The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-01
SATURDAY, Aug. 90.

SATURDAY, Aug. 20.
Schools open Monday.
The merchants anticipate good fall trade.
Don't steal your news but let everybody
buy the PRES and Argus.
B. w. & II. Y. Morse will build another
large coaster as soon as their frame arrives
from the South.
Mr.. Alfred Lemont is building a fine sum-
mer residence upon a slightly eminence in West
Bath, overlooking Campbell's pond.
The Kapella lowed 500 logs to Wiscasset this
morning.
Alden Leeman caught 500 weight of hake off
Seguin last night.
Orrin Dlaisdell closed the planking of lis
large schooner today.
The Portland yacht Laurel built in 1920, was
in port today. The captain has met with no
accident while afioat for so years.
Thirty-seven sail in Boothbay harbor this
morning.
S. Nickerson & Co., and Freeman Orne at
Boothbay have done a good fish business dur
ing the past season.
Boothbay porgy mill is not running.
G. p. Richardson, Esq, and family are stop
ping at Popham.
Mr.. j. S. Kicker of Portland is in town, the
guest of l.. w. Houghton, Esq.
Rev. l. NJ. Phillips, Presbyterian minister,
long Berdee missionary among the Sioux In
dians, has been visiting his son in this city the
past week. He is now stationed in Manlius,
n. Y. He thinks Bath one of the prettlest
places he has ever seen.
VIM S. Hunt of the Georgia Land and Lum-
Der Co., Simmons Island, Ga, is visiting, his
boyhoods home. Mr.. H. isa brother of Reu-
ben S. Hunt of this city.
Burglars attempted TO force an entrance into
A. Af Ia a
Block last night. They pried off the shutters
from the office door, when by some chance
they were frightened away before taking out
the glass. Moral.-Let us have our gas lights
lighted.
nounces the probably total loss of the ship Re-
union, bound from Megellones to Hamburg,
ashore at Heligoland. The Reunion was built
in 1865, by Trnfant e. Drummond; is of 1143
tons, and was owned by Capt. f. b. Drum
mond, Messrs. 5Malct, Chas. Mcclellan and
others of this city.
This afternoon as Geo. Moulton, Esq, was
driving the foundry team into his stable-yard
the horse became frightened, threw Mr.. Moul-
ton out and made quick time from the house
on Middle street to the Point Mr.. David 5.
Harris in O most courageous manner stopped
the frightened animal. Mr.. Moulton's head
was bruised by being run over by the wheel;
and the rear wheel OF team departed. DIR. A.
j. Fuller attended him, bat found the injury
to be but flesh wounds.
Capt. Albert Lewis is building fine large
dwelling house ON Sawyer's Island.
The jewellers are doing smashing business.
More matrimony, they cry.
1t is proposed to tar and feather the appll-
cants for that % per cent. reduction. No gas
is to be the war cry
Rev. A w. Pottle pastor of Wesley church,
has laid upon our desk a little paper called the
Pastoral Leafiet" 1t is published monthly,
gives list of church officers, organizations
and meetings, with other interesting matter
pertaining to the Wesley church. 1t is an eX-
cellent idea well carried out. BY the way if
CITY pastors would leave church notices and
news at our Office on Friday mornings, 1t
would favor both the local and the city public.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows
presiding. HeZekiah A. Curtis VS.. Inhabitants
of Topsham. To recover compensation for
alleged injuries ON highway, December 14th,
1878. There being some question as to whether
the fourteen days notice required by the
statute had been complied with, the plaintiff
having given verbal notice, when, as the de-
PENDANTS counsel contend, written notice
was necessary evidence on this point was
adduced and is to be reported to the law court.
In case they find the notice sufficient, the
action will stand for trial; otherwise the plain
tiff will become nonsuit. e. j. Millay with
C. w. Larrabee for plaintiff; Gilbert for de-
PENDANT.
State VS.. Williams Indictment for adultery.
Plea misnomer. MOI pressed Hall for State;
Millay for respondent.
State VS.. Seaman Single sale. Appeal
from Municipal Court. After evidence all
out Withdrawn and entered mol pros. Hall for
State; Gilbert for defendant.
State vs. NJ Leyden. Single sale. Appeal
Respondent could not tell whether he was
guilty or not ''until he heard the evidence"
After the hearing he plead guilty. Hall for
State: Larrabee for defendant.
One of our Bath advertisements to-day
brought customer to a leading Bath firm
one Of the many cases to follow.
Lots of Bath folks at the Richmond Camp
grounds.
Mr. Harry Duncan of New York is in town
for brief visit.