The Portland daily press., 1873-03-05
and Oxford Canal Cornorafion and the city on

and Oxford Canal Corporation and the city on
account Of" the location of West Commercial
| street over a portion of the canal between
Vaughan's bridge, one has since been tried be-
| fore jury at the May term OF the Superior
| Court. 1t will be remembered that the CITY
| claimed that the canal had been abandoned De-
that the Canal Corporation had lost their right
| in the portion taken for a street. This point
was strongly urged upon the jury and much ev-
| idence was produced in supporG of it together
| with rebutting evidence by the Canal Corpora
| ton to show that the canal had been kept open
| for the passage of canal poats below Vauglan's
bridge after the old outlet had been sold to the
Maine Central railroad. The jury returned
verdict for the Canal Corporation in which
they assessed the damages from the time of the
construction of the street in 1867 to the date of
the writ September 18th, 1870, in the sum of
$500. The case was carried up on exceptions
and was argued before the Law Court in July
The defence involves many important legal
questions outside of the question Of abandon
ment" on full consideration of which it is
thought that the verdict will be set aside and a
new trial granted.
Overseers of the Poor.
From the annual report of the Overseers of
the Poor, we learn that the number of inmates
ofthe Aims House at the close of the month Of
February, 1872 was 165. At this time it is but
132. OF these, II are men, 50 women and 20
children. There have been admtts during
the year, from various causes, 357; discharged,
1S2; runawqys, 18; births, -; deaths, 70. The
relief afforded has been $4,000 lbs. OF coal; 933
feet of wood 1900 lbs. flour; 1889 lbs. pork;
SS5 quarts of molasses; 1858 lbs. fish; 295 lbs.
mutton; besides minor articles, such as rice,
tea, sugar. crackers, meal, bread, etc., as
needed for those in feeble health.
More pork was raised this year than the last,
but owing to the low prices it brought $500 less /
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Merrill continue to manage
the Aims House in their capable and eff cient
manner; Mr.. George Sawyer, one eft the in
mates, gives the children some little instruc-
ton. Income of crops raised in 1872 was ST.
965. S6. In 1871 it was S5.645.55. Rev. T. B.
Ripley administers spiritual comfort to the in
mates. HE /
Last autumn several of the inmates were af- |
ficted with the small pox. They were remov-
ed to the small pox hospital and the honse
cleansed. DR.: Foster, City PHYSICIANS is compli- |
mented for Lis vigorous measures for suppress
ing the disease. The Board of Health now |
takes charge of this department. The number I
OF inmates at present is comparatively small. !!
The number in former year has been as high !
as $780,
To thc Republicans of Cape Elizabeth.
The Republican Town Committee of this
town, by the advice, as they say, of some four
or five republicans of the town called citizens
the ensuing year, against the wishes, no doubt, |
of very large portion OF the good and true Re- !
publicans of the town.
The time for action came and small spat-
tering of republicans assembled at the place
appointed, some to take an active part in the |
caucus, Others to look on to learn if possible, |
how to unite two large bodies, having no affini- |
ty for each other The sagacious democrats /
were on the ground in about double the num- /
har nff fhn pt1hE Eoap /
any proposition that the republicans saw fit to !
offer, providing it met their views exactly. The /
caucus therefore selected a committee of six to |
select candidates for nomination, and it so hap
pened that the committee selected two demo- /
Gratis out of the three for selectmen and the I
town treasurer and collector and the modera- t
tor, and about three out of five of the other |
officers. The democrats did condescend to give |
the repnpncans one seectman and the town
clerk, and two of the three experimenting |
school committee, which, together with the |
town clerk, is of but very little Importance to |
either party, and the result was the democrat |
lc wing OF the caucus was very we'll satisfied |
with the nominations, and the republican wing /
had to swallow the dose.
Now where is the necessity of the republican |
party uniting with the democratic party to /
elect our town officers? We had last Septem-
Der, eighteen good clean majority for Governor |
and congressman, and forty for Repre- |
sentative to the Legislature We have Just as |
good and just as capable men, and can fill the |
offices as well as those in the democratic party
Some may say that our best men will not accept |
of the offices. 1 ask how do we know, if we do |
not nominate them. If we do not trv them we |
do not know whether they will serve US or not.
Some may say that we cannot get our men |
out to the polls tu vote. ! am pretty well aware |
that thorough going Republican DIES not like |
to go to the polls and vote for Democrat even |
though he is nominated by citizens caucus. |
Such course tends to disorganze the party, to |
destroy that interest which should be taken in |
every election, by every good Republican. Ycu |
have tried the experiment. several times and |
the Democrats have got the best of you in |
every instance, and they will have it this time |
if you adhere to the nominations already made |
in the citizens caucus, and you will feelit and |
realize 1T next September when we come to |
elect our Representative to the Legislature.
Let us come together as Republicans look
the ground all over and select such board of
candidates that no Republican can obj ct to |
them. All therefore are urged to attend the |
caucus next Saturday afternoon and there nom- |
mate a straight Republican ticket, and then on
Monday next let every Republican go to the
polls and cast his vote for their nominees. 1t is
very important that every Republican should
be at the pills next Monday, and there cast
the straight Republican ticket for town officers.
CAPE ELIZABETH, Mar 4, 1873. j. B.