The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

But Little News on the Water Front Yes
terday-The @. 1. willard, the Only Am
portant Arrival.
Yesterday wasEa very quiet day on the
water front. The schooner @. J. Willard
was signalled early in the forenoon, and
arrived at noon. Captain J. H. York is
the youngest captain in the merchant
service, but he il. an extremely lucky one.
On his way to Porto Rico he sprung his
foretopmast, and while there two Of his
crew deserted, leaving him to work his
way home short handed. He ran into a
series of gales on his way back, and lost
his fore topmast and iibs. The wind
was only three knot affair when his
foretopmast went over the bow, but these
were very high. HE would have made this
port Tuesday if he had only had his sails.
Captain York brought cargo of 4s3
hogsheads and 80 tierces of molasses con-
signed to W. g. Spule, agent for N. W.
Taussig & Co., ofs.New York.
"Have you seen any signs Of spring
yet?" was asked of a Commercial street
merchant yesterday.
"Yes, I received an order from a ooun-
try customer today for fifty pounds of
paris.green," he replied. and the ques-
toner walked off humming "Green
Things Growing"
Things happen oddly at sea as we'll as
on land. Yesterday. Mr.. Martin late
,,ato ~ +ha raboopor Edward Waita
called at the barge Office and handed Cap
tain Ficket letter intrusted to his care
by pilot. Mr.. Martin said that before
they were taken off by the life saving
crew he in common with others took
his clothes from his trunk placed them
in bag, and put them in the forward
house. OF course the life saving crew
could only take the men and not their
luggage, and before they reached the
shore the forward house fioated off.
Mr.. Martin saw nothing further of his
clothes bag, but the empty trunk with
the letter for Captain Pickett came ashore
all right. Later one of the life saving
crew picked up shirt on the beach, and
in it was a gold watch belonging to Mr..
Martin who rolled it up in the shirt be-
fore they left the wreck, and then forgot
about it.
Before the arrival of the life boat they
had made up their minds to go ashore in
their own boat, but had they made the
attempt every man would have persisted
as it was all the life savers could do was
fO oh tho chnro ho hnat Of ha
Edward Waite simply went end over end
when it foated from the wreck.
MARINE NOTES.
The steamer Treomnt reached here at
2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The Gloucester schooner Norman Fish
or, arrived from the Banks yesterday
with 80, 900 pounds of fish, but falling to
dispose of his catch here the captain
sailed for Boston.
The Saco tug Joe Baker is on the Ma
rine railway.
Schooner Lucy W. Dyer. has been fitted
up for the Banks and will sail at once.
Freight is being rapidly forwarded over
the Grand Trunk for the Partisan. Her
~ 10 INV VIGIL OA way W Odudut.
Tuesday was one of the worst days of
the season off this coast
Captain Dyer of the wrecked schooner
Lizzie Carter, of Bath, had his wife with
him on the trip. 1t will be remembered
that the Carter struck and went down on
the New Brunswick coast. Captain
Dyer removed to this city but a short
time ago. His son, Robert Dyer, said
yesterday that old captains believe that
those on board the Carter must have been
licked up and taken to some one of the
numerous islands iii the vicinity where
the schooner was lost
The Armenian Trouble of Another Kind.
A funny incident happened on the
Portland and Rochester railroad yester-
day forenoon and. although one could not
help plying the poor victim yet it was
impossible to keep from smiling. 1t was
on the g. 40 train from Portland and two
Armenian peddIers. a man and woman,
with their packs, were on the rear car
They were Joined at Cumberland Mills
by another man, who also had a large
pack and yalise and who had evidently