The Portland daily press., 1897-02-17
GOSSIP ALONE SHORE.
What the Cid Salts Are Talking
About.

We'll SUbhIU UOdS WILL poAiJ SSA~e =" - ~'--"@'~
reporter yesterday afternoon that the Keel
of the nsw boat which the company is
to build to take the place OF the Merry
ooneag, will arrive here sometime TINS
week. The blocks for the yessels keel
have been put in place and work will he
gin on the vessel at once.
Yesterday afternoon two captains Oh
the English steamers now in port were
talking over the winters business ana
the hard time they have been having
this season. One of them said, when he
found that his vessel would be delayed
several days here on account Of the nom
arrival of the cattle: "This will make
my stay at home on this trip even short
er than the last one was. I only had
about SO hours at home last time and
then was away nearly month again.
A man who follows the sea in one OF
These steamers has to become acquainted
with his family all over again every time
he gets home AMI he is always a strang-
er III his own house. y
There will be an immense number OF
cattle at the East Deerine stock yards by
the last of the week. Nearly 1000 head OF
cattle will be shipped. for this port on
Thursday and Saturday. The Scotsman
will take out 651 head of cattle and 20
horses while the Memnon will carry
300 head.
The Thompson line steamship Corona.
Capt. ]. G. Baxter, arrived at her dock
alongside the Grand Trunk elevator at
yesterday morning. She arrived inside
of Portland head light Monday evening,
but being unable to sight pilot, dropped
anchor and remained there all night
Early yesterday morning n pilot went
out and brought her in. The Corona left
Newcastle-on-T Tyne, Februsry 2. She
had good weather until February TO-,
when strong winds we're encountered.
On Saturday. February 10, when to the
banks of Newfoundland she ran into a
blizzard. Capt. Baxter reports Tassing
an unknown steamer towing an oil tsak
steamer. There was in longitude 43 de-
grees, 90 minutes north and IS degrees,
40 minutes west. The Corona came over
In water ballast, bringing no cargo.
She also brought % returning cattlemen.
She is now taking grain at the Grand
Trunk elevator and will sail again on
Saturday.
marine railway and has gone to Brown s
wharf to hang her rudder.
The brig Jennie Hubert has taken the
Goodwin's place on the railway.
The Carrie Winslow is now discharg-
ing her cargo for Lord Brothers at Onion
wharf. She has 80, 500 bushels.
Speaking of salt, there is just at pres
emit large amount of this product on its
way to Portland. The Italian bark
Malta which left Trapani, Island of
Sicily on October ], for Portland. will ar.
rive here in a few days with big cargo
of salt. No one seems to know just
who she is consigned to here. There is
the B. G. Cromwell, ON her way here
from Turks island with salt for Lord
Brothers, and the big fourmasted schoon-
or Augustus Palmer, which left Port
o'Spain ON tine 9th for Turk s island.
where she Will load salt for Lord Broth
els. On the arrival of the latter vessel
here the cargo of salt will be stored in
the brick building on the Boston and
Maine wharf, which oaved in last winter,
but which has since boon repaired.
The following is the cargo Of the bark
James H. Hamlen for Po1nt-a-Pitre, zoe
rum shocks with heads, 903 sugar hogs
head shocks without heads, $50 pairs
sugar hogshead heads, 2771 sugar barrel
shocks, $40 pairs sugar barrel heads, 1000
sets sugar barrel hoops. 100 feet spruce
boards, 40. 4S9 feet white pine lumber.
The British schooner Carrie Easier is
discharging pulp into the cars at the
Boston & Maine wharf. This pulp is
OF Nova Scotia manufacture and is the
first that has arrived here from that
province for long time.
The schooner Sarah and Ellen, one Of
J. s. Winslow & Co. IS feet, is loading
lumber at Deak's wharf under the di-
rection of Stevedore VIM. E. Brown. She
will sail the last of the week in command
of Capt Fred c. York of South Portland
for Paysandu, in Uruguay, South Anne
RIGA.
The fire in the hold of the lime schoon-
er Regalia, which put into the lower
harbor at Portsmouth last week, has
been smothered and the schooner sailed
for Boston Monday morning.
The schooner J. Il. Randall, Capt
Croker, is on her way from Philadel-
phia to this port with coal.
Yesterday afternoon the United States
marshal libelled the schooner s. A.
Payne, apt Stinson, which is loading
grain for Bucksport and Winterport.
The schooner is libelled by sailmaker
named Farrell of Rookland.
The only fish arrivals yesterday were
the Nellie Dixon, $4,000, and the Ethel
and Maud, 80, 00Q.
GIhe steamer Herman Reesing brought
in 5000 Holsters yesterday.
The steamship Caooua of the Black
Diamond fleet, is expected here on Thurs
day with cargo of coal from Louis
berg.