The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-27

In one of the Auburn shoe factories, Thurs-
day afternoon, writes q correspondent, the
stitching room was suddenly thrown into in
tense excitement by horrible screams from
it was found that kitten in the room had
become wound around the shaft. The widest
excitement prevailed among tho female oper.
atives and the belt was soon thrown OH and
poor kitty released. She was taken home by
one of the girls and was soon playing as il
nothing had happened, although she was very
careful about putting any extra crooks in her
much-abuse1 tail.
AUGUSTA.
By order of the city government the Spanish
Students, who were to have a sacred concert
in Granite Hall, Sunday evening, were re-
fused permission to give a perforpaance In the
city Sabbath evening, and accordingly there
was no concert.
A very fine musical concert was given at the
Insane Hospital Friday evening for the benefit
of patients.
The Kennebec river is extremely low, lower
SO old inhabitants say; than it has ever been
within their memory. Apparently in some
localities where the tide is out, one could easily
wade across from bank to bank. Just below
the steam mill in Haliowell, 1T is said that at
ebb tide the channel is but six feet deep and
narrow at that.
Rev. Mr.. Upjohn, pastor of st. Marks
Church, preached his farewell sermon Sunday.
Mrs. Blaine took her departure Saturday
morning from Cleveland, o., where she has
been visiting Mrs. Garfield, for Washington,
d. @.
Thursday afternoon as Robie Patterson, a
small boy living in East Belfast, was playing
with pistol which he supposed was not loa ded,
he pointed it at one of the by-standers, A mos
Richards, when it was discharged, the ball
striking Richards at the base of the nose and
lodging in the cheek and has not been re-
moved. The wound, though painful, is not re-
garded dangerous.
Mr.. j. G. Muzzy, a carpenter of Brewer, was
working Friday on the Bucksport railroad
bridge near the drawbridge building a box for
the water pipe. The cars on the Maine Gen.
trail track were running underneath, and when
he heard the locomotive bell ringing he, sup
posing it to be the same, continued about his
work without looking up. 1t CHANGED however,
to be freight train on the Bucksport branch,
backing down over the bridge, with the loco
motive at the other END and before he was
aware of that fact, he was struck on the fore
head by the end of a sleeper on the rear car
and knocked off the box on the end of the
bridge to the river bed some Sc feet below.
lie was badly shaken up and his eyes we're
badly inflamed, but no bones were broken nor
any permanent injuries sustained. 1t was a
narrow escape from instant death.
A man has been swindling the people of Sa-
lem, Mass, giving the name of T. M. Cotton,
o we'll known Biddeford druggist Mr.. Cotton
says he's no such fellow, and offers $25 for
his arrest. 1t is thought this is the same man
who was in Saco last week, as his actions are
exactly similar.
Superintendent of Schools Luce will hold a
Teachers Institute, at Biddeford, commenc-
ing on Friday of this week, and continuing for
two days.
CHELSEA.
Charles Baker, who was shot at the Soldiers
Home, is improving as rapidly as could be ex-
pected, and will soon be entirely recovered.
He is able to sit up at times.
JAY.
Richmond, Thompson & Co.'s novelty wood
turning shop at Jay Bridge, is said to be the
largest in the world, says the franklin Jour-
nal, that is, it operates more lathes than any
other establishment of the kind. 1t runs six
automatic and sixteen hand tlathes, and con-
sumes about 1900 cords of white birch, and
produces blueiug and druggists boxes to the
value of $4,000 annually. In addition to this
department ef their business, which gives en-
ployment to 80 hands, the saw mill of the fiji N
cuts about 100000 shingles annually, besides
for their own use. They also run grist mill
which grinds carload of corn per week. They
employ from sixty to eighty men, with pay
roll OF over $4,000 per month.
MADRID,
Sunday night while two gentlemen were
coming toward Cottle Hill, from Madrid, an6
just as they reached the bridge crossing the
brook. soroe large auimal appeared, frighten
ing their horse, which backed them over the
bank into the brook. 1t was undoubtedly 9
bear, and the same one that appeared to
young man, half a mile this side of the brook
Modday evening. He rose up by the side o.
the road and the young man ran for his life
PATTEN.
The more the woods are explored iu this vi
cinity, the mora the terrible effects of th'
gale are reali zed. 1t is estimated by many whit
have travelled in the woods that half of tn,
large spruce and hemlock trees are down
either broken or torn up by the roots. In som,
cases acres are completely leveled, hardly
tree lelt standing Within a circle of ten mile
as many as twenty buildings were partially O.
; wholly unroofed.