The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-20
TUESDAY, Aug. 10.

TUESDAY, Aug. ~.
Quite breeze last night
The glimpse of the sun this morning was
pleasing
Shoot the dogs.
Miss Ellen T. Backus, assisted by the Shcr-
bert Club of Boston, gives concert in Column
bian Hall Thursday night.
The campers are returning.
The Henry Morrison failed to make her trip
to-day, owing to the storm.
Schooner A. c. Page, whose leak was re-
paired by diver, went to sea instead of put
ting into the Portland dry dock.
Mrs. Susan Fish, an old inmate of the aims
house. died very suddenly Of the dropsy yester-
day afternoon. Fifteen minutes previous to
her death she seemed well as usual.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows
presiding. The court was opened this morning
with prayer by the Rev. DIR. Fiske, who Off
ciated as chaplain. The docket was called and
the court adjourned until Wednesday morning.
This afternoon the grand jury is in session pre-
pairing bills.
One more burglary last night
Doings of the storm.-In this vicinity the
storm was not of great violence until midnight,
WHICH, INC WIFI ulcW d luTTlCtIe, anu The rain
was heavy. This morning the streets about
town and suburban roads were filled with
branches from the trees and carpeted with
leaves. Orchards suffered terribly, and loose
boards and other blowables were scattered
around promiscuously. About the wharves
considerable injury was sustained by small
vessels. At the X. & L. R. R. wharf Captain
Armstrong; fishing schooner Annie Lyle sunk
stern foremost in 30 feet of water. A sloop
owned by Mr. Weber went adrift from her
moorings at Wakefeld's wharf, sinking, and
was taken to the beach, where she was found
this morning by youth named Mcdonald
Capt. Sydney Knights smack sunk off Hath
orn's wharf, and a score of smaller sail and
row boats suffered from chatting against the
wharves AT Phipsburg Mr.. Minotts ship
Merom drifted half her length from her moor
iugs, but was saved from damage. At Popham
MIR. Brooks yacht Sappho was damaged by
contact with the pier. AT Squirrel Island
sloop was sunken off the steamboat landing,
and in Boothbay harbor more or less damage
was suffered by dragging anchors and chatting
Thus FAR no serious loss of property or lives
has been known. At City wharf the awnings
were stripped from the Sasanoa and Creed
more. At Popham this morning the view of
the surf was grand, the sea nearly making over
the low land east of the hotel. At low tide
the visitors at the Point were out en- masse
enjoying the magnificent spectacle and picking
up mementoes of the storm.
James T. Tarbell, Robert Colmore, Nathan
iel Westman husband of the drowned woman,
Eben Poole, Robert Westman, and William
Brewer, all day yesterday were graphing in
Back river for the bodies of the drowned AS
telegraphed, Mr.. Fields body was recovered
1t had not suffered change. Work was sus-
pended, owing to the storm last night, and no
more bodies have been found.
Monday afternoon officers Tibbetts and
Sprague arrested a fellow hailing from Auburn,
kerosened Last evening sailor belonging to
the brig Joseph Clarke was locked up for re-
fusing duty.
Mr.. D. O. Cushman is informed that by an
odd misunderstanding between an attending
physician and the Portland paper reporter the
breaking of an arm by an accident to lady,
who is the housekeeper of Mr.. Simon Cush-
man, was made to refer to Mrs. D. @. Cush-
man. No intention of interfering with his
personal affairs was had.
The funeral services of the late Geo. w.
Duncan were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Ladd
of Portland, in the absence of Rev. Mr.. Pottle,
the pastor of Wesley church. Appropriate
hymns were sung by male quartette consist
ing of Messrs Rice, Ballou, Corliss and Hyde.
Personal friends and relatives of the deceased
were in attendance.
According to the local sheet DR.. E. NJ Full
Ter spoke at the Democratic caucus last night.
That gentleman is now in Europe
The sarcasm of d. @. c. is only equalled by
his sentimental articles written especially for
the Times.