The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-04
HARBoR NEWS.
cession-Island Observation-Disclosures
Tenney and the Oil Barrel-The English
Steamers-Sneak Thieves.

The harbor was an attractive place
yesterday. The blue water and the
white snow were bright and sparkling,
and there was good deal of activity
along the wharves. Fishing schooners
were coming in and going out, and the
tug boats were busy. AT the END OIL
Custom House wharf the crew OF the
u.s.. Glover were moving during the al
ternoou, and the scene was interesting.
They were all going to change quarters
to the schooner Ellen Lincoln, IN anoth-
er dock. There was a swarm OF dorles
about the side of the schooner, and they
were laden with all the fishermen's
houseold goods. consisting principally
of trawl lines, tubs, oil suits and vari-
Gus boxes, Que old-fashioned tall hat
came up from below, but it was soon
tossed overb board by the skylarking sail
ors. 1t was novel spectacle of chang
ing of residence and quite revelation
of the fisherman's simple mode of life.
An interesting procession left the har-
Dor yesterday forenoon. Two tugs, the
of Portland. headed the procession in
tandem, and stretched out behind were
dredge No. s, of the New England
Dredging Company of Boston, seven
scows and a water boat. The. procession
was fully a half mile long, and was en-
route for Boston. =
The steamer Jeanette went over to
the marine railway.'yesterday and hove to
alongside the brig Ernestine. Her wood
en- awning over the upper deck was re-
moved and placed ON the brig
Early in the afternoon good looking
young fisherman rowed dory into Port
land PIERS dock. In the stern was
large heap of seawee d, un derneath which
were severalshundred Holsters. He took
them to N. F. Trefethen and received
S31. 25 for his boat load. He had just
rowed up from Crotch Island, distance
of seven miles, It was beautiful day
TOR the row, the sea being smooth, with
scarcely anyi wind. He would have
sailed had there been any wind.
After selling his Holsters he made. vari-
GUS purchases of provisions, ketc., aud
started on his long row. home. Fourteen
miles is quite journey to make in one
day and to carry one g goods to market.
especially when only ones stout arms
are the means of locomotion.
That $31.25 represented the work of
about ten days catching Holsters. Not
all the island lobstermen average SO
much money as that by any means,
some not half SO much.
Saturday, Captain John Tenney, agent
of the tow boat company, had narrow
escape from serious accident, and one
that wouldn't happen once in hundred
times. He was walking along CNmmer-
cial street, and coming to one or those
wooden tracks extending from car in
the middle of the street to store, he
stepped over it without looking about
him. Somebody shouted, and some
thing struck him. 1t was. a 400 pound
barrel of oil, that had gathered momen-
tum withholding from the car. 1t struck
him fairly on one.thigh, and be stopped.
He said to himself that. his leg was sure
" broken, but luckily he has escaped
with only a bad bruise and lameness.
The Laurentian is now taking aboard
barrels of apples. boxes Of salted meat,
bags of meal and -four, and hundreds Of
cheeses. There are also great piles of
round. maple sticks about three feet long
and six inches in diameter. They are
used for various purposes as rollers in
machinery, in great washing mangles,
etc.
Sheds are being built on the deck flor
the 1900 sheep that will arrive tomorrow.
Seldom, if ever, have SO many sheep been
taken on ship from this port.
The Sarnia, of thei Dominion line, left
Halifax yesterday morning. and is due
here today. She has something over
1000 tons of general merchandise.
Thieves broke into ]. W. Trefethen's
fresh fish establishment on Commercial
wharf, Saturday night and forced the
money draw. They secured several dol
lars in change They also went into
the lobster house and stole some lob
STEERS. They were evidently amateurs.
and knew the premises. They made no
attempt on the safe.
Elijah Green of Orr's Island, on Satur-
day night caught about four barrels of
very large and fat herring, in net set
near Coxe's. ledge. This breaks the rec
ord, as catch of herring at this season
of the year has hitherto been unknown
among the Oldest fishermen of the neigh
borhood.
GA. Hartford is making repairs and
improvements to the upper works of the
steamer Emita, of the Casco Bay line,
which will place her in as Thorough or
der above water as she is below.
The smack Minnie Davis brought 1900
Holsters to S. A .Skillings.
The smack Alva brought 5000 Holsters
to Marston & Co.
The schooner Monticello brought 1900
Holsters to II. S. Willard.