The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12

The Gardiner Home Journal gives the fol-
lowing particulars of the horrible accident, a
brief account of which appeared in our tele-
graphic columns yesterday: Wednesday morn
ing, at about half-past nine, lad about nine
years old, named William III. Tbbetts, son of
widow Rebecca Tibbetts of Litchfield, was
found in the basement of Bartlett & Wood S
flour mill shockingly mangled. He was prob
ably caught in the belt of an upright shaft
which drove grindstone. His brains were
found apparently entire in one part of the
floor; one leg was torn off just below the
knee, and with the boot thrown some twenty
five feet with such force as to stave board off
the side of the building. The body lay in an
other place near the shaft; and both arms were
shockingly mangled. So far as we could see,
his face was not bruised. The grindstohe was
overturned, and the prvy which stood near by
was torn to pieces, probably by his head as he
by one leg in the shaft, aud so revolved with
it 100 times per minute until his leg pulled of,
1t was fearful sight. Old soldiers shrank
from 1T as they sazed upon 1t, and every one
my saw anything equal to it. He was visiting
with his mother.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY.
The Wing says that Bangor merchant paid
check given by his clerk to a countrymen for
what he read to be "a bushels of potatoes,
amounting to $50 40, when it was really Tor
8 IA bushels, amounting to 81 IS. The country
pOChcttu Iuc duOuub duu UedU Il nasty re-
treat Tor home. At night the purchaser dis
covered the error, and procuring the services
OF an officer dispatched him to the house of
the dishonest producer at OroDo, where he ar
rived about midnight, discovering the man of
weak virtue suffering from the stings of con-
science probably united with the fear of dis
covery, he not having retired at the early hour
he was wont to do, but was up and dressed
and when he saw the officer approach aronce
said be "knew what he was after" He was
glad to settle the matter ty refundlDg the
money and paying over in addition what few
dollars he had in the house for expenses aud
trouble. He realized the force of the saying.
that 'tbe way of the transgressor is hard"
The Wing says that Mr.. Charles Sawtelle
met with severe accident Wednesday which
narrowly missed being ftal. He was at work
upon the roof of two-story house. when he
the roof to the ground, a distance of nearly, if
not quite, thirty feet. A board fence ten feet
high was in the way of his fall, and it seems as
if he must have struck that with his hand in
such a way as to bring him ON his feet when he
struck the ground, receiving the force of the
fall upon the right foot, aud afterwards strik-
ing upon his hip. Strange to say, althou oh
badly bruised, there are not, as far as ascer-
tanned, any bones broken, though appearances
indicate that one of his ribs may be started
1t is wonder that he was not killed outright
SOMERSET COUNTY.
In Somerset county there seems to be a feel
ing that the talked of consolidation of the
Maine Central and the Portland and Kennebec
roads will kill of the Somerset road entirely.
Speaking of this the Somerset Reporter saws +:
We know nothing of the matter of consolida-
ton; we have only heard it mentioned as has
the Advocate and probably know less about
it; but it strikes us that if the existing comma
MES consolidate, after having put the towns
above to so much expense they are in honor
and justice bound to give them ample and i'm
mediate railroad communication. Apy basis
of consolidation that does not recognize this
should not be thought of.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A Farmers Club was formed in the town of
Unity last Saturday. President, Eli Vickery:
Vice Presidents, P. w. Aver, A. f. Watson:
Secretary, G. E. Linchfeld; Treasurer, Bepia,
min Fogg.
YORK COUNTY.
The house of Owen B. Chadbourne. ESQ In
Saco, was entered by burglars last Tuesday
night Our friend owen lifted up his power
full voice at them 'as the voice of one CRYING
in the wilderness" The house shook SO thai
the burglars thought it the second edition
of the earthquake and fled as empty handed
as they came.
The Democrat says that Messrs. VIM. TT. and
Levi G. Hanson have purchased of j. M. Bur-
bank, Esq, the lot OF land formerly owned by
the Water Power Co., near the Biddeford De-
so called, and will remove the same upon the
above named lot, and are to add steam DOW.
er sufficient for the manufacturing of all kinds
of lumber This is one of the best privileges
for manufacturing in this section. We wish
them success in their enterprise
Messrs. Bryant, Adams & Garland have
purchased the block known as the Warren
Block, situated on the Northeast side of Main
street. in Biddeford, opposite Shaw's Block.
The price paid in cash was twenty four hun
bred dollars The above named purchasers
propose to convert the building into TOW
manufacturing establishment, and when in'full
operation will furnish employment for large
number of hands, both male and female.
The action of George Bowden ct ais .. Col.
Luther Junkins, has been withdrawn from the
Supreme Court and submitted to George A.
Hammond, Esq, of Eliot, and D.. c. Spinney,
Esq, of Kittery, as referees. This case has
been one of long standing, and has excited
much interest in the place where the parties
Jacob Morrill,, Esq, of Limerick has found
Denind some boxes in his barn the $500 for
which Alex. WEIGH is now serving term in
there by WEIGH.