The Portland daily press., 1879-08-18

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Mortality = Yachting-s Shipping Straws.
SATURDAY, Aug. 16.
Number of deaths during the past week q.
A southeast rain storm refreshes.
Rev. Dr. Fiske is back from his trip to the
provinces.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. ID. g. Cushman
fell down the cellar stairs at her residence on
Lincoln street, causing a comminuted fracture
of the right arm.
Hitchcock & Adams have leased the Hough-
ton ship yard and will commence operations
Immediately upon 600 ton schooner.
The Lettie this afternoon with S. f. G. Co.,
No. 3. Oh board started out for three days
yachting cruise.
Two drunken fellows frightened people on
Washington street last night. More light.
Officers Tibbets and Fife of the police force
have been presented with rose and cane wood
bilies by Officer Small of Nashua N. II. The
weapons were made by Mr.. Small of wood OBJ
tanned in China.
A boy nearly had his eye put out near the
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trying to catch the missiles with his optic.
Eugene Hale was in town to-day.
AT Sanford's provision market on exhibition
to-day was a ten and a half feet marble head
corn stalk grown by III. B. Richardson of West
Bath.
The soop yacht Sunshine was in port this
morning with a Boston party
Thieves boarded the yard Anemone last
night for thieving purposes when Capt. Nc
Lellan woke up and interviewed them SO that
they retired in good order.
A jack ass owned by Frank King kicked
man named Fred Stlphin in Russelps grove
last night.
The file steam yacht Sappho, Capt. Brooks,
arrived in port from Mt. Desert this morning.
The steam whaler Mary and Helen is at the
Shears. She will sail for New Bedford the
first of next week.
Harrington was trying his new yacht this
morning She is very fast boat and was
built to beat anything ON the river. She sailed
round the Sappho several times
Officers Tibbetts, Fife and Longley arrested
three sailors who ran away from one of the ice
schooners, the Nellie F. Sawyer, at Thwing's
Point, Friday, putting them on board their
vessel this morning
The Joseph Clarke is receiving a new
mizzen mast at Sewall's wharf.
The Adella RATED 400 logs to Wiscasset yes
terday.
The Valera steamed past for the islands this
morning with Richmond party on board.
Ship notes-A view of the city from the
Woolwich Ferry is not conducive to the hard
times blues. Every day from twenty to fifty
ships, briggs and schooners with numberless
small crafts and steamers lie near or ply about
the harbor. From the reach to the narrows
Bath looks like business place. AT Chapman
& Flint's yard their new ship is assuming
finished proportions, while the ship lying at
their wharf is now being painted and fitted for
sea. At Blaisdell's a new schooner is nearly
ready for painting, and Hagan & Thurlow
have fine vessel just launched.
Houghton's yard next week will again be
scene of old time activity as the axe and
saw is used on the frame for Hitchcocks q
Adams schooner. AT Dame & Virgins spar
yard there is constant work, while Goss, Saw
yer & Packard huge yard, in which are now
nearly framed three large schooners and a
1900 ton bark strikes the spectator as the gem
of Baths water front AT Rogers yard the
Cuban bark is half planl1ed, while the barken-
tine is nearly ceiled. And in Sewell's yard is
the frame OF a $500 ton ship to be built the
coming fall. During the month of July near
ly three hundred vessels left this port for-sea.
Advance freights our business men find to be
improving. The business outlook is promising
for our leading industry, both for large ships
and, especially for coasting vessels while the
general trade in our business circles is certain
ly better than it was last year. Few people
are suffering from want, taxes have been re-
duced, every body is getting along" and it
certainly seems time for the croakers to cease
prophecying evil to our city, or else to remove
to their brethren in the marshes.
Democratic caucus Monday evening at City
Hall.
Excursion over the Knox & Lincoln next
Wednesday.
A party of ladies and gentlemen from Bos-
ton, some of whom are high in musical circles,
have gone into camp at Indian Point.
Marsh birds are plenty at Small Point SO tie
nimrods say.
A most pleasant musical soiree was that Of
the Winter street society at the residence of
T. M. Simpson, Esq. last night.