The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-30
MARCIA BAILEY NOT LOST.
Captain Look Unable to Account
for the Report.

Ocean Steamers Arriving Rapidly,
The schooner Marcia Bailey is here
and Captain n. B. Look is unable to
account for the report that his schooner
struck on Mt. Desert rock, filed and
went down with all on board. He was
not within long distance Of the rock
during the late storm, but was driven
back after almost making his home port.
His arrival leaves the question as to the
identity of the schooner lost unsettled,
as was reported at the time, and gives an
additional reason for the hope that the
report was entirely incorrect.
Fisherman were as a rule feeling better
yesterday, having succeeded in taking
some fish. The arrival of the schooner
were reported by J. w. Trefethen: Geo.
w. Pierce, with TO- 600 pounds of mixed
fish, Hattie Maud, with 18,0O pounds,
Mary Hogan, with 5000 pounds, Wide
Awake, with II, 600 pounds, Albert W.
Black, with $4,000 pounds, Lettie May,
with 1000 pounds, Robert and Carr, with
1900 pounds.
Two blue Jackets were in hard luck
yesterday. They overstayed their time on
shore, and when they got down to the
Custom House wharf yesterday morning,
the Maine was well on her way out to
sea. They were marked ''Deserters'' the
previous evening, but are not disposed to
cut short their term of service in the
navy quite SO abruptly, and so will go to
Newport where they will rejoin the
battleship.
The Labrador was taking loose grain at
the elevator yesterday. There is already
a considerable portion of her lighter
freight ready for her. 1t consists of
western -four, Canadian apples, pressed
hay, oranges and cases of meats.
There was large fleet of coasters in
this harbor yesterday rapidly taking
cargo on board.
A veteran sailmaker remarked yester-
day that fishermen are the hardest people
in the world to please. They want sails
like yacht, and after ordering a set of
sails never think to notify the maker if
they change any part Of their original
plans. He had, he said. just fitted a
fishermen out with new set of sails,
and then they cut off two feet of the
mast, of course throwing his work out of
proportion, and yet the skipper and all
his crew growled "because Of the result
Of their own bIunder''
Manager Harding of the Bristol line
was the guest of Manager Cooling Of the
Casco Bay line yesterday. They in
spected the entrance to the harbor with
which Mr.. Harding desired to become
familiar.
Some Commercial street par ties who
remember long way back said yesterday
that the first of the odd election bets
known in this city was when Gov. Wash.
burn was elected the first time. J. H.
Fickett, was then a very active Republi
can and Robinson Dyer pronounced
Democrat, and they agreed that tho man
whose candidate for governor was de-
feated should purchase barrel of flour
OH Comm ercial street and wheel il
through the streets to the house of the
other. Gov. Washburn and Mr. Pickett
won, and Mr.. Dyer took his barrel of
flour from Commercial street, wheeled il
up Exchange to Middle, up Middle to the
Old City hall, and from there to the
house of Mr.. Pickett on Congress street
1t was costly barrel of -four for Mr..
Pickett, Ior he hired Chandler's band to
head the pr ocession, and to play especial
ly when Mr.. Dyer was forced to stop to
rest. In addition he furnished an elee m
lunch to Mr.. Dyer, the members of the
band, and representative Republicans
and Democrats, so that the flour cost him
over $780,
The Scotsman, Of the Dominion line,
sailed Thursday from Liverpool for Port
land via Halifax. This will be her first
visit to this port
The steamer ST. Crolx has been painted
sea green below the main deck. The
houses have been painted white The
steamer has had her sails bent and is
about ready for business.
The Maine sailed for Newport about I
a. m. yesterday. Two of her crew reached
the wha too late to get aboard.
The schooner Cumberland, bound from
New York for Portland, arrived at Dutch
Island harbor Wednesday. She had three
feet of water in her hold and a heavy list
to port. The water IN her hold has been
reduced to two feet since her arrival at
the harbor.
The steamer Herm4 nm Reesing arrived
yesterday with 5000 Holsters for N. f.
Trefethen.
All the fleet of home fishermen arrived
in port between Thursday night and Fri
day morning, an unusual coincidence.
Captain Harvey Black of the schooner
Albert W. Black of Harpswell, was high
line, with 90, 0C0 pounds of fish.
The steamers Emita, Jeannette and
Mary W. Libby each carried about 400
people to the battleship Maine Thursday
The steamers Jeanette and Mary W
Libby will be laid up again for the
winter.
The pilot boat Maggie, was taken on
the marine railway yesterday morning tn
be overhauled and put in order for the
| season.