The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-22
Personal-Accident- Commercial Ship
Launch-Town and County News.
SATURDAY. Sent. :

SATURDAY, Sept. 20.
Gov. Garcelon was in town to-day.
The Caledonia will be towed Monday to
Horse Island.
-, 70 o,rr tramp was snro1rs THO psslaIs
guests last night
Clothes line thieves are on the rampage in
the lower portion of the city.
The children's excursion to Popham set
down for this afternoon is postponed to We'd
nesday.
The new hard pine floor has been laid in the
city clerks Office Now, would-be Benedicts,
come on.
Captain Samuel Snow, living on Centre
street, has pet trick monkey.
Captain Morse of the ship John w. Mari is
in town.
Mr. Joseph jerks cockatoo created conster-
nation among passers-by on Water street last
night by his solos from tree top near the
house. The bird came from Australia a year
ago, is trife vicious, and once, Shylock like,
borrowed pound of flesh from a mans arm
who interfered with its freedom.
Another car load of machinery for the rope
walk arrived this morning.
The fishing boat Lone Star passed up river
this morning, loaded.
The fishing schooner Anemone arrived up
with $500 worth of fish this morning.
Capt. Geo. Tucker of the bark Martha
Tucker is in town.
The tugs Adella and Hobson RATED 1000 logs
east to-day.
Another raft of logs passed to Winnegance
this morning.
The boys are flying kites.
A countryman's team ran away this morning
on Lincoln street. tumbling out ten gallon
key of sweet cider, which watered the road
with its contents. The horse was finally
stopped by Mr.. Thomas Sprague.
The City of Rockland is to be coppered at
Duncan Dock tomorrow.
The only daughter of M. B. Spinney of
Georgetown died yesterday from the effects OF
wound received at school year ago. Age,
II years. The body was removed to Sydney
for burial.
Mrs. David Owen and daughter of this city
will spend the winter at Nashville, Tennessee.
Fred Byron, the Centre street fruiterer,
keeps constantly on hand not only choice fruit,
but assorted candies and the best cigars.
An industry of recent formation is that Of
the Sagadahoc Fertilizing Co., whose works,
on the north end of Long Island, Georgetown,
bid fair to be of Importance. Their fertilizer
is made from muck, seaweed, and fish refuse
chiefly. and possesses valuable properties for
agricultural use. Mr.. NJ. B. Spinney, the
manager, has shipped this season 800 barrels OF
the fertilizer.
Sagadahoc District Lodge, I. 0. G. T., will
meet with Merrymeeting Lodge of Bowdon-
ham, the first Wednesday of October.
Mr.. Geo. Knapp, one of the popular conduc-
tors on the Pennington trains, leaves Monday
for three weeks vacation trip. Baggage
Master Marston of East Wa.erville takes his
place.
The fine ship Manuel Llaguno, of about 1900
tons burthen was launched from Master Mac
Donalds yard this afternoon at 3.15 o'clock.
She is owned by Chapman & Flint of New
York, and will be commanded by Capt, Tobey
of Thomaston. A large crowd gathered to see
the launch, and the vessels masts were
trimmed with flags presenting a gala sight.
Fifty OR seventy-fve people were launched on
board. The Times with unusual enterprise,
placed her tonnage at 400 tons, which not
being but 5000 tons from the truth, is quite
veracious for the local sheet.
j. NJ. Trott has been occupied the last day or
two in translating into English the report of
the Adjuster in the case Of Ella S. Thayer,
which went ashore on the Russian coast on the
voyage from Savannah to Revel last June.
The original which was sent from st. Peters
burg, is in German script, and is quite for
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