Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-31
STATE NEWS.

Base Ball is beginning to develop itself in
Bath
A young man named Mechard, while en-
gagged in saving shingles at the mill of Mr..
Sears, at Fort Kent, on the night of the 18th
inst, by some means got his hand caught in
the saw and horribly mangled.
The Portland Press man has been present
ed with chiefly" goose egg, girthing ii
inches lengthwise, . inches in circumference,
and weighing Q ounces. That egg is worth
cackling over-if goose ever cackles.
A let of circulars in the Swedish language
are to be distributed on the English steamers
in Portland harbor, in hopes of inducing emf
grants to settle in New Sweden.
The Press says that Engineers are at work
laying out the curve in the new extension OF
the Maine Central railroad that passes over
the former shipyard of Mr.. Lawrence, in Port
land lately bought by that corporation. The
junction of the tracks will be near the draw
of the railroad bridge, and the reason of the
curve is to avoid turning the seats in the
through cars between Boston and Bangor.
Mr.. Fernald of Portland whose death in
Cuba on railroad was announced a short
time ago-met with his fate in the following
manner He was standing in front of box
car on track, talking, and an engine was
engage in leaving cars and making up train.
While making up the train some cars were
backed down on to the one in front of which
Mr.. Fernald was standing, and he was ac-
cidentaly crushed between them.
A meeting ofthe Corporators of the Pas
sadumkeag Railroad Company was held at the
Penobscot Exchange, in Bangor, Thursday.
Hon. b. Z. Gilman, was chosen chairman
Hon. S. H. Dale, John Morrison, Alexander
Webb and J. w. Porter were chosen CON-
mittee to take the necessary steps to procure
a survey Immediately.
The Wing says that the mills owned by
Messrs. Hallowell, Rice & Co., at Orneville
| are doing very brisk business working VI
large quantities of poplar and white bircl
! into excelsior and spool timber, which, a
present, finds ready market and command
| high prices. Large tracts of land in tia
| town are covered with this growth which unit
recently has been considered nearly worth
/ less.
Most of the teams in Washington count,
are now out of the woads and the streets o
| Calais on both sides OF the river present
| lively appearance. The Winters operation
| have been quite successful, though tn
average quantity of logs is not equal to thu
expectations of the lumbermen, The season
was short yet the teams did well for III
| length of time they were in the woods. Thu
snow was so light that considerable lumbe
| blown down by the severe gale was gottel
| out.
The present toll ga;herer at the Topshan
and Brunswick toll bridge, Rev. Benz. ia
quith, is fixture, and more permanent thar
the bridge even. He was appointed toll
gatherer Sept. 1910 at salary of $50 per
annum. In 1850 it was raised to $500, ana
| in 1890 was again raised 10 $500. He returns
at the end of the month upon his farm IN the
| town of Webster. During the thirty years
! in which he has held the place, the bridge
was once burned Dee. 18th 1871 and partially
| the last month which is now being repaired.
| II is said TO contain in its construction over
! eleven tons of iron.
| The Wing chronicles the following singular
accident: Henry Buffum, of Lincolnville, a
Young lad of fonteen, opened large barn
! door few days since, when gust of wind
| blew it away from him, turning him around
SO that the large, old-fashioned hook used to
fasten the door, caught in the back of his
collar swinging him of his feet in such a
manner that he was unable to extricate HIM
self Persons at work around the farm saw
him hanging there, but supposed that he was
amusing himself by swinging on the door.
He was not taken down for nearly half an
hour, and it was with the utmost difficulty
that he was resuscitated. 1t was three hours
before they were able to discover signes OF
of life. He will recover"
The Brunswick correspondent of the Lew
| iston journal writes AT the annual town
meeting held Monday, the action of thu
| selectmen in agreeing to pay the sum namet
| by the commissioners as the amount Bruins
wick should pay towards the purchase of tn
! Androscoggin toll bridge, was ratified, an