The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-02
LEWISTON AND AUBURN.
WEDNESDAY. Oct.

| Mercury reaches So in the shade to-day
"The gully" tomorrow evening is to be
illuminated by camp fire, around which
| the A. L. l. boys will gather.
A sewer is being placed in upper Court
street.
Capt Smith went through the stock in
| TIA lie of the Lisbon street German saloonist
| Ziegler, yesterday afternoon, and secured
| small booty Of illegal fluid.
His cousins and his sisters and his aunts
| have all been in town to-day.
Mayor Day, Solicitor Ludden and eX-
| Overseer Holman have been i'll attendance
at the Franklin County court on naupef
case.
Mrs. A. Callahan, mother of Geo. A.
| Callahan, Esq, died very suddenly last
| evening in an apopletic fit. She had
| lust returned from visit at Lisbon, and
| was taken as she alighted from the car
| riage
Several new cases of diptheria are re-
ported in Fossville, Auburn, all of serious
| nature. The disease is prevailing more or
| less throughout the county.
John A. Stevens had q large house at
| Music Hall last evening. Double the seats
were sold than the previous night. The
| company is one of the best that ever visited
| Lewiston.
| Dea. Woodman is to Immediately erect
| house on Union street, north OF his present
| residence.
The ''Independent Four of New York
announce ball in City Hall or Friday
! evening.
Can't. Perham's office has been removed
| to Odd Fellows block.
A colored lady reported to the police
! to-day the loss of quite an amount OF her
wardrobe. and charges an Augusta woman
| as the thief, who left ON the eleven O'Clock
| train Yesterday. Said Augusta woman will
| Immediately be brought to justice.
| Only twenty-siX professionals were loung-
| ing on the park this afternoons fayorlte
occupation in warm weather.
granite crossing is being placed in
| Chapel street.
The G. T. r. r. sell half-fare tickets to
| the Oxford fair this week.
The ice carts are taking rest.
The school board will meet Friday even
| ing The vacancy in the instructors of
| normal class win be considered.
The Androscoggin County Savings Bank,
| like the honest Institution it is, now pro-
| pose to pay a ten per cent. dividend to It's
depositors, whose accounts last year were
| necessarily scaled down. The dividend
will be paid after the next term OF court
probably. This piece of news will be re-
ceived with gladness by the hosts of patrons
who place their savings in trust with this
bank.
Ex-Gov. Cennor was guest at the De
Witt House last night.
The grounds around the pumping station
have been greatly improved, and now pre-
sent very tidy appearance
The Franklin Co. offer a large number of
house lots ihthe southerly section OF the
city for sale.
Number of complaints are daily passing
into the police station of garden trespass-
ers. The boldness of petty ihieving IS on
the increase, and our vigilant officers would
do we'll to make some disciplinary example.
A special is to be put on duty tomorrow to
look especially after this business. Boys,
beware!
A mock trial is to be held at Bates Friday
evening; Prof. Stacy has resigned his
position as elocutionary Instructor at
Bates.
This speaks well for our water works.
The clerk, John Given, ESQ.,, informs us
that more families now use city water in
Lewiston than those in Bangor, in accord
ance with the last reports. The Bangor
system was established in 1875; ours in
1878,
The amount of rain which fell in Sep
TENDER was 2. rs inches-a little more than
half the quantity in the same month last
year. The average temperature was 57.160
Coolest day the Goth, 45o average Warmest
day the I'd, 75o average.
Court record: Patrick Crosby, transport
ING LIQUORS, case continued until Saturday.
Fred Zegler, on search and seizure process,
case continued until tomorrow. John
Heffren, assault and batter upon Anthony
Mcdonald, found guilty and fined 81 and
One-half the costs each.
Hotel arrivals: De Witt, 80; Marston,
2; Elm, 81; total, rs.