Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-10
STATE NEWS.

Court on motion filed by the Portland, Saco
& Portsmouth Railroad Co., for a dissolu-
ton of a temporary injunction granted by
Judge Walton on the 18th of June, on petit
ton of the Boston Maine Railroad Co., re-
curing the former corporation to haul the
cars of the latter from Portland to South
Berwick junction and rice rersa. The COM
ties a hearing was had on the motion at Ban
gor on the 3Oth of June, Hon. Josiah II.
Drummond of this city and Henry w. Paine,
Esq, of Bangor, appearing as counsel for the
Boston & Maine, and Nathan Webb of Port
land and Artemas Libby OF Augusta for the
| Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad COM
pany.
| In the charter of the Portland, Saco &
| Portsmouth railroad company the legislature
| reserved the right to authorize other roads
to connect with its road; and afterwards au-
! thorized the Boston & Maine Railroad to con-
meet with it. The case turned upon the
| meaning Of the term connect" and the
| court held unanimously that it means not
| only physical connection but a business
connection, so as practically to make one
| road of the two thus connecting.
Questions were also made whether the
court has jurisdiction, the statute having au-
thorized the Railroad Commissioners to fix
times and terms of connection in such cases.
But the court held that it has jurisdiction in
this case, because the respondents claimed
that the statute requiring them to draw the
cars of a connecting road was unconstitution-
al in respect to them, and denied the right of
the Boston & Maine company to have their
cars thus drawn, and because the remedy
through the Railroad Commissioners would
be so slow as to be entirely inadequate, and
in the meantime the rights of the public as
well as of the other compliments would be
most seriously affected.
The practical effect of the decision is to
continue the injunction until a final decision
of the case, but does not of course preclude
the court from changing their opinion upon
full hearing of the whole case.
The Calais Advertiser says the St. Croix
Log Driving Company drove in fifteen DAYS
boom at Barring $4,000, 900 feet of lumber.
The largest and cleanest drive ever made on
the river.
| The Portland Shooting Club has organized
| and has now become one of the institutions
| OF Portland. The following are the officers:
President, VIM. Senter, Vice President,
Manassah Smith; Secretary, r. B. King;
Treasurer, L. Thompson, Jr.
Frenchman, who cannot speak English,
besides being deaf, near-sighted and weak of
mind passed through Bangor last week via
Eastern Express, &c. o. D." to town in
Massachusetts.
At York, on the 4th, q cannon weighing
SOP pounds, burst while being fired. Frag.
ments were scattered in all directions, one
piece of 53lbs, going twenty rods; another
chunk went through the roof of S. w. Jud
kins & Co.'S store, fifteen rods from where tn,
gun burst, and third bit flew a long distance
knocked an empty nail key to pieces, ant
narrowly missed killing Miss Flora L. Plais
ted and Miss Laura j. Perry, Stone walls
and fences were demoraized and trees badly
bruised, but nobody was hurt
Officers elect of Ticonic Division of Water
vile, for the coming quarter:
| w. W. Rideout, w. p; Belle A. Small,
w. A.. III. M. Rideout, II. S.; Frances
Dunbar, A. II. s.; j. w. Curtis, +. s.;
Elias II. Pratt, T.; j. C. Pratt, Chap; j. V.
Small, Con-. Julia Emery, A. Con-. Eunice
Field, l. s.. A. I. Shurtletf, o. S., f. o.
Smiley, p. w. p.
Officers of Cold Water Temple No. I, of
Watervile
Fannie Low, C. t.; Perlie Leslie V. T. !;
Nellie b. MAXWELL p. est; Temmie C.
Williams, r. S.; Mary Butterfield r.. An
ME Getchell, NJ; Emma l.. Morrill, G. !;
Annie F. Bartlett c.. Eddie I. Lowe, S. /;
Joshua Nye, Superintendent Emma l..
Crowell, Assistant Supt.
| The commencement exercises of Colby
University began on Sunday, June 30th, with
a sermon before the Boardman Missionary
Society by the Rev. Geo. Ide, ID. ID. Mon
day evening the annual prize defamation OF
the Junior class will occur Tuesday eve
ming Rev. j. ID. Fulton will deliver the ora
ton before the Literary Societies. Wednes-
day forenoon come the regular exercises OF
the graduating class. Glass day is assigned
to Thursday. The exercises will be as fol-
lows :-Oration, by ID. A Hamlin Poem, by
w. +. Marston; Historian, f. A. Wilson
Prophet, G. S. Paine; Address at the tree,
w. b. Mathews. Music will be furnished by
Chambers band and the Mendelssohn Quin-
tette Club. The concert is to be given We'd
nesday evening.
The Waterfalls Mail says that the farmers
in that section are growing little anxious
about the State Fair. Since they fail TO pro-
vide for it in Bangor, who not provide for it
in Augusta? That is by far the most conven-
lent place in the State. With fhe exception
of the accident last year, we never had
better fair If the trustees would proceed at
once to announce an exhibition at Augusta,
we cannot doubt that the proposition would
be cordially met by the farmers of the State.
GARDINER ITEMS.
From the Kennebec Reporter of the Sth
inst we clip the following