The Portland daily press., 1884-10-20
MAINE.
A New Manufacturing Industry EstaE
Iished in Farningson.

A New Manufacturing Industry Estab-
iished in Farmingson.
FARMINGToN, Oct. ia new manufacture
ing enterprise has just been located at Farm
ington. large firm seeking place in which
to locate spool and dowel mandatory, have
selected Pennington and have purchased land
near the Willows" school for girls, on
the line OF the Sandy River Railroad and have
begun active preparations for building.
Fire in Poland.
LEWISTON, Oct. 1S.-About o'clock Satur-
day morning, the dwelling house OF N. D.
Haskell, in West Poland. was discovered to be
on FIRE, and the flames spread SO rapidly that
the whole set of buildings, consisting of house,
ell and stable, was destroyed and bat little of
the contents saved
$4,000 Blaze in North Say.
No JAY, Oct. 18.-About 1 O'Clock, Friday
forenoon, the barn of J. o. Keyes was discoy-
cred to be CD fire ana was consumed with all
his farm buildings, except one barn which
stood reroote from the rest OF his buildings, to-
gether With all his hay and grain, most of his
farming tools, a valuable horse, two hogs,
years stock of fuel and portion of his
household goods. The cause of the fire is not
known. Loss about $4,000; insured for 5000 in
the town Company.
Killed in n Well
SKowHEGAN, Oct. 18.-Joseph Vigue, q
stone mason in this town. was killed Friday by
heavy stone falling into we'll where was
at work, crushing his skull.
Joseph Chilcotte, employed 1T Weston
& Brainerd's lumber yard, was seriously in
jured, Saturday, by log falling upon his
bsck.
Depot Thief Captured
BRUNSWICK, Oct. 1S.-Deputy Sheriff Des-
psux arrested Melville Nichols in this vii
lage today, for robbing the depot as Bowdoin-
ham yesterday. The prisoner has confessed
Record of a II orse Thief.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Oct. 1S.-Alyin K. P.
Cook OF North Parsopsfeld, Me-, who was ar
rested in Newmarket, Thursday, on charge Of
stealing horse and buggy in that town, and
brought to his city and placed in jail, proved
to be an od offender, having served term in
the Auburn, Me-, Jail with his brother on o
similar charge, the property being stolen in
Porter, Me. Cook is a man of intsmperste
! habits.
Death OF Edward lHulligan.
DOVER, N. f., Oct. 19.-Edward Mulligan
| of this city, for many years assistant road-mas.
ter on the Boston and Maine railroad, died to.
,, night after brief illness, aged g. He was
well known among New England railroad
men. He leaves widow and four children.
ALTON
| Messrs. Hathorp, Foss & Co. of Lagrange
are to build new steam mill at Hackett
| Pond, about one mile above Alton station.
| The building will be used for the manufacture
| OF lemon box shocks. A new boarding house
| is to ba erected near the mill, and the work on
both will be commenced immediately. Tho
railroad company are putting in SIDE track
there, says the Whg.
AUGUSTA.
As workmen were engaged in raising up the
| floor of bay loft, in the second story of Cas-
lin q Gilman's stable Friday, without any
warning, the beams of the floor gave way and
timbers and boards came crashing to the floor
beneath. Joseph Ellis and james Routh
were thrown down and buried under the
debris, and Routh wss severely injured. The
loss will reach several hundred dollars.
BARTER's ISLAND.
Mildred Barter, young daughter of Horace
Barter, of Barriers Island, near Boothbay, re.
Gently attempted to replenish the fire by put
ting in sprncs brush which burned very rap.
idly. She attempted to put on the stove cover
with her apron and it caught fire and the
fame ran over cotton clothing burning her sc
severely that she died the next day.
EAsTPoRT.
For the past few days the ssrdine factories ir
this section have been running to neary tbeiI
full extent. In one week during the
present month $4,000 wers paid ont as wages
Fish ara canning in abundance but are mostly
too large, writes correspondent of the Indus
trial journal.
PHIPsBURG.
Two hundred barrels of crsnberries wer,
harvested by the Fort Popham Summer Re.
treat ssoeation this season.
WALDoBoRo.
The repairs at the Congregational chape
have heen completed, and the society hav
now very pleasant and attractive room, saws
the Newa. About two hundred dollars have
been expended
vARREN.
The gale of Monday noon OF last week dit
about 500 worth OF damage on the farm o
Dow & Berry at East Warren. Their carriag
shop was moved slightly on its foundation, an'
nine fruit trees in the orchard were destroyed