The Portland daily press., 1873-11-01

The Rockland Gazette wants the bows who
are so anxious to attend fires to be formed into
shot coffee brigade"
The Gazette says Mr.. James Andrews of
Monday evening While getting down hay he
fell backwards into the barn floor, striking on
his head. He was So much Injured that it is
feared he may not recover.
OXFORD COUNTY
The Register SAYS Mr. Hiram Merrill of He
bron, OH Wednesday last, between IL and II
o'clock a. m., discovered a black bear in his
fIont yard trying to catch his chickens and tur-
KEYS failing in which brun went into the edge
of the woods and sat down. Mr.. Merrill and
his neighbors shot him.
The Lewiston Journal says a meeting was
held at Buckfeld village, Oct. 23d by citizens
interested in the Buckfeld Branch rairoad.-
After remarks by prominent men, Nahum
Moore was chosen to receive funds and employ
e. G. Harlow. esq, Of Dixfeld, as attorney
PENoBsCoT COUNTY
The night train will be taken off the E. &
N. A. Railway, November 10th, and sitter that
date no Pullman cars will be run over that
road.
Michal O'Connor of Bangor had his leg
shockingy smashed by heavy stone falling on
it in stone yard, Thursday, on the east side,
but ortunately for him the leg was wooden
one, substituted for one of flesh and bone and
blood lost last year by Mr.. OConnor.
On Monday night the dwelling house of Mr..
johnson Lamb near Carmel was totally de-
stroyed by fire with most of its contents, in
Guiding large quantity of potatoes in the Gel
lar
About four o'clock Thursday morning the
store of Hugh Reed & Co., at Glenwood, was
burned, with the entire stock of goods which
it contained.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Reporter says son of Benjamin Adams
e 1,txo,
load of pressed hay to Skowhegan, got off
his load and attempting to get on again, fell
under the wheel which passed over his head
fracturIng the lower jaw and causing other Sc
rons injury.
The Reporter says Dea. Rufus Viles of M
New Portland, was stricken with paralysis on
Saturday night, and at the time of this writing
is in an unconscious condition.
George Sturdivant of Cornville. was drowned
last week while crossing 4he river.
The Chronicle says that in the gale of this
week. the house of Charles HI. Tozier, near
Fairfield Centre. was blown from its founda-
ton, some four feet, throwing down the CHM
ney, breaking the cook stove in pieces. Mrs.
Tozier was quite severely injured by the falling
bricks of the chimney.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Gordon case will be the first murder
trial held in Waldo county for Is years.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Sentinel says the rumor that the Penn
broke Iron Mills are to be run on half time is
false.
The Sentinel says two brothers by the name
OF Clark, got into an alteration at Charlotte,
on Saturday night, the 18th inst, and the
younger OF them came Off with broken leg.
Four large schooners are on the stocks at
East Machias.
YORK COUNTY.
Tho .Tournai vc thara Sao,ns to ba NO douht
bnt that the horse ard carriage of Robert W.
Lord of Kennebunk, which was stole on the
18th INST, was taken by the notorious Jack
Hale, as the celebrated horse thief was in town
on that day.
The next session of York county Lodge of
the |. o. of o. F. will be held with Springvale
Lodge No l22, at Springvale, on Thursday,
Nov. 9th, 1878.
Cornish and the adjoining towns had Union
Fair at the first named place Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. Jere NJ. Davis of Parsonsfield, was
severely injured Thursday week by the explo-
sion OF bottle which she was filling with
stewed tomatoes.
On Saturday last Frank Bearse, machinist
employed at the cotton mill in Springvale, while
holding chisel for the bolts of boiler to be
severed, was struck in his left eye with brok-
en- end, driven with such force that he may
lose his sight, DR.. Brooks dressed the wound
and hopes to save his vision.
Capt. Isaac Fall of South Berwick, on We'd
nesday moved the household goods of patron
from that town to Kittery, where he stabbed
his team for the night; the horses were appar-
emily all right when they were put up, but one
OF them, an animal valued at about $400, died
before morning.
IN GENERAL.
A movement is on foot to establish a Dairy-
mems Association in this State, and as besides
the great number of private establishments
there are more than twenty cheese factories in
successful operation in Maine, the project will
doubtless be successful.