The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-30

BATH.
Personals Accidents - Sad Drowning
Casualty - Excursions - Bath Artist
Camping Out-Trifes.
FRIDAY, Aug. %.
But one death the past week.
Today is Popham day.
Six cars of granite for St. Louis passed west
this afternoon
A city physician uses half human skull for
pipe receiver.
L. w. Houghton, Esq. and daughter have
been recruiting at Old Orchard, also Captain
Woodward and wife.
Miss Carrie Kicker Of Portland is visiting
her sister, Mrs. F. A. Kicker.
At Boothbay the new soldiers monument is
being raised. 1t was shipped from Hallowell
and taken down river in scow this week.
The Peru band gave supper and concert on
the Woolwich rocks last night.
Boothbay harbor waters are full OF mac kerel.
An intoxicated man i'll row boat this morn
ing was endeavoring to reach Richmond, pull
ing but one oar. The last seen OF him he was
circli ng in the tide disappearing through the
reach.
Collmon brought up this noon 700 mackerel
caught last night in Sheepscot bay.
The Adella took an excursion party to the
islands this morning.
Farmers hereabouts have a good potato crop
in spite of the bugs.
A strange dog yellow and with long hair,
bit boy on Water street last night.
c. p. Russell of the brokerage firm of Z.
p. Russell & Co., London and Liverpool, is in
town on business.
The Adella carried an excursion party from
Phippsburg Centre with the Winnegance
band to the camp ground today.
Bath girls are getting up their muscle by
boating on the river. Many of the maids own
their boats and pull as good stroke as the
boys.
The SCH Mary j. Caswell has finished UNI
loading Haydens coal and is now at Drum
mond's unloading the remainder of her cargo.
A party OF three young gentlemen-Messrs
e. Mayberry John Patten and MOntim ore
Patten-stopping at the Sagadahoc, yesterday
went to the heart of the woods at the head OF
Nequasset pond and camped out for the nj ght.
After an early breakfast they rowed down the
pond filling their boat with pond lilies. AS
they made the passage over the dam young
Mayberry fell overheard, to the amusement OF
the rest Of the party. The boys were well
pleased with their trip and will go again.
Mr.. Nathan Coffin, ship carpenter at Goss
& Sawyer's yard, Thursday afternoon fell
from the deck into the hold iniuring him Sc
verely Attended by DR.. Fuller.
Mr.. Reed Nichols is quite recovered from
his injuries received recently by the running
away of his horse.
Next Tuesday the Post Sedgwick, G. A. R.,
of this city, have an excursion to Popham,
where rifle shoot will be in the programme of
the days pleasures. The first prize to highe st
score is a silver and glass pickle jar with
tongs, very handsome and serviceable arti-
Gle, now on exhibition at Pages jewelry store.
Clambake and low rates to Rockland tomor-
row.
His height was feet inches He weighed
$50 pounds. In appearance he was a perfect
Jonathan, and when he raised one foot the sole
of his boot looked like the front of a hotel.
He bought yoke of oxea in Woolwich, pay
ing the price of $3.50. He asked everybody to
''smile." He dined at the hotel and after OBJ
iected to paying 30 cents for one weeks sup
ply of vict uals. He hailed from South Gard-
ner and was in town Friday
This morning the Worlkmen in GoSS, Sawyer
& Packard's yard noticed George s., a six
year old son Of Mr.. Chas. Norton, one of the
yard employees, playing near the dock soon
after o'clock. Later his hat was seen floating
on the water in the dock and Messrs. f. Light
body and John Coffin taking boat, grappled,
finding the body of the boy. 1t was removed
in blanket to the boys home and DIR. Roche
called, but life had been long extinct 1t is
conjectured that the little fellow was playing
in a scow in the dock when he fell into the
water.
The schooner III. R. Tilton, ice laden, just
arrived in Charleston from Bath, made the
passage in ID days, running through the recent
gale.
In the printing office of Mr.. Geo. e. New
man is fine crayon portrait of Mr.. Davis OF
Woodbury., L. l., done by Mr.. Benjamin t.
Newman, young artist of this city. The
likeness is excellent and is greatly admired for
the fneness of execution in every way appar-
ent. Mr.. Newman is graduate of our public
schools, begins in October his third year at
the Boston school connected with the Art
Museum, and is talented and panstaking
artist. Besides the face of Mr.. Davis he has
executed recently portraits of DR.. Auerbach
and Mr.. Abram Hewlett of L. 1. Bath is
bound to have its share of the smart boys.
A woman met with very sad accident at
the Point this morning. With great presence
of mind she made her lost dry goods into
neat bundle and bravely trudged off with her
burden.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows
presiding. Case 1870, Samuel w. Randall vs.
Humphrey E. Varney. Land trespass in Bow
doinham. This case went to the jury at the
close of the morning session. Spaulding and
Baker for plaintiff; e. j. Millay and Q. W.
Larrabee for defendant. Verdict for PLAINTIFF
damages $4
Now on trial: Curtis VS.. the Town of Bow
doinham. Damages claimed for injuries re-
ceived from an alleged defect in road. G. W.
Larrabee and e. J. Millay for plaintiff; Gilbert
for TOWN