Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-06
State News.
ANDROSCOGG1N,

ANDRosCoGGIN.
The recent charity concert at Lewiston
netted $3.50, which is divided equally between
the Womans Benevolent Association and
City Relief Societies.
The incorporators of Mr.. Small's Texas
company will meet in Lewiston and organize.
Tuesday. They will start for Texas on the
26th of March
The monthly meeting of the superintendent
and teachers of the Lewiston schools, was
held Friday evening. The superintendent
called for reports of collections made in the
schools for the Longfellow statue, and it ap-
pears that 500 have been given by the chill
dren, no one being allowed to give more than
ten cents.
The town of Westport in its annual report
for the year ending March. 1888. shows the
following condition of affairs: The town
has paid out for pauper expenses, S49l. OF
for contingent expenses, among which are
salaries, clearing and breaking roads. repairs
on roadsan bridges. etc.. sl,O26.ls; sup
port of schools, S940.S0; State and county
taxes, S5SS.l2. Total expenditures of the
year So ,O46.27. Amount Overdrawn in 1881
S2,7l6.02. Resources of town, SO, 200. Bal
ance against town 80, SCI 40. The total in
debtedness of the town. which includes inter
est on town orders, roads and schools, togeth
er with the above, is SO, ,920.04. The schools
are managed economically and well. The
town has 1870 scholars, has raised S49O. re-
ceived s305.G4 from the State and paid out
s94o for their support during the past year.
PENoBscoT.
John Fox, blacksmith at Lowell, met with
a severe accident while at work in his shop
recently. While engaged in welding he near
ly severed two of his fingers by piece of
red hot iron.
The Bangor Wing says: A warrant was
issued on Saturday for the search of place
on the easterly side of Exchange street, on
the supposition that it was being kept as q
gambling house, where idle and dissolute
persons resort for the purpose Of gambling.
During Saturday evening the officers made a
raid on the establishment but found it desert
ed and failed to capture any of the
paraphernslia of the business. 1t was
known. however, who had been run
ming the place and during the evening
two fellows. known as James jerks and John
Foley, were taken under arrest and
locked up at the police station. The former
of this band is well known in Bangor under the
cognomen of ''Slim jim Some time ago,
il will be remembered, the papers announced
the killing in New York city of '.Sim Jim
and it was supposed TO be the indi-
viduai who had made many visitations to-
Bangor in the past but it is now evident it
was another fellow altogether. as there can
be no question as to the identity Of this one
Foley is fellow who has visited Bangor in
the past. but has never stopped here much
jerks and Foley have been in the city on
this trip only very few days.
SAGADAHoc.
The Bath Times says: Mampel will build
an iron foundry upon Water street in Bath of
the old disused brick building, directly north
of Houghton Brothers office. The foundry
will be better situated and more extensive in
every way than the present one can possibly
be. The brick building that will Of necessity
be removed is one of the oldest in the city
1t is architecturally unique and antique This
line of street is one of the oldest in the city,
and this will make the second Of the land
marks that stir and progress will have OBJ
liberated.
The annual report of the selectmen and
treasurer of the town of Woolwich was issued
on Monday. and shows the following condition
of affairs Population 1880. 1854. State valu-
alton, s597 $50. Money tax assessed on PA
polls at cent mills TO the dollar Seventy
two persons pay poll tax only. Only three
persons are at present supported by the town
The town owns 1S5 horses, SO pairs oxen. .422
cows. ,3l5 sheep, other cattle 465. Tons of
shipping ,S65. The roads are in bad condi-
ton. The town has a net debt of SI4, $50.
sl563. 10 have been expended upon the pnblic
schools during the past year Of which the
town voted 1926. The State pays S593. .ls !;
balance from 1881. s44l 81; overdrawn, So
"a. The report of the Peoples Ferry direc-
tors shows a favorable condition of affairs !;
large gains in every way have been made A
dividend of s400 has been paid Bath and
Woolwich during the past year, and $500 laid
aside, fund for repairs.