The Portland daily press., 1879-05-17
SACO AND BIDDEFORD.

FRIDAY, May 16.
Thirty arrivals at Saco House, including
Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels, and 80 at Bid
deford House yesterday
Rev. Mr.. Smith of Concord, n. H. breaches
at Main street Baptist church, Saco, and Rev.
Chas. E. Stone at First Parish, next Sunday.
Services as usual at other churches in Saco
Union temperance meeting at City Hall, Saco,
Sunday p m.
Strawberries at 35 cents per basket, and
cucumbers at 10 cents each-first of the season,
at Chase's grocery Saco, to-day.
The entertainment advertised for Monday
night by Saco Lodge I. o. of G. T. is post
poned till next Friday evening. There will be
singing by a quartette and reading by Miss
Curriea of Portland.
Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels PLAYED to a
crowded house, as usual, in Biddeford last
night Their programme was an entire change
change from that of their last visit here The
continued applause with which each piece was
received proved both the appreciation of the
audience and the merits of the show
The one topic Of conversation in Saco to-day
has been the arrest of Mrs. Mariah Cilley, wife
of John Cilley, who lives in a small house in
III Ugh street court. Complaint was made this
morning to City Marshal Grant that beauti-
full large rose plant had been stolen from the
flower bed in the yard of Mrs. Chas. Kimball,
and another rare and beautiful plant from the
yard OF Mrs. James Adams, both ladies living
on High street. Ladies living on Maine, Mid
die and High streets have lost their best plants
from their flower beds and many valuable
articles of wearing apparel from their clothes
lines SOmptimpS lOGinO a vbola limo fu11 h;e
has been going on for almost year and half
they within six or eight months have sus-
pected Mrs Cilley, but have had no positive
proof till the complaint was made to City
Marshal Grant to whom their suspicious were
made known some time ago. When the COM
plant was made this morning, he obtained
search warrant, went Immediately to the house
could not get in, burst in the back door and
found Mrs. Cilley and the plants stolen last
night in the dining room. Arrested her, took
her before Judge Chase, who found her guilty
and fined her $40 and costs. She asked to 90
home to get money. Grant held her till he
could search the house, locked her up. He
with two officers searched the house forenoon
and afternoon, and found lot of plants and
lot of empty plant baskets under circumstances
which proved them stolen property. Some of
them have since been identified by their own
eTs. Search continued this afternoon, re-
vealed large quantities of very nice valuable
ladies' clothing, 10 pairs fine sheets, 35 pairs
ladies' white stockings, 36 handkerchiefs, 8
nice large pillows shams, lot of very nice white
embroidered skirts, splendid embroidered
night dresses, lot of new table cloths and nap
kins, never used. All the ladies' underwear,
handkerchiefs, skirts have been stolen from
clothes lines on Main, Middle and High streets.
Nothing new found as yet, but some table
cloths and napkins. A great deal of ladies'
underwear had been marked, but the mark
had been cut out and a piece set in. -Four
ladies have been to the house this afternoon
and identified some of their clothing. The
search Will be continued tomorrow, but Off
GERS think they have found everything the
house contains. Those who have lost clothing
VIII be allowed examination tomorrow
The search was continued till $50 when we
came away, leaving one Of the officers keeper.
Mrs. Maria Cilley used to cook and do house
work in the family of Charles Twambly, ESQ,
was there year or more when John Cilley
hostler, went to work for Twambly. In
about year they married and went to keeping
house; that was about Il to years ago; she
had from $1,000 to $1,000 in the bank at that
time; she bought the one and one-haf story
house they now live in, paying about $1,000
for it. John Cilley has been and is now host
Ter for j. j. Wiggin, Storer street, Saco. Both
parties are well known here. Linen articles
We're missed from Twambly's before she left
mere. She has been selling stolen plants since
last ial. She is now in jail.