The Portland daily press., 1879-10-21
BATH

ScrapS-Sunday ServiceS-POlce News
Town and Vicinity-The waikiki the
Right Direction Correctional Domes-
ticated Humming -Bird-Other Matters.
MONDAY, Oct. 20.
Ice half inch thick formed last night.
Two men. too cheerful, occupied palais
rooms last night.
The second crops of fruit non Sunt.
Gould received one car of corn to-day from
the west
A praise meeting, at which DR.. Pierce, edi-
tor of lions Herald, presided, was held at
Wesley church last night.
The Sunday evening temperance meeting
was we'll attended
Potatoes are sold at from 60 cents to $12O
per bushel.
The new pastor of Cen raj church is but %
years old.
Fifteen hundred tons of sugar beets in Dam
ariscotta and neighbc;lg towns await ship
ment to Portland.
Rumor says that Hon. VIM. Rogers has con-
tracted to build four vessels after completing
the barkentine, two of which will be fruters.
Deering and Donnell two other vessels.
The latter part of last week three tramps as
saulted Obadiah Curtis near the Blind cross
ing, robbing him of valuables, and escaped.
Haven't we had about enough Of this tramp
nuisance?
Last week 80 lighters loaded with rock-weed
for fertilizing purposes sailed up river.
Saturday night some one shot and smashed
the NJ. z. r. Il. switch light near High street
bridge. That person might have saved proht-
ably his powder.
A sloop man, while running across a wharf
Sunday afternoon, was bitten twice in the call
of his leg by large brown water spaniel.
The Hobson towed 600 logs to Wiscasset this
morning.
Orrin Blaisdel is putting the improved pa
tent wheel pulleys and gaif-topsail sheet blocks
upon his new schooner.
Good idea! Messrs. John Emmons and L.
McFadden are placing street lamps near their
residences on Academy and Granite streets.
A sloop, wood loaded, from South Gardiner,
Capt. John Wakefield, arrived here Saturday
with her cabin half full of water.
The Rev. DR.. Vibbert, of Boston, will deliv-
er free temperance lecture next Wednesday
night at City Hall, at the citizens temperance
mass meeting.
The week opens with two intention MS record
ed.
Several men were engaged yesterday after
noon shooting a pair OF wild steers at STAN
dish's. They had been purchased for slaughter,
but were too wild to approach in the usual
manner.
Yesterday afternoon a sail-boat in which
were eight men, put out from one OF the
wharves with the intention of having a sail
The provisions were coffee-pot and quart
bottle of rum, After vainly attempting to
make sail, the drunken party dropped anchor
on the Woolwich side.
Deering & Donnell are building two cat
rugged boats of about q feet in length over all.
They are of fine model, and are intended for
fast SailerS.
Special meeting this evening of Solar Lodge,
No. IA, f. u A. NJ, to work on the e A de-
gree.
Mrs. Shay, who lives at the North end, has
a cat who caught humming-bird the other
day and brought it to her mistress. The lady
cared for it until itrecovered. After the bird
got well of its injuries it refused to leave the
house, and will eat from the ladyS hand and
mouth fly about the house, sleeps at night i'll
ring hung from the ceiling OF the sitting-room
and is thoroughly domesticated. In the lady's
possession is a parrot which sings most of the
favorite airs from Pinafore.
Pound party at the Old Ladies' Home next
Wednesday evening.
Soon after S.15 O'Clock Saturday evening the
walk for fifteen miles and apurSe OF 500 be-
tween Chas. F. Donnell of this city and STAN
ley S. Chapman of Portland, began. About
$50 people were in the hall, and the crowd
increased as the evening advanced. The Bath
Cornet Band, under Fen. G. Barker, leader,
furnished the music during the walk. Chap
man was in fine condition and feeling well,
and from the first took the lead. Donnell had
been sick for the week previous and had no
business on the track. Upon the completion
of the 18th mile, at 1915, Donnell was over
come by vertigo and fell upon the track. After
making two more laps he gave up entirely,
Chapman continuing until the crowd forced
him into run, when the match came toan
inglorious iasco. W. f. Stevens, the oarsman,
acted as Judge; two Bath with two Portland
gentlemen as referees. AT the close somebody
turned out the gas and few rowd1eS enjoyed
fsticuffs in the darkness.
Reserved seat tickets to the Kellogg, Eich-
berg and Emerson concert Wednesday evening"
are now ON sale at Shaw's The concert will
be one Of the best this season.
Another row at Dickermus' Saturday night
Tramps, tramps, tramps, to Bath keep COM
ing. ..How you going to stop us?'' they all
cry, with their fingers to their noses. They
They receive your gifts Of clothes and only
care to feed on chicken pie.
The cold snap improves business.
Schooner Bessie e. Dickinson is to be re-
paired before leaving port.
A crowded congregation assembled last
evening at the Central church to hear the first
sermon of the new pastor, the Rev. Mi.
Richards.
Donnell, the pedestrian, is still suffering
from his exertions Saturday night.
1t is a subject of favorable comment by
strangers to sec the many private street lamps
ON and before so many of our private resi-
dences, shedding grateful beams to the night
pedestrian. Putting the public and private
lamps together, our city is reasonably well
lighted. The practice begun during the period
OF public dimness on our streets should not
cease now the lamps are lighted. Crime loves
darkness and hates light. Then never mind
the elbow grease ON the lamp chimneys or the
few pennies spent for kerosene.
AT one of our city churches yesterday there
were four contributions during the day and
evening.
The Bath local never stated that from dog
licenses the city received 5000 per year. Ii
the law were enforced, that sum and more
would be taken, is what the original statement
was and is.
In Saturdays freight receipts were patent
windlass and capstan from Providence to Geo.
Fisher, and stationary engine for Goss, Saw
yer q Packard's new bark