The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-18
THE STATE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,


A crew of men are at work at Brunswick piling
logs at the lower end of Cow Island. Three pairs
of horses are used in hauling the logs from the
lumber which belonged to the Lewiston parties
which came down river Is scattered between
Brunswick and Merrymeeting Bay.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
1t is intended to erect monument to the mem
ory of that honored and reVered UniYersaliSt
preacher, Rev. o. II. johnson OF Jay, and the
Hon Albert Moore has been appointed to receive
contributions.
The dam to the reservoir just above Eugene
Wilder's mill at Temple broke in the recent
freshet. The water and portion oi the ICE MADE made
fearful rush down stream, striking his mill,
Knocking it into kindlingS wood and landing the
ruins, with large amount OF rocks ana ice on
the meadow and in Drury Pond below. Mr
Wilder's loss is estimated at $1,000. He intends
to rebuild at once.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Watervle is again agitating the water ques-
ton.
hard at work on the annual report OF the board.
The fine oil paintiug of the late ex-Goy. Morrill,,
recently presented to the State, has been hung IN
the rotunda of the State House.
The crew of H. w. Jett of Gordinea, one OF the
largest lumber manufacturers in the State, nave
demanded an increase OF pay. Mr: Jewett IS now
considering the matter. He has 25, 400 logs piled
up which he intends to cut this winter.
Hon. Chas. Beale of Hudson, one of the older ex-
members Of the Legislature, has been in Augusta
visiting friends since the reunion. Mr.. Beale was
I'm again In 1853; in the Senate in 1868 and
1864, and again in the House in 1868.
When the timber that composed the trestle
work of the railroad bridge fell into the Kenne-
bee, it fioated down river, and measures were at
at once taken to secure it. AT South Gardner
efforts to stay its progress were successful ana
shore. 1t amounted to some over one.half OF
all the material of the trestle work, and q crew
of forty men has been employed in getting 1t
back to Augusta.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
A new temperance society with fifty members
has Just been formed in st. Mary's Catholic Par
iSh, Bangor.
While the ice fields of the Kennebec are choked
| with debris, PenobscOt ice operators are happy
and nearly all have decided to fill their houses to
their utmost capacity. The different companies
ali along the Penobscot river new have large
crews scraping, and nearly all OF them will COM
mence cutting next week If the weather continues
favorable. There seems to be little doubt but
that over 900 tons of ice will be harvested
there this season.
Considerable anxiety is felt in Bangor in regard
to the bark Belmont which touched Vineyard
Haven January 7th on her passage from Phlla-
delphia to Boston, coal laden. Since leaving that
port she has not been heard from. The Belmont
one of the most popular OF the captains who live
in this section.
Reports from the scene of the numbering opera
tions on the Penobscot say thas while the snow Is
not as deem as the lumbermen would like to see 1t
still there is enough ON the ground to make good
logging, and all the concerns are DONG Islr ous
was anticipated.
| A serious accident occurred at the cracker fac
| tory OF Files & Jones, in Bangor, Thursday noon;
| An employe named +. j. Tasker, while engaged
| in work around the engine, accidentally got bis
| apron caught in the belt connected with the main
shaft, close to the engine and 1t was Immediately
| wound up, carrying. him around the shaft twice
before he was noticed by the b0okkeeper Mr..
Page, who Immediately ran to the engine and shut
| off the steam. Tasker fell from the shaft when
| the engine stopped, with his clothing all torn
| from him. He was at once taken to his home and
| attended by physician. his recovery is hoped
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Five ice companies have begun clearing fields
and making preparations to harvest about 100000
tons of ice on the Kennebec from the head OF
Swan Island to Merrymeetmg Bay. The ice Is OF
good quality, and If the market prospect warrants
il more than the above amount VIII De put up, ana
probably more companies will endeavor TO secure
a crop. About 50,000 tons each can be cut on the
Eastern and Cathance rivers and probably nearly
that amount will be harvested. NO ice Will De
harvested above Swan Island under present con-
WALDO COUNTY.
A valuable colt owned by William +. Kendall Of
| Jackson broke a leg about Christmas, but the
bone had been set and the limb was doing nicely.
One night lately while Mr.. Kendall was away,
the colt got out of his sngs and cast in the stall,
where he was so badly kicked by another horse
| that it was found necessary to kill him.
| A. X. Wood of Belfast reports that last Thurs
day evening when going home from his work ne
was shot at twice by man whom he met on the
| road short distance below Capt. Boardman's
| YORK COUNTY.
| Rev. T. N. Lord who went to California from
| Bddeford last November is improving rapidly in
| health.
| The Biddeford journal says that Henry T.
| BoOthby, the lumberman, who went over the dam
| back of Deering's mill on Springs Island Thurs
Yesterday forenoon, from the effects Of his thrill
1 ing experience in the water.