The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-17
BATE.
Unfortunate-Per sonal-Runaway Acct
dent-Scrimmage Between Citizen and
Policeman-O Matters.


TUESDAY, Sept. 16.
An easterly wind bloweth Take in the
clothes lines.
Three RATS of about 1900 legs came down
river this afternoon.
Capt. Waterhouse of til ship Theobald, has
met with an accident to his eyes, necessitating
an operation. Capt. Rawlins of Gardner, Will
take command. The ship leaves tomorrow
morning for New Orleans.
The Samoset House is closed for the season.
Rose Cottage is still open.
Considerable business is being done i'll the
shipment of fowl from this city.
Frank Allen is fitting up shoe shop and
paint shop on Washington street, near Cen
tire.
Minott is putting new masts in his schooner
now lying at the centre. The Alice Mnott is
daily expected to receive repairs, after which
the new ship will be built.
Parker's Bay Ice Co., will employ considera-
BILE labor the coming season.
Many of the elmsss about the Central church
are being cut down and the remainder trim
med. The church will present fine appearance
when the alterations are completed.
Bath girls present contribution boxes to their
gentlemen callers. The pennies thus received
convert the heather.
Moulton is repairing and the works are closed
for day or two.
Mackercl are very plenty.
Schooner Albert Bird has completed unload
ing coal for the X. g. L. r. r.; will probably
load ice for the South
Gould received three carloads of grain from
the West this morning.
Samuel Donnell, Esq, presents the bell re-
Gently cast at Torrey's foundry to the Union
church at Brewer, not the NJ. E. society OF
Boothbay.
Another car load of new machinery has been
received for Donnell's rope-walk. Five thou
sand dollars have been expended this year for
repairs and new machinery by this firm.
| Tramps occupied the NJ. G. r. r. shed last
night.
The gentleman is positively not published.
The City Clerk desires the public to be inform
| ed to this effect.
| To correspondents: To 81 Regarding
business notices call at the office and learn
what you wish To "Mingo." There is no day
police except the Deputy Marshal. To Gas
| Light" The city government ordered that
the lamps should not be lighted until October
| /, except ON dark and stormy nights. To In
| quirer." 1t certainly now appears as If ship
| building, manufactures and trade will be bet
| ter the coming season.
Mitchell received one car of oats from the
| West this morning.
| BY this moons train the horse of Bijah Pur-
| ington of Bowdoin became frightened, ran up
| Water street and brought up against the fence
about the house occupied by Mr.. Geo. Dun
| ming A shaft was broken and the driver
| pitched over the dasher.
| Capt. Humphreys of the ship Eclipse, re-
Gently arrived in Boston, has sent to friend
in this city two pet monkeys.
Eben +. PillSbury was i'll town this morn
ing.
Schooner Little Fred" is fitting out for u
three months fishing trip.
| A loving trio of men very very happy, were
among the sights on the street this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock, as Off
Ger Fife of the night watch was returning to
his home on Court street, he was accosted by
his brother-in-law, David Varney, and a con-
versaton was held relative to the house in
| which Fife lives, the ownership OF which is
| claimed we understand, by both parties.
From words came blows in Just what manner
| will be ascertained at court Wednesday morn
ing. Officer Fife in self-defence, 1t Is said,
used his billy, knocking Varney down four
| times. One of the gashes was four inches in
length across the scalp. The sidewalk, after
the affray, presented the appearance OF a
butchers shambles. Officer Fife claims that
Varney wrenched picket from q fence and
with it assaulted him before he made the at
tack. Lawyer Gilbert, acting for Varney, Will
bring the matter before the court Wednesday
morning when the truth of the unfortunate
occasion will be made public. Both parties
have hitherto been held in esteem in the COM
munity.
Dispatches received today at the Merchants
Exchange:
Bordeaux-Arriyed Sept. -, ship Lizzie
Moses from Kollla.
Liverpool-Sailed Sept. Is, ship Riverside
for Delaware Breakwater.
Bathurst-Sailed Sept 1, ship Alice NJ.
Minott for New York from ST. Nazaire.
Mr.. Zina III. Blair, Jr., of this city, will sail
in the ship L. Schepp, which leaves New York
for San Francisco about Oct. -.
The college boys are leaving town for their
| different universities.
The number of children in this city between
the ages of and q years is 3135. The num-
Der last year was 1886, making decrease of
81.
Miss Ella F. Eames, of the last graduating
class at the Bath High School, is of this years
entering freshman class at Smith College,
Northampton, Mass.
A Bath clergyman was astonished the other
morning to find bundle of dime novels and
lager beer bottle attached to his door bell han
| die.
1t is believed that the NJ. G. r. r. will be
able to furnish sufficient number of cars to
move the potato crop raised in this vicinity
this season.
The first fog of the season blew in this af-
ternoon.
Adams & Hitchcock new schooner is seven
eighths framed.