The Portland daily press., 1879-06-23
BATH.
Sudden Death-Bitten by a Dog-Bass
Fishing-Excursion to Belfast-Fe-
lineous-Gcssip and News.
SATURDAY, June q.

SATURDAY, June 81
The river is filled with sails
One shad fisherman sums up his last nights
work on the river opposite the city as one stur-
geon, two shad, thirty alewives.
Mrs. Rufus Crockett of this city has q male
canary % years old.
A Mrs. Flaherty sat on her threshhold at
seven last night, went to her room and sat
down in her chair dead. Rheumatism of the
heart
The barge of the Kickerbocker Co., now
aground at Sawdust Cove, will be taken off
and used for excursion purposes the coming
season.
Mr.. Charles III. Mallett of this city is spend
ing a weeks vacation at home. He is a grad
uate this summer of Harvard Medical College,
and has received the position of senior house
physician of the lyin in hospital, Boston,
The saw mills of Hon. VIM. e. Rice will
start up August /.
The Henry Hobson towed 500 logs to Wis
casset yesterday.
A mackerel weighing i pounds was caught
in net in the river Thursday. Rarely do
mackerel come up into the fresh water of the
harbor.
Fourth of July special train will run at
430 a. m. from Bath, connecting at Rockland
with the "Juno" which, towed by the Her
cules, will carry an excursion party to attend
| the Masonic celebration at Belfast.
Hotel arrivals-Sagadahoc. 10; Shannon, II;
Samoset House, Mouse Island, Mrs. Prescott,
and son, Orange, n. D.; the Misses Lindsey,
East Orange, n. j.
The Sasanoa towed the ship Guardian with
an excursion party on board from Boothbay
harbor to Damariscotta today.
Bass fishing from the Wiscasset wharves is
very successful. Bath Isaac Waltons daily
visit the fishing grounds. The bass are about
the size of large lake trout and are excellent
eating
Last evening after tea as Miss Lottie Rich
ardson, young daughter Of Mr.. Alden Rich
ardson of West Bath, was playing with the
! family pet dog, who was sitting in a chair, the
| little girl being upon the floor and having hel
face on a level with the dog, the animal be-
| came enraged and seized the child's face with
his jaws, intiicting a terrible wound, laying the
| little girls cheek open to the bone, the cash
extending from just beneath the eye to below
the chin. The child showed great courage in
! bearing the pain, was taken Immediately tC
this city and the wound was dressed by DR.. A
j. Fuller. During the surgical operation the
| child uttered no cry, although she tainted al
the completion of the operation.
The yacht ''Lettie' with q jovial party OF
board left this afternoon for few days sail
visiting Popham, Small Point and Boothbay
and the hSnlng grounds on SeguIn.
Front street was blockaded today By VIM
Mason's blacksmith shop being moved from it;
old location opposite the park to the bridge
on Water street
G. & j. L. Dunnell's rope walk is having
new machinery built at Plymouth and Soutl
Boston.
AT the Central parish meeting last evening
Rev. w. r. Richards call by the church wa
ratified.
1. H. Blair, Esq has just settled claim fo
$4,000 life insurance policy in the Etna OF
the life of the late J. b. Thwing, whose fal
from the ferry boat caused his death last win
ter A $4,000 policy from the Phoenix is alsC
due, and $500 has been paid by the Charte
| Oak.
A Bath housewife was bothered by the pro
pensity showed by the cat with her two kitten
cf getting beneath her feet. She asked he
husband in the presence of the felines ont
morning to drown the kittens. He said HI
would after dinner. After dinner the kitten
were not to be found. Two days later the ca
brought mouse into the kitchen and laid it a
her mistress feet. "Now puss,' said tina
lady, 'if you'll take that mouse out of the wa,
and will keep your kittens from under my fee
you may bring them back to the house.
Puss trudged away with the mouse, went to
hole under the barn and soon came toward th'
house, the two kittens behind her. A worth,
gentleman vouches for the truth of the above
story.
His many friends are pleased to note Mr.
Thomas M. Reeds temperance on From
street after his accident and long confinement