The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-15
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
BATH.
PERSONAL---VERY. Accident-Ship Launched
-Poisoned-Police and General News.


SATURDAY, Sept. IS.
Goldfish, white caps in the harbor.
Fishermen are meeting with good success.
City Clerks office at City Hall is being
rejuyenated.
Country purchasers flock our streets. Adj
vertisers remember the Bath advertising
column
Mr.. James e. Murray the gentlemanly
clerk the past season at the Samoset, Mouse
Island, passed through the city to-day en- route
for Boston, He reports successful season at
the Island.
Mrs Jesse Savage is slowly recovering
from the effects of poisoning by strychnine the
first of this week. Whether accident or de-
sign caused the illness is as yet unknown.
Dr. A. j. Fuller was among the speakers at
the Paris Centennial.
Messrs. Littlefeld and Silsbury to-day pur-
chased for $500 the fishing boat of Williams
of Parker's Head She will be reftted and
called the Nellie.
Steamer Valera brought ten passengers
down river yesterday and a fair freight.
Four tramps and Captain Bob Dingley at
the palais last night.
Alexander Kingsbury picked up tow boat
painted black adrift in the river this afternoon.
One car load of car wheels to be used by the
Bucksport Road passed over the X. & l.. Road
this morning.
One hundred and ninety tickets from Bath
were sold for the Pennington excursion to-
day.
4 crew for the Satilla now loading ice for
Savanna at Boothbay passed through the city
to-day.
A very pleasant company gathered at
residence of Col. G. A L. Sampson last even
ing. The company was given to Miss Garce-
lon, daughter of GOV. Garcelon.
Messrs. Conductor Woodbury. and Mail
Agent Mash of the X. & L. Railroad are spend
ing their vacations at Windsor lake.
Ship Theobald loaded with 1868 tons of ice
by the Arctic Company hauled up stream to-
day and sails next "Wednesday.
Farmers are selling cider at 10 cents per
gallon.
Wilcox, the Elm street peanut vender, and
A. Leeman had street scrimmage last night,
resulting in sundry black eyes. No arrests.
DIR. E. M. Fuller has brought from Europe
some fine instruments for surgical uses.
The Republicans at Parker's Head last
night INDUCED in a torch light procession and
glorification.
Yesterday afternoon there was unwonted ex-
element at the High School caused by COM
bat between Mr.. Marston, one of the teachers,
affair is under the advisement of Supt. Huse.
Charles Keller, the Swede who was killed
yesterday afternoon by falling from the main
top-gallant yard upon the capstan of the Theo-
bald was buried by the United States Govern
ment in this city this morning. The seaman
was but 30 years old, and last hailed from St
John. Capt. Waterhouse states that in falling
he struck the rigging and might have been
saved had he not struck the capstan His left
ribs were all broken. No blood was visible
oh ba {z,oa tins The sad accident
was the subject of sympathetic comment about
town.
Bath people wish that more excursions could
be arranged to the islands from Portland II
such nice folks would continue their patronage.
The depot was made the centre of a friendly
social last night by Bath acquaintance of the
excursionists.
The fine bark Havana was launched this
morning in the presence of large crowd, from
Rogers yard, about 10 O'Clock. Capt. b. F.
Rice formerly of the "Antonio Sala,' will
command.
The yacht Commodore, Capt. Frank, will
take private party to Portland Wednesday
afternoon, stopping through the Maine State
Fair.
The Masons of this city will not dedicate
their hall October LIST, as stated by the Com
mercial, because it has been once dedicated.
Invitations, however. have been given Knights
Omer of Waterville, to visit Bath on October
LIST. There will be clam-bake at Cox's Head,
a street parade in this city, and reception in
the evening given the visiting brethren.
DIR. Geo. E. Percy of Boston is making
short stop in Bath.
Farmers complain of the potato rot.
The dimensions of the Havana are: length
of keel, 1926; length over ALL 100; depth, 15.3;
breadth, 1873; tonnage, $40. She is the first
vessel built in Bath with iron hanging and
fore and aft knees with iron stanchions. Her
complete construction has already been given
in the locals
Those fine baskets of choice fruit at Fosters
are most artstically arranged.