The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-14
Franklin County Matters.
PENNINGTON, Oct. 10, 1873.


SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
The fall session closed yesterday, having last
ed three weeks lacking two days. Wa are in
formed that this has been the longest term
ever held in this county, with one exception.
then the term lasted five weeks, the Judge re-
marking that he intended to clear the docket if
it took all winter. The only criminal cases
tried the present term were those of Elijah
WEIGH, indicted and found guilty of an aggra-
waited assault on James E. McKeown, in Farm
ington; and Barnette Blackwell and James B.
Knowles, indicted and pleaded guilty to break
ing and entering house in Jay Bridge.
Yesterday WEIGH and Knowles were brought
into Court, and sentenced, the former to one
years imprisonment in Thomaston, the latter
to nine months in Auburn Jail Blackwell was
to have been sentenced at tee same time, but
Wednesday night he quietly took his departure
from Jail, mention of which was made in
Thursdays PRESS. The officers got upon his
track next morning, and last night he was re-
turned to his old quarters, He was captured
in Dexter. The prisoner saw the officers COM
ing and knew them, but the long distance he
had travelled caused his legs to swell so badly
that he could scarcely travel. He is now oblig-
cd to remain in Jail until the March term be-
fore receiving his sentence, and we are told that
he is liable to three years for breaking JAIL The
prisoner thinks he should have done better had
he remained.
Three divorces have been granted this term
We are under obligations to Mr.. A. D. Russell
of Weld, Crier of the Court for many items of
court news.
CHEESE FACTORIES
All of the cheese factories in this county-six
in number-have suspended operations for this
season. Owing to the dry season the quantity
of cheese manufactured has aot been large
The factory at Weld produced nine tons: the
others we have not heard from, but judge tina,
amount has been produced by nearly all. The
seventh factory will be in operation in Madrid
next summer; the building has been erected
this summer.
OUR CORN CANNING FACTORY
closed its seasons work in canning last We'd
nesday, but work will be continued ten days
longer in securing and labelling the cans; 49,
600 cans have been pnt up here, and at one time
that Mr. Jones will pay 81 cents per can now,
or four cents if they wait till spring for the
pay This industry will leave the snug little
sum of about $4,000 with our farmers this
year, and had the season not been so dry it
would have been doubled.
a ITEMS.
Strangers in town-if they couldn't see our
riyer-would imagine this a sea port town,
judging from the great quantities of juniper
knees which have been hauled into the place.
Nearly every day for the past month from one
to three teams loaded with them have come in
They are brought from the dead River region,
and transported by rail from here to Bath and
Portland,
DR.. j. G. Holland (Tirnothy Titcomb) is to
deliver his popular lecture ON elements of
Personal Power in the Congregational church
in this place, next Tuesday evening"
A curiosity was exhibited at the Iudrstrv
Fair last week, in the shape of quiz, which
contained 1880 pieces, and no two alfxe
Typhoid fever is prevailing in ais town and
vicinity.
hay $13 per ton. p JscD ~