The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-20
AROUND THE HARB0R.
VESSELS THAT HAVE ARRrVED ar
AND SAILED FROM THIS PORT.
Commodore Faies' Yacht to Go en-
Cruise to Cuba-other Notes OF In
terest to Mariners.

The arrivals mt this port are rs follows:
| Steamers G. W. Danlelson, Carley. Block
Island; Pequot, Penn. New York; William
Lawrence H. Foster, Baltimore; Nor
man, Megathlne; Richard Borden.
Mason, Fall River; City OF Newport,
| Kelly; William Marvel, Dyer, Block
Island; Pctrel. Durkee. Riverside
and return; Amos C. Bar
stow, Gown, with eos tons of lath-
mortar and 100 barrels of cement for
| Manchester & Hu1son; Howard, Rose,
$50 tons of piping for city of Providence;
| tug America; schooners, Albert w.
| Smith. Berry, 904 tons of coal for
II. B. Little & Co.. American
| Eagle, Rose, 900 fine brick, 100 barrels of
cement for Manchester az Hudson; Mes
senger, Van Dyke, 700 barrels Portland
cement. for Manchester &c Hudson;
| Orizimbo, with lumber; Eva
| II. Lewis, Ben B. Church.
Allen. Philadelphis, with coal; barge
Hattrass: bound for this port. the schooner
Lewis Jane, Cole. with 1000 feet blue
stone and 900 barrels cement for Man
chester g. Hudson;s four two-masted
schooners in west passage.
Sailed-Steamers Pequot, Richard Bor-
deu. Queen City, City of Newport.
William Marsel; tug America:
with barges II. S. vansantford
and Abraham Colard. Schooners 10.
hanna, Swan, for Philadelphia, Lester A.
| Foster; II. w. Macomber. Perry, for
Newport News; Harry M. Lewis, Hunter;
| II. T.. Brown, Engle.
| The Tug Nat Sutton towed the Steamer
Ballegman from Bristol to this port,
where she will be put upon the dry dock
aud her hull scraped.
| The barge N. and w. 8, which has been
| on the drydock. has been slid into the
water. twill be rigged at the dry dock
ana when completed will be towed to
Norfolk where it will be loaded with
coal for this port.
The men who left this city by order of
| Hgent McClusky OK the Baltimore line, TO
assist In unlo aiding one Of the company's
vessels at Boston, pending disagreement
between the agent and the stevedores,
have returned.
Captain Durkee of the steamer Petrol
went TO Boston yesterday where he re-
sides, aud had the pleasure
| of seeing the cruiser Columbia from
a window in his house. The Columbia
| left Boston Yesterday morning at o
"
| In the day she was seen passing Highland
| light at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
The schooner Josie is laid mp at this
port.
Vessels passing the Pohman light
house this morning were greeted with a
blast from the whistle. This salute
was given by Mr.. Dodge. the new
lighthouse keeper. who took charge
this morning in place of Mrs. Salisbury,
who has resigned. The effects OF Mrs
salisbury were taken from the house this
morning and brought to this
city on the steamer Riverside,
while those of Mr.. Dodge were
were bought from the Wexford light
house, where he had been stationed for
many years. on the schooner
Elverline. The man in charge
OF the Whale Rock lighthouse
has been placed in chalge Of the Wexford
| lighthouse, aud the assistant Lighthouse
keeper nc Whale Rock has
received promotion to light
house keeper at that place. Mrs. Sails
bury, will go TO New York city where she
Will reside with her daughter.
| Mr.. Alonzo Flint has not sold his steam
yacht Ava.
A new foremast OK Oregon pine was
| shipp In the schooner yacht Nemra, X.
J. Y. c., Commodore Warren Fales, Sat
urday afternoon, mt New London, In
preparation for her December trip
| to Cuba and the Gult OF Mexico.
| Her old foremast was too small.
| She viii be given n new main boom and
a suit OF heavy duck to make the passage
around Cape Hatteras with. The three
| now lower sails will consist Of n mutton
| leg mainsail. dtled with three sets OF
reef points 80 that it can be converted
| into very comfortable storm trysail in
| the event of cyclone being encountered;
| a foresail OF No. 9 duck and fore
staysail fitted with largo bonnet.
Tho yachts racing spars aud canvas will
be carried South on or below deck. Com
modore Fales Will go South In tho
Yacht himself. Captain Jim" Carberry.
| ber veteran sailing master, will
have as first officer Captain Edward
| Griffin, who was in charge OF Mr. Richard
| Mansheld's schooner yacht, Her Royal
| HighBess, last season.
The tug Reliance OF the Providence
| Tow Boat company, has taken the place
of the tug w. Il. Babcock OF
New York, in towing the
mud scows OF the Branard Dredging COM
pany that are widening the channel In
| the Seekonk river.