The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-18
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

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The Lewiston Journal says people are buy
ing hay now largely at $50 per ton. One gen
| tleman in Lewiston bought 30 tons of one far
mer Friday, paying $500 therefor. Some peo-
pie predict bay will yet be worth $40 ton, but
We don't take stock in that prophecy.
The Lewiston Journal gives an important
decision of Judge Luce, in the Municipal
| Court OF that city, and one which is of inter-
| est to operatives. 1t was the case of johnson
o. Worumbo Manufacturing Company. The
plff in this case sued for Sal, which he earned
| in the employ of this company as spinner, and
which they refused to pay on the ground that
| he left their employ without working the two
weeks notice required by the regulations of
the company, which he had signed, but which
have been decided to be binding even though
not signed, if the employee is aware of such
regulations. The facts OF the case are briefly
these: The spinners were requested by the
overseer to work extra time as their depart
ment OF the work was behind. Several were
unwilling to do so and among them johnson.
The agent then W mt to each man separately
and demanded whether or no he would work
extra time. The reply of johnson and several
others was no." The agent Simply wrote
They Immediately stopped work, went to the
agent and asked him il he Intended 10 dis
charge them. He said he should do as he
pleased about it, and they went back to their
room and remained there talking till five min
utes of six and then left the MILL about an
hour before the usual time. The oyerseer. sun
posing they had left, Immediately enoaoed
hands to take their places. The next morning
they did not 60 into the mill but at half.past
e,ent went into the counting room, to SETTLE as
they claim, or to offer To work their notice, but
were ordered to leave. The court decided that
IN the absence of any stipulated contract thew
were bound to work the usual time, from half
past SIX A. NJ, to quarter Of seven p. NJ, and
that wnen they LETT OF work at o'clock z, M.
and left the mill at six without Oermission'
tney tnereoy violated their contract and forfeit
ed their wages The agent was not honnd 10
take them back in the morning, even if thew
had gone at the usual tipae.
ARoosrooK COUNTY.
We learn from the Voice that Justice Perry
o. sherman. having privately obtained Ger
uncate OF marriage, persuaded little girl of
thirteen years 70 leave her parents, and took
stage toward Mattawankeag with the Young
chllo, but was overtaken at Mr.. Donavon's
botel, four miles away, by the ch;ld's father.
ana renewed OF his charge, all too soon for the
accomplishment of his purpose.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says that the freight
agent for the Maine Central Railroad Compa.
ny IN Augusta, finds that the receipts for
freight delivered by him to parties in Augusta
curing the hrst tive months of 1871, have been
more than double the amount received during
tne corresponding months Of 1870 or of any
past year.
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portioned as follows: Pittston to send for 1ST2
1874, 1876 1873 and 1880; West Gardiner for
!S15 and 1887; Farmingdale for 1873 and 1879 |
Sor session OF 1881, the candidate is to be Sc |
lecteo Dy JOINT convention of the Repuhli- |
cans OF West Gardiner and Farminpdale.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor WING says a bow about 70 ware
OF age, son OF the steward on the dredging ma |
chine, now at work in the Penobscot river he |
low Bangor, was missed on Thursday forenoon \
and 1t was feared that be had fallen into the |
water and was drowned These fears were
confirmed in the afternoon, for the huge gran.
pies employed in digging out and raising the |
edgings and other rubbish from the bottom.
lifted the body Of the boy.
The Wing says Saturday afternoon a Joiner
connected with single machine in Cutler. |
Inatcher q Cos mill at Great Works, burst
with report like cannon, and thoroughly |
demolished the machinery connected with it. |
The jointer was castiron wheel four feet in
with plane knives in the periphery.
against which the edges OF the shingles were
n to JOINT or smoo;h them. One piece of
the rim went through the root and fell on the
opposite side of the river, and another burst
through the roof in a contrary direction. A
young man from Bradley, named Doro Cram
was at work on the single machine, and was
thrown some distance with it. falling amid
a perfect shower of timber and pieces of ma
cbnery.. He was senseless for time, but
soon revived. and if not internally injured will
probably recover, though he was at first
thought to be dead. The ordinary speed of the
jonter is from 1900 to 1900 revolutions per
minute, but it seems that Cram had without
apthorityEand unknown to any one, changed
the pulleys and doubled the speed, which
caused the accident. A number of other men
were at work near by when the jointer burst,
but they fortunately escaped injury.
YORK COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
A large, two story, double house, known as
inc Deering place, near the Robinson school,
house in KenDebunkport, was consumed by
IN accidental fire Saturday afternoon. The
timely aid Of Deighbors saved the adjoining
Darn. No insurance upon the half owned and
occupied by John M. Smith. Upon the other
lalf small insurance had recently been taken
n the Mutua! Insurance Co, of Saco, by Mr..
". F. Moody, as administrator of the estate
f Ira Deering.
Schr Eliza Matilda, Capt. Hickman, from
Boston, arrived at Kenpebunkport Sunday af-
ernoon with the dead body of Mr.. Charles
ioogins, hand on board the vessel, who died
p1ddenly on the passage down. Mr.. g. was
n s,a; Il years of age, and lived at Kennebunk