Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-13

lun, Bash.
We CLEAN the following from the fifteenth
annual report Of the Military and Naval
Orphan Asylum, Bath:
The health Of the inmates of the asylum
has been remarkably good during the past
year. There has not been q single death,
and no very aggravated sickness. This
pleasing fact il explained in part by the alb
sence of any prevailing epidemic. Yet only
in part. Remembering the large percentage
Of children who die under five years of age
(and We have . number Of these it is evident
that attention has been paid to the old adage.
IAN ounce of prevention is worth q pound of
cure" The immunity from serious sickness
bears its own silent testimony to the watch
fulDess of the lady who is at the head of the
family, and to the faithfulness Of the medical
attendant, DIR. NJ. S. Briry.
The total receipts from all sources within
the year have been 81, 1854 62, viz:
From State Treasurer. $500 30
other sources. 76fo
The expenditures have been follows:
Bill: :. Of isss for Home expenses. sl.s34 20
Purchase Of land adjoining Home
lot, 1900 90 $3.50 81
Balance due treasurer, g. 10
The small appropriation Of previous years
rendered it Necessary for the trustees of
1882 to leave quite a number of bills unset
tied, their own appropriation having been ex-
hausted. These bills amounting to 81 .534. =
so, as will appear by the account annexed,
have been paid, as have all bills incurred
within the present year, with perhaps few
small exceptions. The trustees, 10 meet
these heavy expenditures. have hired tempo
rsrily $1,000. which is to be paid from the
receipts of the coming year.
The lot of land adjoining the Home lot on
the north has been purchased, the funds be-
ing provided by special appropriation of the
legislature. $1,000.
The buildings have received interior re-
pairs, such as were deemed necessary for the
health and comfort Of the inmates, and fur
niture and other needed articles have been
provided to quite an amount.
| No account of stock having been taken .,
the commencement of the year, a compare.
tive statement cannot be made, but in many
respects the Home is better provided than in
January last.
There were thirty two children taken from
the Home in 1883 and there were ifty-two in
the Home December 3lst, 1888, making eigh'
ty-four inmates during the year. Of these
three we're children OF C.. W. Dill, Pittston
3, Lllwellyn 0. Foster, Monmouth
3, Wilson HAYES. Belgrade; 2, Charles Nc.
Keague, Gardiner; child of Isaac Page
Chelsea; 3, children of George Reed, Gar
diner; 2 children of Charles E. Sawtele
Augusta; 5. Allen Smith, Belgrade. Thirty.
two children have been provided with homei
or removed by parent or guardian.
Governor and Council
The C,yar,nr and C,unc; ,vara in aassior
yesterday. Hearings were given on three
pardon cases. The first case was that o.
Waffle A. Nickerson. who was indicted a
the January term of court at Portland, il
Prison for three years. He is but is year
of age. w. H. Looney, Esq, of Portland
one of the ablest young lawyers of the State
appeared before the Council in his favor
presenting a very strong petition. Anothe
case was that of Fred A. WigRin in Stat
Prison for larceny, from the town of Sanford
York county. Wiggin is also but Is year
old, and his mother, who belongs in Massa
chusetts, came before the Council and plead
ed for her son. She made an eloquent ap
peal for mercy, ard lawyers present said tina
she managed her case with tact and ability
A letter was read from Gen. b. F. Butler o
Massachusetts. stating that Wiggin had beef
maltreated by the officers and was deserving
of pardon. County Attorney Frank Hig
gins and Deputy Sheriff Hall, both of Yorl
county, appeared for the State. Rufus Watt
of Portland, in Jail for liquor selling, wa
given second hearing by the Council. Hon
Bion Bradbury acting as his counsel. AT
fidavits from Portland physicians to the effec
that Waite was suffering from asthma, which
disease was aggravated by confinement, wer'
read No decision was rendered in eithe
case.