The Portland daily press., 1897-12-29
HERE AND THERE.
Items of Interest Picked Up Alongsh ore
Yesterday,


with coal.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. has re-
turned from long cruise along the
eastern coast.
The schooner Alicia B. Crosby is dis
charging coal at the Maine Central.
| The only fish arrival yesterday was the
schooner Evelyn l.. Smith The Smith is
one of the most successful of the fishing
vessels that come to this port, nearly al
ways being high line of the feet. This
trip she brought in $1,000 pounds of
mixed fish.
| Another pilot boat with the figure two
on her mainsail is now seen skirmishing
ers are due. The new boat is the schooner
Willie Smith and Pilot John Martin sails
| in her with John Fisher as boatman.
There is said to have been some trouble
between the pilots over the German boat
Armenia when Martin went to Boston
and brought her to his port, Since that
time Pilots Oliver and Parsons go to-
gether in the Maggie while Pilot Martin
is in boat No. 2, looking out for the
Dominion and German liners, while boat
No. /, brings in the others.
| The monster coal barge Knickerbocker
has been hauled out Of Randall & McAl-
listers and anchored in the stream for q
few days while the barge Schuykill has
taken her place to discharge a cargo of
pea coal badly needed by the firm. The
Knickerbocker will finish discharging as
soon as the Schuykill completes.
| Word has been received from Captain
Stoke of the Thomson steamer Cervona,
which recently sailed for London, that,
in latitude A degrees, IS minutes, north
| longitude so degrees and % minutes west,
he passed derelict, with decks awash.
bowsprit and stump of foremost standing;
no name could be seen. The wreck ap-
peared to have been two masted vessel
probably lumber loaded. 1t is a very
dangerous obstruction to navigation,
especially to transatlantic steamers
bound to Boston and Portland who have
to sight Cape Sable or Cape Race, the
wreck being directly in their track.
| The Vancouver brought an unusually
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well supplied with money in sums rang
ing from $40 to s75.
| The hard luck of the Portland bark
Ethel, from Monteyideo for this port, is
apparently not at an end. For the past
ten days she has been striving to reach
here from off In the bay, but has been
prevented by strong adverse winds. After
narrowly escaping being driven ashore at
North Truce last Saturday and being
lowed back to Provincetown by the tug
Kate Jones, it was thought her troubles
were at an end, as Captain Dodge decided
to have his vessel towed to Boston. Tho
tug with the bark in tow left Province
town at daylight yesterday morning, but
after battling with strong Northwestern
| ly gale for several hours they were obliged
to give up the attempt and returned to
Provincetown. Probably the most dis
gusted man on board the Ethel Is pilot
Bruce Mclean, who boarded her off Bos-
ton light on December IS, and has been
compelled to remain en- her since.-Boston
| Globe.
| The Dominion line steamship Vancou-
yer, Captain r. O.. Jones, arrived in port
at $50 yesterday morning. She left Liver
pool December IS and had an uneventful
passage. For the first time in a long
while the Vancouver came across without
any saloon passengers. doubtless due to
| the fact that she did not touch at Halifax
There were. however, SO steerage and 30
second cabin passengers and Acting In
spector of Immigration Tobie was kept
busy nearly all the forenoon examining
their certificates and papers. Hermann,
butcher of German descent, 80 years old,
will make his future home in Portland.
| There were represented among the immi
grants the following nationalities: Fin
landers, Swedes, Austrians, Russians,
Germans, Poles and British. Among the
second cabin passengers S. W. Foster,
English and plumber by occupation, will
make his home at Lisbon Falls. The re-
mainder go to Minneapolis Boston, St.
Louis, Chicago and Canadian cities and
| towns. It is quite amusing to follow the
passenger list down and notice the differ
emit occupations represented. On the Van
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Horse dealer, wife. infant, gentleman.
The ocean liner brought about 800 tons of
cargo. The only local assignments were
$50 casks Of china clay for Barring Bros.
& Co., and five packages Of express for j.
E. Prindle. There were 176 bundles of
steel bars billed to Flint, Mich. The re-
mainder Of the cargo goes to the
provinces.
| The Elder-Dempster liner, Queensmore,
Captain Cross, sailed at 1.30 yesterday
afternoon for Barry. Eng. She took out
131, 90 bushels of grain, 10000 boxes of
cheese and the usual large assortment of
| provisions and general merchandise.
There was quite good deal of space left
in the steamer, but her cargo was SO
heavy it brought her down to the Plymp-
ton mark and no more could be taken in.
Her live stock comprised 300 head Of
cattle.