The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-31

Ine journal says w. ID. BAKE came very
near losing couple of fingers from his right
hand at Jones & Bake's mill in Turner, Mon
day forenoon. as it was, he got an ugly wound
the flesh being torn from the back side of the
fingers TO the bone, near their junction with
the hand.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A bridge across the Sandy River at Phillips
is to be built this INNER.
The people of Avon are to build town house
this season.
The girls of Harrington have organized
temperance aid society. with Miss Addie E.
Smart as President About twenty have al
ready joined this little band of workers.
Mrs. Prudence Whittier died at Temple Mills
March Is, aged go years and month.
Mr.. G. W. Young, formerly of West Water
vile, was killed instantly last Friday after
noon, in Concord, N. H., by being run over by
freight car.
The Chronicle says that as Mrs. Joseph But
terrified of Pennington. a lady about eighty
years of age, was rising from her bed last Sat-
urday morning, she fell and broke her thigh
bone near the body She is in q very critical
condition.
There was a small fire Wednesday afternoon
in the store OF Creation, Buchanan q Co. Of
Pennington But little damage was done.
The Pennington Chronicle man has in his
possession four dollar bill, and one dollar
bill. Both oil these were received by his great
grandfather in part pay for his services during
the revolutionary war.
OF Deacon Libby's family at Carthage, so
fatally visited by small pox, there are three
children living whom they are IN hopes to save.
About a dozen are sick with il at the hospital
and others are expected soon to be there.
are now three cases of it 10 that part of Weld
nearest to Carthage. DIR. Manning caught the
disease while at the deac0n's in Carthage, and
is now sick of the same at his residence in
Weld, and the doctors house is now taken to
be the general hospital for those that may be
taken with the same disease in that vicinity
HANCOCK COUNTY
Bucksport Savings Bank stock is being sold
for hhy per cent. 1t is thought that the bank
will be able to pay if sufficient time is given.
The ice left the river at Ellsworth March %,
but still hangs 10 the bay.
The establishment of S. s. Hutchins at
Winter Harbor, consistingaof store, dwelling
house, out houses, &c., was entirely destroyed
by tire on Saturday night, the 25th inst.
During the gale on the 21st the bell and boat
houses connected with the light house at Egg
Rock, Bar Harbor, were swept away The
bell tower was displaced and badly shattered.
The losses by fifteen fires at Ellsworth for
the year has been $12,045. Loss by explosion
$500.
KNOX COUNTY.
The gale OF last week did great deal of dam
age at Appleton. Twelve or fifteen buildings
in that town and vicinity were wholly or par.
| TALLY unroofed, and three or four barns RACED
to the ground
Last Monday morning Herbert Havener and
i. Y. Wing of Rockland, got into an alterca
tiot 10 the shoe making shop of the latter
which resulted in a scuff1e and the cutting of
Havener seriously BY Wing with kEife.
WALDO COUNTY.
A son of Nj Stevens of Belfast, was caught
between runaway team and a pile of brick,
on Tuesday afternoon, and severely jammed
about the lower limbs, but fortunately no bones
were broken.
Ga Friday last, little four year old son of
Charles Bean of Belfast bad three fingers of
bis left hand nearly severed with a Ratchet in
the hands of another small boy, while at play
Week before last team from Pennington
Falls, made three attempts to come from Show
hegao to Harrington, only succeeding in get
ting through by breaking the road part of the
way at the fourth trial.
Some of the farmers at Pennington Falls
have menced work in their sugar orchards,
but as yet the weather has proved serious
cheek to successful operations.
A twelve years old son of Mr.. A. L. Mathews
OF Liberty, while driving spirited horse last
week, was run away with, and smashed up
things to the extent of $500 worth. No bones
broken.
Tuesday afternoon young son of William
stevens had narrow escape from being killed
by runaway horse. He was badly bruised
but not dangerously.
The Belfast Age says: 4 gentleman in this
CITY, who is an admirer of fancy poultry, has
been trying an experiment 10 Matching eggs.
He placed number in "a niche of chimney,
where it was warm, leaving them there during
the day and at night placed them in a small
box, carefully surrounding them with cotton.
and took the box to bed with him. He repeated
the operation several days aud over half of
them have hatched out and the chickens are
doing well and will make ''liv" of it.
The BelfasttJou rnal says: On the 9TH inst.
Miss Starret, who is assistant teacher of the
high school at Belfast. accompanied by Miss
Poor, daughter of VIM. o. Poor, left by steam
er to go to Warren, via Rookland. They we re
met at the latter place by Miss Starret's broth
er with a wagon. After dark, while they were
ascending hill near Thomaston, they were
surrounded by five or six rough looking men.
who threatened them, shouted and pressed
eaoSe to-the carriage They were very much
alarmed and got away as soon as possible At
forwards II was found that valise filled with
clothing, belonging to Miss Poor, as we'll as
valuable packages belonging to Miss Starret
had been stolen by the rascals. The case was
put into the hands of Constable Bunker of
Thomaston, who advised that the matter be
Kept quiet while he looked after the thieves
Miss Starret had about 800 in cash at the time,
and MISS Poor had valuable watch and chain,
which they might have lost had the robbers
been aware of the fact.