The Portland daily press., 1879-05-23
BATH.

THURSDAY, May %.
! Summer visitors are arriving.
Very quiet at police headquarters.
Ship Prussian, Capt. McLoon, from Havre
in ballast, was brought up stream this orn-
| ing by the Knickerbocker.
| AT Packards yard the old ''head house" to
the main railway is being demolished and the
new house and saw mill is well along
Mr. Chas E. Shaw an old Bath boy, made
a flying visit home yesterday. He is in the
| jewelry business in Clinton, Mass.
Freight-M c. R. r., east 10 cars, west -;
K & L. R. R., east II, west 16.
Hotel arrivals Wednesday-Shannon 16,
Sagadahoc %.
| Eight cars of Dix Island granite passed
| through this city for ST. Louis this morning
The schooner Milwaukee of Machias, with
| about 300 tons of coal for the Eastern Steam
boat Company, is now unloading at City
| wharf.
| Mr.. L. L. Sprague has purchased of Phips-
burg parties small schooner which will be
commanded by Capt. Robert Armstrong and
| be used in the coasting trade.
The Messrs Croker are refitting the tug
| Marion for the seasons work.
The Chas. H. Trickey concluded not to load
| ice at Horse Island Harbor and sailed with a
| pilot for Port johnson this morning.
The Laurena has had her machinery over
hauled, her house cut into, thereby enlarging
| the standing room aft, and will receive a
| ia unity awning before leaving for Boothbay
| Harbor.
| Three carts of gypsies passed through this
| city this afternoon, from Cambridge, en- route
| for Canada. They consisted of two families,
nine persons in all, and household goods and
gods were all packed in the wagons They
pick up precarious livelihood, tin-knocking
and swapping horses. They report a large
party as having gone north in advance of them
up the Kennebec.
Soon after o'clock this morning an alarm
of fire was sounded, coming from the unoccu-
pied school house near the Beacon street
church on Somerset Place. Origin of the fire
unknown. Damage slight.
The centre board schooner of % tons, now
on the stocks at Harrington's yard for Capt.
Miller of Chatham, Mass, is nearly completed
and will be launched next Saturday. Mr..
Harrington is parhaps ONE of the hest know n
yacht builders in New England and the speed
and beauty OF his boats are well known. One
yacht, the Fearless, a 46 ton fore and aft
schooner, owned by Capt. Eben d. Phillips of
Swampscott, Mass, has won q out of % races
sailed by the Eastern Yacht Club. In the
Dos UOn regatta Oh 1910, MT. harrington naQ
six yachts of his building in the contest. Be-
sides the Fearless, some of his best known
yachts are the Pilgrim which won the race
above mentioned, the Lydia, the winner of the
city regatta, Boston, 4th of July, 1876, the
Haze, Tempest Vixen and Brinda, which last
named vessel has lately been in port for re-
pairs.
The temperance meeting at Popham Lodge
last night was presided over by Judge Tall
man. Two gentlemen were appointed from
each of the seven city wards, to consider
means whereby the claimed sale of liquor in
the city might be prevented
One of the hands at Winnegance saw mill
| had two fingers sliced from his right hand by
| trimmer Wednesday.
Mr.. John Klippel, the popular clothier on
Front street, has now in stock ''just the thing"
| to suit everybody's taste in light spring suit
ings. Every suit is guaranteed to fit and wear
| Mr.. Klippels line of furnishing goods is styl-
| ish and desirable. We would call attention to
| his advertisement in our Bath column.