The Portland daily press., 1886-07-31

One day the past week little Crosby boy
jumped from the piazza of the Willard Wood
bury cottage, at Willard, and broke his leg.
wooDFoRDs.
As Mr. VIM. T. Best and his clerk were re-
turning home frem Duck Pond Thursday af
ternoon, in company with Mr.. Fred. Batch
elder and small boy, both horses rounded
the corner from Ocean street and Forest Ave-
nue. at full speed The drivers were showing
off to the best advantage. The main thor
oughfare was somewhat blocked by teams,
which allowed but little room for passing.
The forward wheels of Mr.. Batchelder's car
riage cOllided with the wheels of Mr.. John
Richardson's market wagon. The small boy
was thrown out aud received slight bruises on
his legs. The wheels of the beautiful car
riage belonging to DR., A. P. Topliff, were
broken and the carriage otherwise damaged.
The farmers wagon was little shaken up
and few vegetables scattered on the ground,
but there were no scratches on the Narnlsh.
sACCARAPPA.
Messrs. S. d. Warren & Co., have had a
large force of men at work twelve days, driv-
ing 200 cords of small poplar logs, for the
pulp mills, from the lakes down Presumpscot
river A large portion of the logs are high
and dry on the rocks below the dam at this
village. When the rear drive reaches the
dam the gates Will be opened and the logs
foated down stream
Mr.. William Cragin is preparing to build a
double tenement house on the street leading
out of Bracket.
The Westbrook Republican delegates to
the county convention will support Mr.. A. G.
Chute of Cumberland Mills f0I sheriff.
Mr.. George Quimby caught eleven nice
black blass in Duck Pond yesterday
While Sheriff Deering of York county was
standing on the street afeW days ago, Mr.
Berry playfully took from his pocket pair
of handouts, and placed them on his own
wrists. After exhibiting himself-for while
among the bystanderS, he applied to the
sheriff to unlock them. 1t could not be done.
The key was at the sheriff house, more than
two miles away. 1t become more of a joke
than Mr.. BerryieXpected Wien he was obliged
to furnish team and ride through the streets
handcuffed, in the custody of the High
Sheriff
will give concert in this village Monday
evening. There is large Scotch population
here K.
BowERY BEACH.
A cloud of fog enveloped the coast prompt
with the inception of dog days.
The supply steamer Fern, Captain Wright,
is now engaged delivering oil and other an
nual supplies to lighthouses on the Maine
coast.
Gen. s. j. Anderson, the Portland collect
or, together with several members of his
family and party of friends, also some jolly
yachtsmen from the famed yacht Alice, were
among those who visited theIights and Ocean
House Tuesday.
The Bowery Beach annual Sabbath school
picnic was postponed FRONT Wednesday to
some future day, owing to lack of sufficient
conveyance. Spurwink is the objective point
this year.
Capt Geo. S. Knight, of Portland, is en-
ployed ON behalf of the government to super
intend the construction of the new Cape fog
signal house, and see that the letter of the
contract is fulfilled.
At O'Clock Thursday morning steam
seiner was seen off the Cape, steering for
port, with all hands employed dressing mack
erel A little later the tug Belknap was OBJ
served steaming west with all possible speed.
She soon returned with small schooner in
tow, evidently the Richmond Island weir
tender, whose decks were full of mackerel.
Picnic parties from Portland, Deering and
Ferry Village were at the lights Thursday.
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