The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-05
HARBoR NEWS.
Movements of Vessels and Gossip Concern
ing Them.

ing Them.
During the heavy wind and sea Wed.
pesdsy the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dragged her
anchor and it was necessary for her cap
tain to drop second mud hook to keep
her from drifting the whole length of the
harbor.
The steamship Manhattan of the Maine
Steamship Company line which was pre-
vented from sailing Wednesday night on
account of the storm sailed yesterday
morning at TO- SO O'Clock for New York.
The Dominion line steamer Vancouver,
Capt. H. Jones, sailed for Liverpool via
Halifax, at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Shs had three saloon, three inter
mediate and IA Storage passengers. The
vessel carried cargo Of over 5000 tons.
The Canadian portion of the cargo was
as follows $500 barrels of Canadian APP
pies, 80, $50 bushels wheat, 4537 bushels
peas, 74l9 pieces lumber, quo bundles
slaves, sB4 bags bran. 6l43 pieces maple
blocks 1900 doors, "a cases leather. II
crates pullsys. go bales oil cake, 2sa5
bags oat meal, 1876 bags peas. Is bags
seed, $50 bags oats, 1924 organs, 23
cases leather. 1896 boxes cheese. $40
packages leather, s14 boxes meats, 81
tierces meats, one bag eats, 30 kegs can
ned meats, IA packages sundries.
The American portion of the cargo was
24eo barrels Of apples, 7o5 bags -four. 475
barrels cotton, 56s boxes oats, 100 bar
hlnrkc Xxx
canned turkey.
The British steamer Louisburg has
com pleted discharging her cargo at the
Maine Central and will sail for Louis
burg for another cargo OF coal which she
will carry to New York.
The tides have been unusually high
during the last day or two and the watsr
has been within few feet Of the top of
the wharves at high tide.
The schooner Sarah ann Ellen will
come here from Boston shortly to load
a general cargo for pemerara.
The bark James H. Hamlin is at
Browns wharf loading cooperage for
Demerara.
The schooner Ida @. Southland, Blake,
has been cleared for Demerara by James
K. Fries. She has cargo of ice and
general merchandise.
The Elder Dempster steamer EtoilR
arrived at Avonmouth from Portland on
Wednesday.
The schooner George p. Davenport.
Mcleod, is on her way from this port
to Newport News with cargo of GOAL.
snThe schooner N. E. Symonds arrived at
this port Tuesday with a cargo Of salt.
She will proceed from this port to Horse
Island, Me-, where she will load ice for
Bermuda via Boston. While at Boston
she will take a full set of spars, sails and
rigging to equip the schooner Arthur V.
S. Woodruff now disabled at Bermuda.
The Symonds will also take crew of
expert sailmakers and Triggers from Bos-
ton to do the work on the Woodruff.
The schooner Emma is on he way to
this port from Perth Amboy with cargo
of coal.
The captain of the John Englis deemed
1t best to put into Vineyard Haven
Wednesday OIL account of the violent
northeast gale. She remained there from
Wednesday morning until u. m. yester-
day. She had as company the steam tug
Mercury which had besn at work on the
Portland bark Isaac Jackson ashore near
Pasque leland. The schooner Abbie Bent
ley was also there and six large barges.
The Englis reached Portland late yester-
day afternoon.
There are only few more days work
to be done on the planking of the new
elevator and the crew has been lessvned.
Fifty men were laid off yesterday.
The Elder Dempster line steamship
Lydia, Cant. Jones. sailed for Bristol
shortly after o'clock yesterday MORN
ing. The Lycin carried with her slowed
awaysin her capacious hold cargo of
about 1000 tons of general nero handise.
Among the articles which comprised her
cargo were an unusually large shipment
of apples most of which were grown in
this state. The vessel also carried
quantity of live stock having on board
$50 head of cattle.