The Portland daily press., 1879-06-17
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
LEWISTON AND AUBURN.

LEWISTON AND AUBURN.
MONDAY, June 16.
The turnkey says the wounded Martins
are IN critical state.
A call for a Republican caucus next
Thursday evening is issued.
Leadville emigrants are fast returning
home.
The Nichols Echo, published by the
students of the Latin School, is just pub
lished
The juniors closed up Ivy Days festivi-
ties with a banquet at the Dewitt House.
Miss Blake's school at Crowly's highly
enjoyed picnic rendered them last week.
A number of Miss BIS friends went down
with music. The occasion will not soon be
forgotten either by mistress or pupils
A branch meeting of the County Agri-
cultural Society was held in the council
rooms Saturday forenoon, and preparatory
business for the annual exhibition was
transacted. The premium list was revised.
A slight mishap to officer Stone to-day
will require him to vacate few days.
Stone attempted new feat of alighting
from carriage headforemest, and success
fully carried out the programme.
Whether tits an overseer of the poor or
any other ''individuool," we hardly see the
prudence of beating and abusing such
one after he is down. and we question very
much the wisdom of public newspaper in
giving the freedom of its columns to scan
dalous and highly wrought communications
without being well assured of the facts in
the case. 1t seems to us that Mr.. Holman
has answered all charges against him fair
and square, and presented sufficient proof
to clearly vindicate the falsity of such in
famous assertions.
The Bates won an easy victory over the
Colbys in base ball. The score stood Is to
4 in favor of the former. The Bates ex-
press pleasure at their reception and the
hospitality exercised toward them by the
Waterville boys.
She had been schoolmistress in neigh
boring village, and as the education bust
ness was slack, she came down to Lewiston
to earn few honest shekels. She obtained
employment at the Bates, and one morn
ing recently she startled big section hand
at the breakfast table by inquiring if he
would transport the fapjohns." The S.
ID. looked at her in a bewildered way, and
as he stirred his coffee large drops of per-
spiration stood on his brow. She repeated
the request and with heart rending
groan he fled the scene, and made the
balance of his breakfast at Jack Hibbert's
on cold sausage and five cent piece of
liver.
Seven intentions of marriage at the
clerks office last week, one of which was
an aged couple nearly three score and ten.
Officer Cross has taken temporarily a
place on the police force, during officer
Stones confinement.
/. S. Calderwood g. Co. are new fruit
and confectionery firm established under
the hill on Main street.
About four feet and seven inches of rain
has fallen since sunrise. This isn't 'sgate
house" authority.
Freight depots are crammed, jammed
full, and yet they say this is only begin
ming.
Sunday was the quietest day of the year.
Politicians now begin to wage. The bat
tie is going to be hot and strong.
DR.. Parker, new physician, has opened
an office in Savings Bank block.
T. A. Sheehan is soon to open another
restaurant on Lisbon street.
Orders for the Lake Auburn spring water
were received to-day from Atlanta, Ca,
and Philadelphia, Pa.
Only six gentlemen of leisure put up at
the police lodging house last week. This
resort seems to be diminishing in popu-
larity.
Johnson's orchestra went to Skowhegan
to-day to attend the high school exercises
in that place.
Prof. Slower has gone east to meet an
engagement.
Lawrie Burns and Thos. Murphy, some
what undone by too free indulgence of
the forty rod, attempted their pugilistic
powers upon officers Taught and Cross Sat-
urday evening, Said officers confess Burns
and Murphy are bruisers of high order.
and did some tall fighting in this instance.
But the persuasive influence of billies ad-
Justed matters, so too speak, land Burns and
Murphy will now rest in Jail for term of
three months each, regretting they had ever
Crossed the path of the officers or ever
Taught in resistance of said officers
power.
The Lake Auburn Spring Hotel will be
dedicated June 2Sth. A large excursion
party from Boston are to be present. The
exercises will be quite elaborate. johnson
has been engaged to furnish music.
Ed. Gilbert got first money in The pedes-
trian race in Temperance Hall Saturday
evening.
At large meeting of prominent Green
hackers Saturday evening to consider the
course adopted by Chase's Chronicle in
boiling the Portland platform and in de-
nouncing the proceedings of the conven-
ton, the sentiment was decidedly pro-
nounced and unanimous in condemning the
chronicle for the course taken in its last
issue.
Hotel arrivals-DeWitt, I; Marston, IS.