The Portland daily press., 1895-12-17
HARBoR NEWS.
Notes of the Steamers-Various Stray
Items.

The unloading of the Scotsman was
completed at eight o'clock yesterday
morning. From the time of her arrival,
Saturday noon, they have worked steadi-
i ~, day and night. There have been five
gangs of men at five different matches
most of the time. In these gangs were
something over one hundred men. All
this time, including Saturday and Sun
day nights the Grand Trunk had four
gangs of men at work, storing the Scots
mans cargo into he cars.
| All this haste is necessary because the
| Scotsman must go back so soon. she Will
sail Thursday She will take very
cattle, many horses and 800 carloads OF
general cargo. Yesterday she was loading
bulk grain at the elevator.
The next steamer due is the Monaghan.
She is due heIe about Wednesday. The
Dominion of the Bristol line is due some
| time this week.
Agent Harling and the clerks of this
line arrived yesterday from Montreal and
took position of the former quarters OF
the Donaldson line in the United States
custom offices building. This line has an
other steamer, the Memphis on the way
here. The Monaghan will bring $500
cases of fruit, mostly oranges and grapes.
Seven special trains. making one hun
dred and ten cars have gone from the
| Grand Trunk yards since Sunday laden
ith.freight brought by the Dominion
liner Scotsman. Fifty of these contained
oranges for Canada
Captain Bragg of the steamer Manhat-
tan, reports the bell buoy on the Slue of
Pollock Rip gone, when he passed that
point Sunday afternoon, also the lower
portion of the rudder of Pollock Rip
nghtshlp apparently gone.
The English schooner Thistle, Captain
Hunter, lumber laden, from ST. John to
Vinalhaven, put into the harbor early
yesterday morning, with her sails BADLY
split. She remained but little while
and sailed again. The schooner Fay,
from St. John came in at the same time.
Captain Spragg reported no oatastrophes,
but said that it was the toughest weather
he had been out in for twenty years. He
had the wind nearly astern, from the
northeast, and scudded under bare poles,
at terrific speed.
The two masted schooner Brenton,
from Parrsboro, n. S., with coal for the
Richards Paper company of Gardiner,
came in yesterday morning with her fly
ing-jib carried away
Yesterday morning Warden Gribben
seized a basket of fifty short HOLSTERS that
| came up on the Merryconeag He threw
the Holsters overheard, but did not find
their owner. If the latter wants his
basket Mr.. Gribben is ready to receive
call from him. 1t is new and very large
| b asket.
The four nasted schooner Charles P.
hoffman. came in yesterday afternoon
with COAL
The J. G. Jameson and Herman
Reosing arrived yesterday with 2700 and
800 Holsters for N. f. TrefetheI.
| The tug Cornelia arrived Sunday night
from Boston. She went up there last
Tuesday, towing the leaking schooner st.
Leors. She was twelve hours going up.
! She was detained there till Sunday
morning, four days by the rough
weather. 1t was SO rough in the harbor
that she fouled vessel and split one of
her bow guards. Captain George
Matthews says that thessea was rougher
than for s:many years inside of Boston. Har-
Dor. Big ocean steamers did not dare to go
outside Boston light The Cornelia found
1t very rough coming down Sunday. The
waves were breaking and the tug had to
go slow. She was as long coming down
alone as she was going up with the leak
ing schooner in tow.
Reports from Freeport state that the
wife of Captain Greenlaw, who became
insane in the harbor recently, has much
improved since being taken home to
Freeport. and is now able to recognize
/ her rp1ativaS