The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-19
BATH LOCALS.
TUESDAY, March IS.

TUESDAY, March IS.
Excellent sleighiog.
One tramp at the Palas last night.
Sagaiahoc nimrods at City Hall tonight
Officers Chas. Longley and Hugh Tibbetts,
this noon, locked up Henry Williams, "pop
green corn" for drunkenness,
One couple have registered this week on the
clerks books.
City Clerk Taylor closes his four years of
service at City Hall with the respect of all. He
has been a most efficient officer.
Street Commissioner j. R. Mitchell, yester-
day fell on the ice breaking shoulder blade.
DR.. Briery attended.
Aug. H. Huse's calico horse "Spot" has
record of $50, weighs 1000 pounds and is one
of the handsomest equines in the city.
This morning Mrs. Chas. Dunning was seat
ed in sleigh in front of the Columbian House
when the horse took fright, ran toward the
livery stable, throwing out the lady as he
turned and injuring the sleigh. The lady es-
capped with slight HARM
At their rooms last night the Trifol-
pinus boys received a surprise "basket'' party
from fair friends. A violin was obtained aad
dancing kept up until 8 this a. m.
Hon. J. T. Berry of R ckland, at the direct
ors' meeting in this city yesterday, was electe
President of the X. &. L. R. r
Masters Frank Mitchell and Ned Sc wall. at
Columbian Hall tomorrow night, walk ten
miles.
Dunlap Commandery ball at Columbian Hall
tonight
d. o. Foye 81 Co. are combining their two
stores on Washington street.
Mr.. FL, u. Manson, an old Bath boy, for the
past few years in New York city, has recently
gone into the ship brokerage business under
the firm name of M. f. Pickering & Co. They
have two houses, one in Boston and one in
New York city.
Bath epicureans ate 60 gallons of oyssers last
Sunday.
Teams with tanks were engaged today in
carrying water from Hyde's foundry to the
Ssgadahoc.
Two South End boys, tired of living at home,
| ran away last week. Taking passage on the
K & l.. excursion train they went to Rock
land and have not been heard from since
Meeting of the City Council Wednesday
night.
Last evening, as Mr.. Geo. Sturtevant was
| pouring ont melted brass into mould at Tun-
| ney's foundry, the liquid metal spattered and
some of it flew into his eye. DR.. e. M. Ful-
Ter attended him. His eye will not be perma-
| nently Injured.
Granville 7. .Mitchell. Esq, has in his pos
session deed for land in ROyalsbor0, given by
| William Gerrish to Nathaniel True in consider
alton of "the just sum of forty-eight pounds
l six shillings." The deed is dated June 10,
| I776. and witnessed before David Mitchell, J..
| p, the grandfather of Ammi r. Mitchell, an
old resident of Bath, the father Of the present
owner of the deed.
| K. & L. II. r. receipts: 1 car old junk to
Chas. Munro, l miscellaneous; NJ. G. r. r.,
| II cars miscellaneous, 8 through freight.
G. A. Hooker received today two Jars of ship
knees by the M. c. r. r.: Goss & Sawyer two
cars ship timber from Bangor.
The inward M. G. R. r., A. M. freight train
numbered twenty cars.
An old gentleman was going over an icy spot
on Front street this afternoon, when he slip
fall, and blooming maiden coming in ar
time to be rescued by the elderly gallant. Tab
leauX-"no arm done"-but the arm did it,
Mr.. Samuel S. Sewall of the class of 49,
Yale College, has received one of the disserta
lions on the Junior Exhibition.
Snow slides were numerous on Front street
today.
A lady in this city has a very handsome
bunch of Mayhowers 10 bloom.
Mr.. Cbas. Frost bas bought out the stock il
trade of Mr.. Chas. Skinner, paying therefor
500, and will go into the hack business.
| Three North End boys this morning wer
playing on the ice foe near Wares yard, whel
the eldest, youth Of fifteen, tumb!ed in. A
cold bath was the result.
| The Knickerbocker well is going steadil
down.
Finishing touches are being put upon tn
| "Solitaire."