The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-23
ABOUT THE HARB0R.
1RRITAL AND DEPARTURE OF
MANY STEAMERS AND VESSELS.
The Story OF Captain Who Lost His
Temper After q Passenger Had Nearly
Talked Him to Death-Items.

The arrivals Mt this port are as follows:
Steamers Nashua. Penn. New
York; Lawrence. Kerwin, Norfolk;
Norman, Megatline, Philadelphia;
Mount Hope, Connors, Fall River;
City Of Newport, Kelly. Newport;
Queen City, Gray, Tiverton; Ano-
won, Saunders, Saunderstown;
William Marvel. Dyer, Fall River;
Petrel, Durkee, Riverside. aad return;
tugs Aries with barges ii. s. Van
sanford and Abraham Calard.
T., j. Scully with tow. X. H..
Rathbone with barges. Baltimore, 597
tons coal for Pswtucket, john &.
Wyman, with iron and cement,
fer j. c. Golf; Buget. with COS tons
of coal. for Wilkesbarre pier;
Butrass, with 712 tons coal for X. K.
Smith; r. A. Packer with barges,
Bristol, 735 tons coal; II, K. Smith,
Beaver. $40 tons for Pawtuck ct,
and John Hughes with SSS tons
for Providence Coal company; schooners
Lizzie Godfrey, Smith, 155 tons gravel for
the city OF Providence; Annie 4. Webb.
Bennett, 100, 600 bricks for Manchester q
Hudson; Cupid, Marble, with fire brick.
Sailed: Mount Hope, Nashua. Queen
City, City OF Newport. Tugs: Ayers,
II. A. Rathbone, j. II. Scully and X. III.
Lockhart. Schooners III. w. Macomber,
Perry. for Norfolk; Jonathan Bowen,
Ellis, PHILADELPHIA.
Marine Notes.
J.W. Davis, who has held the position
of purser on the steamer New Hamp-
shire, has been tran sferred to the steamer
Nashua in the same capacity.
This evening the tug Babcock will make
an effort TO remove the large barge owned
by the Brainerd Dredging company, that
went ashore in the last storm,
The schooner Hannah Brown, Captain
Engle, is bound for this port.
Captain Hazard or the steamer New
Hampshire is enjoying his annual
vacation, and Captain Griffin has taken
command.
The Richard Borden has been taken off
for repairs and the Mount Hope has been
placed in commission.
A. l.. Lewis, formerly purser on tie
City of Newport. has returned from his
vacation. and has been placed in charge
of the Newport Office OF the Continental
line.
Peter Farrell, the well known ship
builder of Boston. has been engaged by
the Providence Dry Dock company. to
superintend the repairing of the barge
n. and w. 4.
The steamer William Marvel will leave
her dock this evening and sail to
the Red Bridge, where she will take
on n cargo OF oil from the
Standard Oil company and sails tomor-
row morning at 8 O'Clock for Fall River.
The large lightship Off Comfleld shoal
has been taken to Brooklyn for repairs
and the relief boat Comheld has been
placed in her position.
Lost His Temper.
The officers of the Providence line Of
steamers are as polite corps of officers
as on any line of steam rs in New Eugland
but once in while they, like all others
of the human race. lose their tempers,
and so one of the captains
short time ago lost his. This is how it
happened: Soon after leaving this
city one OF the passengers
accosted him and received n very
courteous answer. This gave he passen-
ger courage. he being OF very talkative
disposition. After short conversation
the captain went Co the pilot
house, followed by the passenger,
the latter keeping his tongue
a-waeging Mt n rapid rate. not even Civ
ing the captain a chance to say word
IL he felt so disposed. When off Kenri-
mick light the passenger said "lhp
man who has charge of that place can't
raise much garden truck" He ha no
sooner got the words out of his mouth
when the captain replied. "Nor hill,
either" and this brought the converse :
ton 10 an end, much TO the pleasure OF