The Portland daily press., 1879-09-02
MONDAY, Sept. 1.

MONDAY, Sept. /.
Six intentions of marriage were recorded in
August.
Repairs on the Winneganee bridge are COM
pleted.
The board of assessors held q lively hearing
at City Hall this afternoon.
DIR. Charles E. Mallett of Boston, is in
town.
Mrs Capt. Woodward has returned from Old
Orchard greatly improved in health
The U. S, buoy boat was in port Saturday
evening.
Saturday night Mr.. Staples, the shoe maker,
Was taken with violent bleeding at the nose,
which could not be stopped by using the usual
preventives. He was removed to Dr. Ander-
sons drug store and DIR. r. Bibber was called
in.
A two year old daughter of Mr.. John Lar
kin, was bitten Saturday night on Floral street
by Geo. Coallias' pup.
The steam tug Kapella, on Saturday night,
while running through He'll Gate, collided
with Capt. John Coulliard's fishing schooner
carrying away the scbooner's bowsprit and
causing other damage.
Captain Armstrong brought up this morning
HOO weight of hake.
The tug Ocean, from Thomaston, is at Moul-
tons for repairs.
DR.. G. ID. III. Gay, in his drug store on Cen
tire street, has on exhibition case for medical
balances dug from single piece of wood in
which are the balances picked up from the
field after the battle of Fredericksburg by Post
master Wakefield of this city.
Lawyer Hutchinson of Lewiston, was at the
S. J. Court this morning.
Mr.. James G. Dunning, for the past four
years principal of the lower Grammar School,
graduate of the Bath High School clrss of "a,
has entered the law office of Judge Gilbert,
and will prepare for laurelS at the Bar He
intends studying at Boston Law School this
fall
The new principal of the lower Grammar
School is Mr.. H. L. Henderson, Bowdoin Col
lege, class of 70.
That sawdust tramp Saturday stole a pot of
butter from the store of Preble & Dunton and
sold it to John Lewis for 10 cents per pound
The butter was found by its owners and the
police are looking for the eradicator.
A tramp stole $50 pounds of corned hake
urday.
Tramps broke into Henry Morrison's paint
shop Saturday night and stole about $50 worth
of material.
Hon. s. b. Rooney of Philadelphia, who will
speak this week in this county, is a brother-in-
This mo ming a clerk of Mr.. Cyrus Wright a
shop keeper at the South Eud, was driving
Mrs. MacIntyre and niece from the Henry
Morrison down Commercial street, about 10
o'clock this morning The son of the lady is
lying in reported dying condition at the resi-
dence of Capt. Roberts of this city. Driving
fast down the street the wheel struck stone
near the X. & L. railroad track, the wheel
was smashed and the wagon seat thrown from
its position. The occupants were overthrown,
Mrs. MacIntyre falling across the rail and was
taken up in an unconscious condition. Her
niece was injured severely, and also tainted.
Cyrus Mckeown of Boothbay chartered the
Sasanoa to carry party from Boothbay to the
campmeeting yesterday. The party was so
large that both boats were needed to convey
the excursionists from this city.
Mr.. VIM. Hamden, second mate of the ship
James Nesmith recently arrived at New York,
arrived home this afternoon.
Mr.. Levi Lincoln, formerly superintende mt
of the M. G. railroad, now superintendent of
the Bucksport & Bangor railroad, was in town
today.
The Maine Law Temperance Club hold
meetings in West and North Bath on Tuesday
and "Wednesday nights respectively.
Mr.. Scion G. Cahill of the NJ G. R. R., was
in town over the Sabbath.