The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-18
state News.
-LUlQ ~ W0I 1901
pENOBSCOT COUNTY.


PENoBsCoT COUNTY. iiss1lt
d Daniel Billings, while engaged in putting
up stove in the house of his sister-in.laW in
| Bangor, on Friday evening had some high
| words with lWilliam Ordway and Charles Ev-
| ans, two boys, aged about l8,Who were in the
| house at the time. Having completed his
| work Billings started forIthes street, followed
| by the two boys, who resumed the altercat ton,
| clinched Billings and threw him down. Bill
| ing, in, the excitement of the moment, then
| had recourset0 his knife, with which he re-
repeatedly stabbed his assailants inflicting
some severe wounds. Evans received two cuts
in the back Of his head, one on his neck land
one on each shoulder Sh ordway was stabbed in
! wounds IN all 81 The woundedl men were re-
moved to the house ofOrdWays father near by
and surgical aid was lpr6chred. The Wing
| from which we gather the above understands
| that neither Ofthe boys is fatally injured.
| Horse thieves abOund'in Bangor Mr. Sam
! uel D. Veazc, one evening, left hiss Horse in
front of his place. of business and returned
half an houraftepwards to find him gone In
mediateIy procuring another team he started
i'll pursuit Of the animab and fir a]ly recovered
hun the next morning, ON the avenue road ,
quietly grazing in field. The cushion boot
mat, and other articles were missing from the
carriage, and The, vehicle itself was greatly
damaged,-so much 80 t1at focomotion With it
was impossible So says the Bangor sWhig.
h. In aliuding to the rumorthat the Free Street
Society in this city intend to give ReyA. K p
small OF Bangor call, the Wing remarks
that Mr. Small > society therelwil never vol
calls" but has declined them all. IL III
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs zDahiel
Harrington, Of Holden. was celebrated q Oh the
"a inst, by quite a large circle of their rela-,
tiyes aud friehds.0 1t was a season OF much
interest and happiness 5tojall who had the priv
ilege of being present. %
Capt r. Patterson Of Belfast, has been
placed in command of the steamer wm.J lib.
belts, between en- Bangor Pa and Boston. Hordt
I-,- "A sas SOMERSET COUNTY. adj 4a | r..
a Weilearn from the Clarion that, the, Ware
Tavern Stand Situated in, Athens, and oocu-
pied by5a Mr. Jones, was. totally destroyyedIby
fire Friday night last Most of the furniture
was saved. Pierre was an insurance Of s150O
on the house, 5000 OF, the stable, ana $500 on
the furniture. The fire was undoubtedly. thel
work OF an incendiary -lGsf |
The clarion says COW belonging to Mr..
P Topper of StarlSs was stolen from t4tis ward
on the night of the 10Th ualta He traced it
across across Madison Bridge whpea where he lost all
~ ID .da. ANpRosCoaaIN COUNTY! .nse ED
Somebody shot a large hawk in Lewiston
lastweek and presented il to the editor of the
Journal for a anksgiying dinner, 6ses f.9 p
The Lewiston Journal says hay, wood, poul-
try and apples are freely cominS into that mar
ket. Better see ut 'youicannoti swap off your
hawk for turkey. si,lioTJ vo,f sfs a., ma
,lfsaqT i5 HANCOCK COUNTY. ID 10 s1ods ( z1a
Johnny Longtellow, the notorious Young
thief and Jail breaker broke out of Jail last
Monday night, in company with one A. j. Sar-
gent But, as we learn from the0 Eilsworth9
American, Longfellow has been re-f.rrested l
and returned to lail, aud Sargentlist at the
The Ellsworth American says the mills ion
that river are running night and day, and are
cutting out good deal OF lumber, just now.
The mild weather is being taken adyantageof.
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