British ship
Mistress of the Seas. of Grccnock, in saving the
shipWrecked crew in February, lSSO....... The
House Commerce Committee has agreed 10 the
bill to repeal the law which requires American
vessel masters to give >ramcn discharged in
foreign ports three months wages. The law
was passed in 1903, when most Of the seamcn
We're Of American nativity. Now that they are
mainly foreign. the law has been used to the
disadvantage of >hipmaStcr>, and is Il heavy
burden upon shipping interests 1t has the
effect to guarantee a premium upon ae>ertion.
...... The San Francisco Bulletin rcjoce> because
it sees a prospect of the tug-boat monopoly be-
ing destroyed at that port. The charge for
towing ship out of the haIbor is from $1,000
to 5 800. The number Of vessels belonging 70
or bound to or from ports in the United states,
reported totally lost and missing during the
past month is % Of which Is We're wrecked, }
sunk by collision. abandoned foundrrcd and
) are missing The list comprises steamers, ,
ships. 9 bark>, 3 brig> and T. scho0nrrs and
their total value. exclusive Of ritr@oeS j. r>ti-
mated 1T SS93,l60. OF the above, steamer
ship , bark> > brigS and II schooner, Were
owned wholly in the United States, and their
total value is estimated at $40, 40 The fol-
lowing gentlemen have been elected directors
Of the Rockland and Mount Desert Steamboat
Company r. :. Lindsey, John ;. Case. Fran
eli, Cobb, Robert Crockett. IL. W. Jordan, and
J. Lovejoy. John 5. Gas. was elected president
and J. Lo>cioy, secretary and trea>urrr.....AuN-
Hilary steamer, Maynard summer, was launched
at Rockland. saturday. She is 3O1 tons. i43 feet
in length, Is! beam. ten feet depth. Her engine
is 12O horse power She is three ma>tcd. >choon-
en- rugged. her mizrn Of iron for a smoke stack.
John Mrhan was master builder She i owned
by the Bodwcll Granite Company. and hercom-
mandcr is Capt. j. c. Cousins, late of schooner
Ring Dove. She is fitted for general flrightng
business and will be read! for the sea soon
aS the boilers arrive and are put in....N no news
has UT been received of the missing bark Nor
| wrgian. which left New York for Liverpool,
NOV. 9th. She was commanded by Capt. Lin
coin Of Brunswick, and had crew of 10 men.
FISH AND FISHING. The total Ma>>achu-
settS mackcrr inspection III 1881 was 256l ~ s
barrels. Gloucester inspection WAS ll3,203 bar
rc>. or within 6 per cent of the inspection of
all other Massachusetts fishing towns combined
.... We are indebted to W. a. Wilcox, Sccrrta-
ry for the eth annual report of the Boston Fish
Bureau. an interesting little pamphlet from
which We have heretofore CLEANED some valua-
bic informaton......T The Sentinel saws there are
twcny-eght >;lr,limr factories on the Maine
coast, situated A. follows: Eighteen At East
port. four at iubrc. three at ,Jonrsport, one at
Robinson, one at Milbrdge, and ON" Al La
| mOinc....Thc Bangor Commercial says: \
party Of ~portSmrn, Just returned from 4 cruise
ID the head waters Of Mon river, report fine
time and lots Of pickrrrl......Thr Calais Times
! SAYS the work of packing the salmon eggs rakcn
| at the Orland works last fall has commenced
| and the eggs secured by Mr.. Frank Todd, Of st.
| stephen. Will soon arrive Al Grand Lake Stream
where they arc to be hatchrd......Th CONNER
cial calls attention 10 the fact that poarher> are
unIawfulIy taking fish and deer, this being close
time. 1t says that Prof Baird will soon pro
cure the rainbow trout for this state. 1t is Il
California trout and said 10 be A. good eating
ts our own brook Mr. Emery Cushing
for fifty years an inspector of fish at Portland
has formed copartncrShip with Capt. Hans
joyce, the well known skipper Of the fishing
schooner Alice of swans Island for packing
and inspection of fish The latter i having
built for him at Essex. Mass. fishing schooner
of 100 tons..... The Cape Ann Advertiser reports
the arrival of the Georges fleet from the .Jantl-
airy trip with generally good farc~.....The
schooner j. W. sawyer arrived at Portland
Friday from Cape Niger with $4,000 pounds
of fish, mostly haddock. stocking $1,000 The
crews share WAS S]3 cac h.
THE MAINE Ice CROP Petitions to Con-