The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-10
BATH.
Children's Day-Boat Accident-Police
News-Pinafore Troupe Miscellaneous.

MoNDAX, June 9.
Excellent skating on the mill pond.
A well-known clothier advertises winter
overcoats. They are meeting good sale.
Farmers report crops damaged and in many
cases ruined by the cold snap.
Saturday night the police arrested two men
on Commercial street for drunkenness; one
man who was of the party complain S that he
was robbed of $15 by his companions. The
two spent the night at the palais and were
released on Sunday.
Two men seining for shad in the river last
night were in separate small boats. stur-
geon got into the net and one of the men was
pulled overheard. Rescued by his companion
Ledyard block front is dismantled to the
second story.
Gould & PERKINS, livery stable at the old
stand of the Brown boys opened to-day
VIM. F. Stevens, the well-known shell
builder, has nearly completed his four oar
boat Tor the Portland Club, and has received
an order from Pawtucket amateurs for one
similar. The shell body is of spanish cedar
inch thick.
Saturday the steamer Henry Morrison
arrived up from Barter's Island where she
has spent the winter and proceeded to Augusta
for repairs before going on her route. 1t is
rumored that the Morrison will extend her
trips to the mouth.
This morning the Samoset grounded at her
dock and spent the morning digging out the
mud from her berth with her propeller.
A Thomaston lighter with hackmetack ship
timber for VIM. Rogers arrived this after
noon.
Burgess & Oliver are unloading the collier
at Hayden's wharf
Since Saturday noon there have been IS
arrivals of vessels at this port and ID de-
partures.
Capt. Perkins has received three orders for
Whitehall boats similar to that built for Capt.
Durham.
A Boston drummer says the place in Maine
to see beauty is on City wharf, Bath, on the
arrivals of the down river boats.
AT Chapman & Flint's yard planking has
begun on their new ship.
Potatoes selling for so cents per bushel.
Freight-M. G. r. R.-East 35, west Is cars.
X. q L. r. R-East 5, west cars.
A Bath clergymen was surprised humming
Pinafore yesterday on his return from church.
He caught it from the interlude by the
organist after the prayer.
Hotel arrivals-At Shannon's 16, at Sagada-
hoe Is.
The schooner Carrie Walker from Whining
ton, N. c., with 151 900 feet hard pine for
DldlSuell c lluC arrived CdJurudy.
The Boston Opera Troupe telegraphed this
noon that it is impossible to come to
Bath Friday. They do not know when they
can como owing to engagements elsewhere.
Mr.. Edward Kimball, son of John H. KIM
ball, Esq of this city, is in town. Mr.. KIM
ball is graduate of Bowdoin College '76 and
of Boston University School of Law 49, He
| expects to locate in this city.
Don't want to advertise. tell you its no
good, no USE he remarked, and then spent
| fifteen minutes in trying to get us to just men
ton his business in the shape of local on
| promise to take the paper.
Three Sabbath school concerts last evening
one at Winter street chapel, Wesley and
| Beacon street churches.
Children's Day and Floral Sunday was OBJ
served yesterday by the Beacon street and
| Wesley M. E. churches At the Beacon street
| the morning was devoted to speeches on Sun
day school work Capt. G. c. Goss and others
participated. Miss Alice Douglass read an
original poem. In the afternoon Rev. Mr..
| Adams preached upon the relation of the
church to the Sabbath school. In the evening
occurred the concert by the school children,
and this proved the most interesting feature
| OF the day. The church was trimmed taste
fully with an abundance of evergreen, cut
| flowers and potted plants, canary birds in
cages adding to the festive appearance of the
the interior, and during the day enliyening
| the exercises with their songs.
AT Wesley church in the morning Rev. Mr..
| Pottle preached upon Our duties to the
| young" In the afternoon from the text
Consider the lilies" in which he made fire.
! quent use of the beautiful flowers by which he
was surrounded to emphasize and illustrate his
thought. In the evening occurred the concert
by the children, and the large church, pews,
| aisles and galleries, were crowded. many being
unable to enter the church. The decorations,
notices and flowers, lighted by the gas jets,
drew forth frequent comments of admiration
from the many present The large audience
room was most deliberately and beautifully
cred by plants and flowers. AS at the Beacon
street, canaries in cages hung pendant. from
the side gas jets. Altogether, the Methodists
should be well pleased with their successful
celebration of Children's Day.