The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-12
MAINE CITIES.
lettings by Press Correspondents.
LEWISTON AND AUBURN.

SATURDAY, May 10.
Willis Parsons & Co.'S grist mill was bur-
glarized last night The money drawer was
ritied to a small extent.
A committee from the City Council are
to visit Boston next week to purchase
hose truck and examine the electric fire
alarm system.
improvements are being made in Mount
Auburn cemetery.
A complimentary exhibition drill will be
given by the Auburn Light Infantry the latter
part of the month in City Hail. A gold
badge will be presented to the best drilled man.
Col Mattocks is to be chairman of the pre-
sentation committee. The company will upon
this evening make their first appearance in
their new uniforms.
The C. H. Thayer combination in ''Next
Door Neighbors'' drew a fair audience to-
creating great amusement.
Captain King furnished $500 bonds for
appearance at the S. j. Court on charge of
breaking and entering, before Judge Cornish
this morning
Clark Read was arraigned to-day for trans
portation of illegal liquors. He gave $500
bonds for continuance of trial until Tuesday.
| Charlotte Thompson is billed again for the
18th. She will then play in the Lady of
| Lyons"
Auburn reformers held very enjoyable
| Sociable at their rooms this evening.
| The Lewiston Light Infantry are to be
| equipped this month.
Friend ferris, the Well-known barber, and
wife were proftably surprised last evening by
large party of friends bearing with them
numerou silver tokens, reminding the host
| and hostess of the 25th anniversary of their
| welded life.
Another daring highway robbery was COM
mitted in the suburbs of this city Friday
night at about o'clock, which surpassed any
| previous crime of this nature ever committed
in this vicinity. I. B. Bearse, gentleman of
56 years of age, resident Of Leeds, was leisure
! ly travelling over the road leading homeward,
when suddenly two men jumped from behind
the fence on the road side and without much
| difficulty stopped Mr.. BearSe's progress. One
| held the horse while the other demanded
''life or money! Mr. Bearse thinking his
life worth some defense struck his horse
hard blow with the whip, hoping to escape
from the hands of the criminals, but of no
avail. They pulled him headlong from the
carriage, choking him seriously, rifled his
| pockets and dashed away through piece of
woods near by. Mr.. Bearse soon returned to
| consciousness and hailed passing team which
| kindly carried him to house near by, where
he was cared for and related his frightful ex-
perience. The officers were not notified until
| this afternoon, and force at once was set to
work scoring the country, but their search has
been fruitless thus far, though they find many
| traces of the two men on their flight. 1t is
thought they took the main road for Lisbon
and Brunswick. They had a sorrel, thin
feshed horse, weighing about $50 pounds. One
| of the robbers was about 2S years old, 5 feet
and inches high, weight 175 pounds, very
| dark complexion, full dark beard and stout
built. The other was a six footer, light COM
plexion, small light moustache and dark
clothes. Mr.. Bearse has revived considerably
| and visited the police station this afternoon.
Brothers delivering fruit trees.