The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-03
A LIVELY FIGHT.
lnebriated Parties Perform on the Public
Streets.

Ahe"riated Parties Perform on the PUBIC
Streets.
Anyone who imagines that Portland
| Is prohibition city,, in the strict
sense OF the term, should have been on
spring street Saturday evening about .
TO nave been quickly undeceived. Some
OF the pedestrians on this street when
near the corner of High were startled
by hearing some one cry out in loud
protesting tone of voice: 81 say nit;
l say nit. The voice was that of boy
certainly not more than II years old, who
was very badly Intoxicated and who
was struggling to get away from two
young women who were evidently try
ing to get him to go home. The boy
kept crying out ana struggling and final
ly the young women were Obliged to
throw him on to the sidewalk, where he
| continued his struggles to get free. All
three of the actors in this drama were
well dressed and apparently of good fam
iy. After some minutes of struggling
tghe boy was lifted to his feet and pulled
avlong the street towards home by the
young women, still shouting out his
protests and continuing his efforts to
free himself. The young women went
at their task with the skill and deter
mination Of policemen. When the boy
seemed about TO get away they would
throw him down and in answer to his
repeated declaration that he said "nit''
one Of the women was heard to say
"Well, you'll 60 home with u.s. They
were SO intent on their efforts to man
age their charge that they paid little at
tention to the group of people watching
them.
At II O'Clock Saturday evening, a we'll
dressed young man went through per-
formanoe in front of the Soldiers monu-
ment on Congress street, which came
near upsetting bicycle, besides appar-
emily putting the young man himself
in imminent danger of breaking his
neck. Needless to say the young man
was very drunk, When the writer's
attention was called to him he was stag
gering from the sidewalk in front of thu
theatre. He reached the car tracks and
spun round and round in them like a
top. Then he Inrohed forward and ran
across the street, apparently trying to
keep his feet under his head which
showed an inclination to fall forward on
| to the pavement. The fence around the
monument put an end to his career in
this direction and he started hack to-
wards the sidewalk. The bicyclist was
riding down the street and for few
seconds in his endeavors to avoid til
inebriate his course was about as devil
Gus as the drunken mans. Having es-
capped the bicycle, the owner of the jag
lurched across the street, bringing up
under the noses Of pair of hack hors-
es standing by the curb. The bystand-
ers thought he would land under their
feet, but he seemed to bear charmed
life. In another moment he had still
another narrow escape, for policeman
came into view, but the officer turned
down Prsble street without noticing the
gyrations of the man on the sidewalk
By the theatre. How long 1t would have
been before the exhilerated individual
would have been removed In the patrol
wagon or an ambulance is matter of
conjecture, for just then a man who
evidently knew him, took him by the
arm and guided his tangled feet down
Preble street, just before this the man
lurohed against two ladies who were
passing, one of whom was heard to ex-
plain. well, he's pretty we'll loaded
Shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday night
a young man who was feeling hilarious
came down Congress street with two
companions. They paused in front of
W. B. Goold's confectionery store at the
corner of Chestnut street and imbibed
a lite more and then one of the young
men, whose name is known by the po-
lice, drewsoff and kicked in the window
of Mr.. Goold's store Delighted with
this act, the men ran down Chestnut
s5reat laughing and shouting at the top
of their voices. Deputy Marshal Sterling
was Mt once informed of the affair and
sent the patrol for Mr.. Goold, who came
down streeb and boarded mn the broken
window as best he could. Arrests will
probably be made in this case if the par
ties do not settle with the owner of the
shop.
These sights were among those of a
Saturday night which was quiet as
Saturday nights go for up TO i. 80 this
morning o three arrests for intoxica-
tinn had been made by the police.