The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-30

Personal and Other MatterS-POlice News
and Gossip-At the Ship Yards-Small
StrawS.
Henry Ward Beecher passed through this
city to-day en- route for Bucksport.
Ex-Gov. Conner is in town.
Davis and Hale at Columbian Hall Wednes-
day night.
From Goss & Sawyer's yard at $50 a. m.
Wednesday will be launched the fine steam
whaling bark Mary and Helen.
party of Bath gentleman charter the
Creedmore for moonlight sail to Popham
this evening
The Nasset House at the bluff, Hunnewell's
Point will be opened with dance tonight.
Many citizens desire the attention of the
street commissioner to that sidewalk west of
Simpsons shop on Front street. For the past
three days it has been under water.
Forepaughs advertising car and crew came
in town to-day.
Two cars of knights of Pytlias excursionists
went to Old Orchard to-day.
A blacksmith named Coombs this evening
assaulted a butcher by the name of Carpenter
with an iron bar on Water street. Carpenter
was knocked down, but not seriously injured.
No arrests.
The Benefit of Harry" excursion to
Popham on the Della Collins drew crowd.
Goss & Sawyer have nearly completed the
work on their schooner Warren Potter Col.
Sampson is finishing figure head which is
said to be an excellent resemblance of the
gentleman for whom the vessel is named. The
At the auction sale of 100 ship knees at
Robinson's yard this morning the lot was
purchased by Packard for 1928 per knee.
Police news-The boys have been on q racket
this week Last night Nathan Moors, Angus
Mcdonald, Geo. e. Ferrin, Geo. Pond and
Geo. Pollard, all happy, courted balmy 81 eep
in palais hunks. The last two gents. were
Fife and Alden Sprague found two drunken
sailors at the bee hive last night and locked up
| one. The big tramp, Chas. Warren was sent
| to Boston last night and advised never to
| return. This afternoon Geo. Pollard was
| taken to Brunswick in irons by an officer to
answer to charge of assault and battery
| Hotel arrivals-Sagadahoc 50, Shannon's "a.
| Schooner Lawoing caught off Martinicus
Island a sun fish II feet long, whose back fin
| was as large as wash tub.
| August I'd the barge Juno will carry an ex-
cursion from Damariscotta to the Islands.
| Rufus Y. Crockett, master painter of Coburg
| car works, returns to this city next week.
| One of Drummonds coal horses had bad
| tumble on Commercial street this morning.
| Not seriously injured.
| The tug Ocean of Thomaston is at Moulton' s
being repaired. She will tow spars on her
| return.
| At the yards-At the ship yard of Hon. VIM.
Rogers the $50 ton bark which is being built for
| trade is nearly ceiled and ready for planking.
| In her build she is somewhat different from
that of most Bath vessels, her keelson being
on level with the floor of the lower hold adj
| uniting OF greater capacity in storage.
plate one foot deep and "a of an inch thick,
through which bolts are driven for strength
| the keelsons are fastened in the strongest man.
ner to the lower keel by innumerable bolts.
Hanging and body knees of iron will be used
instead OF wooden ones. These are being manu-
| featured by &. w. Stanwood & Co., of Port
land The vessel is being built Of white oak
and hackmetack, and her cabins will be ele-
gantly finished in variety of woods. Miles
| NJ. Merry, the master carpenter, and Geo. E.
Litchfield, the master joiner, are doing their
| best work on this bark She will be command
| ed by Captain B. F. Rice of Sandy Point, Me-
| AT this yard in construction, nearly framed is
! barkentine of about 600 tons of similar con-
| struction, designed for the same trade.
| AT Harrington's yard so ton lighter is be-
ing built for Boston parties, who will send her
| to South America, where she will be employed
in the logwood trade on the Magdalena river
At this yard the Boston yacht Ivy, which col
lided with the Lawrence on Friday night last
is being repaired.
At Blaisdell's yard the 600 ton schooner is
ready to plank.
Several of our citizens are at Poland-among
the number are Mr.. James Honghton and
family, Mr.. Harry Houghton and wife, Miss
| Jennie Marston, Miss Morse.
Madame Rumor reports several weddings in
high life this fall.
Visitors to Fort Popham bitterly complain Of
the manner in which the garrison sergeant
Kelley, refuses to admit them to the fort. Ger
tainly little courtesy is due to citizens from
whose taxes the pay of the officer is derived
| The fort is an attraction to the point and
should be opened at reasonable times to the
worthy parties who ask this small favor