The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-12
TUESDAY, Ncv. II.

TUESDAY, Ncv. II.
Police news wanting.
One raft 600 LOGS TO Winnegance this morn
ing
BarkeEtine Stephen G. Hart lies in mid
stream ice laden. Her crew was shipped to-
day.
Gould received two cars of corn from The
West to-day.
Items for the locals- Business bits, gossip.
notes, accidents, everything of interest. please
leave at this Office or at Shaws.
A company from Philadelphia will i'm
mediately establish at Georgetown factory to
can clans for the West India trade. Twenty
five cents per bushel Will be paid for the
bivalye.
The Marion is going 10 Bostou to tow in the
harbor this winter.
Eight cars of granite passed West to-day.
Neighboring residents complain that the
pile OF fertilizers in the field at the west end
of Court street is nuisance
At dusk last evening boy WAS chased by .
man on North street His cries OF murder
frightened away his pursuor who is supposed
to have been a tramp.
At Goss & Sawyer's yard two schooners are
being painted Oh the stocks. The schooner
just launched was towed up river with riggers
on board to finish work while the vessel is be-
ing ice laden. The haste was because of fear
OF being shut in later by the ice.
The temperance boom is aba!ng.
Mr.. Chas. Frost has sold ont his interest in
the hack business To Mr. Ed. Pask.
Adams & Hitchcocks new schooner is being
painted
We note with 4 feeling OF sadness the death
whici. occurred this morning of Mr.. Edward
Ames Preble Of this city Mr. Preble was a
young man of fine moral character, talented
and had every prospect Of q fair future. Of
TIE Bath High School class Of 10 he was
yalcdictnrian, and his high scholarship fully
mtriied for him this position. Consumption
hos caused smother fair flower OF manhood to
fade.
fythian hop at Columbian Hall tonight.
In the concert to lake place Thursday even
iLg next at the Unitarian church in Bruins
wick the following names OF musical folks from
Bath add interes: 10 the programme: Miss
Jennie w. Mcclellan. Mrs. Levi c. Wade,
Mrs. T. w. Hyde, Mr.. c. II. Mcclellan,
Mcssrs T. X and Geo. turtevant G. Foster,
w. Torrey, j. Frank Hayd en-, Mrs. G. E. r.
Patten A special train will convey Bath
ptOplc 10 anu lTOUl illb tUltl Ailtlll6El.
Next in the Star course Ger. Fitzpatrick
lecture Friday evening. Nov 18th.
The new ship now being built at the Sewal
yard viii have II go feet keel, and will be -
feet wide.
Mr. Chas. Frank left for Leadyilie last
night.
A nuisance gone. Dickerman ct ux. left
town for good on last nights Boston beat
A newly married citizen returned home ate
the other evening and surprised his waiting
bride by fumbling long at the key hole. Fin
ally in despair he called for bunch of keys,
asserted sizes
Trailing arbutus blossoms are frequently
found fully open in the woods.
One of our retired machinists isn't content
with an ordinary lifetime Of hard labor and
trade of blacksmithng in his old factory, for
the pleasure of the thing. An example TO
Young America.
The Odd Fellows talk OF holding a series of
dances this winter.
Thos. Dunning win give series of dancing
lessons this winter, with Gilbert to conduct, in
Columbian Hall.
What's to be done Thanksgiving?
A Portland drummer, who frequently visits
Bath is an ont and out vegetarian. He never
has eaten mouthful of meat and cannot.
What beefsteak is to another man 4 COED
mealy potato is to him.
One Of our city lawyers has a foot SO large
that upon buying recently pair of boots with
Scotch welt soles he found it necessary to
widen his office entrance.
Snow is in the air boys,
Fall soon we wish it may.
Brightest Of all earthly joys
Is gliding in sleigh.
At the regular meeting of Highland Light
Lodge No. 7, /. o. G. t., held last evenin 6,
the following resolution was passed:
Resolved, That this lodge in sentiment is in
sympathy with the temperance movement now
on foot, and that we as lodge pledge our as
sstance to the officers of the law in The dis
charge of their duty