The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-04-08
state Items.

"A fire in Bath on Friday evening destroy
ed the stock in the grocery store OF Messrs
Marshall and Mayors, Centre street, and dam.
aged to considerable extent the building itself
which was owned by Jacob Robinson.
The Mott says Durham Short Horn COW
belonging to Mr.-Otis, of Fairfield, recently
gave birth to a calf weighing one hundred and
forty pounds. ti-.' '"' .fs.+ Nei
"A correspondent of the Rockland Demo-
crdt says a serious accident occurred last week
in the Anchor Factory. Mr.. Asa Andrews,
while brushing einders frop the anvil, had a
portion of his left hand crushed by the acct
dental falling of the trip hammer. Two of his
fingers were so badly crushed as to render am
putaton necessary. f-a' of.
A clerk in the Bangor post Office, while
reaching into one of the high mail boxes, slip
ped from the box on which he was standing,
and one of his fore fingers caught upon
sharp hook upon which the mail bags were
hung to be filed, and his whole weight came
upon it-thus literally hanging him up by his
finger pierced with the sharp hook. He had to
be lifted off bodily before he could be extricat
ed .-.r |i -...
The Wing says the mild weather has yet
had no perceptibe effect upon the ice in the
Penobscot. Good judges think it cannot leave
the river before the middle of the month at
least, and some set it as late as the 10th.
Edward Munroe, son of Capt. William
RIunroe OF Camden, was accidentally killed a
few days since by blow from the boom of the
schooner Tiger, on her trip from there to Bos-
ton Mr. Munroe was a very promising young
ii to, how talxan cbar0a Of
schooner as captain on her next trip.
We find in the Rockland Free Press that
serious accident occurred last week in the
Anchor Factory at Camden. Mr.. Asa An
drews, while brushing cinders from the anvil,
had portion of his left hand crushed by the
accidental falling of the trip hammer. Two
of his fingers were so badly crushed as to rem
der amputaion necessary
The augusta Journal says the receipts for
the transportation of freight upon the Port.
land s. Kennebee Railroad. during the month
of February last exceede l the sum of. $4,000
"a larger amount than in any previous month
in the history Of the road.
The Gardiner Reporter says that on Satur-
day of last week, Frances, daughter of Capt.
VIM. Lunt, ofNew Mills, while engaged at
work in the paper mill at Lisbon Falls, had
her clothes caught on a shaft, carrying her
round several times and bringing her In con-
tact with window near by, cutting her face
and body in shocking manner, and leaving
some of her teeth in the window sill. The
mill was shut down as soon as possible, res
cuing her from her position, and medical as
sistanee promptly summoned. Fortunately
no bones were broken, and her iniuries will
probably not prove fatal.
On Thursday, the House and st,ro ,oor
Scotland Bridge, in the town ofYork occnn;oa
b. Joseph S. Grant, were destroyed NV a.
p art of the goods in the store, and of the fn,.
niture in the house were saved: but IL ia sa;,
that the account books and about 500 =,
money, were burnt.
"A special dispatch TO some of the Boston
papers of Saturday evening, said "a large
fire is now raging at Eastport. 1t is thought
that nearly all of the place burned over by fire
two years ago will again be destroyed. Owing
to the wires working hard we are unable to
learn particulars"
The Augusta correspondent Of the Boston
'o"raa says the Spragues have made con-
tract with the railroad to transport freight for
five years.