The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-21

Short Notes-Serious Accident-Court
and Police News-Life-S Saving Appar-
atus-Nearly Fatal Accident at Popham.


WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20.
Fine weather this
W.. d. Mussenden, ESD, arrived home this
morning.
Rev. Ralph Kenyon of New York is in town
The pastors have returned from the pastures.
Schooner Anna Lyle has been raised and will
be repair ed at X. & L. dock
The Centennial, ashore on the flats at Hall
bay, was not gotten off this morning.
Steam yacht Sappho was in port for repairs
yesterday afternoon
At the palais last night Edward Garcelon
of the merchant marine, an unknown man Oh
the genus tramp.
During the storm Monday night the schooner
Eliza B. Sawyer broke her port anchor in
Boothbay harbor.
Two men, too happy had row at Belcher's
saloon last night.
Sixty excursionists from Bath went to the
clam-bake at Lincolnville to-day.
Two intentions have been recorded up to
August IS for this month.
Steamers Kapella and Adella steamed past
this morning with 1900 logs for Wiscasset lum-
Der mills.
The steam whaler's sails are bent.
In freight receipts to-day was car OF corn
for Mitchell, and one car of grain for Randall.
Four cars of stone went West to-day.
Owing to the rough water, graphing was dis
continued in Back river Tuesday. This morn
ing nine dories with Southport parties were at
work below the gate.
Mr.. John Gilmore, last night about o'clock,
fell head foremost down the stairs OF his house
on lower Washington street, striking the floor
upon his right temple and causing terrible
| scalp wound eight inches long, stripping the
| scalp from the skull upon the right half OF his
| head and Severing the temporal artery. Dr.
E. P. Roche was called and dressed the wound
| The patient is man OF sixty.
| The match between PERKINS, Fred and
Gould's Oko, at the Damariscotta Driving
Park is postponed to Friday afternoon.
The Marion takes the place of the Creed
more on her down trip to-day, the latter being
| off for repairs.
One hundred and fifty sail in Boothbay har-
| Dor this morning.
A sailors boarding house is needed in this
| city.
Correspondent X. X. to the local sheet is in
formed that information through that source
cannot be accepted as trustworthy Ii a cor
rection be desired, the Bathaocal will willingly
accommodate when requested
In accordance with the law, the Eastern Steam
boat Company have caused twelve settees for
the Sasanoa and Samoset to be provided WITH IN
life-preserving boxes. In each box is 70
| pounds Oh COrk. LII duulllOH AOu lilC-o@Nt hS
planks, feet long, foot wide and inches
| Il ick are being made to be carried upon the
hurricane deck. Through the centre OF each
plank lanyard is rove. Mr. John Carr is
now at work upon the apparatus. No safer
| boats in case of accident are now i'll use on the
rivers of New England than will be those OF
the E. S. Co. when equipped.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows pre-
siding
The two iuries for the August term are: list
|
| L. Berry, j. Black, r. G. Coombs, H. F. Cor
liss, L.. Custello, e. o. Cunningham, W. e.
Durham, w. Dunning, A. g. Eaton, q. A.
Fitzpatrick.
Second iury-I G. Richardson, foreman; w.
Harlow, d. ID. Hodgkins, d. G. Jaques, g. G..
Lancaster, j. s. Merryman, Geo. Moulton, Jr:,
7. r. Patterson, j. B. Pratt, Caleb Ridley, E.
Rowe, A. X. p. Walker.
Supernumeraries-J. H. Gilmore, j. White:
This afternoon the grand jury returned
three bills, two for adultery, one for forgery.
They were then discharged, having served
their term. Thursday morning the first trial
opens with case No Ill, VIM. IL. Higgins VS.
Henry L. Wyman. This is an action for tres
pass. Larrabee for the plaintiff, Hogan for the
defendant.
The first issue of the Bath Daily News ap-
The steamer Mary g. Helen will sail proba-
bly, Saturday for New Bedford. She is beau
ty.
/ A young lady guest at the Eureka House,
Popham, recently met with a thrilling adven-
ture upon the ice trestle-work leading to the
pier. One of the planks yielded to her step
and broke. In trying to recover her balance
she fell backward and would have fallen fifty
feet to the ground had not her companion
hastily catching her as she was disappearing
over the platform, saved her from what must
have been a fatal fall.
The farmers are picking up their fallen bean
poles.
Nary street lamp shineth.
Runaway on Washington street this morn
ing.
cred an almanac in bakers pie. Hard
times.
A boy named John Laughlin tumbled over
board from Houghton's wharf this morning.
Rescued by men on the wharf.
The politicians are all rolling up their shirt
sleeves.