The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
TIE MAINE STATE PRESS.
MAINE.
The (sovernor and Council.

council were in session today. The committee
on reduction of the State valuation of the
towns of Sherman, Dedham, East Brook,
Fairfield, Kineo, Blaine, s. e. Township, Nc.
81, Webster and Long Island plantations, re-
ported adversely to any reduction of the valu-
alton in each case.
Today hearing was given on the pardon
case of Hannah Thorndike of Rockland, un-
der life sentence In State prison for murder.
Mr. Mortland appeared as her counsel. FL. 8.
Mitchell, Esq, OF Bangor, also went before the
Council and pleaded for the pardon of John
Lawrence, ia State prison for life. He shot
ard killed woman, his mistress. in Bangor,
in 1870, while drunk and was convicted for
murder in the first degree. He is 60 years of
age and Mr.. Mitchell held that he had been
punished severely enough a petition for his
pardon, signed by large number of prominent
Bangor citizens, was presented. Both cases
were laid ON the table. The Blaney pardon
case will probably be taken up tomorrow.
The Council settled with the agents of the
Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes of In
dians.
Murderers Sentenced.
John s. Baker, convicted of murder in the
second dc gree, was sentenced to State prison
for life in the Superior Court today, for the
murder OF Mrs. Tuck. Harry Burns, for kill
iRg Rufus Lishness, he being convicted of
manslsughter, was given sentence of seven
years in the State prison. Charles Morgan
Wallace was not sentenced, his counsel fling
motion for new trial.
A DecOy Letter Leads to the Detection of
Youthful Criminal.
BANGOR, Dec. 30.-A son, fifteen years old,
Of Postmaster Fl. B. Rice OF Unity has been
arrested for stealing letters from the mails.
He was detected by means Of decoy letter
sent from West Troy, containing marked bills.
The letter was stolen and the money found on
the Rice boy. He has always borne coed
reputation. The people of Unity are greatly
astonished.
freight steaIers Caught i'm Arcosaoolx.
PREsoUE ISLE, Dec. 30.-For some time
goods have mysteriously disappeared from the
cars between Fort Fairfield and this point.
Packages were broken open and rihed Suspi-
cion pointed to the Cochrane family, living
near Caribou. and on Saturday Sheriff Burns
searched their premises and found large
quantity of stolen goods. He was assaulted,
but arrested three. They were examined a,
Fort Fairfield for sssaulting the officer and for
the thefts at Fort Fairfield, and on Monday at
Caribou for thefts there. One of their schemes
was for one to board train at Fort Fairfield,
select their plunder, throw it out as the train
passed their residence, get off at Caribou and
walk hack.
The First Cargo of Herring.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. 30.-Schooner e
r. Nickerson of Boothbsy arrived at this port
yesterday IRON MoDhegan with ia, COO frozen
herring. This is the first receipt of frozen her
ring at Gloucester this season and tho first
ever received from that locality. They are
being sold 20 the Georges fleet fer bait at ST. so
per hundred.
BRUNSWICK.
Mr.. Richard L. SWEET, graduate of Bowd-
dom, class OF 80, died at his home in Bruns-
wick last Friday. He had studied medicine
and received his diploma last June. Too close
application to his atudies is said to have been
the CsuGe OF his death.
HAMrDEN.
Major L. II. Sawyer, who died at Amboy,
I'll, December 23d, was born at Hampden He
was promoted on the field for bravery. He had
been ID the frontier service and was in COM
mand of a detachment sent to rescue General
Custer. At the time of his death he had com+
mand Of Fort Lincoln in Dakota Territory.
oLDrowN.
Major J. L. Smith and wife and Mr. B.
Mitchell of Odtown were driving across
Moosehead Lake last Friday and the horse
broke through the ice. Mr.. Mitchell went a
mile and half for assistance, Mr.. Smith in
the mean time keeping the horses head above
the ice. Help arrived and the horse was
taken out but was so chilled that he died
shortly afterward.
BUCKFIELD.
Mr.. Stephen Childs of Buckfield died at the
residence OF his son, John Lewis Childs, at
Queens, Long Island, N. Y, last week, aged
n years MIR. Childs was born in Turner, Me-,
Oct. 30, 1907. In early life be was connected
for lew years with the Ames Iron Works of
Eattan, Mass. He afterwards returned to
North Jay, Me. whore he resided until 1867,
when he settled in Buckfield. Mr.. Chids was
we'll known as devoted advocate of temper
ance. He was on a visit to his son at the time
OF his death.
OLD ORCHARD.
Through Mr.. S. M. Blake, president of the
local organization, negotiations have been en-
tered into with Boston shoe manufacturing
firm known ss the Globe Lasting Company.
They will require the LEGAL company to erect
medium-sizsd building, loan them a SUM of
money, for which they will give security, pay
irg interest at regular rates and make their
entire business free of taxation. Ii satisfacto-
ry arrangements can be made, building will
be erected at once near the B. s. M. track, op-
posite the Electric Light Works, on the lot
made vacant by the burning of Goodwin's
saloon, several weeks ago.