The Portland daily press., 1879-07-23
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
LEWISTON AND AUBURN.

LEWISTON AND AUBURN.
TUESDAY, July %.
The palm leaf is resumed again.
An enquiry meeting will be held to-
night at Crawley's Junction.
The members of the First Maine Cavalry
meet at r. S. Bradbury's Office Friday next
to make arrangements for the proposed re-
union at Lake Auburn.
There was narrow escape from drown
ing in the river yesterday.
The excursion over the Maine Central
and by steamer to Harpswell to-day, under
the auspices of the Auburn Light Infantry
and Gloyer's band, was we'll patronzed. Up
wards of four hundred Lewiston and Au-
burn people went, and others in Portland
and along the road Joined.
| A pair of shoes is displayed by Lisbon
street dealer marked "only $780," So
small character as period alters things
vastly sometimes.
The Lewiston city council met this eve
ming and passed the usual routine of bust
| ness.
The republicans with sprinkling from
the other parties were well represented at
the rally last evening. Gen. Jas. A. Hall
was the speaker. He spoke upon issues be-
tween tbs old parties and touched only
briefly upon the financial status. Gloyer's
band furnished music.
| A farmer with wagon load ofSminearls
has been gathering shekels on the square
this afternoon.
j. w. Kelly, of the Eastern Steamboat
| Co., is at the Dewitt.
| The goods stolen in the recent robbery
were all recovered TODAY and suspected
party lodged in the lookup. 1t was Mon
| day night at about II o'clock that Marshal
Smith was informed of the mysterious
movements of two men in carriage yes
! terday in the town of Minot. Inform alton
was gathered that. led Mr.. Smith to
believe that he had clue worthy of follow
| ing up. So in company with officer Warm
UNI of Auburn the Marshal drove to Minot
and undertook thorough search and in
quiry The clue was strengthened by the
statements of others in that section, who
had noticed the same parties. The officers
became convinced from indications that in
certain piece of woods owned by Mr.
Libby, about three miles easterly from West
Minot village, the goods would be found or
some trace of them could be procured. Ac-
cordingly they began to look up a path or
| some convenient entrance to the forest. In
| certain place old limbs and underbrush
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trampled under foot and here the officers
hitched their horse and made way into
the woods. Following trail some ten 10 Is
they came upon stone wall and upon the
opposite side of this wall few feet distant
| a large sack was disclosed to view. The
officers at once gobbled upon this, which
proved to contain about 81 800 in value of
the silk and hair goods stolen. At this
visit none of the remainder of the spoils
| could be found. A second visit was made
later to-day to the premises by eleven Off
GERS and in few moments Capt. Smith ran
upon another sack deposited only short
distance from the first. The two sacks in
cluded sXty-seven pieces of the goods and
all the hair. Only seven pieces remain yet
unbound. Great credit is due to Captain
Smith for the skill he has exercised thus
far in the case. Ed Long was arrested last
evening upon Lincoln street, suspected as
one of the robbers. Others are suspected
and their whereabouts are being ferreted
| out.
A later dispatch says boy found trunk
containing several rolls of Sands silk in
the West Minot woods this afternoon, so
all the stolen goods have now been recov-
cred.
by Telegraph
| A boy found trunk containing several rolls
| of Sands silk in the West Minot woods this af-
ternoon. All the stolen goods have now been
| recovered.