The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-15
WESTBROOK.
HE STABBED AND RAN AND
CAN'T BE FOUND

HE STABBED AND RAN AND
CAN'T BE FOUND.
| yesterday afternoon, a Frenchman,
known as Joe Magee, and ano tber man
named Roger .Hagefdon, had been drink
ing together and sgot into troub1e over
some money..E Hagerdon gave Magee
some money. to buy liquor and the
Frenchman disappeared with it, lie
went to his home on Main street. and
later, as be came out of the house, saw
Hagerdon approaching. When he drew
near Hagerdon rushed at Magee and,
with small knife, inflicted quite a
severe wound inthe neck, just under the
ear. He struck again, but Magee threw
up his hand and the knife blade struck
the palm. Then Hagerdon ran across
the street and disappeared. The officers
had not found him late last evening.
He is a painter and lives at the east end.
He is known as hard drinker, but not
as dangerous man, never having done
anything of the kind befor e.
IM LELliAlN -O1 "A D1ER.
William Edward Mel elan and Phoebe
Ann Chandler, two of Westbrook's most
popular and wldely-known young people
were united in marriage Sunday morn
| ing at 10 o'clock, at the Congregational
| church parsonage. Rev. S. N. Adams
officiating. After the ceremony the hap
| Ply couple attended the morning services
at the Congregational3 church, and
| from there were conveyed to their hand
somely furnished new home on Long
| fellow street, where they informally re-
ceived their immediate relatives aud a
| few of their most intimate friends. The
| event in every particular was unostenta.
| tious, but none the less pleasant and
| attractive. The groom is a native of
this city,a populars.business man, and.pos-
sesses those traits of character which.win
the friendship and command the respect
and esteem of all. The bride has host
Of friends both in this city, where she
| has resided for numbr of years) and
/! in Machias, her former home. Their
popularity was pleasingly attested by
the extremelyslarge number of costly and
| useful gifts.
SUCCESSFUL HUNTING TRIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W. Wentworth re-
turned Saturday from Chesuncook, where
theyahave been visiting relatives for the
past two weeks. Mr.. Wentworth went
| deer hunting two afternoons while there,
the first afternoon securing two does,
and the second afternoon large buck
AS the law limited him to this number
he had to confine himself to small game
the remainder of his stay. The buck
which he secured was one of herd that
he found feeding in turnip patch few
hundred feet from farmers house.
LOSS TO WAGE + ARNERs.
In the past IA months the wage earn
ers in this city have lost over $500, 900 in
wages, and at present, with winter APP
preaching, at least one-hfth of our work
ing men are in forced idleness. The
word shutd own" has Dire adful sound
to all within our limits.
MINOR MENTION.
Rev. "A. E. Strout OF Gorham occupied
the M. E. pulpit yesterday.
Mr.. A. A. Hez,elton and family of Free
port. are visiting relatives in the city.
Mayor CordwetI and wife, Mr.. Nathan
lei Brown and wife, Miss Minnie j. Ba-
con and Mr.. Stephen Hepkinson returned
Saturday from 10 short pleasure trip to
Boston.
,,s Mr.. FranksW. Lam b. Student at the
Dartmouth medica al colIege,is spending "a
short vacation wit b his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. W. Lamb OF this city.
Miss Nellie Hadl.,y of Lewiston is the
guest of friends in the city.
hi The meet of the R7estbrook Driving
Club which was to Slatve been held at
Narragansett Park, Saturday afternoon,
was postponed one week. OH account of
the weather. Now that the country
fairs are ended,it is expected that there
will be a number of horses added to the
list of entries in the 230 and 2.40 races.
Mrs. J. A. CAMPBELL, Mrs. a. p. Spronl
and Mrs. Gilbert Hill of yCherryfeld are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs James Sproul
of this city.
Dr.G.W. Hawkes. and Superintendent
| Spring of the Westbrook electric road,
returned Saturday from their cunning
excursion in the vicinity of Moosehead
Lake. 1t is reported that the d eer in
that locality hold no grievances against
| these gunners,
Mesasrs. John Graves and C.B. Wood
man of Saccarappa Lodge, I. o. %. E., will
leave today for Belfast to attend tine
meeting of the Grand Lodge Mrs. Lyd-
! ia Smith and Mrs. Pauline Hezelton as
delegates from Naomi Lodge, D. of r.,
are to be in attendance at the same city