The Portland daily press., 1897-04-28
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
OF Vessels in Portland and Other Items
of Interest

The schooner Horizon arrived here YES.
terday afternoon with 1000 lobsters
These are the first Holsters to arrive from
Nova Scotia for long time. This cargo
came here for N. F. Trsfethen and was
shipped at Great Menan.
HOLSTERS are at present not very plenti
full and the prices are high. 1t is expected
that there will be large arrival of
Holsters next week when there will be a
fall in prices.
Yesterday there were very few fish
arrivals and the vessels that did come in
here did not have a very large quantity
of fish. This is due to the bad weather
along the coast and the head winds.
Those vessels which reached hers yester-
day were the George W. Pierce, the
Fanny Hayden, the Mary Il. Smith and
the Annie H. Gilbert.
The fire boat was inspected yesterday
by the government steamboat inspectors,
Pollister and Merritt. They found the
boat to be in first class shape and the
boilers and engines to be in excellent re-
pair.
The steamer Merryconeag arrived here
yesterday at five O'Clock. This boat is
doing large freight business between
Rockland and Portland.
Mr.. George e. OWENS trim yacht
Gwendolin went overheard yesterday
from the KniRhtville shore and will soon
60 into commission.
Mr.. Maggie. the boat builder on Merrilps
wharf is doing lots of work this spring.
He has just completed handsome launch
for DR.. Moulton which will be put In the
water IN a day or two. It is % feet long
i've feet beam and 28 inches deep. 1t is
handsomely finished In mahogany and
brass trimmings. The launch is equipped
with one of the Lamb improved motors
and is expected to be speedy. Mr.. Maggie
has also sloop yacht nearly completed
which he will keep for letting purposes.
This boat is "a feet long, eight feet beam
and three feet, five inches in depth. 1t is
fitted with a good sized center board and
will be safe and speedy. The bow is con-
structed after new model and the new
lines are expected to contribute material
~ to its speed. Several new row boats
have been placed on the float which la
now overheard.
The schooner Frank A. Palmer arrived
in Louis6urg Friday from this port.
making the passage from wharf to wharf
| in 40 hours which is one of the quickest
trips on record. She will load another
large cargo Of coal for Portland.
Schocners bound up the Kennebe
daily sight. From now until fall the
river tug boats will have all they can do.
The last boat OF the Allan line for this
season, the Laurentian, Captain John
Brown. arrived yesterday morning from
Liverpool via Halifax. The steamer
brought general cargo of 14OO tons. 455
tons Of which was for Portland and WAS
consigned to the foregoing parties: One
hundred tons common salt to order, one
case steel for Caverhill, Learmont g. Co..
two cases dry goods for the Richards Mill
Co., one hundred bags onions for M.
Cummings & Co., $40 casks china clay
for Morey & Co., and one case books for
II. & A. Allan. There were five cabin
and wenty stesrage passengers, nearly
all of whom will make their future
homes in the states.
Mr.. W. O. Hutchinson, ol0thier from
England, is booked to make his future
home in Portland. 6 Several will go to
New York and Boston, and one to Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The Laurentian had a pretty rough
time and encountered continual head
winds and heavy seas all the way over.
Several immense icebergs were seen on
the eastern edge of the Grand Banks,
where ice was found in great abundance,
and the passage of the ship was consider
ably impeded.
A pathetic incident of the voyage was
the death of one Of tho storage passen-
gers. Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes who. accom-
panied by her husband, was on her way
to Winnipeg to make home. Mrs. Hayes
was taken aiok when the ship was about
three days out from Liverpool. She died
of pneumonia Wednesday despite the
efforts of the ships physician, and was
buried at sea, Captain Brown reading
the impressive funeral service.
Tho Laurentian will take grain from
the new elevator and will very nearly
clean up what freight is now left in the
sheds. Work commenced at once in re-
moving cargo from her hold.
A BIG LOSS TO PORTLAND.