The Portland daily press., 1894-05-30
STATE TOPICS IoF INTEREST.


ment inequitabl burdens.
STATE TOPICS IOF INTEREST.
The Eastern Gazette urges the town of
Dexter to purchase steam ire engine.
1t refers to the recent fire in Norway and
says: The village has always been for
tunate in having only small fires, which
the hand tubs have easily checked. But
when it came to fighting fire OF large
proportions its force was inadequate.
Miss Nellie Turner, of Lewiston was
severely burned Monday afternoon by an
explosion of gunpowder. While cleaning
out closet she came across package
and, without knowing that it ontalned
powder, she dropped it into the kitchen
Stove. There was Immediately an ex-
plosion that shook the house. The flash
struck Miss Turner in the face and also
extinguished before damage was done.
The Portland & Rumford Falls rail-
road now has about fifty men at work
on the Auburn extension, ballasting
and levelling the new track, and finish
ing the stations. The section men have
reiaid about one and one fourth miles of
track with new rails on the old line, and
number of improvements in Canton
yard and other places along the line are
billed for this season.
A woman and Is year old boy were
doing tho narrowing in an Auburn field
Tuesday. The woman was driving the
horse and the boy was holding down
the harrow by lying face down on the
-, ,1ya n
first rate. and everybody seemed to en-
joy 1t, except perhaps the horse.
Horace G. Nay of Berlin Falls came
down on the early Grand Trunk trair
| reached Auburn he got out and started
across the railroad bridge on foot. Wher
about midway of the bridge he wa.
overtaken by the train, which had beer
divided into two sections. Mr.. Nay tool
| hold of one of the standards of the
bridge and held on until the first section
| had gone by, and, not noticing the sec
ond section coming, let go his hold ant
| was about to step on to the track whel
| the car struck him and tossed him init
| the river below. 1t was frightful fal
and it is wonder the man was not dis
| abled. The current carried him dowl
| the river considerable distance and b.
was rescued by some men in boat. HI
lost his hat, his pocketbook containing
| S12, and Grand Trunk mileage bool
| worth SIS. 1t was marvellous escape.
| The Machias Republican says: "Jerr,
| Hennessy, of Whitneyville, has moved
| into the Desmond house. He is keeping
bachelors halln at present, and is lin
dependent and seems happy. He has I
whole new fit-out anG looks lovely
which doubtless is what induces the girl
| to give him plenty of chin wag," ant
| if he is not unreasonably slow in takin.
hint, his declining years may be tn
happiest of his life"
The committee has decided upon
| golden eagle to surmount the high towe
of Bangor city hall.
The Rumford Falls chemical work
are to be enlarged to about four time
their present capacity. New permanen
| brick buildings will be built, includ
ing a DYNAMO building 50x70 feet, tw
stories high, boiler house 30x30 feet
with two boilers and 90-foot chimney
an additional cell shed 125x80 feet, an
two additional lead chambers. TIL
works when the engagements are com
| pIeted will employ sixty men, and vii
produce from ten to twelve tons dali
of chloride OF lime ana cauSt1c soda
These works are the only plant c
the kind in America, these chemical
used in the manufacture of paper havirl
heretofore been imported, and it is likel
to be a growing industry. The frame
up for the new $1,000 schoolhouse. job
Somers is the contractor.
The Swans Island Advent Societ
raised $3.50 Sunday, towards paying u
the indebtedness on the new chape
There is only $3.50 indebtedness remain
ing.
Benjamin Philbroek, the wheelwrigl
of Camden street, Rockland owns j 81
sey COW worth having. She gives frol
: % to 30 quarts of rich milk every da,
Last year he got from her 1906 quarts.
500 Reward, 800.
The readers of this paper will be please
, to learn that there is at least one dreade
| disease that science has been able to GU