The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-28
MAINE CITIES.
Jottings by Press Correspondents
BATH

Again the Dog-Accident - Shipping
The Tramps-Excursions- News
Gossip.
w WEDNESDAY, Aug. q.
Real doggy weather.
The city officials have decided to butcher all
dogs not having license, orders imperative to
this effect being given to the police this after
noon.
Fifty-three excursonists from Bath went TO
Sebago today.
Alterations and repairs are now being prose-
cuted on the Central church in earnest.
Nathaniel Sprague, after three years absence
has returned to Bath from San Francisco.
Now is the season for very high tides.
Huckleberries are reported as being very
scarce.
Alterations and repairs are being made up on
the stores beneath Music Hall.
The Greenbacxers will hold rallies tomorrow
and Friday evenings.
A man dressed in black coat, white vest
and pants, wearing long red whiskers, Tues
day from till p. M, spent his time IN
frightening young girls in the vicinity OF
Chestnut and Maple streets. On complaint OF
one of the frightened girls, Officer Tibbetts
was today detailed to work up the case.
Bath boys at work in Rockland factories
have begun to come back to Bath.
The Conant Bros. have put upon the river,
for excursion parties, a steam yacht, built last
year by Robinson.
Capt. Thomas Woodward of New Orleans,
C. ,ofD np,a ric ere
in town today.
Shin carpenter Otis Card who sought work
two wears since in Hartford, Conn, has just
returned home from that city to stay.
Bath shoe peg eradications are getting f TO DC
asleep upon a mattress placed comfortably up
on VIM Crookers factory door-steps on Com,
mercial street. His slumbers were disturbed
by the arrival of some OF the employees o! the
X. & l.. r. r. at the machine shop opposite
Four Early Rose potatoes grown i'll an Acade-
nv street garden, each weighing one pound.
Not small potatoes by any means.
At Hathorn's ship yard ship keel is being
stretched.
Yesterday afternoon Sma s hghtef ran INTO
a schooner at Swett's wharf, leaving the sail
of the lighter and carrying away its rudder.
After making repairs it will load coal and
lnmber for House Island.
In port to-day four ships sixteen schooners.
Mfr. Andrew Savage's dog was yesterday shot
by Carpenter.
Were the dog law fully enforced it would
net 5000 at least per year in the city treasury
Every fifth man i'll Bath according to the
assessors list owns a horse.
The street commissioner has made great
improvement in the regarding of Standishs
hill on the Bull bridge road.
Capt. Williams of Parker's Head Tuesday
night caught 800 weight of hake and 800
mackerel.
ID. X. Newhall, a beat, got the grand bounce
from Mr.. Harris boarding house on Monday.
Henry Varnum of Woolwich has accepted
the position of manager of the Telephone
office at Portland.
A large lot of sGrandilla wood has just been
received by VIM. ingalls,. 1t is a very rare
import
Croker & Lilly's anchor foundry begin
work next week upon the manufacture OF
ship trusses.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows
presiding In the case of Brown Brown,
In which damages of S99S.3I were awarded the
plaintiff. Ell Millay and G. w. Larrabee
were the counsel for plaintiff and not for
defendant as was published in the local sheet.
On trial-Case No. so Samuel w. Randall VS..
Humphrey S. Varney. This is an action for
trespass on land situated in Bowdoinham.
Naturalization papers were made out Tor 5.
S. Smith of Brunswick and Niles Anderson of
Richmond
The Damariscotta races come Off at the park
next Wednesday, Sept Sd.