The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-20
HARBoR DRIFT.
Items of All Kinds Picked Up Along
Shore.

The steamer st. Croix reached Port
land on her way to Boston at O'Clock
yesterday morning.
1t is rumored that the owners of the
Merryconeag has leased the first floor OF
the building at the extreme end Of Port
land pier which is now used as coal
shed and the steamers Office and freight
shed will be fitted up there.
The schooner Stephen Bennett, from
Bluehin to New York with cargo OF
glass. put in yesterday to land a sailor
named Joseph Lonsdale. who had been
taken sick. He was sent to the Marine
hospital.
Shipping Commissioners Hodgdon yes
terday shipped crew for the bark Carrie
Winslow, bound to South America.
The schooner J. s. Glover collfded
With the steamship Manitoban which
was In tow of the Fannie g. yesterday
morning and the schooner was slightly
damaged thereby.
Tho steamship Partisan sailed from
Liverpool Thursday for this port.
The Italian bark Motia, Capt. Miglore,
passed Tari.a, March II, bound from
Trapani to either Baltimore or Portland.
Mn George Murray Of Bath has taken
the job of planking the new steamer OF
the Herpswell company. He will CON-
mence work the first of the week.
Another attempt was made by the tugs
Carbinero, Demerest and Bslknap to pull
the hull of the Carter off at high tide
Thursday evening. Another hawser was
snapped, this one 10 inches in oiroum-
ference, but the Carter obstinately re.
fused to leave her home In the mud and
the attempt was finally aban doned. Il
has now been decided that pontoor
shall be built in the Carter later which
she will be lowed to Boston.
The new schooner Frank A. Palmer,
launched at Bath Thursday, will be ready
for sea about the first Of next week and
will make her frst.trip to Louisburg,
9. B., to load coal for Boston or Port.
land.
in 54O0 Holsters for n. B. Trefethen yes.
terday.
The Albert W. Black 10 setting new
topmast at Custom House wharf.
After the Manitoban was a short way
out on this passage across six stowaways
were discovered on board. They were
put of at Neville.
Among the fishing arrivals were the j.
S,.GloveH, 5000; Albert W. Black, 10, 600;
Rising Billow, 1000; Jennine Maud,
5000; George W. Pierce, 5000. The Rob-
ert and Carr and the Cora E. Smith
came into port with full fares but could
not get the prices they wanted for the
fish and sailed for some other port
The Elder Dempster freighter, Lydia,
Capt. Jones, sailed at o'clook yester-
day for Bristol. She takes cargo of
abeut $50 tons. The domestic shipment
were: faD boxes provisions, 62s sacks
bran, 400 bags starch, 800 barrels glucose.
61O barrels apples.
The Canadian portion comprised. $50
barrels oatmeal 224 packages broom
hands, II crates apples, 548 barrels ap-
pies, 1876 packages butter, 40 packages
provisions, 100 packages leather, 300 stan
bushels Of American and Canadian
grain. The Lycia had on her decks z65
head of cattle. There were nine cattle-
men in charge Of this live stock and the
total amount of wages that they will
receive Is about S175 in cash.
This is enc of the largest il not the
largest payroll for cattlemen of the sea
son.
The stowaway, Leuas Mocha, who has
been in Jail since the Lycia's arrival,
was taken aboard this noon to be re-
turned. He could not undertand the
questions put to him but luckily one of
the crew spoke German and the lad was
finally made to understand that he might
have the chance of returning in s0li-
tary confinement or by working his pas
sage as one of the crew. He chose the
latter andsafter touching the pen his cross
was made and he was enrolled as one
of the Ly cia's crew for the return pas.
sage without pay.
The steamship Iona sailed al 10 o. clock
yesterday morning with 1000 tons of
freight. She had 26 horses and $50 cat
tie.