The Portland daily press., 1879-03-05
BATH LOCALS.

TUESDAY, March 4.
Inc sleighing is beiug fuu into the ground.
The Juveniles begin to play marbles.
The public schools close Friday night, March
14bh.
May hew & Go. Monday received from Michi-
gan an invoice of 70 defunct porcines
Reported anxiety for the ''Norman'' was
false Owners sdvces for the week past have
been satisfactory.
Miss Neale's readings in Brunswick last
night were latteri0giy received.
During Lent there will be Friday evening
lectures at Grace church.
Miss Laura E. Crawford of Brunswick will
give readings at City Hal next Monday even.
ing under the auspices of Ssdgwick Post No. 4.
G. A. R., assisted by Barkers orchestra, Ma
sonic quartette ami other TALENT Miss Craw-
ford took highest honors at Philade phia, and
was well received at her recent reading 10 this
city. The lady will accept an invitation to
read in Biddeford March 5
Knlckerbocker S. T.. Co. are engaged 10
running" the hole Of their artesian we'll. The
deOth reached now is nine feet.
10 the recent local regarding the Bath High
School graduates, which has been published in
state papers, we omitted one graduate of the
class of IA, Miss Ellie p. Cushing of the class
of 70 Smith College. Miss O. led her class at
the High School aud has won the highest hon.
ors at Smith
Mr.. John a. Payne, son of the late DR.. VIM
r. Payne, gradua from the Boston School of
Medicine in the class of 10 Wednesday. Mr..
Payne will practcs with his brother DR.. Fred
Payne of B oston.
and GOss, Sawyer & Packard's yards. The
Eastern steamers frame is up and planking be-
guD. The otter vessels show good work
Franklin Reed, E.q.. has recently sold his
well known trotter VIC to New York gen.
tleman for $500.
Geo. Fisher paid $24OO not $1,000 for the
"Lzzie'. The schooner will be used in the
New Orleans fruit trade.
Mr.. Dockendorf, who sunk Gen. Hyde's we'll,
is putting down a second arteeian well in the
rear of the steam mill ia Goss 3 Sawyer's
yard. The water obtained will be used in the
boiler.
Tue rope walk is being reprinted,
Probate Court session, Judge Gilbert, to-
Highland Light shone in Bruins wick last
| night
The Eccentric Brethren have social dance
| at Harmony Hall tonight. Barker bosses.
County Commissioners sat at the Court
| House today.
Bath woods yesterday morning. The animal
ans wered to the description of the ''lion" seen
| last fall
| Mr.. Fred A. Percy of Yale IT is at present
house physician OF the Boston H0meoe opathic
| Hospital, This position is given the highest
standing Sophomore in the Boston School of
| Medicine Last year Mr.. Percy won the posi-
ton of pro-sector, highest honor of freshman
year at that school.
| Kennebec 8, s. f. E.. this afternoon success
fully tried, opposite the Custom House, Mr..
Sunson's patent reversible shoe.
| Yesterday afternoon a Mrs Emory Lowell,
living near Meadow Brook, Pnipsburg, gave
her infant, OF two years, to one of her children
TO take care for. The other children were out
sliding. Upon the arrival of Mr. Lowell and
his asking where his wife was, he was told in
The bedroom. On entering he found Mrs.
lowell lying on the bed dead. The probable
cause of the death was an overdose of med icine
which the lady had been in the habit of taking.
| Bath physician was called, but the woman
bad died hours before the physician arrived.
The family consists OF four children.
M. e Wesley Church AID Society meets on
Wednesday night with Mrs. HoIato Duncan,
| Wash ngton street.
A youth named Charles Murray, collidng on
| South street hill last ight while coasting, with
the sled of a boy named Frank Norton, was Sc
| Verely Injured.
About 80 members Of s. T. No. l went to
Lewiston this afternoon to attend the Lswis-
| ton boys chop