The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-05
BY TELEGRAPH,
MATTERS In MAINE
The BiddefOrd Middle.
Free Fight of the City Fathers.
An Interview with Fists-Au ex.NIayOr
take Hand-Arguments made with
Chairs-Rent Linen and Eyes Glad with
Mourning-Spring Bearers Marked. etc.,
Especial to Press.1


SACo MAY 5.-The regular monthly meeting
of the Bddeford City Council was held this
evening. Everything passed off tremendously
in the meeting though the Democratic members
introduced some insulting orders which were
laid upon the table in some cases and rot
noticed in Others The annual appropriation bill
was passed and SEINE other business attended to-
After the adjournment of the Council Edwin
Stone approached Councilman Andrews in the
Council room and accused him of making a
false record while temporary clerk at recent
meeting. Mr. Andrews denied any intention
of fraud, but accused Stone of being the author
of an order introduced to appoint a committee
to investigate the action of Mr.. Andrews. MI.
Stone called Andrews liar. Mr.. Andrews re-
plying, ''vou are another" Stone squared ~off
and dealt Andrews stinging blow in the face,
just grazing his nose. Andrews objected to such
proceeding and collared Stone, backed him
agi inst the wall and bumped his head in a
lively manner. Ex-Mayor Wedgewood then
made dive for Andrews and then commenced
a free fight which throws New York and
Arkansas into the shade. A Councilman tried
to pull the usually affable Wedgewoods off but
Councilman from Ward struck a Republican
from Ward in the face, and in return got
blow which sent i'm spinning against the fold
ing doors of the Aldermen's room. At this
iuncture of affairs reinforcements arrived aud
at least twenty were engaged in the disgraceful
fight. A Democratic Councilman from Ward
6, Mcintosh, think, struck out and some one
struck back sending his beaver twirIing across
the hallway. A legal gentleman was about to
grab a chair to make Herewith the most telling
argument of his life, upon somebody when
Councimen Haines and Allen wrenched it
from him and succeeded in pacfying him,
Such launching and choking kicking and pull
ing would have done credit to row in North
street. Boston or genuine Bowery knock down.
Respectable Democratic spectators stood in
astonishment at the disgracefu and outrageous
proceeding. Had not sone of Andrews friends
| pulled him off from Stone, the latter would
| have received more than the light scratches he
! did. A lawyer had his shirt badly disasraf{ged
and several others went home to their dear
wives with disorders in their dress and scratches
| upon their phiz not made by their two year old
| darling.
At ten O clock the riotous ones had>been all
taken in tow and safely escorted away, and soon
ouietness reigned supreme. 1t is only topic
| of discussion at the hotels to-nia1t, and that
such disgraceful and uncalletsfor scrimmage
should have brought upon th4 city such dis
grace, is regretted by ALL = H. w.
by AssociatediPress)
| Fire nj Lubec.
| EAs1PoRT, May 4-This forenoon fire broke
out in rigging loft in Lubec, and burned the
sails of the schooners Maggie Harthans, 5. U,
Deforest and Merose, the cooper shop and
five hurfayed barrels with all the stock belong
ing to e. w. Brown, fifty barrels of -four, two
hundred bushels of corn. one fish honse and a
shop OWNED by S. Staples & Son. The value of
property. destroyed is 81, 900; no insurance; in
cendiary:
| = Disaster TO n Bath Vessel
NEW YORK, May 4.-Capt. Burt of the bark
Alfred of Bath, Me-, from Philadelphia for st.
John, N. b., reports sailed from the Delaware
Breakwater April 21st, with a cargo of coal,
bound for st. john, N. B. On the 18th took a
heavy gale from the east, in which the vessel
was hove down on her beam ends, cut away the
masts to ease her but she remained in that po-
sition, having shifted cargo Gu the Goth was
fallen in with by pilot boat G. W. Blunt, and