The Portland daily press., 1886-12-14
Business Before the Governor and
Council.

Business Before the Governor and
Council.
Especial to the Pressl
AUGUSTA. Dec 13.-The Governor has ap-
pointed j. A. Hinkley, of Pennington,
trustee of the State Normal School at Farm
ington.
The Council today recommended the par.
don of Alden Jones, of Bath, ia State Prison
for year for stealing rigging and ship tackle.
A pardon will undoubtedly be granted to
Jones, who afforded valuable evidence to the
county attorney of Sagadahoc.
Several cases where pardons are asked win
be heard tomorrow.
Valuation OF the State Lands.
Especial to the Press.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 13-The committee Of the
Council selected to take the valuation of the
State grass and timber lands completed their
work tonight. The State owns no land which
it can sell, but in each unorganized township
holds in trust thousand acres to be turned
over for school or other public purposes to
the township whenever it may be organized,
but the timber and grass on these reserva-
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his right so long as the township remnfns mr.
organized. In this way the grass and stump
age ON about all the public lands have been
sold, and the valuation is made for the pur-
pose of assessing taxes on this grass and
stumpage. The committee of the Council
have found 1884, 900 acres of this public land,
and have valued the timber and the little
grass at $1S1,0o0.
These lands are mostly in Aroostook, PEN
obscot, Somerset. Piscataquis and Franklin
counties.
Joseph E. Clinton, who shot and wounded
Severance, will undoubtedly be pardoned to-
morrow. Eleven of the jurors who con-
demned him have asked his pardon, and the
sentiment of the best people of Rockland is
in his favor.
a Mate Accused of Murder.
BRUNSWICK, Ca, Dec. 10.-J. S. Titcomb,
mate of the schooner NJ. B. Millen, was ar
rested today ON charge of numbering Capt.
w. M. Young. former master of the vessel.
Capt. Young died suddenly at sea Aug. l, ON
a voyage from Satalla Biver to Rio de jan
eiro, and the seamen allege that the mate
poisoned him. The evidence is wholly cir
cumstantial. Some Of the crew swear that
Titcomb remarked one day with an oath; 81
will give the captain dose that will settle
him." The mate then went below and 20
minutes afterward the captain died. Tit
comb then took charge of the ship and car
ried her into Rio. Consul-General Arm
strong held an investigation and dismissed
Titcomb. Capt. Frank Dyer, of Maine,
joined the vessel there and brought her back
to this port, with Titcomb as first mate.
Dyer swore out warrant. Titcomb denies
the charge and says it was trumped up by
the crew. He is from Maine, but joined the
vessel in New York. The schooner is owned
here. Titcomb will be given hearings
Objectionable Customs Laws.
OTTAWA, Dec. 10.-James Murray, United
States Consul at st. John, N. b., has had an
interview with the Commissioner of Customs
with reference to the transit of goods intend
ed for use in Maine from United States ports
through Canadian territory to the different
points within the State. Mr.. Murray COM
plains that these goods are not allowed free
and unfettered transit by railway trains or
any other conveyances, and wants the privi-
lege without bringing them under suryeil-
lance of customs officers. The demand is un-
provided for by the customs laws, and could
not be acceded to.
a PittsfIeId Man Shoots Himself.
PITTFIELD, Dec. 15-Saturday afternoon,
about O'Clock, James Heslop, an operative
in the Pioneer woolen mill, went into Mr.. j.
II. Davis store and purchased revolver,
and very soon after loaded the same and fired
one shot into the air, exclaiming he would
shoot himself and Immediately fired again,
the bullet entering between the ribs and
passing through the liver. Physicians have
been unable to find the ball. 1t is probably
a fatal wound.
A School Building Burned.
LEWISTON, Dec. 13.-The grammar school
building at Turner village was burned about
o'clock yesterday morning. No fire had
been in the building since Friday. Loss
about $1,000. No insurance.
elected a Bank Treasurer.
BIDDEFoRD, Dec. 13.-Ex-Mayor Edward
Edward W. Staples was today elected Treas
urer of the Biddeford Savings Bank, in place
of o. F. Page, city treasurer, who recently
resigned to accept a position in bank In
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