The Portland daily press., 1879-06-09
MAINE CITIES.
Jottings by Press Correspondents.

LEWISTON AND AUB URN.
SATURDAY, June Z.
Quite spell of weather this.
Double windows are being replaced.
Lots of choice plants were ruined in the
recent gale.
Visits to the sea shore are postponed.
Gen. Chamberlain's lecture affords an
other quarrel between the Journal and Ca
zette reporters. Cat in the meal some
where.
The city fathers after several successive
stormy night sessions over that much vexed
appropriation bill are now taking rest.
Auburn city lookup is getting rusty for
want of use.
Contractor Edwards has got enough Of
St. John 1.-THE city We mean). He finds
Lewiston atmosphere more congenial.
A nuisance exists in the rear of Auburn
G. T. station
Court st. Hill is badly quilted after the
rain.
Freight receipts are upon the increase.
They have been unusually heavy this week.
Considerable glass was broken in this vi
cinity in Thursday nights shower.
The Bates nine took along with them a
large following of sympathizing friends to
overawe the Bowdoins.
The French people are making extensive
preparations for the observance of st.
Johns day-the oath inst.
A lively runaway occurred in Auburn
!. last evening in which L. Lords team was
implicated quite heavily.
Two painters had quite skirmish on
Bates street to-day over misunderstood
ing about painting carriage. They drew
up in battle array several times, attracting
large crowd around them; but fortunately
no very serious injuries were inflicted by
either party.
we regret to note the unfortun ate cir
cumstances of a leading temperance man
in our midst. He has literally gone back
to his cups, and to-day was incarcerated in
the city prison. Evidently hopeless case
of humanity.
Robert Anderson, the colored saloonist.
has been implicated in selling liquor, if
Thomas Riley's word is good. Bob is
peaking through the prison waiting for
friend with pocketful of cash to come to
his rescue.
A correspondent of the Gazette lays
very serious charge at the feet of an ex-
OfSAoNOi VI 1AC pun. Ii lTue 10 Uu0lSQ-
went is too harsh for such hardened man,
be he an honored officer or what not We
trust the matter will be thoroughly investi-
gated
AL. Hinkley has returned from Colorado.
From his own experience he thinks the bot
tom has dropped out of that country. He
says Peter Folsom, well-known here, has
charge OF large saw mill, and is prosper
ing.
The police are called into a Lincoln or
Water street mansion nearly every day to
see beastly drunkenness on the part Of the
husband, with the wife and children living
upon scarcely nothing In one case nine
children were left dependent on their
mother, while the father was in continual
state OF intoxication spending all the
money he could get by any means for
liquor.
Hotel arrivals: Dewitt, "a; Marston,
is; Elm, 20.
A meeting of prominent citizens was
held at the office of M. T. Ludden, ESQ.,,
this evening to eliminate arrangements for
grand reception to be rendered ex-Gov-
ernor Dingley on his return from Europe.
Mr.. Ludden acted as chairman and Mr.. F.
b. Sands, clerk. There was a general ex-
preston OF those present that the recep.
ton should be made Immediately upon Mr..
Dingley's return. A unanimous vote was
taken to that effect, and the following gen.
tlsmen were appointed committee to ar
range in detail for the affair: w. F. Could
ing, z. L. Wood, G. f. French Capt. l.. C.
Peck and J. L. 81. Cobb.
A five-hour race between Messrs. Storer
and Hartwell commenced at five O'Clock
this evening, in Temperance Hall. Hart
well steadily gained and left the track
over a mile ahead. Score-Hartwell, SO
miles, 21 laps; Storer, 80 miles, 20 laps.
There was good attendance and much in
terest manifested. A fifteen-hour walk by
the same pedestrians will occur soon.