The Portland daily press., 1879-04-23
MAINE CITIES,
Jottings by Press Correspondents.
BATH.

BATH.
TUESDAY, April %.
The 'Stal" arrives Wednesday.
Thermometer 600 in the shade, 3 p. m.
Hill, the victim of the Westport accident,
still improves. His recovery is certain.
Two runaways on Front street this morning.
Lieut. Thomas Child, son of the late DR..
Child, an old Bath boy, is visiting Bath.
DR.. Fuller reports rapid improvement Of
Thomas W. Reed, Esq.
The travelling is excellent
The social meeting of Highland Light Lodge
last evening, at their rooms, was well attended
and enjoyed.
Mozart Club holds its next meeting Monday
evening at Music Hall
A pleasure boat, built at an expense of $40,
by A. W. Ring year since, was sold for $50
today, and shipped to Mr.. Charles Morris,
Damarscotta, this afternoon. The boat is Of
white pine. finished in willow, black walnut
and cedar, and can be used with oars or sail.
Length 10 feet, width feet, depth 10 inches.
Experts pronounce it the prettiest boat built in
this city.
The locomotive Henry Ingalls, left the X. g
L. shop this morning for service on the road.
The Francis Cobb is to be repaired and painted.
On Monday evening last an association to be
known as the Sagadahoc County Law Club was
formed by the younger members of the bar and
law students of this vicinity. Organization
was effected as follows: President, Jerry
Mlllay; Secretary, J. M. Trott; Executive Com
mittee, W. E. Hogan, John Donovan, John FL.
Hill. Weekly meeting will be held for the
discussion of questions of law.
E. Huse, the joiner, has left town for posi-
ton in Boston.
Abe Simpson, until recently engineer at the
Sewell coal.y ard, will run locomotive on a
Massachusetts road.
Next Thursday night large number of IN
employed men leave on the Boston boat for
Boston and New York in search of work. Bath
capitalists ought to show public spirit and
greater enterprise and keep our citizens at
home.
Carpet-beating is lively on the park.
At the session of the s. j. Court, Monday, on
motion of Mr.. Adams, G. J. Dresser of Bruns-
wick was admitted to the bar.
The Bowdoinhsm road case is carried to the
law court on exceptions.
SpauldiDg for Pet Larrabee.
No. Sc, Converse Purington ct ais. vs.. James
A. Dingley. This is an action to recover on q
ing to S8,748.46, made during 1876, at Bowdoin-
ham. Entered in S. j Court for Sagadahoc
at the April term, 1877, continued to the August
term, 1878, and then referred to Hon. W. G..
Barrows and j. A. Peters, who had protract-
ed hearing upon the case during the winter of
1878. Reported at this session of S. j. Court,
awarding against defendants breaking of the
covenant, and assessing damages for the plain
tiff in the sum of S., $3.50 debt or damage, and
costs of reference taxed at $16S.S2, and costs of
court to be decided by the court. Report &C.
cepted. Tallman and Larrabee for plaintiffs.
| S. G. Whltmore of Gardiner for defts.
The Eastern steamer Mt. Desert was
launched this afternoon at Goss, Sawyer &,
! Packard's yard. The first blows were struck
| the wedges at Ito p. M, the steamer slid from
| the way at precisely Up. m. The launch was
| witnessed by large number of spectators
| Capt. ID. Robinson of Rockland will command
the vessel. Her length is 1925 feet, breadth I'll
| ftet, depth 96, and she measures 457 .16 TONS
| Extreme length 1902 feet, extreme breadth ago,
She will be taken to Portland by the Knicker-
booker Wednesday.
The Artesian well at Goss s. Sawyer's yard il
| been obtained
The locomotive David Patten, running
between Bath and Brunswick was to-day sent
to the repair shop for repairs The Bruins
wick will supply her place on the route.
| The lighter Gszelle brought from Potter's
white oak timber. --
| The semi-centennial of the Abbott Academy
| of Andover. Mass takes place June 18th and
18th. DR.. Storrs of Brooklyn wi II deliver the
principal address. President s ee lye of Smith
| College an address of congratulation IN behalf
of colleges and schools for women throughout
the country. All interested are desired to be
| present. tst = hAG- +r.
Later-The Mt Desert towed by the Knicker
booker left for Portland at 30 D. m.