The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-28

Walter Weber. aged years, was struck in the
back with a stone Wednesday and rendered un
conscious for some time.
A. NJ. & G. 0. Spear and CAPITA. T. Forbes have
bought the bark Georgietta, 435 tons burden, fol
$4,000.
wEsTBRooK
The Saccarappa correspondent of the Times
says: The Warren school house on Main street
built in an aesthetic style and at an expense o.
over $4,000 to the town some two years ago, is
apparently undergoing process of disintegra
ton, as portion of its very ornamental brown
stone trimming fell to the ground with crash
few days ago. No one was injured, although the
scholars in the building were very much startled
Joseph Warren fell from his bicycle on Monday
DR.. Murch was obliged to take two stitches out
side and one inside of the lip.
STEVENS PLAINS.
AT the annual meeting of the Universalist Sun
day School the following delegates to the Sunday
School Institute to be holden al Skowhegan the
7th and 9th of October, were chosen: Mrs /. S
Record, Mrs James Bell, Mrs. f. E. C. Robbins
Miss II. A. Forbes and W. f. Goodrich. The re-
nes and pSt Year donations Mere
penditures, $113.38; 76 new books have been
added to the library, which now contains TAI vol
umes. The school at present consists of Is:
scholars and teachers not including officers.
CUMBERLAND CENTRE.
At recent meeting of the Congregational par
sh to consider the subject of buying or building
new yestry Mr.. o. S. Themes generously Offered
to present the Union Hall property, land ant
buildings, to the society to be used for the pur
pose named. This proposition will no doubt b.
accepted.
BowERY BEACH.
The recent breeze which, since it began, has
blown with considerable violence from ever,
cardinal point will have to be set down as the au
tumnal equinox. 1t ceased raining at sunse
Wednesday and at midnight the sky became
clear and the temperature low, the mercury
shrinking to below 800, causing the rain drops OIL
the clover and other vegetation to CONCEAL int
gobules of ice. The sudden low temperatur,
compelled the farmers tot Jake prompt and ener
getic measures to put oft of the frosts reacl
their crop OF squashes, of which there is an i'm
mense yield this season. No other vegetable is S,
quickly fatally injured by frost as the squash.
The first strike of herring at the Cape gave
both shoremen and vessel fishermen bountifu
catch, and for several days together every Graf
engaged in the fishery were all going to market
some of them several times, deeply laden with the
n Of the twp n s;ssy Il }pa thos
q good haul Of fish. The news quickly reached
the fleet fartheSt west, and by sunset upwards o
30 sail had anchored between Trundy's Reef ant
the Cape Lights
YARMOUTH.
Ferd Corliss got his hand jammed between
post and carload of wood last Tuesday. at tn
paper mill.
Wednesday afternoon as Matthias Allen wa
coupling cars at the paper mill siding he got hi
arm caught between the draw bars. Physician
were called and upon examining the wound the,
found the bone dislocated at the elbow and pro
trndng through the flesh about two inches, an,
fractured three times below.
FREEPoRT.
Samuel Nichols fell from ladder last Satur
day, striking upon his back and side, fracturinl
two ribs and otherwise njuring himself. He i
doing well considering his age.
K. e. Morton had severe accident happen t.
one of his horses While coming down Beec
| Hill with a threshing machine, the pole stra
broke, letting the machine run on the horses on
of which received cut upon the upper part of tn
leg one foot long and four inches deep, requirin
several stitches to be taken.
WHITE ROCK.
The little daughter of Ephraim Libby, fell
breaking her arm and dislocating her elbow
| last week.
While Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Davis and and bab
were riding last week, a horse ridden by boy be
came unmanageable and plunged onto the car
riage, breaking the wheel and throwing the ladie
ont. Fortunately they were not seriously in
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