The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-04-12
The Ship Gov. Robe.

CONSPICUOUS in the mass of spars and rigging
in the ships below the BROOKLYN landing of the
Wall Street Ferry Yesterday afternoon We're
the bright new masts and yards of the Cover
nor Robie, clipper ship Just off the stocks.
The Governor Robe was built in Bath and is
the property Of Mr.. VIM Rogers of that place.
She Is 22A feet over all, II feet BEAM "A feet
depth Of hold, and her gross tonnage is LIP
ions. IN model She is beauty. II is said that
She has the finest lines of any ship that ever
came ont Of Bath-a port well known for its
fast >alierS. The SparS are lofty and well pro-
portioncd. The mainmast is SO feet long, With
J i-foot head; its topmast is 30 feet long, with
an N-foot head. and its topgallant masts meas
uremcnl~ are %. l.. and ! feet The main yard
i 50 fecf long, the lower topsail II, the upper
toi'>ail G3. the topgallant 30, and the royal 40
From these figures one can gather some idea of
tine cloud OF canvas She will spread.
Her poop deck extends forward of the main
mast. ~ the forward house is 46 feet long and
the iopgaIlant forecastle extends well aft, one
hardly realizes the length of the ship as he
stands on the quarter deck. The cabin is -
feet long. II contains the Captains room. a
bathroom. the mates rooms, and four spare
rooms. aI neatly finished in walnut and ash
s popularity Of the cabin is the lamp-room at
the foot of The forward ladder. The Captain
says he wants to have the lamps where he can
sec if they are kept in order. In the after end
OF the forward house is Il room for steam
hosting engine but the engine is not in place
yet. Then comes a coal locker, the galley the
>:liI room, and the comfortable fOrecastle.
There are sixteen hunks.
The man at the wheel will find the pilot house
q comfortable innovation on the old style,
especially in going around the Horn. The bell
is arranged so that ii can be struck by the man
at the wheel. The steering gear is the old
style tillcr and pulley. 1t is very strong and
easy working. Il want good steering gear.
good anchor. good chains and good windlass'
explained the Captain, as he opened the door of
the pilot house.
There IS four-thousand gallon water tank
Just aft of the mainmaSt, and several small
tank, and casks on deck forward. There is Il
double action pump, fitted to work by steam
when the engine is in place. The patent anchor
ripper is a handy fixture, by which the anchor
is thrown clear of the rail when it is let go at
the cathead, The standing rigging and running
gear are the best made The Governor Robe
will load general merchandise for San Francisco.
sailing in the Van Wick line. She is command
ed by Capt. William H. Goodell, a young sailor,
who has commanded vessels for nine years,
getting his first when only 10 years old. IN.
\. sun.
The British Budget shows surplus of E9S,-
900.
1t is reported that horses are suffering in a
few localities in Michigan from pink eye, gland
crs and kind of nervous disease termed spinal
meningitis.
In Lima, Peru. nearly thousand soldiers are
in the hospital with yellow fever. There have
been three fatal cases on United States vessels
stationed there. The disease has also foothOld
in Callao.
\ faithful employe of Peter Cooper, when he
heard of the philanthropiSt's DEATH said that he
was heart-broken and that he had lost his best
friend. On the following morning he was found
dead in his chair.
The Government agent sent to investigate
reports Of pleuro pneumonia among cattle in
West Virginia says that the disease is tubercu-
0uS and is not contagious. The accuracy of
his conclusion is doubted.
The Mississippi river is even with the great
flood of 1874. At New Orleans most of the
! WharVes are covered with water and steamers
in many cases have to load hundred feet
| further out than usual. The water at many
points along the city front passes over the lev
| ees into the cutters. Several small breaks in
| the leVees have been closed, little or no damage
| being done.
Lillian Norton (Mlle. Nordca) now Mrs
| Cover. appears to have given up her situation
at the Grand Opera House, Paris, ION princi-
| pie" She would allow no actual kissing or
hugging. This offended the audience and great
y displeased NJ. Gounod, in whose g Faust
| she was singing. So at last the manager said
TO her, GU must allow yourself to be caressed
bona fde or you must resign" With native
Yankee pluck she answered Resign it is
| then"
A slight accident occurred to the Presidents
train, on his journey to the South. A sudden
| jerk broke the coupling by which the Presi-
dents car was attached to the next car, the
Presidents being the last car on the train.
Thus the private car was left on the track while
the train shot on ahead. The train hands dis
| covered about two miles further on that the
President had been left somewhere on the road
and the train backed down. The vigilance OF
| the Presidents steward, who knew of the acct
dent at once, possibly prevented more serious
trouble, for the steward took the red light and
| ran back to stop an approaching train.