The Portland daily press., 1879-05-21
BATH.

TUESDAY May 90.
Dockendorf is boring through the ledge at the
bottom of the well at Mr.. Harris livery stable
to obtain an additional water supply.
Freight-M. G. Railroad, East s; West Z
cars. X. & L. Railroad, East s; West 6.
Conductor Woodbury. of the Knox
coin road returned last night from trouting
excursion to the Pennington brooks. His
catch numbered one hundred good sized fish
Last Friday night while fishing off Seguin
Light Chas Partridge and brother captured a
shark that measured from snout to tip of the
tail Is feet. Upon being opened nine good
sized cod fish, three skates and large num-
Der of founders were discovered. His liver
filled half barrel. This is one of the largest
sharks ever caught off the rivers mouth.
Three pretty well filled with bad whiskey
We're arrested last night by the police and
lodged in the palais They were strangers.
A couple of viragos had lively scrimmage
with hair pulling and mud rolling in front of
of the "Bee Hive" this noon.
c. B. Harrington's yacht for Mr.. A. F.
Copeland of Boston was successfully launched
at .55 this morning.
A ludicrous sight was an upset man
struck by passing team last night and rolled
in the yielding mud.
L. H. Randall to-day received one car of
flour from the West.
A good move was that of the Street Com
missioner in scraping Front street and carting
off the mud.
7. M. Taylor, the clerk at the Sagadahoc
House, has been presented by Capt. Lewis of
Taunton, Mass, with an elegant and valuable
gold neck watch chain.
Tax notices are being posted
A man had shad for dinner yesterday and in
the afternoon DIR. e. M. Fuller had a surgical
operation.
to House Island harbor, where she will load
ice.
DR.. Fred Payne Of Boston, formerly Of this
city, is making a short visit home.
Last Wednesday forenoon Mr.. Timothy B.
Bowker of Phipsburg lost by fire three hun
over the recently cleared lot spread with a
rapidity which threatened destruction to
neighboring barns and houses.
One car of old iron for Gen. Hyde's foundry
came from the East this morning.
At the last meeting of the Trustees of thu
Spaulding was elected president, Mr.. G. A.
Coombs treasurer, and Mr.. Geo. e. Morse
secretary for the ensuing year
Mr.. w. B. Trufant, son of Gilbert G..
Trufant, formerly well-known Bath boy and
now of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, who has
been resident of Cheyenne for about eight
years, is connected with a railroad in Wyoming
and is succeeding finely. He has interested
himself much in Masonic matters being past
high priest and past eminent commander of
Wyoming Commandery No. 1. With Mr.
Trufant is Mr.. William P. Gannett another
Bath boy who has many friends at home.
"Bell'' is also doing well.
DR.. A. j. Fuller in resuming his interrupted
practice finds that his patients have not
refrigerated under the able care of DR.. e. M.
Fuller. Thomas M. Reed is doing excellently
and will soon be able to use his fractured
limb now nearly healed. Capt. Stinson and
Alfred Lemond, Esq, are conyalescent and
able to be out once more.
Hatch, the photographer, took exterior
views of church and bank block this morning
from the Custom House. Some fine views Of
the residence of Hon. Edwin Reed have been
taken by the same artist.
A very successful rehearsal of Pinafore by
the local talent now having this opera in pre-
paration took place last night at Columbian
Hall.
A very bad young man amused himself at
Lemont's Creek last Sunday by shooting mud
turtles off log. He killed fourteen in twenty
shots with a revolver.
A very pleasant session of Highland Light
Lodge was held at their rooms last evening.