The Portland daily press., 1885-02-09
FROM AUGUSTA.
Echoes from the Citizens Recep-
ton Of Friday.
The Franklin and Megantic Matter to
be Again Heard Today.
Extracts from the Maine Life and
Accident Insurance Co. Bill.
Especial to the Press.)

The citizens reception of Friday night still
furnishes the chief topic Of conversation in the
fashionable world and in years to come it will
be looked back to with pleasant memories.
Hon Hannibal Hamlin told the PRESS reporter
that it reminded him of the gaieties here forty
nine years ago whom he was a member of the
House. He had just entered upon the thresh.
hold of his long and distinguished public ca
reer that subsequently followed. The most
eminent private families here then were the
Williamses, Redingtons, and Westons Dane
ing parties took place at one of the mansions
of those families every week during the session
OF the legislature, while at the Augusta House
weekly sociable never failed. 1t was round
of social festivities in those days which have
never had their parallel since. The venera-
bic ex-vice president of the United States
spoke of them with sparkling eyes as he re-
verted to the past. He had hoped to dance at
the reception with one of the danes of those
highly respectable families of the old school
whom he had tripped the light fantastic toe
with, and when she was lassie, but her ad-
vancsd years had not dealt SO lightly with her
as they had with the sturdy old statesman, and
she was unable to attend. But while ne was
evidently disappointed itwas his pleasure to
dance with one of her grandchildren. 1t was
also his pleasure while on the floor to meet
Miss Daisy Waterman of Gorham, daughter Of
Judge John A. Waterman, and grand-daugk-
ter of the late Josiah Pierce who was president
OF the Senate fifty years ago, when Mr.. Ham,
lin was first member of the House. Miss
Waterman danced in the same set with Mr..
Hamlin, and it was pleasant occasion for
that gentleman to recall as he did his early
acquaintance with Mr.. Pierce and the incl
dents connected with that period Miss Wat
erman is spending few days at Augusta as
the guest of Gov. Robie's family.
larger number of members of the leelsla-
ture have gone home to spend the Sabbath
than at any time previous during the session.
THE MRaANTIc MATTER.
Tomorrow an amendment will be offered in
the House to the Megantic railroad bill which
will compel the construction of branch road
of standard gauge with the Bangor and Pisest-
aqUis road before the right to cross Moosehead
Lake shall take place, thus securing a connec-
tion between that road and the Megantic 1t is
not known what view the promoters of the Me-
gantic will take of it, but it is highly probable
that large majority of both branches OF the
legislature will regard it with favor.
MAINE LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. co.
The act to incorporate the Maine Life and
Accident Insurance Company names as its in.
corporators John E. De Witt, Josiah Fl. Drum
mond, Percival Bonney, Fred e. Richards,
Thomas A. Foster, Marquis F. King, Edward
A. Noyes, Henry B. Cleaves aud Charles G.
Burrill.
The following is an abstract of the bill.
SECTION 2. The capital stock of said company
shall not be less than one hundred thousand dol
lars than one million dollars divided into
shares of one hundred dollars each; and the compa-
ny shall not commence business until one hundred
thousand dollars shall have been paid in, and that
amount OF such securities as the savings banks are
allowed by law to invest In. been deposited with
the State treasurer to be held by him under the pro-
visions Of sections ftyseven to sixtythree of chap
ter forty-nine of the Revised Statutes.
SECT. 3. Said company shall have power to in
sure against accidents of any and all kinds, and
make contracts of health and life insurance and
grant birth and burial money in such manner and
en- such terms and conditions and for such periods
of time and in such states or countries as shall be-
from time to time, ordered and provided by the di-
rectors.
SECT. Z. The directors shall invest the funds in
the name of the company, or in the name of the
trustees whenever they deem it necessary in order
to protect the interests of the company and to Sc
ment or as security for investments, and for this
purpose the company may grant annuities and pur-
chase, hold and convey property real personal in
any other State or country,
MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS.
Reference has already been made in these
dispatches to the act to provide for the organi-
zation Of mutual relief associations The bill
will probably come mp in the Senate Monday
or Tuesday Tor its first reading. IL is under
stood that it was drawn by Hon. Josiah 81.
Drummond of Portland.
REFoRMAToRy FOR WOMEN.
Tha act to establish the Maine Reformatory
Institution for Women, provides,
Section one. The premises, location purchase
lease and preparation, &C., shall be determined by
the Governor and Council.
Section two provides for board of five managers
all OF them women, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor and Council and serve two years. after which
OF tire two senior members of the board. The board
are to receive compensation other than for traV-
cling expenses, and not to be interested fnancallv
in any way with the institution.
Section three provides for organization of the
board, selecting committees, &c. The beard shall
appoint suitable persons Tor matron superintendent
and other officers, all to be women, shall fix the
salaries. and make and enforce necessary rules,
such rules however to be subject to approval of the
inspectors of prisons and aiis who are an
advisory board. The managers shall meet quarterly
Should any inmate become incorrigibe and unfit
to remain in said institution, the managers may
apply to any justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court for her removal, who may consign her to the
otate EIlson OF any county jail for period not
longer than the unexpired term of her sentence to
this institution. The managers shall cause the in
mates to be employed in ell useful employments
and especially in the making of clothing and othe
articles needed by the inmates of the State Prison
the various jails within the State and the Reform
school for boys and may make contracts to furnish
the same to the aforesaid institutions upon such
terms as may be agreed upon with the proper au-
tborities thereof. And said managers shall en-
ploy suitable persons TO instruct said inmates in
common branches of learning and educate them to
habits of industry and the useful occupations and
duties of life.
The remaining sections provide that the reforma-
tory shall be used exclusively for women, and all
sentences of females shall be made thereto; and all
females now serving sentence in the State prison
snail be transferred thereto except those serving
Tor murder, those insane or thoss having an incur
able disease.
MISCELLANEOUS.
What Mr.. Cobb of Minot is after in his ef-
forts to obtain an itemizsd bill of expenditures
of the State Prison committee during their re-
cent visit to that institution is conundrum.
His persistent demands in that direction seem
hardly called for, as it is something unusual,
besides being looked upon as reflection upon
that committee.