The Portland daily press., 1879-10-01
TUESDAY, Sept. 50.

TUESDAY, Sept ~.
Mercury reads Tj0 in the shade
Nary a frost last night.
Two fellows, happy, passed last night in the
band stand on South Hill.
Washington street is the promenade during
the harvest moon.
Several of our citizens have had recently ad
vantageous offers to accept Of employment in
Leadville.
Two tramps spent last night in the paas.
Somerton begins drilling an artesian well at
Moulton's tomorrow
The four young gentlemen who occupied
their leisure moments last night in hurting
rocks at Mrs. Andrews front door, had better
report to the police and incur no further
trouble.
Geo. Barker, Worcester police officer, is
spending few days in town.
Gov Garcelon arrived in the city this after
noon.
A red horse was found last evening hitched
to the courthouse fence. He was placed at
Mitchell's stable where he since has not been
claimed. The horse is said to belong to Mr..
John Robinson, and is in the last stages of de-
cav. His demise has been ordered by the city
marshal
The frame of Marks blacksmith shop is
completed at Woolwich.
The Adella and Hobson towed 1000 logs to
Wiscasset this afternoon.
This morning the Creedmore brought up the
crew of the Alice NJ. Minott, recently arrived
at Phipsburg
The Manuel Llagund will probably sail Sat
urday.
A tramp with sealskin cap made his APP
pearance in town this morning
A scow loaded with fertilizer from the Saga
dahoc company'S works, sailed up river this
morning for HalloWell.
Gen. Hyde is about to build boiler works on
Water street.
The excursionists to Vinalhaven over the X.
& l.. r. R., this morning, numbered 100.
Eastman, the teamster, has gone to Dead
river to enter the numbering business.
Croker & Lilly's anchor works start up
again this week, upon the completion Of the
new boiler.
Cutler, the sail maker, works upon bench
100 years old
Wednesdays event will be the masonic cele-
bration.
The following land transfers have been reg
istered from August 80 to date: Phipsburg,
Thomas Row to Lemuel A. Lowell, marsh
land, consideration $10.00 Bath, Chas. w.
Loring to Albion K. Paris land, $1,000;
Richmond, Jason Dinslow to Harmon Smith,
land, 1915; Bath, VIM. F, Moses to Sarah f.
Moses, land and buildings $1,000; Topsham,
Humphrey 7. Wilson to Chas. w burlington,
land $3.50; Bath, Mary J. Tory to VIM. @.
Dillaway, land and buildings, 5000; Bowdoin,
Joel Williams to Minott Williams; land and
buildings, $780, Bowdoinham, Leonard Preble
to Robert Jack ct ais, land, $50; Richmond,
Edward III. Call to Eugene A. Call, land aKd
buildings, $3.50; Bowdoinham, John IL. Gray
to VIM. Mcclure, land and buildings $3.50;
Topsham, Geo. i. White to Nancy ID. White,
land and buildings, So; Topsham, Cyrus M.
burlington to Jedediah burlington, land ST.
900; Richmond VIM. Walker to Reuben Dow,
land and buildings, 500; Richmond, Reuben
Dow to Elliot Libby, land, $3.50; Topsham,
Lizzie j. Patten to Edward Merrill, land and
buildings, $3.50; Phipsburg, Samuel Ii. Nc
Fadden to Barker Duley, land, $40.
DIR. VIM. S. Rice has taken an Office in the
Sagadahoc Bank block.
In consequence of the ill-success of porgy
fishing, Boothbay young men will go into the
merchant service the coming winter. one
porgy steamer, after her seasons cruise, dlvld-
ed S6 cash to her crew for the seasons Work,
after paying expenses.
This afternoon, as Capt. John 2. Higgins,
spar maker at Goss & Sawyer's ship yard, was
taking logs from the river the two lore fingers
of his left hand were crushed, necessitaung
the services of physician.
This afternoon young RugSles boy tumDled
from a fence at the south end, breaking his
arm. DR.. A. j. Fuller performed the neces-
sary surgical aid.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchange
San Francisco, Sept. 30 arrived snip INDIANA
from Nanaimo; chartered to load grain for
Liverpool at 50 shillings, ship. Reporter.
The ship Caledonia today was loaded and
made ready for sea at Horse Island Harbor
Her cargo consists of 1925 tons of frst-clasS ice
Hernandez at Columbian Hall Wednesday
evening
Goldstein flung a new banner to the breeze
this afternoon.
Mr.. Curtis is adding a new stable to his resi-
dence opposite the custom house.
Geo. Knapp, the popular conductor from
Bath to Lewiston, sent to conductor Dillon to-
day fine four pound pickerel which he caught
on his vacation rambles.