The Portland daily press., 1897-01-22
HARBOR DRIFT.
Items of Interest Picked Up Between
Squalls on the Water Front.

Quite an important transfer OF vessel
property has been recorded In the safe oi
the schooner Monhegan of New YORK.
She has been purchased by Capt. d.
W. Murphy of this city, from New forA
parties. The Monhegan is nne orai'
and practically new, as she was puiie an
1891. only six years ago. She REGISTERS
1880 tons. is 1874 feet in length ana 81
feet beam. Cat. Murphy was master OF
the Thomaston schooner Henry Souther,
which was lost at sea.
The schooner Lugano, from Barren
Island for Portland, is reported al Vlhe'
yard Haven in battered conuitioh.
Coming through Long Island Souho she
encounter ed d heavy northwest gaze.
Her main boom was broken ana hei
mainsail was badly torn. She put into
Vineyard HavenIfor repairs.
The steamer Hibernian which was
scheduled to sail late Wednesday night
did not 90 out on time. 1T was not pos
sible to get the live stock aboard until
early yesterd ay morning. She went out
shortly before II o'clock. the steamer
had hard work to head away from the
wharf in the face of the strong WIND
which was blowing at the time. The
tugs Sampson, Fannie G, and Demar-
rsst formed in line with hawsers reach
ing to the steamer and pulled her nose
around SO that it pointed toward the
ship channel.
Another important transfer of vessel
property is the sale Of the brig Henry
B. Cleayes, owned bylSargent, Lord &
Skillin, to Capt. Vim. Nelson and 9th.
ers of Boston. The Cleaves is $40 tons
and was built in Bath IN 1874. The
price paid is said to be $4,000. The sale
of the Cleayes leaves the brig 81. Fl.
Wright as the only brig rugged vessel
hailing from Portland. The Wright is
1856 tons and was built in 1869. Fritz h.
Jordan is her managing owner.
The bark Sarmento, owned by Rus
sell Lewis of this city. must be crack
sailing craft. Tuesday, under the com
mand of Capt. Harding, she cleared al
Boston for Montsvideo. She left the
end of Long wharf under her own can
vas and proceeded to sea without thu
assistance of tug. a very unusual pro
ceding.
The captain and crew Of the schooner
j. Manchester Haynes had their Christ
mas dinner in Demerara harbor. Th'
schooner arrived that day from Port
land.
Tbs schooner Sarah E. Palmer is OF
her way to Portland with load OF Goa
from the Louisburg mines.
The John Englis arrived in New Yorl
Wednesday evening after fine run from
Portland.
The carriage for the big 80 ton disap
pearing gun, which will be mounted a
the new Notifications now being bull
al Portland head, has been taken from
the schooner Addie Fuller at Fort Prebl
wharf. The schooner has beer towet
ND the harbor where she will discharg
her cargo of 200 tons of coal which wa
taken on Gs ballast.
The bark j. Fl. Hamlen, light, ha
arrived from Boston. She will load a
]. Il. Hamlen & Sons for the West In
dies.
The tug N. P. DoAne arrived YESTERDAY
morning with the barge Excelsior IL
tow. The barge has cargo of coal fo
A. R.5Wri2ht & Co.
The Dominion line steamship Labra
dor, Capt. MoAuley, sailed from thi
port for Liverpool via Halifax abou
| 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The biz
vessel carried large cargo of genera
merchandise. Among the articles il
the cargo was large shipment o
Maine apples. She had large numbe
of passengers aboard when she lett here
She will, however, take on most of he
passengers at Halifax at which poin
about 40 first and some 30 second cabin
in addition to large number Of steer
age passengers are booked.