The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-31
WEDNESDAY, July 80.

1duACLSS-bdO Dogs On UI1c IldLIlp dS "a
Bull Scare and Accident-Other Gossip
and News.
WEDNESDAY, July 80.
Eighty-five in the shade.
The lovely grounds surrounding the fine res
idence of Galcn Noses Esq, show what taste
and work may do.
The fine moon enticeth twains to practice
pedestrianism.
A raft of 600 logs went to Winnegance this
morning.
The schooner Eta will load barytes at the
provinces for the mill in this city.
Goss, Sawyer & Packard, this morning, from
their upper yard, launched the steam bank
whaler Mary and Helen, at 9.15 O'Clock. The
vessel measures 420.50 tons, under tonnage
deck is 1882 feet long, 1915 feet deep, and will
hail from New Bedford
The Nellie T. Morse, the schooner built by
B. W. g. II. F. Morse, will be launched tomor-
row morning at high tide. She measures 460.59
tons, is 1889 feet registered length, with a
depth of 12.4 feet, being 1871 feet broad. She
is designed for the coasting trade. Capt. Haw-
ley of this city will command her.
Good peaches are in the market.
The three-masted schooner now on the stocks
at Goss & Sawyer's yard will be rugged with
double steel rollers in the sheaves of her
blocks. We understand this to be a new item
in the fitting out of Bath vessels.
Mr.. Edward Sawyer the other day put two
kittens in pail of water, covering the pail
with an empty bucket. When he supposed
both kittens to be drowned, he took them out
and buried them. Judge his surprise the next
day to find peeking through the loose earth
one of the pushes heads. The animal was
resurrected, was given into the maternal en-
brace, and is now perfectly well and apparent
ly happy.
A bull belonging to Mr.. James Coombs,
whose stable is on Water street, last evening
about $50 O'Clock by some means became I'M
loosed and started on the war path in the direc-
ton of the city hall. A crowd of men were
standing near Grindell's fish market. Martin
| Jordan became singled out by the irate animal,
and to escape being gored he jumped through
| the large store window, without being serious
| ly cut by the broken pane. MesSrS. VIM Roe
and Coombs finally secured the bull and paid
all damages.
Davis and Hale at Columbian Hall to-
night
JAS Dunlap, who recently sought work in
! Boston, returned home sick.
A Georgetown man sailed up river this
morning in search of market for 250 quarts
of blueberries.
Real estate transactions for Jnly:
Bath-Eben Brackley to Elizabeth Brackley,
land, 5000.
Phipsburg-Lois Mari & al. to George Duley
& al, land, $780,
Woolwich-Abial Walker to William HI.
Walker, farm, 81.
Bath-Wm. S. Sampson to Rebecca w.
Buel, land, $50.
Arrowsic-Rebecca E. Heal to Susan r.
White, land and buildings, $1,000
Bowdoinham- Samuel B. Robinson to Lucy
P. Preble, land, $500.
Last night some misch ievous parties perpe-
trated budget of trickery abont town:
Boards were stretched across School and Mid
die streets, boxes piled on Perrett's bleachery
steps, Nickerson's stable doors tied fast from the
outside with ropes, d. O. Foyes wagon run
down street and left at Mr.. G. Donnell's store,
hack sign placed over Fosters candy shop
corner of Middle and Centre streets, and the
doors of Parks livery stable fastened with
ropes. The police would have warmed the
boys, but the boys somehow eluded their vigil
lance.
The Republican County Convention meets
in Bath August Sth.