The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
MAINE CITIES,
lettings by Press Correspondents.
BATH.

FRIDAY, May 8.
Officers Tibbetts and Fife arrested Bill LsL-
caster at Big Mixes last night, ard lodged the
gent 10 the palas.
TIE other day. Mrs. Lskin, who resides at
the south end, was seated upon the Washing
ton street railing of the rope-wak pond, when
she lost her balance and was lake-in The
hands employed ia Messrs. Donnell's rope walk
turned out to the rescue
Straw hats are visible.
How would the Patten car works do for q
cotton mill?
Commercial folks report better business for
April last than Tor the same mouth in '7S.
The attesian we'll at Goss & Sawyer's over
flowed at depth of 1O1 feet. 1t will be sank
no deeper.
Miss Mary Shea sails for Ireland about the
first of June, TO enter convent school She
will be absent two years. Mr. Shea intends
remaining in America with his family, though
he will visit ireland on business curing the
Summer. The gentleman is averse to stating
the value of the Irish property to which he is
heir, but it amounts TO about e15,000.
Work upon the dry dock at the north end
will commence shortly.
At Grace church, Sunday, Rev. Joha Greg
son, pastor, in the morning will preach from
the text, Acts vi, s. Subject: Practical power
and courage 10 the Christian life. The after
noon service viii be omitted, their being preach
ing service in the evening at 1880. Text, S..
John xiv, 1911. Snbjsct: Divinity and work
of the Holy Spirit At the Beacon street
church, morning subject of the pastor, Rev.
| Mr.. Adams, The sin of borrowing trouble. At
| the Elm street church the pastor, Rev. Mr..
| Chase's morning sermon will be to The young
| folks. La the afternoon Messrs. Adams Of the
| Beacon street and Chase of the Elm street, ex-
| change. At the Wesley church, Rev. Mr. Pot.
| tie will exchange with Rev. Mr. Ladd Of Port
lapd. AT the Central church the pulpit W II be
supplied by Rev. Mr.. Thwing of Andover The
| illogical Seminary. At ST. N ary's church,
| Father o. Brien lectures in the morning upon
| parochal affairs. In the evening be comment
ces series OF -rmons upon 1.-The Doctrines OF
the Catholic Church."
Eliot King, OF Portland, speaks to the wol k
ipgmen at City Hall this evening
Dnprez & Benedict's Ministries are On the
way.
With eggs at II cents per dozen, and butter
Is Cents per pound, omeets ought to be cheap
One of the most extensive ship-yards in this
| city or state is the old Croker and Drummond
yard, now OWED by Hon. VIM. Rogers. sltus-
ted next north of Goss, Sawyer & Packard's
yard, at the north eul. This yard has water
| front OF 500 feet, with an area in prOportioo.
Upon it are ten mills and buildings used iu the
building business, with total length of 400
feet In the planning and saving building 10 a
planer which can plane fifty five feet without
moving the tick, with width of five fret aud
| a depth of rise and fall of 121 feet, This ma
| chine runs over rollers when 10 4chinists claim
to be of great advantage In the boiler-room 10
60-horse power BOILER which supplies Do
horse power englue with driving wheel II
feet ia diameter. A popularity If tue carpen-
ter, moulding, drying, plug, aud other shops is
tae extreme neatness VISIBLE, and in the yard
noth1ug Is allowed 10 be considered "waste "
| In the saw-mili Is Que of the haost CIRCULAR
bend saws, with patent Carrying back appara-
tus. The moulding machine in the moulding
shop is cs pable OF turning out any variety of
moulding. On the stocks the eastern barge is
| planetd and nearly competed, is of handsome
model, aud will b. l4uLcned during the present
month. 10 TIL office may be s.eD, among
| macy hne mooels, tnaJ from which tue 1900
fon ships "Lev G. WAde, D.ul-i Barnes, and
james Bailey were built. Mr.. Rog-rs Is al
energetic sort OF man, " no does t believe ia the
ruiu of shipping, and dorsn't belong To the
'croskers
L-es Klpg will build on the Koox & Lincoln
| L. Il. wharf, lighter
The K. & l.. r r freight business Thurs
day and to-day amounted 10 fifty-two cars. Not
very hard times!
A. Ingalls, block factory, the bed piece of
the shaft of the steam whaler Is being made.
The Fowsge Go. have taken off the RosouLe
and put the American Union on 10 her place.
Six large fishing schuoners arrived no this
morning, and a host of smaller vessels with
cargoes Of fresh cod.
Thursday mornIDg dwellipg-hoase in upper
Woolwich was burned
Mortality past week, one death.