The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-23
No Gas-Concert-Police and Court News
Murder (?)-Accident-About Town.
FRIDAY, Aug. %.

Number of deaths during the week. six.
Perhaps there was no growing about econo-
my last night.
A lighter with 800 casks of lime for the NJ
c. R. r. from Thomaston arrived last night.
By an annoying accident the Bath despatch
es of Thursday were detained on the road.
Many thanks doctor for the bouquet.
This morning tramp was found in Drum
mond's sawdust pen, into which he had brok-
en- and passed the night. He was busted.
Capt Lightbody brought up 800 pounds of
hake yesterday afternoon.
Six hard looking tramps were loafng about
town today, waiting probably for the gas
lights not to be lighted, when their thieving
operations could begin.
Four Chinese arrived on Houghton' ship
Theobald.
Gov. Garcelon was in town today.
While at work about the shears Mr.. John
Lincoln had his foot caught beneath one tim
Der, by which accident it was severely crushed.
He was carried to his home upon Mr.. VIM.
Fields team.
Bath has no coroner.
A lighter loaded with sawdust capsized yes
terday afternoon at the Woolwich wharf.
The Bath Daily News appeared yesterday.
The editor complains that the Bath local did
not call it by its right name. Cause why
were never able to find out. About four hum
bred copies were sold.
The body of the late Mrs. Hattie Westman
was recovered this morning. When first seen
it was floating near the government lighter in
He'll Gate and secured by the divers. Later it
was taken to Southport.
The Rev. Mr., Chas. Ogden, former rector
of Grace church, left town for his home in
Bellows Falls, w.t. last night, after weeks
vacation in this city.
The Sagadahoc Bay Fertilizing Company are
loading 300 ton schooner with their fertilizer
at Sprague's landing
About half-past o'clock last evening oilers
on Front street were startled by a woman's
cry of murder three times repeated, proceed
ing from the southern end of Front street. A
crowd Immediately gathered at the M. c. R.
r. square, but no one was found This morn
ing, however, a woman's brown straw hat
trimmed with brown silk was found in the
mud near the X. & l.. r. r. slip. woman
dressed in light suit was seen walking down
Front street few moments before the cutlery.
AT present the affair remains a mystery. The
moral is obvious. Let us have our street lamps
lighted.
A gentleman whose name we are not at
liberty to mention was seriously injured while
returning from the Winter street prayer meet
ing last night by running into the end of the
bridge railing on Winter street in the prevail
ing darkness.
An audience composed of our music loving
citizens assembled in spite of the rain in City
Hall last evening to listen to the programme
of Miss Ella L. Backus and the Schubert
Club of Boston. Miss Backus played with
brilliancy land faultless execution and was
received with favor. Mr.. Hall, the tenor, won
an encore on his first number. The readings
by Miss Ella f. Fox were excellent and won
great applause. Mr.. VIM. Dow showed a
thorough mastery of the violin Miss
Bracket sang with spirit and showed culture
and pains.
The new three m asted schooner Warren 3.
Potter was towed to Gardiner to load ice for
Philadelphia.
The schooner Eta NJ. Barton will load ice
at Gardiner for Washington.
Supreme Judicial Court, Judge Barrows
presiding; morning. No, III land trespass,
VIM. H. Higgins VS.. Henry J.. Wyman.
Larrabee Hogan. Jury returned q verdict of
guilty. Damage laid at S109.
Afternoon on tri al-No. 60, Grin O. Vittum
VS.. Joel Card; action to recover q promissory
note. Spaulding & Buker for plaintiff; Hall
for defendant.
On trial before the Judge on libes for
divorces-Anna M. Barnes VS.. John A.
Barnes: ground, personal abuse; Gilbert for
lbelant. VIM. Taylor VS.. Anna M. Taylor;
Talman for libellant,
Frank Sneider VS.. Frank Cunningham was
taken to Thomaston this morning to serve
two years term for forgery.
saloon and locked up the proprietor and his
fair lady in the palais. Both had been revel-
ling with the ardent
Mr.. Thomas Knight, a former well-known
merchant of this city, is spending few days
in Bath.
Lieut.. Philbrick and wife will leave for
West Point on Tuesday next.