The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-30

ING ITEMS. The Dominion Coal
tsgy has chartered four large schoon-
Sarah E. Palmer, Mary B. Palmer
t1s Palmer and William B. Palmer,
ave carrying capacity OF 1000 tons
.a carry coal from Nova Scotia to
M Portland and Bath, Me, and to
.uth, which ports have been selected
'uting points. The schooner Sarah
luer left Portsmouth, n. H., pril
ad the VIM. b Palmer cleared from
.I the same day for Louisburg, Cape
The latter schooner brought > $50
3al to Portland from Philadelphia
discharged III - II hours working
short time ago one of the New
NUlug papers remarked that the big
ing ship May Flint was not making
ok passages but she arrived at
iIok April list from Avonmouth
after an unusually fast run of "A
ibis time has been surpassed hy but
ug vessels, and is much shorter
average passage. There are num-
TIER time between the two ports
Shay Flint was formerly the transatlan-
euger and freight steamer Persian
and she retains her steamship
She spreads 10000 yards of canvas
4 eapacity Of 5000 tons of coal. Her
are Just one foot short of the height
Washington monument, and she car
sails. From bowsprit to stern her
-- III feet. The ship is built of iron.
-a. ed from Baltimore on her first voy-
AS q ship March %, 1895, and went to
81. t7dnclsco, from there to England and
TN NJ New York. Suit has been brought
apt Trlmm, master of the sch. Mary L.
''y- in the Z. S. District Court at Phila-
p'A against the owners of the sch. Mary
ri to recover damages for a collision
"-eD the vessels, which occurred last
''Hary off Cape Hatteras. The damage
stained and the loss caused by alleged de-
il TO the Crosby were named by the
lp.anant as amounting to $1,000. Secur
tIe sum of S., 800 was entered for the
fl, Sch. Fannie & Edith sailed for
y with hay last Thursday, seven days
he date of sailing on her previous
Sch Lester A. Lewis arrived Sun
i-.m New York with coal for Swan &
to--.. The first launching that Rock
IS seen for years occurred last Satur-
ming when the three masted schoon-
Nrtbebesec successfully slid from the
The event was made a holiday in the
aud thousands witnessed the launching.
shooner registers 377 tons and cost
N She is to be captained by John
~ and will engage in the West India
t'e....T The ice shipping from the Kenne-
H loHses has begun in good earnest. One
i'uk string of five ice-laden schooners
t4e mouth of the river few days ago.
Capt. Sam. White is getting sch Aida
tdy for the summer business, and will go
Bangor this week to load The Coast Sea-
an journal of San Francisco reports that
story comes from Kobe, Japan, that the
'NeFlcan ship W. H. Macy had trouble
'th her crew on the passage from San
sdhclsco. There was mutiny, fire,
me smuggling and wind-up in prison.
en- Abraham Richardson arrived April
sun, from New York with cement for Coop
" Co. and the Maine Central r. R. Co.
ne sailed yesterday for Bangor to load
"poef for New York. Capt. Hiram Condor
nus city has been placed in command of
'N' William E. Leggett, S2.57 tons, of Wis
asset She arrived here Monday and will
liner load hay at Belfast or lumber at Ban
W. schs James Holmes, Sarah L. Davis
Ht Fannie & Edith arrived from Boston
eS'erday. The latter has made two round
TIPS in ID days