The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-09
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
LEWISTON AND AUBURN.

FRIDAY, Aug. s.
People hover around the coal fires to-day.
Forepaugh came TO town about seven this
morning, two hours late, owing to the
breaking of railroad truck.
Artist Coolnbs is sketching in the lake
region in northern Maine.
A party from North Carolina are at the
Dewitt House.
The First Maine Cavalry will hold their
reunion September I'd instead of the 10Th,
as previously announced.
City Marshal Bridges of Portland was in
town last evening looking up the Durham
burglary case.
Kate Driscoll was convicted on COM
nlaipt of assault and battery at the Auburn
police court yesterday
The sale of tickets for Beecher's lecture
opens at City Hall tomorrow.
Fifty-eight members OF Forepaugh's show
are onartered at the Marston House.
MI Maxwell, of the firm of Allen & Max
well. has lust completed fine residence on
Ash street.
VIM Hughes is in the city prison Jon
three complaints, viz, search and seizure,
single sale and assault and battery.
A young lad in playing around the circus
train this morning had foot crushed under
the car wheels.
A gold watch valued at S25, was stolen
from the room of Kate Sawyer in Tracy
block, Lisbon street, last night. The police
are investigating the case.
Only few of our citizens awaited them
selves to-day of the excellent opportunity
to visit Boothbay and the islands for 81.
The street parade of Forepaugh's show
this morning was much admired by large
crowds of people assembled along the way.
The evening entertainment drew multi
tude of spectators and was much commend
ed An unusually large and valuable col
lection of animals travel with the show.
Warren Jewell of Boston and Chas Har-
vey of Bangor are each held in 81, SEQ bonds
for their appearance at the September term
of S. j. court, to answer to the following
complaints: Breaking and entering the
store of E. W Weber, and for burglary
upon the house of Joseph Plummer OF Dur
ham. Failing to secure bonds they were
committed.
The race between Hartwell and Hart last
evening was suddenly terminated at $50
O'Clock, Hart leaving the track and forfeit
ing the race to his opponent. They began
at six O'Clock, thus walking three hours and
twenty minutes. Hartwell covered % miles
and 6 laps in this time, and Hart % miles
and 26 laps-nine laps behind. small
crowd was in attendance. Harry now
holds the championship of the state In pc
destrianism.
The butchers, grocers and market men
organized for the season last night at the
city council room. E. Keene, Jr., was
chosen president; John Garner, treasurer;
and E. T. Hatch, secretary. They voted TO
hold an excursion at Old Orchard Beach,
A,,n,ct 18Th opd annointad several COM
mittees on arrangements.
Hotel arrivals: Dewitt, 25; Marston, 10;
Elm, AZ.
A few words more relative to our French
population and we will leave them. very
large part of the people are engaged as mill
operatives, their wages of course being reg
ulated by the age and efficiency, but we set
the average at ninety cents per day or S4.50
per week.
Children of the poorer families are placed
in the factories at very early age; often
times the earnings of ten year old boy or
girl from this source are appropriated to the
family mint. We regret to note the fact
the French people as class sadly neglect
the education of their offspring in the pub
lie schools, and as result hordes of them
are reared in ignorance (but happily not
vice.. Inside the hot, close, dusty walk OF
our factories at least two thousand OF the
Ffcucu, 1TOIu ten years up, aiO oihPiofou
from six o'clock in the morning until 6. 10
at night. How does this life compare with
that of those free and easy rural young
people? You well fed, well clothed,
we'll bred, and happily privileged country
lass or lassy think of these poor French
children ploding in these mills, wearing
their puny lives out inch by inch, with but
scanty clothing and food, with no green
lawn to play upon, flowers to gather or any,
thing of romance or beauty in their pitiful
lives. A family of say ten, some are en-
gagged in the mill, one or two grocer clerks,
the father perhaps truckman or day labor
er. Let us look in upon this family. There
they live in small tenement; vegetables
and meat are their food cheap clothing cover
their backs. In every thing they live mer-
cifully close and save every cent. Well,
now their net earnings are doubtless from
$50 to 500 per month or nearly 81 900 per
year. This is sent on to Canada to help
purchase nice little farm or perhaps free
a mortgage from one already purchased. In
course of two or three years with average
prosperity that farm will be paid for and
the family now perhaps, increased to thir.
teen or fourteen, goes home to the land OF
their birth, there to settle permanently.