The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-12
SUBURBAN NEWS.

saccarappa-sad Accident i'm the Leather
board Miil-A Workman Falls ON the
Main Belt and Is Crushed to Death by
Pulley.
Yesterday afternoon about / o'clock, Mr.,
John w. Beasey, an employee in the leather
board mill went beneath the mill to oil por-
ton OF the machinery and by some means he
fell upon the upper half of the large main belt
(Which is about eighteen inches wide and
passes over six-foot pulley and was carried
along upon the same distance of about thirty
feet, then fell off and was caught on the lower
half of the belt and carried back to the pulley,
where he was crushed to death between the
belt and pulley
No one was with him at the time OF the &C.
cident, but a fellow workman noticed the
slowing up of the machinery and went below
to find out the trouble, when he saw the Lam
tern that Mr. Beasley had been using standing
on the floor, and mistrusting that something
was wrong, he Immediately shut down the
wheel-gate and stopped the machinery He
then went back to the main belt and found
Mr. B. between the pulley and belt dead.
The deceased was about SO years of age and
leaves wife and nine children. Coroner
Gould was summoned by telephone from Port
land, and DR.. G. W. Bailey was also called.
After consultation with the physician the
coroner decided an ;--aaest unnecessary.
Scarboro.
The Cumberland County Temperance Asso-
citation will hold public temperance meeting
IN the Gooa Templars hall, at Dunstan,s Cor
ner, Thurday afternoon and evening" Decem
Der 10. The meeting will be addressed by
Gen. Neal Dow, Rev. Mr.. Daniels, Rev. Mr.
Adriance, G. W. Murch and other prominent
speakers. 1t Is expected that the meeting
will lie an interesting one.
Ferry Village.
The Rev. j. w. Hamilton of Boston deiv-
cred lecture at the Methodist Church last
evening on the subject of Fits and Misfts."
Mr.. Hamilton is an able speaker and he held
the closest attention Of the audience during
the entire evening.
Mr.. D. A. Hamilton bas just finished an oil
painting of the trotter General Lightfoot"
owned by Mr. w. j. Dyer. The painting is
finely executed.
The roller skating rink still continues to re-
ceive liberal patronage every Tuesday and
Saturday evenings, and under its present
management there is no reason why it should
not prove more successful every week. The
Union Brass Band furnished music last even
ing.
Mr.. Edward Fowler picked up a seine boat
adrift in the harbcr last Saturday morning.
The Ferry Village Reform Club has elected
the following officers for the ensuing quarter:
President Noah B. Knight.
First Vice President-George W. Stone.
Second Vice Presdent-Benj. f. Henley.
Secretary and Treasnrer-Amasa x. Wei
don.
Chaplain-Rev. John Collins.
Gorkam.
BY the recent death of Capt Samuel E.
Bacon. the town has lost valuable citizen.
He was grandson of Lieut. Timothy Bacon.
who, as lad of 16, enlisted in the Revolution
airy army and served through the whole war,
and again served with distinction in the war
OF 1872. His grandmother was a grand
daughter of Capt John Phinney, the first set
tier OF Gorham. Lieutenant Bacon is de-
scribed as "a man of strict integrity, and pos
sessed of high sense of honor" and Captain
Phinney as person 'of sagacity, steadiness,
courage and integrity" Descended from
such good stock, Captain Bacon inherited to a
remarkable degree these excellent qualities of
his ancestors, and was for many years a prom
inent, useful and highly respected citizen. He
held various town offices and other honorable
places, the duties of which he ALWAYS dis
charged faithfully and we'll. The fact that he
was repeatedly chosen one of the selectn men of
the town, and for seven of the eight years dur
ing which he was member of that board he
was its chairman, speaks strongly of the con-
hdence reposed in him by his townsmen and
associates. His loss will be felt throughout the
town. and he will be long remembered as
faithful public officer, firm and fearless in
the discharge of what he believed to be his
duty, good citizen, and worthy man.
Freeport.
At the annual meeting of Freeport Lodge
No. %, f. and A. M, held Monday evening,
the following officers were elected for the en-
suing year.
M aster--P. B. Wing
Senior Warden. j. E.. Davis
Junior Warden-George FL Gerrish.
Treasurer-Amos Field.
Secretary. S. Soule.