The Portland daily press., 1896-12-02
ALONG THE WNARVE S.
What People Along Commercial Stree
Are Talking About.

Yesterday afternoon the Reading railroad
tow boat Tamaqua came into this port and
took away the big coal barges Elmwood
and Lonberry.
The Austrian tramp steamer, he Tergests,
which recently brought cargo of birthstone
toss this. port, sailed yesterday for Trieste by
the way of New Orleans.
The schooner Olive Branch has arrived
from New York, with a cargo of sulphur
consigned to the Portland & Ogdensbure
railroad.
The schooner Eugene Barda has finished
discharging coal at A. R. Wright's and has
sailed for Rockland where she will load for
New York
The disabled schooner Mary E. II. G. Dow
has arrived at Boston, where she will be
dry docked. The repairs needed on her will
be quite extensive.
The wind-b bound fleet which has been in
the harbor for some days sailed early yes
terday morning.
The steamer State of Maine came in yes
terday morning from st. John and left for
Boston shortly after her arrival here. She
had large cargo of freight but small pas
senger list.
The latest advices from the Portland
schooner Bertha Warner is that the Merritt
wrecking steamer from New York is at work
on her and hopes to haul her off before she
sustains total loss. She is leaking quite
badly.
The recent imports, beside those on the
Labrador, are 600 quintals of fish from VEST
port, N. S., for Trefethen & Bearce.
The schooner Major Pickands was report
ed at Port Tampa Oh the 29th of November.
The new steamer John Englis of the Maine
Steamship Company it rapidly nearing
completion and will leave Chester, Pa, for
Portland before Christmas. The regular
steamer will commence making regular
trips between this city and New York about
the 1st of January. She will be commanded
by Capt. Bragg and Will be handled by the
crew OF the Manhattan, which steamer will
be laid off for repairs. Capt. Bragg has re-
Gently been enjoying much needed vaca-
ton and all his friends will undoubtedly be
pleased to congratulate him on his promo
ton to the command of one of the finest
steamers sailing in New England waters.
There are two or three men in this CITY
who make it business to catch eels for
the New York market. Yesterday one lucky
fisherman got about 200 pounds which he
oh1ppSu W NEW IOIh ana Will receive 20
cents pound. Not q bad days labor.
The fish arrivals yesterday were the Maud
Muller with 10000, the Martha d. Mclean
with 10000 and the Uncle Joe with $4,000
The lobster arrivals were the j. McNickeI
with 5000 and the John Dexter with 5000.
There was marrow escape from serious
accident on Widkery's wharf on Monday
night Two men were unloading several
big molasses hogsheads from draw and
in taking off one of them from the wagon
another hogshead was started and rolling
down the skids, gaining momentum eyerv
second, it rolled along the wharf at a great
rate cf speed and towards the men who
were back to it. One of the men heard the
hogshead coming and called out to his com
panion to get ont of the way The fellow
didn't hear him and the heavy hogsb.ad
grazed by his leg and smashed into the fret
hogshead with a crash. The man had bis
trousers and coat pinned between the two
hogsheads and his escape from beino
crushed to death was narrow one.