The Portland daily press., 1894-10-11

task of manipulating. Each fall they
build mound about as large as an or
binary bnnchsof hay in a farmers field.
of mud and grass. They dig holes
through this and it insures them a
breathing space through the winter.
This mound is always above high water
mark. o Itsis quite curiosity.
The matter of an iron bridge between
Belfast and Northport ov3r Little River
is about settled Oscar Hills, one of
the selectmen of Northport, says the
town officers will assume the RESPONSE
bility of authorizing the work. He says
the town cannot afford to allow the OPP
portunity to pass.
Walter H. Hail. Belfast drug clerk, had
a narrow escape from a sserious injury a
few days ago. He was compromising pre-
paration. among the ingredients of (which
were quicksilver and nitric acid. He
put it into bottle and was waiting for
the compound to precipitate, when it ex-
ploded, fly ing into his face. One eye
was slightly affected, and while that
was being cleansed his face was quite
badly eaten.
While harvesting potatoes short time
ago in field in North Perry, Allie Nc.
Greedy, Of Machias, picked up tuber
which is quite curiosity in itself. The
potato has each and every form and APP
pearance of we'll formed pig-ears,
eyes, nose and snour.
Business was good in the Gardiner
liquor agency in September The re-
ceipts were 1885, 70.
Hale is new town in the fertile and
beautiful Swift river valley adjoining
Rumford and Roxbury 1t is settled
principally by bears It's chief produce
tion is bears Within few days 26 hears
have been shot at this place.
A large whale disportlng about East
port harbor for several days past has
afforded sight of unusual inter. st to
numerous observers who watch the big
fellows rolling. erollicking movements
In his circuits he came very near to the
wharves threading his way with re-
marka BILE precision among the numer-
GUS boats and shipping, while travelling
with celebrity that would distance the
fastest steamer.
There was narrow escape from a seri-
GUS accident on the western division of
the Boston q Maine at Saco last eve
ming. The engineer of passenger train 7.
due there at 730, was pulling on to the
long iron bridge just west of the station.
when in the darkness he sighted a box
car ON the same track, about 200 Yards
away. He applied the airbrake, and
brought the train to standstill. Some
of the passengers were quite badly shak-
en- up, so quickly did the train stop
The express messenger was thrown ont
of his chair. The train men rushed ont
to see what the trouble was only to see
the mysterious box car slowly disappear
from view. The car bowled merrily past;
the Saco station. greatly to the astonish-
ment of the passengers, who were sur
prised to see lone box car running away
When the train pulled into -the station
the conductor asked for an explanation,
but none of the station men had the
least idea where the car came from. The
conductor uncoupled the engine and
started in pursuit of the runaway. The
car was captured about half way to Old
Orchard, and was hauled back to the
station and sidetraeked. 7 he train was
considerably delayed. The station men
then investigated the matter to learn
if possible where the stray car came
from. When the evening freight was
shifting in the Biddeford yard, Just be-
fore the arrival of the mail train, thew
set half dozen cars on the main line,
The superstition is that this car broke
away from the Others and being q light
running car, rolled past the station.
escaping the notice OF the train men
1t was a peculiar accident and one that
would not happen once in thousand
years.