The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-06-25

The Bangor Wing says on Saturday, sailor
named Benjamin Gallant, stopping for day at
Palmer and Johnston's steam-mill A Brewer
met with frightful accident BY falling upon .
circular saw. The saw comes up through the
floor, being worked by treadlo which was OPP
Grated by another man, who raised tho saw just
as Gallant was about to jump over It, hitting
his foot and causing him to fall across II, strik'
ing upon the thigh Of the right leg, and the
saw cutting through the thick, heshy part Of
the leg and half through the bone, making q
most frightful g.sh. The sufferer was attended
by DR.. Brown who scwcd up the wound, and
hopes to save 10th the life and the limb OF the
unfortunate man.
The Bangor Wing gives the following a. the
prices paid for produce from teams In that city
Loose hay Is worth from s14 to SIG per ton for
the best quality, and inferior loads sell ut from
10 to IS; loose straw sells at from 10 to u; oats
are bringing from 80 to IS cents; potatoes are
coming in plenty, and we should quote the mar
kct at from IS to 40 oents-good ones have
readily brought the latter price today; yellow
eyed beans from 400 to $40, and extra pea
beans 1926 to $50, butter, We should say, takes
the range Of from % to % cents, according to
the condition and quality Of the article; eggs
20 cts, and plenty Of them in the market.
A sad accident bcfell little girl about FIVE
years old, last Friday, in Belfast. While en-
deavoring to get on stone team, she fell bo-
meath the hind wheel which passed over her
legs, crushing and breaking them In shocking
manner. She is doing rs we'll as could be cx-
pcctod.
The Freewill Baptists in Maine have three
Annual Conferences and anticipate forming an
other soon east ofthe Pcnobscot river. The to-
tai membership in Maine is 4,2i2, Of which
the Maine Central Yearly Meeting has 6,l36.
The Yearly Conference is composed Of delegates
chosen pro rata by the different Q. MS, from
ministers and lay members.
The barn and L Of the house Of Dcodat Bras
tow, Of Brewer, was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. A servant escaped from the L only
by leaping from window, and had her face and
hair burned at that. No fewer than eight in
ocndiary fires have occurred in Brewer within
the past few weeks. Three young fellows have
been arrested on suspicion. Mr.. Brastow's loss
was covered by insurance.
Jay Cooke, the eminent Philadelphia banker,
while on fishing excursion to Rangcley Lakes,
Maine. with others, recently, happening to be
in the town Of Philips on Sunday, held Sun
day School meeting, and gave 800 toward q
Sunday School library, and engaged to give
$1,000 more on certain conditions.
A woman has just died in Bangor, aged 81
years, who has been bed-ridden for thrty-six
years. During that time she has had nearly all
the diseases flesh is heir to.
A little girl about eight or ten years Of agc,
daughter of Mr.. Samuel Lancey, near Burn
ham Station, on the Maine Central II. II. had
both bones Of the arm below the elbow badly
fractured, few days since, by falling from
fence.
A patent was issued juno 18th, to Edward
Douglas of Gorhnm for composition to destroy
the appetite for tobacco.
The Belfast Journal says on Friday last lit
lie daughter Of Thomas Orr, aged five years,
was run over at the Point, near the railroad
track, and severely injured. A team loaded
with four tons Of granite, drawn by four pairs
Of oxen, was moving along the road. Some
children attempted to get upon the load, when
this one stumbled and fell under II The wheel
passed over her thighs. close to the body, break
ing the bones, but singularly not mangling the
flesh. The bones were set, and the child Is do
ing we'll