Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-04-09
state News.

A Young lady who is visiting the wife OF
Mr. Charles Sweetser, on Pleasant street,
went out one evening this week to make a
call at the residence of Mr.. Charles Guptl.
While returning home early that evening she
was grossly assaulted bv a young man when
near the residence of Mr.. Geo. W Berry
and fearfully abused, he taking ont a knife
and threatening to take her life If she did
not comply with his wishes or made any
noise whatever. After quite quarrel with
him she commenced to scream and succeeded
in getting away her glove being cut nearly
TO pieces by the knife which she grabbed hold
Of She was frightened nearly to death, and
upon reaching home could hardly stand. She
Is Young lady of good character, and there
was no cause for this assault.-Rockidad
Correspondent Portland Press
The following business changes are report
ed in this State the past week
Portland-Laughlin & DeCreney, printers,
dissolved Laughln continues. Mooney
Means, coal, dis.
Auburn-Fogg Brothers, Chronicle now
Fogg, Blood ( Co.
Bath-Edward Sewall, ship builder, de-
ceased
Belfast-James p White, ship owner, de-
ceased.
Lewiston--E. Keen, Jr., & Co., grocers,
dis. now waliingford Hersey.
Skowhegan-E. A. Whittier, grocer; sold
to f. s. Prescott
The fool this time halls from Skowhegan.
Arthur Williams, from Skowhegan, arrived
in Boston the other day with yoke of oxen
which he sold for $l05, and after placing the
money in his pocketbook stretched himself
out on a settee in the Eastern Railroad depot
and went to sleep. Late in the afternoon he
was awakened by man who claimed to know
him. was extremely glad to see him, and
wanted to borrow dollar or two. Williams
produced his pocket-book and the friend took
out $50 and handed him back Sl5. Williams
demurred at this, when his friend loftily
handed him what purported to be a $1,000
bond and check on a New York bank for
security, and then stepped into a building TO
see man a moment Williams would like
to see him moment.
Dr. and Mrs. Gardner of Bangor, lost on
Saturday bright little boy of five summers,
Of croupal diphtheria
The following failures are reported by the
Commercial Bulletin in this State for the past
week:
Ernest A. Johns, machinist Boothbay.
NJ. Carleton, of Farnham & Carleton, doors
sashes, ETC., Portland, has gone into insolvcn-
cy.
The little daughter of Samuel Gordon of
Fryeburg, who was thought to be fatally in
jured by being struck in the head by athill of
n sleigh attached to a runaway horse, will
recover.
Hon. John A. Buttriek, one of the Oldest
and most esteemed citizens of Lowell, Mass
and well known throughout the State died on
the 3lst ult., aged nearly G6 years. He was
born in Stetson, Me-, and went to Lowell in
1889.
Last Saturday afternoon fly wheel ten
feet in diameter, with thirty inch face and
q double set of arms, was very successfully
east at the Hinckley q Egery Iron Compa-
ny's Works. 1t was a very interesting sight
to watch the large crew of men, each know
ing exactly what to do and when to do it,
as they hurried about getting everything in
readiness and at the given signal the huge
kettle containing seventy-four hundred
pounds of molten iron, was taken from be-
meath the furnace, by means of large der
rick, and swung round to the large trough
where it was poured into the mould. The
wheel when completed llwegh sixty-seven
hundred pounds. During the day they melt
ed about ninetv-seven hundred pounds of
iron.-- Bangor Whig.