The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-28
the STATE.
HANCOCK COUNTY.

AA~NNOSh SOONAAs
An Ellsworth clergyman is threatened with
libel suit, for saying at a public temper
ance meeting, that at a certain place In that
city mo names were caled) boys are
brought under the influence Of drink" One
OF the cltiLens feels aggrie we'd at this and
says tne clergyman accused him of being a
rumseller, construed charge which the ag-
grieved party stoutly denies. On the other
hand the elergymen asserts that he never
said that liquor Is sold as the place in ques-
tion.
Thursday morning of last week Cherry
field was awakened by strike among the
millmen. OF late there seems TO have been
some dissatisfaction among the mill-hands
there, their complaint being that they are
obliged TO work eleven hours and one-half
for days work with only half hour for
dinner. They struck for ten hours In four
different mills, three long lumber and one
shingle mill, which left about fifty men on
the street. However, before noon a COM
promise was made with one crew TO return
on the ten hour system. At last accounts
the strikers are still out.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Deputy Commissioner Of Labor Campbell
mas returned to Augusta from a visit to the
factories throughout the State where he has
been collecting statistics relative to the en-
ployment OF children. He states that as a
general rule manufacturers are pleased with
the law relating to child labor, passed by the
last legislature. In accordance with the
law all children between the ages Of twelve
and sixteen are provided with Certificates Of
their age and Of their attendance at school
at least sixteen weeks during the previous
year. Most of the children are French
canadians, whose age 1t Is extremely difficult
70 ascertain: 1t seems probable that some
parents deliberately issue false certificates.
ana tnat certain per cent. of children en-
Pl0yed are less than twelve years Of age.
Inc penalty OF the discovery of such a fraud
d;ts,d a q nne OF Sl9o, but owing to the extreme
remedy the evil Is In the better education OF
public opinion. Most manufacturers are not
pleased with the workings Of the ten hour
law. They claim that able bodied women
should De allowed to work extra hours II
they wish to do so.
The Secretary of State has now received
unofiicial returns from all the towns in the
state except Bowdoin, Starks and French
vile. Westheld Pl, which gives Burleigh
day.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Hadley Anderson Of Sachvllle, N. B.,
sanity attempted suicide In Bangor yester-
DAY morning, cutting his throat with a
pocket knife. He was arrested before fatal
wounds were made.
"A man named Henry Neal, formerly of
Silver Ridge, was arrested in Kingman last
Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Doyle. Of Sher-
man, on charge Of bigamy and theft. Neal
was married to a woman some time ago and
last spring they were living In Silver Ridge,
where they quarrelled. The husband went
to Bar Harbor, after unlawfully appro-
prlating to his use suit Of clothes and some
money belonging to Arthur Burns, Of the
former place. While residing in the great
summer resort he won the affections Of a
woman there and they were married, the
second wife not being aware Of the ex-
istence Of first. The prosecution is In
stigated by the second wife who recently dis
covered that she had been imposed upon.
PIscArAoUIs COUNTY.
The safe in the Bangor and Piscataquis
railroad station at Dover was blown open
wednesday night. The agent sent away
nearly $500 Tuesday. so the burglars got
the work OF professionals