The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-05-17

port charges at that place would be increas-
ed the following day, and that hereafter the
dues will be nearly double what they have
been there.
Gloucester, May TO- Sch. Golden Rod.
Capt Thomas Robin of this port, made the
run from this port to Halifax, n S., on her
recent trip in So hours, which is remarkably
fast, considering that steamers from Boston
make the run in 80 and 33 hours, and stamps
the Golden Rod as one of the fastest vessels
n the fleet
Boston, May u. Among the port arrivals
yesterday was the three-masted schooner
Henry X. IiltOn of Belfast, Capt Cobb, from
Wilmington, N. c., with a cargo of lumber.
She ran ashore on Hedge Fence shoal, Vine
yard sound, Wednesday night, but tioated
ance OF a tug and continued on her way here.
she sustained no damage of importance.
Melbourne. April Z. Ship Great Admiral,
which arrived at Sydney March 29th from
Port Hadlock, reports encountered hurr
cane March 18th, lat. % IL S, Ion. 119 81 W,
during which the vessel was forced on her
beam ends. the deck cargo of timber shifted
and quantity was washed adrift by the
heavy seas, deck houses and cabins We're
kept in a chronic state of flood and consid
cradle damage was done to the ships stores
and fittings. A portion of the bulwarks
was also carried away.
Boston, May II. The steel bark Iolani,
which until a few months ago was owned by
Charles Brewer 4 Co., of this city, has been
sunk off San Francisco by collision with the
Angeles for Portland, which landed the
crew of the lost vessel at Astoria, Or, yes
terday. The Iolani was on a voyage from
llllo, Hawaiian Islands, to San Francisco
with cargo of sugar, and was near her
destination when the disaster occurred She
was built by Harland Il Wolff at Belfast,
Ire, in 1876, and was formerly the British
bark Thurland Castle. She was valued at
about $4,000.
CHARTERS. Ship State of Maine, $4,000
cents. Prompt. Brig Leonora, $4,000 cases
oil, New York to Gibraltar, 10 cents and
El0 gratuity. Ship Mary L. Gushing, &c, 200
cases oil, New York to Hong Kong, 24a
cents. Blk. Alice Reed, Portland to Bahia
Blanca, lumber Sl1.5o. Brig Telos, New
and back, Bonaire to New York, salt 9
cents. Blk C. p Dixon, Philadelphia to Port
Spain, coal S237ll. Sch. Carrie A. Buck
nam, Turks Island to New York, salt
cents; option New Haven, 81 cents. Sch.
"a. Steward, Matanzas to Boston, molasses
s.. Sch. Laura. Ship Island to San Juan,
?. r., lumber 1925 and port charges. Sch.
Estelle. Turks Island to Bangor, salt o
| cents Sch. Jessie Lena, Philadelphia to
Guantanamo, coal 1915. Sch Henry Cros-
port charges. Sch Sadie Wilcutt, New York
to Mayport, stone so cents. and back from
Jacksonville, lumber 1913. Sch Penob-
scot, Jacksonville to a Sound port, lumber,
p. t.. Sch. D. d. Haskell, Savannah to New
| York, lumber, 500, option Rondout, tow
Portland, coal, 80 cents. Blk. Herbert Black,
| Nova Scotia to Buenos Ayres, lumber, S1l,
| if Rosario, So Sch. Florence Leland,
| Brunswick to New York, lumber, 1925.
Sch. Edward II. Blake, south side of Jamai-
ca to New York, logwood 81 and roots
nj | SfafS0n Rnr tn Nov
York, fruit, p. t. Sch Isaac Orbeton,
Philadelphia to Bangor. coal soc.