The Portland daily press., 1879-09-10
Shipping Short Notes-Popham Improve
ments-The City Vote-Serious Run
away-Town and County Gossip.
TUESDAY, Sept. 8,

TUESDAY, Sept o.
Nine intentions recorded in September.
At the session of the Nobleboro' camp-meet
ing 40 conversions were made.
1t is reported that the porgies have struck in
at Petit Menan.
JEWELS Hotel is to be removed from Harps
well Neck to Popham.. Estimated cost 81 900
The steam yabht Lauren A. was to-day
hauled off for the season into her winter quar-
tiers at Boothbay
The Henry Morrison goes into winter quar-
tiers at Southport, Wednesday.
A raft of 400 logs went to Winnegance by
hand this morning.
The tug Knickerbocker is coaling to tow the
L. Schepp to New York Thursday.
At Moulton's may be seen an elegant wheel
of locust cedar and black walnut, with base
work of brass, for Blaisdell's new schooner.
The Glide is to have a new condenser and
air pump
Previous to election Jesse Brown, with a. D.
Sawyer, made wager on Davis election by
the people, the loser of which was to wheel the
gamer in a hand-barrow from bud Gilman's
office on Front street, around the Point, down
Centre and Washington streets to d. o. Foye's
store some day this week. Fun ahead.
The steam yacht Valera, Capt Den Baker,
Is, we nnQerSuaHu, 10 MAKE QallV IflDS from
Bath to Augusta during this fall.
Croker & Lilly's foundry is again running.
Bath ship carpenters get $1.50 and $500 per
day.
Gould received one car of corn from the
West to-day.
Only two arrests for disturbance yesterday
VIM. III. Fogg estimates his loss by the re-
cent burglary at 5000 Officer Hamnim is in
pursuit Of the thieves, who passed through
Brunswick yesterday.
The blouse on the Hip at Popham is to
be renovated for hotel use next season. To the
Eureka House will be added new wing.
Mr.. f. C. Reed is expected home soon from
Utah.
A large mass meeting was held at City Hall
last night, at which the returns wore read,
j. b. Rooney, Esq, of Philadelphia
Yesterday afternoon, Immediately after the
closing of the polls a crowd gathered about
Messrs. Galen c. Moses and F. b. Tumey,
Democrats, and Hons. VIM. B. Rogers and
Capt. Geo. PEBBLE, Republicans, who were dis
cussing the situation. In half an hour the
Square was filled with 800 people, composing
good-natured, orderly, but enthusiastic crowd.
The good points on each side were hugely
enjoyed.
Winny Kimball will add bowling alley to
his billiard saloon at Popham the coming sea-
son.
The ship Union is being repaired at Danar-
iscotta.
The ship Guardian left last week to load at
New York.
Schooner Satilla was lowed to North Booth
bay from Bath today to load ice for Savannah.
The vote for the constitutional amendment
in this city was III. For 620 against 81.
The team of Barzillon Hathorn, the Com
mercial street grocer, ran away this morning
with disastrous results. The grocery team
collded with the milk wagon of Mr.. Rogers of
North Bath, which was stopping on CONNER
cial street, and broke the whiffletree. Mr..
Rogers driving off without discovering the
accident was thrown from the team by his
horse becoming frightened at the out-of-order
gear, and was run over by the team after strik-
ing on his head Whirling round CONNER
cial street. in describing a semi-circle to Ferry
street, two gentlemen standing in front of Mr..
Frost's store were struck, one being thrown
into the street and the other into the store.
Finally the horse was secured, doing no fur
Their mischief.
The local sheet has changed from noon to
evening in its time of publication.
Centre street is being regarded.
-Four suits of old clothes for sale cheap at
City Hall.
Now the average politician wishes he hadn't
bet
The forest leaves already begin to turn.
The grape crop hereabouts will be bounti-