The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-07-22
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ierstion arrived at Halifsr UA " sdnesday of
last Seei, With his scahdiSiviiu s<ttleS, sSd
wY - prSceed, with chem pIst,I 1ohn, m and y
thence direct 70 the AFooSroh. onpps adi ~,
@ aitornsdo beginning in 'Apdruscogsia' county
and extending cas-, about ID the direction Of
The Maine Central road, passed over S State y.t
last Heek. doing much damage, scarcily inferior
10 that Of last Sept eubsr-I, 1t, vaaI accompany
ed In some plsoos BY svielent storm II fAil. IN
% MI. VIM. H. whesldsn' q 81, oTihstoa,,'s
young man about "a ysr Of age, Was drowned
IN SWEETS Pond, op- Spsday., While, bathing.
He xssin company with another ypunsT NAB
and wss drowned In wster mot over elk ebtt IN
depth. His Sonrads VA. unable 10 seschs him
and Is not aware Of The cause q The socident n n
The Lewiston Journal says ssWsll Gordon, %
siding in Chesterville, hung himself In his shed.
with IA oI-chaih, Thursday evening. HsIxss
discoyyersa BY his wife bsfdts 'lite was ettiSet.
but he being heavy man. she could not ra il..s,
him enough 70 unlock the chain, and before sshe
could get assistance frpm tho ntighbon. life ,aft
the body. mo cause q sasignsd for the deca hI'
Ajsr ,bondent oS ths, Revolution cay. ~
tentiop to the fact, that women are admitted .
Bates College upon the same conditions as men,
and adds the practical remark - The women
of New England would render A,rrscefal 40
knowledgem ent Of their thanks In u wen endov.
cd professorship." g Il .,nod 'In 2
|, An! Eaton, Count, Supervisor Of Somerset.
says that he met in one day lately, 200 French
Can,diansi on their way ID the lower Kennebee'
upon ths road between the. Forks and Mc ss
rivers bio pdi .duiTb blnrp Irir7H rldr
|; Tho Calais Advertiser relates how . lad 10
years Of age saved train Of carr from destrl'c-
ton the other day. A small bridge ontho 81,
Stephen Branch Railway was nearly DESTROYED
| BY fire. Tho train was approaching IT, faaf,
when the engineer. Mr.. Spring. saw the boy '0o
the bridge trying 10 get his attention. He was
successful, and ths train was stopped within q
few Act Of The burning bridge .iii .aoI, smIT
| The Machias Union says EleaIer Bryant,
aged about 30 years, was killed ut East Msehias
July 18th, He va, engaged in sinking . stone
or boulder that weighed ten or fifteen tons. The
hole was deep and he lOoseped the boulder %
thu, ,it started too coon, Mr.. H.. was wedgyd be-
tween the stone and the earth, buddy crushed.
vet he gave the alarm large crow Of men
released him. but ne died immediately. ''9 Ilu
/ A young nan named Weber got thrown
from q moving machine. in Bangor Tuesday
and the rapidly moving cutters' struck his Ileft
ankle Just above the ,instep,. mangllps IT. ina
horrible manner. severing the blood vessels and
all the tcndous except that connecting with the
little toe. and one Of those running TO the g7eat
toe. The bones were also crushed. 30 that It 10
uncertain whether the foot can be saved or not.
| The water, power Of the State represents 2
horse power. Of 2,256. 200, which Is, equivalent
to the labor Of "a! 900. 900 men iutermis-
sion from the btginius 70 the end Of the years'i'
There |, !. mechanjc residing at Augusta, who
lives In a house which he has constructed this
season without any outs help, digging the
cellar. framing the building and in fact accom-
piishing all the work during his leisure hours.
Hon, Jas. G.. Blaine reached his home in
Augusta on Monday evening, in excellent
health. ~. nhl ~" m. 81 ii -. .'rir' I'D -
AsAp ArrAIn.@The Bath Times says Mon
dav affrnnoon about three, o'clock the two