The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-04-10
MAINE CITIES,
Jottlngs by Press Correspondents.
BATH.

BATH.
WEDNESDAY, April 8.
Three ramps at the palais.
One arrest for drunkenness last night.
The Street Commissioner is regarding
Water street below the Railroad station.
Col, j. w. Spaulding will crate Decoration
Day.
The Solitaire will be launched next Monday.
She is nearly coppered. Frank Palmer is the
rigssr.
The Mdgets and Museum continue sttrae-
tive.
The frame for E. P, SwetL's Summer street
store house is going up.
At Goss 90 Sawyet's artesisn we'll Monday
last 10 feet of drill and sinker bar unscrewed
remaining fast in the WE'LL Attempts to
remove it have SO far been unsuccessful.
At the lower yard of Goss and Sawyer the
900 ton schooner is we'll along, being painted,
aud will be launched next Thursday week.
Frank Delosh is rigging the "Charles A..
Briggs" The two small schooners are ceiled
and partly planked Mr.. 7. Burgess of the
Portland Machine Works is overseeing the
placing of the Eastern Steamers mashinery
assisted by Mr.. Chas. e. Hyde. The steamer
will be placed in the water the first Of next
week. OF the machinery bed plate, condenser
and cylinder are in position
At MIR. W. Hathorne's auction sale of cloth
aud clothing fair prices we're realized.
North Bath residents report the bay as
rapidly breaking up.
Ward, the gunner, left large lot of duck s
and geese shot at the bay with Sanford this
morning. Gunnsrs report poor eport down
the river.
Gov. Garcelon arrives this eyenig on BUSH
ness connected with the Orphans Home
-Four horses on the bus" to-day.
M. q. Railroad receipts car potatoes to w.
r. Lincoln; 2 cars hard lumber to S w
Weston; / car goods to Whtehouse & Merritt
with others; 1 car ship knees to Messrs. Moore
l car 5bls. and goods to W. I. Robinson with
others; car oranges to D. o. Foye and others
1 Car me al to d. q. Could 1 Car goods to T. M
Curtis; car to Goldstein and others.
at the K. 81 L. repair shop the work on the
locomotive ingalls, is nearly completed.
This morning at about z 81 as Conductor
Hooper's freight train, which leaves Rockland
at q. M, was running by UmberliDd's cros-
sing midway between Waldoboro and Damars-
Gotta, from some unknown cause TWO freight
cars, one of the Maine Central, the second OF
the Knox & Lincoln Railroads, leaped the
into fragments and thrown down the emoank.
ment of about 20 feet on which the accident
occurred. The Knox g. Lincoln CAT settled I'D.
on the track and in such way as not to break
one of the eggs with which the car was
freighted. The Maine Central car was thrown
Off the track remaining on one side at the tor
of the embodiment Conductor Hooper ii
once detached his engine, ran to DamarJscotta
teegra pied 10 Supt. Coombs who with a force
Of men left for the scene upon Conductor
Woodbury's a. N. Eastern bound passenger
train. Conductor White of the 735 Western
trains, the passengers walking around the
scene Of the accident, those Western bound
arriving in Bath at 1880 p. m, losing con
necton at this city. The accident occasone ed
the non arrival of freight and failure to con
meet with the 420 p. m. Western train from
Bath.
At the S. j. Court to-day the case of tht
State vs. James A. Crooker was continued ovel
from yesterday. 1t will be remembered tina
full particulars regarding the alleged assault O.
Crooker upon Mr. Frank e. Duncan, at thu
residence of Geo. W. Duncan, Esq, were noted
lDDecember. The court room was crowded thi,
morning with spectators. Hail. for the State
concluded the prosecution at II 20, and thu
judge occupied 40 minutes in his charge. Thu
jury retired for half an hour and returned
verdict of guilty. Gilbert, for respondent, will
present exceptions to the law court. If no new
trial be granted the sentence will bs given il
August At present respondent is held OF
recognizsnce Now on trial State VS.. Superin
tendent Of the Richmond Shoe Factory
County Attorney for State; Col. Spaulding for
respondent. This is an action for assault on
Miss Curtis, who refused to leave the factory
and was forcibly elected. Miss Curtis was mo-
an employee at the time of the occurrence il
March.
The "Star' is now thoroughly repaired and
ready for the coming seasons work.
Nk,Ao Co.
vestry this afternoon at two O'CLOCK. The SEES
sion was well attended. Capt G. G.. Goss, Rev.
@. B. Atwood, Rev j. S. Cushman spoke on
the importance of the work. Capt. Delano
Rev. @. G Gone, Miss Carrie Kendall spoke Of
the teachers obligations. There were other
miscellaneous addresses of interest presented.
The Times Court report of to- days dongs is
a curiosity.