The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-17
MAINE CITIES.
lettings bv Press Correspondents.
BATH.
Lines-Gossip- Launch-Banquet-B. Fl. S.
Notes-Matters About Town.

SATURDAY, Nov. 10.
Week S mortality, five deaths.
One hundred and eighty tickets were sold to
the Thomaston excursion this morning.
The tramps are now being fed upon bread
and water at the palais and will be set to work
shoveling snow the coming winter.
|. Mr.. Benz. Simpson has bet a hat that he will
emigrate to Leadville before April next.
The steam tug Resolute has been hauled off
and her crew discharged.
large schooner is loading ice for Philadel-
phia at the houses of the North Boothbay Ice
Company.
Roasting beef sold on the street this morning
for and cents per pound.
City Clerk Rogers is confined to his house
sick.
The schooner sc. C. Allen Mailing from
Augusta, was launched from GoSs q Saywer's
yard this noon at high water. This schooner
is the one hundreth vessel launched by the
firm since its organization. Her dimensions
are length 144.2 it.; breadth 34.6 it; depth l5.1
#. Her tonnage is 1896. She is a beautifully
proportioned vessel and is elegantly finished in
her cabin appointments. Capt. Meady, 1orm-
erly of the Henry Adelbert, will command.
At the sail loft of VIM. P. Cutler & Son
jib and mainsail is being made for the. schoon-
er Hyne, now in port. A set of sails for the
edwin Reed" now in New York, is also be-
ing gotten off. The sail loft is filled with
large gang of busy men, working night and
day, and peep therein will convince croakers
that old times are coming back again.
Mr. r. o. Morse returns on Monday to New
York.
Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick had fine audience
last night at Columbian Hall in the fourth en-
tertainment of the Star course. The General
was eloouent and his 'sSherman'S March to
the Sea- will never become an old story to
the people of this city.
The death of Mr.. Edward Oliver, a we'll
known Bath boy, which occurred at O'Clock
this morning from consumption causes many
expressions of sadness from many friends. Mr..
Oliver was but % years old, was graduate OF
the Bath High School of the class Of '73; had
been clerk in the drug store OF Dr.. Samuel
Anderson until his ill health compelled him
to abstain from work. Last winter Visit 10
California temporarily was of benefit but upon
his return he rapidly grew worse although no
means of gaining for him health was untrled
until his death occurred to-day. Mr.. Oliver
was young man of strict morality, OF ability
and sound worth. An only son OF widowed
mother his death to her is cruel blow. But
surely it may be said OF him, If OF any one, he
is free in happy world.
High School notes.-the Cadets talk of form
ing two companies with which to have mock
battles upon half day schools. Master VIM.
Ballou is organizing a continental drum corps
to furnish music for the battalion. Declama-
lions by the masters and readings by the misses
occur on Saturdays and fr equently on Wednes-
days also.
Among the guests at the wedding were
Messrs. Edward Jordan and E. Payson Oh
Portland.
Miss Ulmer, the beautiful and talented
soprano, with the Park Quartette and Sydney
Burt, the vocalist, in the Star course enter
tainment at Columbian Hall Monday evening.