The Portland daily press., 1879-11-29
LEWISTON AND AUB BURN.

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Police circles are noisy.
A drizzling rain set in this afternoon.
Sale of Billiards. concert course tickets
opened yesterday.
Streets were jammed yesterday by people
in holiday attire.
Two wanderers were given lodgings at
thelstation last night.
Rev. j. Mariner lectures in the Pine
street course next Thursday evening.
The Auburn Aqueduct Company are ex-
tending iron pipe up Union street.
Weather prophets predict an open win
ter.
The Hayden Quartette, male voices, is a
recently organized local society.
An assembly was held in City (Smalll
Hall Yesterday afternoon. Surveys orches-
ira furnished the music.
A. B. Crosby, the photographer, has re-
tired from business and continues in ill
health among his friends in the eastern
part of the state. w. L. Hall succeeds Mr..
Crosby in business.
An ungraded school will commence Mon
day morning in the Lincoln street school
house in the rear of Hill mill. All schol-
ars over II years will be admitted. Com
petent instruction will be afforded, and
many of our young men out of employment
should attend.
Sydney Burt will appear ia local enter
tainment in Temperance Hall, Saturday
evening. Grace Babcock and other local
celebrities assist. The proceeds 60 toward
the benefit of the Reform Club, and there
should be a liberal patronage.
Among recent matrimonial alliances we
IL af np u PROV
and H. A. Wallingford, Esq.
Green grass on the park.
Three extra police were Oh duty yester-
day.
This has been an ideal April day, and
the snow what little was left has depart
ed fir m us.
Rev. F. w. Brakeman preached an elo-
queut and appropriate sermon at the Court
street Baptist church, yesterday morning,
on this theme: Gratitude due to the past. !"
Reys. Tinker, Mariner, Reynolds ard
Jones participated in the exercises. There
was a good attendance.
Union religious exercises in Lewiston
yesterday, were held at Main street F. 3.
church. Rev. w. Fl. Bowen, D D., gave a
powerful discourse on the cheerfulness of
life, and how little it was appreciated by
the masses. A bounteous offering in fruit,
provisions, cash, etc, for the benefit of the
poor was brought to the church by the citi-
Zens
A country team ran away on lower Lis
bon street early this morning, and the &C.
cupant sustained injuries.
One of our overseers got on fearful tare
and drunken debauch yesterday, and found
himself in the lookup by night Among
other freaks he smashed glass, assaulted
innocent people and made himself general
ly conspicuous.
Several important liquor seizures were
made By the officers Yesterday.
There was turkey shoot at Lisbon yes
terday, and many of our local sportsmen
participated.
j. A. Dillingham; occupies No - Lisbon
street, vice C. c. Garcelon.
A Frenchnan severely pummeled Mark
Nero of Auburn, this afternoon, near the
Journal office. A crowd of sympathizers
were on hand, and the affair became a
highly wrought sensation. The trouble
was from jealousy, the FrenchmaD accus-
ing Mark of being too intimate with his
wife.
F. L. Randall of Lewiston has written a
political essay of considerable merit, ill
which he makes some decisive points that
ought to be put on our statute books.
The Auburn Light Infantry boys have
gained an enviabe reputation for the high
surprising that they are so invariably well
patronized and successful. The hop and
exhibition drill at Pennington, Thanksgiv-
ing eve., was the event of the season in that
village. The affair was enjoyed by large
crowd, and the company returned home
yesterday in most satisfactory frame of
mind. Last evening larger crowd never
gathered at an entertainment of this kind
in City Hall. The drill exhibited skilful
training and perfect discipline, The dane
ing began at about nine o'clock Certainly
200 couples formed in the grand promenade.
Glover furnished his choicest musical Sc
lections. Everything in detail passed off
agreeably, and the company finds itself in
good financial standing thereby.
Dupoy's combination presented Uncle
Toms Cabin and Ticket of-Leave Man in
Music Hall Thanksgiving afternoon and
evening, to small houses, Some of the
characters were well represented, but the
cast, as whole, was not up to the average.
The archery contest will come off De-
cember Sd.
The past week 1,056 cases of shoes were
shipped from Auburn.
Some roughs made a disgraceful disturb
ance at the performance of Uncle Toms
Cabin yesterday afternoon.
Court RecoM-James Thornton, intoxi-
cation, fined SIS and costs; Charles Lafosse,
same offence, fined S. and costs; John
O'Br.en, search and seizure of Intoxicating
liquors. fined $50 and costs-appealed and
furnished bonds; Daniel Wentworth, same
offence, sentence continued.