The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-06
HERE AND THERE.
Items of Interest Picked Up Alongshore
Yesterday,

Gently was obliged to ship her anchor off
/ White Head near Rockland to keep from
going ashore arrived here yesterday after
noon leaking quite badly. She is bound
from Red Beach to New York with a
cargo of stone, and has been having a
hard cruise so far. The May will repair
at the Berlin Mills company here and
then proceed.
Tho schooner L. V. B. Hutchins is still
at anchor in the sream and her skipper
is the only man on board of her. This
schooner recently came in here leaking
badly and so far has made no effort to
repair. The schooner is quite an old one
and the captain OF her does not wish to
proceed to Boston with his cargo unless
ordered to do SO by the owners. The cargo
was shipped at Calais by Murchie & Son,
and is consigned to William I'll. Wood &
Son of Boston. No vessel can be obtained
on which the cargo can be reshipped and
the captain Of the May is undecided what
| to do.
Thesschooner E. A. Whitmore, Captain
! Whitmore of Northeast Harbor Is in the
port. On board of this vessel are two
strapping six footers. Joe and John
Witmore, who are twins and they look SO
much alike that their own father cannot
tell which is John and which is Joe.
These young fellows have been having a
gay time with their acquaintance in
| Portland, and some of their pranks are
as amusing as is the tale of the mishaps
of Shakespeare two Dromios.
| The schooner Wideawake arrived here
yesterday with good sized cargo of fish.
| The Hattie Muriel cleared yesterday for
Salem, where she will discharge portion
of her cargo of lumber.
The steamer Peconic which arrived here
recently with cargo of sulphur has
cleared for Boston, and will probably sail
today.
The mud digger is doing good work
since coming from the Portland COM
pany's works.
Owing to q slight break down to one of
the belts in the belt conveyor yesterday
morning, the old elevator was brought
into service to load bonded grain into the
Memnon while the damage was being re-
paired. ~
During the month of December 449
passengers landed at Portland from the
ocean steamers. There wsree 416 aliens
and 33 American citizens. OF the immi-
grants lO7 Will make their homes in this
country. The nationalities were rs fol-
lows: Hungarian 2; French, 8; German,
Q; italian, /; Finn. 2; English, 70; Irish,
4; Scotch, 8; WEIGH, /.
| The Thompson boat Devona sailed from
Shields for this port, January 4.
The steamer Manhattan sailed at eight
o'clock for New York, and the John Eng
lis arrived early in the afternoon.
| The cutter Woodbury. started out Oh q
cruise to the eastward.
| The big barge Knickorbocker has
finished discharging coal for Randall and
| Meal lister.
The schooners Wide Awalse and Lettie
&. Howard arrived with fish. The latter
| vessel was covered with ice nearly as bad
" as the Uncle Joe.that arrived Tuesday.
She had rough time but brought in q
good fare of fish.
| TIE Allan liner Sarmatian, Captain
Johnston, sailed for Glasgow yesterday
morning with large cargo.
| A fisherman of observant habits says 1t
is his belief that dory life saving station
on Ram Island, just outside CushiEg's.
might prove of great assistanaef to dis
tresseds sailors A dory, as is we'll known,
4 will live where any sort of boat will.
Another fast freight run has been made
on the Grand Trunk railway. "A ship.
ment of fruitby the steamship Mongolian
which arriyedsat Portland on Thursday
left that city at $40 p. m. the same eve
ming. arriving in Toronto at $3.50 p. m.
Friday, the distance being covered in
| twenty -one hours and twenty minutes,
the train running through from Portland
to Toronto at an average Of nearly thirty
miles per hour. N&
Mr.. William Snowman who has served
the greater part Of twenty-five years as
chief pilot on the Boston and Portland
steamers, has resigned. Mr.. Snowman
has not been we'll lately, and last Sunday
had quite an ill turn, his physician tell
ing him he must give up the somewhat
exposed life he has followed for SO many
years. Mr.. Snowman has lately served on
the steamer Bay State and has been con-
sidered one of the most accurate pilots on
the coast. He will shortly move from
Portland to his old home in Georgetown,
Maine. He retires with the respect of all
who know him.
The Dominion steamship Vancouver
sailed late yesterday afternoon with a
large cargo and quite number of pas
sengers.
The Thomson line steamship Fremona,
Capt. Richie, arrived here yesterday af-
ternoon about O'Clock. She sailed from
Shields on December 18th, with 500
tons OF coal for Portland as ballast. Capt.
Richie told Ii PRESS reporter last night
that the Fremona met with strong west
erly gales all the way across. A slight
accident occurred to her machinery and
delayed her somewhat. Off Cape Race
the Fremona encountered several snow
storms and sighted small ice berg, the
first which has been reported this season