The Republican journal., 1882-11-23


FISH AND FISHING. Boothbay fishermen
have about all returned home for the sc;tson.....
The Laconia Company has appealed from the
decision of the Fish Commissioners ordering
the construction by the company of fish pas
sages in their dams on the Saco river. Among
the grounds of appeal is one that the burden
imposed by these laws is unconstitutional and
voiu.....The stock OF mackerel in first hands is
much smaller than at this time last year. Many
of the outpoSts are completely cleaned out.
There is no prospect of any lower prices on
mackerel, and the chances are that W hen trade
opens in January higher range will be obtain
ed......N Vessel owners and fish dealers at Glou-
cester, Mass. have lost none of their indigna-
ton against the Boston fish ring as they term
it, and many refuse to bring fresh fish to Bo>
ton. one Boston firm has cut loose from the
ring and is selling herring to Philadelphia. The
ring have yainly tried to drive fish dealers Of
other cities. 1t looks if the ring might break.
SO says an exchange. \ Bost on paper takes a
different view; thinks the ring is good thing
for all concerned and will stand. The >"hoon-
er George w. Gushing. of Portland. WAS out
fishing only two days and stocked 81 ,400-or
over $40 to each of the crew.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Messrs Goss, sawyer 4
Packard launched four masted steam schooner
Thursday, Walker Iimngton. $50 tons, owned
by John Bird 4 Co., Walker Wilmington,
Jesse Smith Il %. and Il. l.. Smith, who will
command her. She is designed for coastng,
and her engine is 80 horse power. The vessel
has attracted no little attention from the origin
aty of the introduction of steam and the beauty
of her propOrtions.....E Dyer, Mllbridge, has
commenced work on !; schooner of - tons, to
be off next May, for Capt. Daniel Bunker and
others, of Millbridge.....At Camden, ii. NJ. Bean
has contracted to build four large schooncrs
next year-one of SO tons for Capt. G. H. =.
Rogers, of st. George; one $50 tons for Capt.
Ellis Bickmore, Of st. George; one of 500 tons
for Capt Remission, of Rockland. and one of
800 tons for Capt. Francis Hart, of st. George.
The two first are to be off next February, and
the other two next summer. The schooner i'll
Coomb's yard is nearly ready to launch. She is
to be commanded by Captain Adams, of Lin
colnvle.
Mary Anderson, the popular actress, possess
es, it is said at least ton of stockings, all of
which are eXquisitely embr oidered.
Forty boys from the United States training
ship Portsmouth, at Newport, neglected to re-
turn on board when their leave expired.
II. B. Lowering, Congressman elect from the
9th Mass. district, is a native of Maine and
served in a Maine regiment during the war.
A Chicago special says that Hon. Marshall
Jewell will issue IL call early in December for
the national Republican committee to meet in
January to consider the subject of district rep
resentatiOn.
Executive committee of the New England
Cider Makers and Fruit Growers Association
have adopted resolutions which are to be sent to
each member of Congress, condemning the
''whskey vinegar law of 1879, and setting forth
in strong terms the pernicous effect of said law
and the necessity for its repeal.
The Geneva Award Court is now in session in
Washington, and has been considering some
very important test cases. Among the chief
questions to be argued before the court is
whether a ships agent, according to the custom
heretofore, can be the legal representative in Il
court of claims of all the owners. The govern
ment has raised the point that the agent cannot
be recognized for only the portion he owns Of
the ship. Several of the destroyed vessels for
which damages claimed were owned in
Maine.