The Portland daily press., 1895-03-19
ALL THE EXCITEMENT OUTSIDE.
Coal Schooners for the State-What the
Oregon VIII Take Out-A Rough Day
outside--"Liverpool Jacks" 40 Years at
Sea.

1t has been long time since the sea waH
rougher outside than it was yesterday
without there being storm. The tugs went
out little way in safety, but when in the
afternoon it was reported that large
schooner was OF the coast about fifteen
miles out, with sails blown away. there was
no tug large enough to be sent out. Later
she was reported as having passed to the
eastward. and Captain Trundy was in doubt
whether her sails had been blown away, or
whether they wore close reefed. It was
plainly a very bad day outside. and the
shore fishing fleet very wisely kept in poIt.
Not fisherman arrived up to late in the
afternoon, and there seemed no prospect
of an arrival. The catch of the Gloucesi er
schooner Belle Franklin. and one or two
small arrivals Sunday supplied the market
with all the fresh fish that was called for
yesterday.
Tie tug l.. "A. Belknap went into commits
sion again yesterday after having been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired. Cap
tain McDuffee brought in four, four mas
teIs, and a number of smaller schooners,
a good days work.
In the afternoon large four master
was reported to the westward in tow. Lat
er size passed to the east She was in tow
OF very large tug. supposed to be from
Boston
Portland is the great coal distributing
center OF the state. Yesterday the follow
ing coal schooneIs arrived. their cargoes
being pretty well distributed among the
dealers: Laura g. Anderson, Cora E. Ran
dali. Sarah C. Ropes, May Williams, Alaska,
Billow and Herald of the Morning.
The Oregon will take out very full car
go. and the work of loading her is progress
sing rapidly. She will take out a large
amount of Canadian cheese, and other pro-
visions,2 Canadian horses and 1854 western
cattle. Five thousand barrels of apples will
form part of her cargo, and were being
rapidly put on board yesterday.
The Grand Trunk was handling steamer
freight rapidly yesterday. seven specials
having been received up to MID light. Mr..
Woodman of the Grand Trunk is ON trip
up the line. The cattle for the Oregon are
nov ON their way from the West.
A sailor now in this port claims to have
visited every port in the world where a
civilized flag was ever SEEM and TO have
himself ''sailed under almost every flag. He
recalls but little of any one place. however,
and then there has been boarding mast eI
who has made it harder for him than 9TH
ers. or a schooner, on board of which, life
has been batter or worse than the average.
He came here from South America, and
doesn't care what port he makes next. He
is citizen of the world, and is at home any
whel where there is water.'' He was born
in Liverpool rather more than fifty years
ago, and man and buy has been at sea for
forty years. He never got d better bert
than that of an able seaman. and never
expects TO, in fact isn't able to read. He is
proud of his pet designation Liverpool
Jack" and has less of a life story than al
most any man who ever was at sea forty
years. He was never wrecked in his life,
and the most exciting period of his life was
when he served in the United States aavy
for three years during the war.
Randall C McAllister have just received
two consIgnments of American Camel coal,
one from Kentucky the other from Ohio.
This is kind of coal rarely seen in the
East. but is largely used in Europe as fuel
in open CRATES. The imported English Can
mel coal brings $40 ton, while the Ameri-
can, which Is quite as good is sold for SILL
This coal is interesting from a geological
point OF view it contains many curious
specimens of fossil remains.