The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-21
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE
THE STATE PRISON AND JAILS.

| NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE.
THE STATE PRISON AND JAILs.
The report of the Inspectors and officers of
the Maine State Prison for 1888 have been pre-
scned to the Governor and Council. The
| average number of convictS during the year
| was l16 against 151 in 1881 Number of
vict> in custody Dec 1st, 1884, 1853; committed
| since, "a; escaped and returned, 1. Discharged
| during the year by expiration of sentence, 36
| partoncd, g. removed to the Insane Hospital,
! /; executed, l; deceased, 1. Present number
ISL. The crimes which sentences are being
| served are as follows adultery, - aiding an
assault, : arson .; assault, /; assault and bat
| terry, >; assault, battery and compound larceny,
| !; assault and robbery. ,; assault to kill, 6;
| assault to rape, p aS>aulting officer, l break
ing and entering, }; breaking, entering and
| larceny, u burglary, /; burglary and assault
ing officer. Il burglary and larceny, / cheating
| by false pretences, . common thief, 3; COM
| pound larceny, Is: compound larceny and
saul and battery, ,; felonious assault, 1 r; for
| gerry, 4; forgery and compound larceny, |;
| larceny, 50; larceny from person, 3 larceny and
| forgery, murder, II; murder in the second
| degree, I; mansaughter. I; perjury, 9; piracy,
2; passing counterfeit money, q rape, 2; rob
| berry, 3: stealing from post office, incest. l.
| Thirty are under sentence of wears 80, 3
years; %, > Years: /, II years; 3, 15 years; 32,
| life: |, to be hanged. Average sentence, 8 yrs,
| II mos. u days. The average aye of those
sentenced has been % wears and > months. The
| Ol'tCSl belll4 AGED % ana Youngest 10. AndrOS-
coggin county has furnished 20 convictS;
| Aroostook, 13; Cumberland, 80; Franklin,
| Hancock, Z; kenncbcc, 8; Knox, II Lincoln.
;; oxford, 4; Penob>cot. 10; Piscataquis, 3;
| Sa@adahoc. s; Somerset, 4 Waldo, 4; Washing
| ton, 8; York, IF; L. s. Court, ). There have
been siN conyicts pardoned by the Governor
and Council during the ar. John Green, 3
years. forgery; John Daley, life, burglary;
Edward II. W ellis, l II years, larceny; Sarah
| f. Whtten. life, murder in the second degree;
| I0lI IN l. R,fn \
| years. common thief OF the convict>, 10S
We're natives of Maine and 3S Of other States;
-, foreign.
The Inspectors of JaiI~ report the condition
| Of the several jaiis satisfactory with few eNcep
tion> The total commitments to Jail during
| the year was 3.3i3, an increase of ;}23 over the
previous Year; committed for drunkenness
| l16l, an increase Of AL number sentenced to
Jail for selling liquor, lSS, an increase of 3S
| over 1854.
NEW ENGLAND COLT STAKES.
| The second payment to the New England
! colt stakes made on Friday. Jan. l, by 80
! of the original subscribers. The two stakes
| closed last spring with IS nominations. The
stake for year old> closed originally with 81
| entries. and among this number the following
| nave made good their payments to date:
&. j. Shaw. I!artland, Me, Day colt Han
cock. by Gen. WithcrS. dam Lady Knox.
W. > lllton, chestnut lilly lIarebcll, by llar-
binger: dam by Aberdeen.
!otli> MtAlool Bangor. chestnut nllN.Jo-
| sic Nc. by Prescott dana by W halrbonc Knox.
Thomas McAloon, brown tilly, by Won
Moltkc dam Kettle Ball.
| T.. !. Lawrence. Somerset Mills, Me-. brown
colt Ticonic. by Dr. Franklin; dam by Morrill,
| Champion.
The Swear old stakes closed with 80 nomina-
| tions and the following have paid:
q. j. Shaw, IIartland, Me-, che eStnut filly
| Betty Wthers, by Gen. Withcr~; dam Betty
| Hooker.
q. j. shaw, IIartlanI, Me-. chestnut fIly
Nay i)aN, by Gen. Wither>; dam Susan by
Winthrop Morrill,. This tiIly has been sold to
c. VI. Ici~t, of Crrlcve, O.
Thomas MrAIoon, Bangor, brown colt
| WhtrWopd, by Rrdwood; dam Kitty. by
| Whalchonv Knox.
| The third payment in stakes j, due Jan. |,
1877, and the races will be trottcd in October Of
| that year.
TIE PENOBsCOT ICE CROP.
| The Wing says the Artic Ice Company of
| Bangor have now about 12,000 tons Of old ice
| OH hand, and will harvest 10000 more. Their
| field is Il splendid one. there being one foot of
| clear blue ice. The work OF >craping it has
| been finished and the company expects to
| commence cutting some time this week. Their
prospects for Il splendid crop Were never any
better Thr katahdin lre Company will intro
| 'iucr an rntlrr new feature in their business
at their High Head field this year and it is eN-
! pccted that it will prove great success. They
have contracted with the Bangor Electric Light
"lt'Ii ~ SuItnuii .lGil lIiI VIII 'rll
% '',', 'ui .,,u'',ru , 'i,A ", Ell ~
| of >tringing the wires for the lights has
| commenced They will fill their houses.
which hold about 10000 tons. The company
| 1il> made a contract with the baltimore Ice
Company to supply the latter with 5000 tons
of Ice per year for five wears. The price is
sad to DE very good one. lhe different com
| panleS all along The river now have large crews
>rraPlng ana nearly all Of them Viii commence
! cutting TINS week II the weather continues
| favorable. There seems to be little doubt but
that oyer l29,0Oo tons of ice will i'e harvested
here this season.
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1hr hennrbcr Agricultural Society held it,
annual meeting at headfeld Jan and elected
tne IoHoNhS oihrtf>: PreSideht, :. K. eaton
! OF NJ. Vernon; Ice Presidents, >. X. Nelson
OF hthrop. ID. Il. sampson of kent'N Hill, \.
y: underwood of fa{et1e; Secretary, II. ..
| Nlrkers9n OF keadlleld; Treasurer, e. ii. Ste
ven, % OF Readliel4; Agent, }. b. Low of Read
Hela; fllslees' =; 4. eaton OF NJ. crnon' j.
Henry Moore OF mthrop. George f. Minot Of
Belgrade, Is. !: MaNlm OF Wayne, NJ. \. Jones
financial ,tandin~ i, cycellrnf. The companv
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gvi''i' d. tA iTss!oh vas IHu tllc o'u Nthiepec
WIZ nINvr IN peter fI'oi1loh tha now, or lie
iioit "'ol".it lncy rlosc Golililll5-
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DEATH OF A VETERAN EDITOR.
| EJ'pton. Esq. Of R.th. died JAN. 4th attcra
| brief hut Severe Illness r,usnd Ly raurpr in
| thr stomach. lie wn. ,ord 10 y,.nr, and four
months. lie w1s born II NorIy:y in MS. and
| had lived in DnnyilIr and Wrhsrrr before com,
| M TO bath IN lN4l, Where ne aItrfWafds feNl'i-
tr,Ir srv,raI Wears ami II, 1sS- w,. llrltnI
| Rroi.trr of prnnntn in witch nt(irr he served
nInlhrr Of WHY Ijr was I'M ,.I,rk frnm
IS5g to 1S6- In lS-5. 1889 and lisa he was ai
| drrman f.nm ward 2 In nnr 1sGG. with Mai
II. 4. shore, NV nlIitnr If th,, HrIrtnn
News. he nnrcha,rl the Rafh Daily Times and
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| wards snlI tn Wm j., ! X hitm,nn IL 1S-0
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