The Portland daily press., 1879-07-14
BATH

SATURDAY, July -.
Wind east cool and clear.
Hackmen have taken to umbrellas.
The drives in the vicinity of Bath are pro-
nounced by strangers the most delightful in
the State.
A juvenile orchestra is being organized
A pleasant dance for the benefit of the young
folks was given in the Sagadahoc parlors
Thursday night.
North street is receiving new drainage
Somebody has been smashing the city's
crockery ware. The lamp near the City Hall
is minus top, that on Front street at the foot
of Summer is gone altogether.
The Henry Morrison, Capt E. c. McClin-
took, brought down 100 passengers from up
river to-day for the islands.
The Sasanoa was packed with passengers
and freight this morning.
The taxes of the city of Bath are less than
SIG per capita.
The schooner Hattie Perry, Capt Wilson
Chase, with engine boiler and machinery
from the Delamator Machine Company of
New York for the steam whaler now building
by Goss, Sawyer & Packard arrived last night
New Meadows river is full of schools Of
tinker mackerel.
Porgies off Seguin, but they do not congregate
in large schools.
Isaac Leach brought up 400 weight of hake
this morning
Mr. Alien, a ship carpenter of Bath has
returned from California and thinks there are
worse places for business than this city.
The barge Yosemite is being caulked by
Horace Litchfelds gang, preparatory to ex-
cursion work. She isalready engaged for five
excursions.
John Houghton, Esq, gave yachting party
yesterday in the Laurena. The party did some
tall deep sea fishing off Seguin
Forty passengers on the Star from Boston
and New York landed at the Sunrise this
morning en- route for Popham.
The Portland yacht Shooting Star went up
river this morning.
The tug Popham towed 600 logs to Wiscas-
set yesterday.
The fisherman LaRook brought up barrels
of mackerel from the mouth of the river Fri
day. He reports seeing porgies.
Yacht Magic, Capt. E. c. Neal is in port
over the Sabbath The Magic halls from
Lynn, Mass.
A yacht, name not ascertained, went aground
Friday on the rocks in He'll Gate, damaging
her keel, and was towed off by the Popham
AT Phipsburg yesterday afternoon as the
schooner Mentor was being towed from the
wharf four men in a skiff pushing from the
vessel were run into by the tender and the skiff
capsized. Grasping the tender the small boat
filled. The men were finally rescued by Ia
rope thrown from the schooner more dead than
alive.
We commend our Bath advertisement to our
Island subscribers.
The ox-eyed daisy is rapidly gaining foot
ing in the fields about the city
MIR. Geo. A. Smith, whose card appears in
our advertising column, has neat cool saloon
and is courteous gentleman.
The Sasanoa will make Sabbath excursions
to the islands leaving city wharf at SIS a. m.
Municipal Court news-Before Judge Tall
man = On Saturday morning Martin
Seaman, single sale. guilty; $3.50 and costs. APP
pealed.. Friday Martin Leyden and John
Lord, single sale, each found guilty and fined
800 and costs. Appealed.
Rev. A. w. Pottle contemplates visiting
Michigan and Minnesota leaving Bath about
July %.
The following Bath boys are among the late
arrivals: DR.. Geo. E. Percy, Mr.. Charles E.
Hyde, Portland, Mr.. John Jameson New
York.
The dance last night was fizzle.
The Universalist Sabbath School will excur-
sionate to Popham next Wednesday,
The street commissioner would do well to
improve the drainage of Middle street between
Oak and North streets.
City mortality the past week-one DEATH
The children of the Orphans Home worship
at Beacon street Sabbath morning.
Ledyard building, rebuilt, is an improve
ment to Centre street
Those old gold bracelets at Pages are very
stylish.
A Bath girl who is near sighted, nearly put
an old gentlemans eyes out in Front street
this morning with the edge of her Pinafore
hat
The blue-berry pickers are legion. The ber-
ries gathered hereabout are shipped in large
quantities to Boston,
Sword fish are in the market.
Gilman P. Richardson had the misfortune to
break the small bone of his leg not eye as mis-
printed in Saturdays locals. Better