The Portland daily press., 1879-09-29
SATURDAY, Sept. 81.

SATURDAY, Sept. q.
More frost work.
Eleven vessels sailed up the river this morn
ing.
Three vessals are at anchor, lumber laden,
near Winnegance
In three more days the street lamps illumn-
ate.
Mr.. VIM. ingalls, received lighter load of
ask plank from Newcastle this morning.
Information given in the locals regarding
Mr. E. E. Patterson was obtained from Mr.. e.
d. Patterson.
Thomas Somerton will have an artesian well
at Moulton's machine works next week.
Two hundred and eighty school children
went on the Sasanoas excursion to Popham
this afternoon
Last night the Kapella towed 500 logs to
Wiscasset. The continued supplying of the
Wiscasset mills with lumber doesn't look like
shutting down of the mills, about which the
Commercial has been croaking.
Coal graphing along the water front is be-
coming new and successful industry.
Mr.. A. S. Bangs, the Bath sash and blind
manufacturer has just returned from a trip
through western New York. He reports bust
ness in that section good.
Mitchell King has just returned from Can
ada, bringing with him a $3.50 Canadian
horse.
E. p Hyde, machinist at Moultons, is re-
pairing the boiler and engine of the Samo-
set.
While Croker and Libby's gang were at
work hosting the old boiler at their works
from its old position, a beam gave way and
beam, shaft and boiler came with jar to the
ground. No persons, fortunately, were in
iured.
Two cars of ship timber, one for Sewall and
the other for Goss q Sawyer, arrived yester-
day.
The keel of Minotts new ship is being
laid
Front street now receives the street commits
sioner's attention.
Very quiet in police circles.
In 1868 gentleman named Huskins, for
mer resident of this city, sent some grave
stones to this city with instructions for their
placement by McFadden, who then had charge
of the cemeteries. This week Mr. HI. arrived
in town after an absence of twelve years. and
not finding them marking the site of his
daughters grave made an investigation and
discovered them in an out-of-the-way corner
of the M. c. r. r. station.
Since the News died in its cradle its weekly
parent has taken to complaints. If it doesn't
like the locals it needn't copy them and its in
bad taste to fill its columns with vulgar at
tacks on a brother scribe.
That blue gentian in Pages window attracts
attention. 1t was found in a suburban field by
A. G. Page, Esq.
A velocipede collided with a team on Winter
street bridge this morning.
Childrens Pinafore and the Lillputian
Opera Company are on the way.
VIM. d. Hogan, Esq, returned today from
his trans-continental trip.
The valuation of Bath for 1878 was 7,161,-
775.
From present appearances the Cary and
Temple Quartette concert will be the fashiona-
BILE event of the season.
That private way from Front to CONNER
cial street is as much travelled as Ferry street,
and ought to be looked after by the city.
The Central church newly painted presents
fine appearance.
A gentleman came down stairs hastily this
morning and stepped on piece of ice left by
the door way His discontinue as he seated
himself may be imagined.
Hathornes ship is all framed out.
Business is lively at Goss & Sawyer's ship
yard
MIR. VIM. Marston will go as cook in Chap
man & Flint's new ship. He is at present in
the NJ. G. r. r. diningroom.
VIM. Hodgman, agent of the Warren powder
mill, had his finger taken off by its being
jammed by door of the passenger car on con-
ductor Whites Eastern bound train. He re-
turned to Bath, and was attended by DR.. Bib
Der.