The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-06
HARBoR NOTES.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along the
WharVes.

pool yesterday morning. At noon of
November 25th she left Liverpool. She
encountered stormy westerly gales and
considerable dirty weather, but made a
very good passage. She arrived off Half
Way Rock at 1.30 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing and was docked about eight O'Clock.
OF Cape Race she passed the Gloucester
City, bound east. The Scotsman brought
seventy-hve passengers, including six
nrst class, twenty-five second cabin,
thirty eight steerage and nine Lcattlemen.
One passengers was bound to Portland,
Mr.. j. Fraype. Almost all the passengers
we're bound to Canada. They were a re-
markably fine appearing body of imml-
grants and the acting immigration COM
missioner, Mr.. Tobie, speaks highly of
the immigrants that have arrived this
season. There was a stowaway found on
the steamer, who was discovered after the
vessel sailed. He was young Irish lad
who wanted to get to America to get
work. He will probably be deported.
After the inspection of baggage the pas
sengers were allowed to depart. The great
bulk of them took the p. IN. steamer
train yesterday for Montreal in the Grand
Trunk. The Scotsman brought about 1900
tons of cargo.
Steamer Bay State arrived from Boston
yesterday morning at 9. SO clock.
The schooner Lewis r. French arrived
Yesterday with cargo of lime.
Three small pockets arrived light and
went to Widgery's wharf yesterday. They
were the W. c. Pendleton, Lone Star and
Clara Mabel
Schooner Lula arrived yesterday with a
cargo of lumber.
Schooner Glen Ullan brought in cargo
of laths yesterday.
@rho schooner Abbie G. Cole sailed for
Vinalhaven to load stone for New York.
The tug Sam Jones had her in tow.
The steamer Peconic has sailed from
sicily for Portland with cargo of sui
phur.
The schooner VIM. Johns from Bath for
Philadelphia was anchored yesterday
under Portland Head.
1t was so fips a day that numbers went
down to the Grand Trunk wharves where
the four steamships the Scotsman, Pa
risian, Parkmore and Peruvian were ly-
ing.
There will be great shipment of cattle
this week. The Peruvian will take % &
head of cattle and sheep, the Scotsman
and Parkmore about 500 head eac and
the Devona momentariIy expected here,
about 500 head.
The schooner Warren Adams has gone
to Hamlen & Sons to load for Martinique
The British schooner Nineveh has fin
ished loading lumber for Trinidad and
will sail some time this week.
The steamship Armenia of the Ham
burg American line has sailed for Port
land via Boston. She is bringing over
1000 tons of cargo, 1900 tons of which is
to be unloaded here and shipped to Cana
da. 1t is understood that greater part
of this is sugar.
The steamship Laurentian of the Allan
line sailed Saturday night about 5 O'Clock.
She had five cabin passengers from Cana
da and the west, a full cargo of general
merchandise and 60 cattle and ,07S sheep.
The owners of the steamer Hermann
Reesing, which ran into the schooner
Eldorado. Capt. Wallace of Milbridge, off
Portland harbor week or so ago, have
settled with Capt. Wallace for the dam
age sustained by his vessel, and the Edo.
RADIO, which has been repaired, will short
~ sail for home.
The steamship Parkmore, a hand. ome,
giant freight carrier of the Elder Denp-
ster line, poked her nose into the harbor
shortly after three Saturday afternoon.
She Was in ballast and doomed up in the
ofing like q second Great Eastern. This
is the first time the Parkmore has been
here, although she has been engaged in
the Liverpool Boston trade for number
of years. Sho is to make two moro trips
to Portland during the winter.
The Parkmore met with fair passage,
having been twelve days on the way here
from London. A few returning cattlemen
were examined by Acting Immigrant
Inspector Tobie and allowed to land. The
ship is to load grain and general cargo
on her return trip.
The steamship Laurentian of the A liam
line cast off her lines from the Grand
Trunk docks at about five o'clock Satur-
day night and started under her own
steam, for the broad Atlantic. A pilot
was on her bridge navigating the big
ship and got the vessel a little bit out OF
the channel just before the vessel got
abreast of Bug light she poked her nose
into the mud and was brought up with
sudden jerk. 1t was about some two
no urs Before high water and the tow
boats which started off to help the big
ship pull her beak out of the mud waited
to see if she could not come off at high
water by her own efforts. Shortly after
six O'Clock the Laurentian succeeded in
backing off the mud bank into the chan
mel and went on her way out ship chan
mel rejoicing.
The ship was not damaged in the least
and only delayed little over an hour
1t was at once reported about the city
that the Laurentian had run aground
outside of the harbor and the newspaper
men were hustling all over the water
front trying to get the particulars, but
very few of the officials were about and it