The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-06
A STARTLING Record.

> An esteemed Lewiston contemporary pub
fishes chronological record of the important
events OF the past year in that city. 1t makes
an exceedingly imposing array and will I'M
doubtedly furnish important matter for the fu-
ture historian of the spindle city of Maine.
AS it fills five columns in solid nonpareil type
we cannot reproduce it entire in these columns,
much as we might desire to do so. We can,
however, give our readers taste of its quality.
The first day of June in Lewiston marked not
only the advent of summer, but what the
chronicler seems to regard as of much more
Importance, the arrival in that city of Barnum's
advertising car which drew large crowds OF
gazers. The second day was day OF pente-
cost and nineteen persons were received Into
Park street church. The third was devoted to
the destruction of seventy gallous of liquor.
probably in anticipation of Greenback rally
which occurred the next day. On the sixth
the most important event was the arrival OF
Mr. Peter Charles Keegan to take up his resi-
dence In Lewiston. The seventh was day OF
disaster for on that day Mr.. J. G. Jepson was
severely injured. On the 9Th an irritable
Irish lady went for" school marin. On the
10th Superintendent Corser Of the Buckfeld
Branch broke his leg. On the 18th supposed
mad dog was shot and on the next day canker
rash broke out. On the 18th Mr.. P. T. Barnum
and wife arrived at the DaWitt House. On
the 10th the dog excitement produced by the
occurrence of the 18th had risen to such a
pitch that the city council ordered the sum-
mary imprisonment of the mouths of all dogs
in muzzles. On the 21st Deputy Sheriff Bangs
took the war path and captured a rum team,
and somebody creased Miss Browns dressmak-
ing stock, probably to make it slip on easier
The 9th was day of social enjoyment, the
Goss family holding reunion. July LIST will
be memorable for the carload of sewing ma
chimes which arrived. The next day cotton
bale fell on Jack Herrck's leg and broke it.
Between the 4th and 9TH there seems to have
been nothing worth recording, but on the latter
day Bill Mclean broke the profound quiet by
pistol practice with his wife for target.
Luckily Mrs. Mclean wore steel corsets which
resisted the balls and saved her for future
marksmen. The 10Th was a very exciting day.
The sun was partially ecipsed, piece of rock
from blast broke hole through the roof of a
neighboring house, Miss Gary visited Durham
and the st. J0seph's Society went to andre
scoggin lake. Nothing but large hyperdermic
injections Of morphine prevented all Lewiston
from lying awake the night succeeding this
eventful day. On the I'd of August the We
racious chronicler calmly informs the world
that whisky keg was discovered in a nest
Of cabbage heads. The keg was probably
setting and might have Matched more whisky
or more cabbage heads (neither of which
Lewiston seems to be in need of if it had not
been prematurely broken up. On the
4th Kit O'Connell with two kindred spirit)
(sin and whisky presumably stole a team and
event on terrific tear Ga tho 10Th camp
meeting began and on the same day Mr.
Corville had three cows choked to death. Two
days later bold, bad father alb duosed his own
child which was contentedly Nesting in the
bosom of its maternal grandmother.
The advent of cold weather caused no ''let
up" in this continuous flow of startling
incident. On the I'd of November an infant
daughter of MI. rSpofford was scalded to
death. On the 9th (horror of horrors) the
barge ~ G. Blaine tipped over. On the
18th some roughs wreaked terrible vengeance
on Frenchman by stoning his house. On the
18th four nervous persons, not able to bear
the strain of this continual excitement, fled
to the table lands of Colorado. The 18th was
the thrtieth anniversary Of MIR. and Mrs.
Cobb. This is a trifle obscure and is liable to
puzzle the future historian. Perhaps it was
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb which was
celebrated on that day, but it might have been
their birth or even their death. The event of
the year fraught with the deepest significance
occurred on the 18th, for it sho wed most
shameless defiance of that public opinion
which insists that whisky shall only be
carried on the street in the stomach. Contrary
to all custom Mr.. A. Ward was carrying it IN
q key. We are happy to be able to say that
this rebellious subject was captured and
deprived of the means to further outrage
public opinon-in other words of the keg of
whisky.
The above are some of the more important
occurrences in our sister city. There are
many others startling when standing alone
but which pale into insgnifcance when con-
trasted with the foregoing. Truly the year
1873 was an "Annus Mirabilis'' in Lewiston.