The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-06
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
BATH.
Shavings Business Notes-Town and vi.
cinity-Accidents-H and There.
SATURDAY, Oct. 4.

SATURDAY, Oct. 4.
School Committeeman Larrabee is enforcing
the truant regulation.
One runaway on Commercial street this
morning.
patronage.
Two hundred High School pupils and
friends went to Popham in the Sasanoa this
afternoon.
The Commercial makes its appearance one
day belated owing to the knights Templar
celebration
Nearly 400 Pinafo;e tickets were sold this
morning.
The Lincoln Lodge, L. o. o. IT,, in body
Butler this afternoon.
One tramp at the palais last night
New forward wheels and other repairs are
being put upon the edward Sewall' at the
X & l.. machine shop.
A fine vase of Crawford peaches are on ex-
hibtion at Welchs shoe store. Three pecks
of these peaches were grown on a tree planted
by Mrs j. W. Roberts five years ago from the
tone.
The Hobson towed 500 logs to Wiscasset this
morning.
Officer Tibbetts conducted two truant school
bows to the North Grammar school this morn
ing.
There was a row at Dickerman's last night
and man named Veiner, it is claimed,
knocked Mrs ID. down the stairs. No arrests
as yet
Sheriff Millay is in town today.
Large apples on exhibition i'll store windows
are now the rage.
The cat at the M. G. r. r. station, if money
be left upon the counters of the refreshment
saloon, will push the money with her paw to
the attendant, and if not picked up will push
it from the counter upon the floor behind the
counter That cat has an eye to business,
Merchants all say that business is excellent.
That plan OF seats for the Star course IS
exciting merriment among subscribers.
Goss & Sawyer have another schooner about
ready to be launched.
fellow from up river named Geo. A. Pond
this noon was arrested by Officers Tibbetts and
Reed for borrowing suit of clothes from a
Mr.. Campbell. Pond is now locked up i'll the
palais. He claims the clothes were exchanged
for Holsters.
A tramp from Damariscotta fell asleep on
the bank at Woolwich dyke. A Bath sports
man on the lookout for black duck spied a
boot peeping from the elder bushes and fired.
He spoiled the boot peppered the mans leg
with duck shot and paid fee to get out OF his
trouble.
Bath college boys mention the exciting game
between the Bowdoin Freshman and Sopho-
more classes, resulting in favor of the Fresh
men by score of to 2.
The Barytes mill runs till midnight each
night filling orders.
The Bath operate association holds regular
meetings as last year.
A gentleman in this city is engaged in per-
fecting an important patent, a description of
which viii be made public through the locals
shortly.
Yesterday morning son of Mr.. VIM. Var
ney, about II years old, cut his right hand
with an axe seriously, while cutting wood.
DR.. e. M. Fuller dressed the wound.
The Bath Rowing Association will hold a
regatta on the Kennebec this fall in which the
Portland Rowing Club will take part.
1t is proposed to establish the soup house for
the benefit of the poor the coming season. A
good idea.
The present firm of S. 7. Woodward & Son
does heavy business in the coal trade. The
concern was established in 1850 and has stead
lily grown to its present proportions. They not
only have two offices connected by telephone
to accommodate their large city trade, but ship
to cities all over the state.