The Portland daily press., 1879-04-16
ROCKLAND.

TUESDAY, April Is.
The shoe factory will shut down in four
weeks to give an opportunity for taking &C.
count of stock.
Eggs sell to-day for IS cents per dozen.
A good quality of hay brings $l3 per ton.
All have the "Pinafore" fever. A very few
tickets now remain.
One of our happy days was taken before the
police court yesterday for disturbance, and &C.
cordingly fined.
At Gregory s. Kimball's Bird and Hall lime
privileges 1000 cask are manufactured per
week, and shipped as fast as burnt.
Payson Lodge held an interesting meeting
last evening.
The break in the sidewalk on Union street
near the residence of Mr.. Murphy should be
fixed before it proves to be several hundred
dollars to the city for broken limbs.
Frank Smith, a young man who has recent
ly got out of the State Prison at Thomaston,
and was short time since brought before
Judge Hicks for assault and battery and dis
charged providing he would con duct himself
properly, was again arraigned before the
Judge yesterday for falsely representing to
parties in this city. He has again been released
providing he will leave town.
AT the first regular monthly meeting of the
City Council, last evening, the following bust.
ness was transacted:
Rolls OF accounts passed as follows: Pau per
fund, S671.99; highway fund, S11. police
fund, $4l7S; fire department fund, Sl09, 6S:
contingent fund, $5S0.9l.
Committee on petition of q. l.. Snow
reported as follows; That they found no
ground for abatement of taxes in 1876 and
1877, but in 1873 they found he was overtaxed
S4o 70, and accordingly had made that abate-
ment and saw no further ground for reduction.
Read and accepted in concurrence.
Committee on fire department reported that
Steamer City OF Rookland should either be
thoroughly repaired or exchanged for one OF
smaller size, aud recommended that ST. 800 be
appropriated for that purpose. Accepted in
concurrence
that 500 be appropriated to assist them in pay
ing expenses of their annual tribute to
deceased soldiers on Memorial Day. Accepted
in concurrence.
Petition of John T. Berry and others for new
streets to run from Pleasant to Park street, to
be known as Locust and Walnut streets, was
read and referred to committee on streets in
concurrence.
The bond of G. a. Spear as city m arshsl
and constable was approved.
Contingent fund was amended by striking
out the bill of the. Rocklapd WaterC Company Of
The Mayor appointed Grin Blackiugtou as
driver of the City team with a salary of $425,
the same as last year.
The order of G. A. Perrigo, that all tax
payers Of the city who desire may work out
their road tax instead Of paying the same as
money tax, was referred in concurrence.
L. ID. Timer was named as deputy marshal,
ana W. Ii. Witham and o. I'll. Clark as police-
men, but no action was taken.
Inc order of w FL Rhoades, that COM
inf h. E
the printing of 400 copies of the reports of the
several committees of 1873 8, together with the
amount expended under each appropriation, TO
whom paid and for what purpose. Likewise
the Mayors address and all Ulcers elect or
appointed Tor the municipal year. Also such
other useful matters as the CITY Council may
direct, or IN the committees judgment may be
deemed advisable; this last matter not to ex-
coed twenty pages.
Adjourned for two weeks.