The Portland daily press., 1879-09-16


Nearly frost this morning. Take in your
sun flowers.
The mackerel have struck in solid to Booth
bay harbor
A carload of cattle went over the X. & L.
railroad en- route for Brighton market.
The schooner Susan, with 4,02S bushels of
corn arrived yesterday for Randall, and is now
unloading at city wharf.
freight packet from Boston with a miscel-
laneous cargo for Bath merchants, arrived this
morning.
The Times refers to an advertisement of 800
ladies vests with local call for 500 ladies to
visit the advertised store and purchase the
stock. Let's see That makes but one apiece?
How about change?
The Barytes mill is running night and day.
One cargo of the raw material arriv ed today.
Municipal Court, Judge Tallman presiding.
Action for wages; Gray VS.. Varney. Verdict
for deft 1. NJ. Trott for plf c. w. l. rrabee
for deft.
Several small boys were burning powder on
Centre street rear the old brick-yard yester-
day afternoon, when the powder went of pre-
maturely, severely burning the face OF a boy
named John King, and giving his hair a gratis
cut. $500,
old girl while crawling on the floor, dlslocated
her right shoulder by sudden fall.
Capt. Bob Dingley smashed household crock
cry at his house Saturday night, and was again
locked up. Today he lies ., SICK IN the palals
The best hay brings $11 per ton.
Theyacht Commodore will take party to
Monhegan and Pemaquid the latter part Of
| this week, stopping over the Sabbath.
| The NJ. G. r. r. management are conduct
| ting a series of experiments to find out if any
| HOY 1afantiyn
| Demorest's patterns for the ladies have been
received by PuringtOn.
William E. Hogan of this city is out of town
attending as Grand Representative of the Odd
Fellows of Maine, the session tof the worlds
congress of Odd Fellows in Baltimore. Mr..
Hogan is the youngest Grand Master in the
world and acts the second year as Grand Rep
resentative of the Maine lodges. After the
congress adjourns he visits California and the
West and returning will take hasty trip to
Niagara and the provinces.
Saturday night Mr.. Chas. Weber, fell from
q tree, sustaining severe injuries. Attended
by Dr. E. M. Fuller.
This morning teamster named Kingsbury
was struck terrible blow beneath the jaw by
lever at one of the ship yards. Attended by
Dr. E. M. Fuller.
| Three new sails arrived Saturday for the
ship Theobald.
Two cars of spars from Yarmouth for Dame
| & Wiggin, arrived Saturday and were towed
| to the yard this morning.
Three young men, Ferrin, Starkey and Oil
yer by name, Saturday night hired q team for
pleasure ride for $500 of Joseph Wolf. Wolf
borrowed the team from a man named Davis,
| who lives on the plains, and the four drove
away. The greater part of the night Davis
| hunted for his horse in yaln. Finally near
morning the horse was restored, but Wolf has
not since been seen.
Lying ON the locals desk is root of the
| Sassafras tree, which has romantic history.
1t grows in the swamps bordering the Satilla
| river, Ga. Over it the huge snakes and allga-
| tors of the swamp have trailed their Shiny car
casses for many years Had its gnarled knots
been eyes it would have seen many a bustling
loading of the lumber schooners at the waters
edge had it ears many a negro melody it would
have listened to as the colored laborers, re-
gardless of the thousand snakes and alligators
with bare feet trudged back and forth in the
| swamp mud. It. with brother root, was cut
by the late cook of the schooner Satilla, re-
Gently arrived in this port. The cook was
| swept overheard on the voyage, and the root
| came into the possession of the U. S. Shipping
/ Commissioner, whence it reached its present
hands.
The concert at the Winter street church, to
have taken place last night, was postponed one
week owing to the storm.
Sunday morning sailor, Harry Beck, stole
500 belonging to Capt. John S. Cole of the
| schooner Adde S. Loles now lying at Booth
bay, and vamoosed. The mate came to this
city and with the police watched the western
bound X. & L. trains this morning with no re-
suit.
VIM P. Hill has in his possession an Eastern
Argus, dated July %, 1872, containing speech
of Hon. Mark Langdon Hill at the Popham
celebration. Among many curiosities in Mr..
Hills cabinet is sword presented the owners
grandfather by Gov. Langdon of New Hamp-
shire, a branch of tree from Waterloo and
specimens of rarely found fish.
| Mr.. u. III. Blair is making business and
| pleasure visit to New Bedford.
A hard pine floor is going down in the clerks
office. Reason-too many matrimonial as
pirants calling
This morning after the blow the orchards
were covered with green apples.
Commercial street has been regarded.
Last night the glorious beams of the street
lamps lighted the citizens homeward path.
The tax payers heart reioiced at the sight.
Trains from the east continue to convey daily
crowds of returning summer pleasure seekers.