The Portland daily press., 1867-11-09
state Items.

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| John w. Floyd who made an assault on 1t
Adams, mail agent, with pistol has been dis
| charged by Judge Emery at Saco Nan af8 q
Horace Greeley will give lecture under
| the auspices of the Biddeford "Young Mems
Christian Association.s Subject: 'SeIf Made
| Men" qsi lsa 'f8 tue
4 "A gentleman in Bangor recently discharg-
ed girl from his employ, and when she was
gone he found that she had stolen ten dollars
worth of silver spoons. s" Nai
The city authorities Of Bangor have pub
lished petition to the Legislature for an act to
prohibit the depositing in Penobscot ,Sver any
slabs, edgings, saw-dust, ETC. tits feared the
navigation of the river will be ruined uls
The Union Store at South Berwick was
broker into on Saturday night by entering a
back window; the burglars, however, evident
y being in quest OF money, only took about
two dozen pocket knives and three or four
hundred coppers. +s 9' a-ao
On Monday Mrs J. K. Goodwin of Bidde-
ford while under temporary insanity, commit
ted suicide by taking poison. go
speaking of the mackerel fishermen. the
Belfast Journal says, the catch by the Penob
scot river and Belfast vessels has been good
better probably than that of any other place on
the coast. Two thousand eighty eight barrels
have arrived at that port Ezfrrs easgs
The Rockland Democrat says that on
Sunday morning last the body of a man was
found on Teal's Island in the mouth of
Georges River, in the rockweed and surf At.
ter Investigation it was found that the body
was that ofThomas Hopkins of Surrey. Maine
There was evidence of a blow over the left
temple, and the verdict of the jury was in snb-
stance that the deceased came to his death nv
an injury received over the left ternn,e nv
whom or what cause being unknown. ~ a.
The Por tland Argus announces that an
old blacksmith shop on Gooch Island in tb;s
city is to be lie moved. We learn that a small
boy, last week, while playing around the old
shop, "stubbed his toe " by which aecident II Is
said, his mother kept him indoors nearIv s;Y
weeks. The Argus editor can probably ascer1
tam lqrsner ,oePoglaghie particulars this
island in person -Biddetord Journal - o UP
"A Hartford correspondent of the Rebast
Journal writes: "We have a town meet;no
next Monday, and st. Adams also. Our lpe
pie are determined to have a road to Pittsfeld
any way. st. Adams and Hartand will raise
S15oOOO, and Pittsfield will offset Newnort IN
my opinion. st. Adams and Hartland will
guarantee to build railroad from st. Albans
to Pittsfied if that will secure uo,,r road
through here"
"A lank young man, well bronzed and in a
wen rubbed suit evidently fixed up with his
best, entered one of our banks few DAYS since
and moved and leaned about for some time
seemingly with some thought in his mind
which he was waiting an opportunity to dis
close. The eye Of the cashier was sinon him
and when all the company had left. he slyly
sided up to the counter and said rs tbere
any way fellow can find out il ANYBODY has
any money in the bank" ooh yes.s The cash.
ier blandly answered, you can ask anv one
and he will probably tell you" This seemed
to have a general satisfaction in it. bnt it did
not quite come to the point so after meditatine
upon it for short time, the young man INNS,
tered his courage up to another effort. "WeIi.
Said he, "Isuppose Imust tell you: i am en-
gagged to girl, Miss ------.---, and folks saw
that She has hundred dollars in the bant
and want to know ifitis So" "Ah YES. IN
derstand It." said the cashier, 'you can AK the
girl and she will probably tell you,' The
young man left the bank, but we have not seen
his name in the record of marriages. Kenne-
bee Journal 20