The Portland daily press., 1896-08-17

Yesterday The splendid schooner rugged
steam auxiliary yacht, black Pearl, was
in the harbor.
The steam yachts Varuna and Rondoun
of Beverly, were in the harbor yesterday.
A. lhrgc steam yacht came up from the
lower harbor about o'clock last night.
1t was too dark to make out her name.
There was a large number of yachts
entered and left the harbor yesterday,
making no stay.
About $50 people came in over the
Grand Trunk Islam d Pond extension
train, and 10 on the Lewiston train. and
went to the islands And Old Orchard.
On the Maine Central excursion train
to Bar Harbor there was large party
yesterday morning.
great many TOOK advantage of the
Maine Central special to West Baldwin
and Lake Sebago campmeetings.
The steamer Pilgrim took good sized
crowd to Royal River yesterday and the
Salacia another to Pemaouid.
The Dorothy @. took large party on
sail yesterday.
Peters's Catamaran excited great deal
OF attention in the harbor yesterday.
The schooner Hattie Loring arrived
deep yesterday; the schooner Falmouth
and ID. II. Spear brought coal the tramp
steamer Schinhochen has gone to Bangor
to load spool wood for Scotland.
There was strong breeze all the after
noon and the harbor was we'll ruff1ed
The Rochester band gave a concert at
Long island that drew many visitors.
Three hundred and forty five Odd Eel
lows from Portland and Rumford Falls,
accompanied by band, took the steam
er Sebascodsgan Saturday morning for
South Harpswel and spent the day
there. They returned about O'Clock
on the Merry ooneag and the Rumford
Falls delegation took a train for home.
The schooner Addie Charleston is I'M
loading coal at the Maine Central sheds.
The handsome Esteam yacht Randor,
owned by Arthur Dexter of Beverly. ar
rived here Saturday and anchored off
the yacht club house. She had a large
party on board.
The bark Catherine of Genoa is unload
ing salt at Central wharf for Trefethen
& Bearce. The bark Ella has already
discharged her cargo and is awaiting for
a charter.
The tug Knickerbooker towed the
sohooners r. F. Pettigrew and Viking
to the Kennebec Saturday to load with
ice for the South.
The big English tramp steamer which
has besD loading with spool wood at the
Boston & Maine wharf, sailed Saturday
for Boston, where she will complete her
cargo.
Fishermen report that maokerel are
running very large and plentiful off
Boothbay Harbor. A man named Gilbert
brought into that port on Saturday morn
ing 100 barrels of fish and 40 barrels of
salt maokerel. The off sh ore seiners are
finishing up the season with big catches.
Most of the fish are to be brought here.
The steamer State of Maine of the
international line, arrived here from
Boston about 4 o. clock Saturday after
noon with a big passenger list. Over
400 passengers were landed here and
among these were % or 80 bioyclists, many
of whom were ladies. The steamer Cum
berland of the same line sailed for Bos-
ton Saturday noon AND carried up large
number of people who made the day run
to Boston.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. is being
painted white. She lies at Central wharf
and will be ready for soa duty in about
a week.
The largest number of people of the
season went down the bay on the Harps-
well boat at O'Clock Saturday. The
August rush will be large.