The Portland daily press., 1889-01-31

OlutfGu LudI the COulmlIIGe on legal dlldlEo Ot
directed to enquire intoithe expediency OF exempt
ing from attachment by law of a riding wagon or
carriage and harness Kept for the use of the fam-
ly or owner, by Dickey Of Fort Kent.
Ordered that the committee on education be di-
rected to inquire into the expediency Of estab-
fishing normal school in the town OF Caribou, by
Stearns OF Caribou
Woman Suffrage.
The woman suffragists do not let their
cause rest yet. Today ex-Gov Robie pre-
sented monster petition of 563 names of
people in Portland, New Gloucester, Water
vile and Hallowell, all of whom want the
women to vote. There also came down
Georgiana p. johnson and others of Belfast,
which Senator Freeman introduced yester-
day.
Tax Upon Telephone Companies.
In the House today it was ordered that the
committee on railroads, telegraph and ex-
presses be directed to inquire into the ex-
pedency Of increasing their tax upon tele-
phone companies of this State and regula-
ting the rate of charges. Mr.. Mallet of
Freeport introduced the order.
Notes.
The judiciary committee have voted to re-
port bill to raise the age Of consent from 13
to IA years.
No action has yet been taken on the prop
OoibiOn W CobdDilou lclOlildtOly lOL WOtu-
en-.
The reform school committee have decided
to report bill to appropriate $4,000 for es-
tablishing the cottage system.
Mr.. Madigan Of Houlton presented this
forenoon an important bill to compel the
manufacturers of patent medicines to put on
the outside of the bottles the formulas of
the compounds within. Mr.. Madigan's OBJ
ject is to so fix the law and practice that
people who buy patent medicines may know
what thav Sra pptfinQ
There was a meeting this afternoon be-
tween Hugh j. Chisholm, Q. ID. Brown and
Edward Plummer on the one side, and Chas.
w. Hammond of Yarmouth on the other. In
relation to the bill to incorporate the An
droscoggin Log Driving Company. The OPP
position to the bill is said to have been
caused largely by misunderstanding as to
its objects. The bill will not come up for
hearing until week after next.
Mr.. Manley, Of Augusta, presented this
morning bill to incorporate the Northern
Construction Company. The incorporators
named are A. f. Crockett, George p. Wes
cott and Edward G. Hersey. The purpose
OF the corporation Is to carry on the busi-
ness of building, constructing and equipping
lines Of railroads with the right to operate
the roads so built and constructed so long as
it may be found necessary for the company
to do so under the terms and conditions con-
tanned In their respective charters. The
capital stock is fixed at 100000
JOo6pu ~. OtutLU. JdtlltS weymouth, It. ".
Beal, Albert o. Brown, James w. Sewall,
W. I, Pearson and VIM. Engel are named
as the corporators of the Oldtown street
railway.
In the Senate today the reports on the sub
ject of changing the date of the September
elections came up and was put to yea and
nay vote. Every Senator present voted
against it except Senator Heath and Walton
who signed the minority report on the part
OF the Senate. At the close of the vote
Senator Heath arose and said; 'The Sem
ators who made the minority report con-
gratuate themselves on being able to hold
their strength" Laughter.]
Mr.. Fogg of Portland, presents a bill to
make valid the d0ings of Laconia Lodge No.
"A, |. o. 0. +. of BiddefOrd.
Some Of the people of Perry don't want
the Eastport Water Company to take water
from Boyden Lake, and James NJ. Leaghton
and 66 others remonstrate, Mr.. Pattengall
presents their remOnstrance
Mr.. Fogg of Portland, today presented a
bill relating to hawkers and peddlers, which
provide that towns and cities be authorized
to license, regulate and restrict the business
Of hawkers and peddlers within their respec.
tive limits and impose penalty not exceed
ing $50 in each case. Towns and cities
might under the bill, impose a license fee
not over 800 for privilege of carrying on the
business of hawker and peddler Nothing
ia the bill is to be construed as restraining
towns from prohibiting all hawking and
peddling.
There is a strong sentiment in favor of the
Haines railroad bill in many parts of the
State. Mr.. Goodwin of Skowhegan, pre-
sented today the petition of George w.
Hawes and 135 others asking for for the pas
sage of the bill, and Mr.. Taylor of Urity,
presented several petitions.
Mr.. Chadbourne of Biddeford presents
bill to amend chap. II, sec. q, X. S., relating
to .perpetuation of notice of sale of real es-
tate.
Mr.. Moulton Of Wales presents the re.
monstrance of j. S. Briggs and others of
the town of Poland against the incorpora-
tion of the village of Mechanic Falls.
Mr.. Sweetser Of Hampden today presented
two petitions from Bangor, praying for the
repeal Of the standard time law.
Mr.. Chadbourne of Biddeford presents the
following bill: "Any sheriff, deputy sheriff,
coroner, or constable, attaching personal
property on writ, shall release the same if
bond in the sum of the Gd ddmnum of the
writ, approved by two disinterested justices
of the peace, as good and sufficient as to re-
sp0nsbility aud said bond shall relieve the
attaching officer from any liability by reason
of such release of attachment, but it shall
not be deemed any waiver of right, or con-
fession, or admission, on the part of the
owner Of the property attached"
Mr.. Mitchell Of Newfield introduced today
a bill to amend the laws so that the RAM
shackle Park Agricultural Society shall an
nually receive as much stipend as is raised
by 1t not exceeding $500.
There are several petitions in that the
county of Sagadahoc be allowed TO assume
ownership of toll bridges and ferries.
Mr.. Warren of Castine introduced today a
long bill to amend the charter of the Castine
y Bangor Railroad Company in such way
as to allow it TO gain connection with the
Canadian Pacific by lease of this Bangor d
Piscataquis railroad and the katahdin Iron
Works railroad and to reach a harbor
whence water communication may be at
tanned with foreign or domestic ports, by
maintaining steam ferry between some
point in the town of Castine and the town of
BrOokSville.
The bill to set off Crotch Island and annex
the same to Portland has passed its first and
second readings in the Senate and House, ana
Is now on the House table on motion OF Mr..
LoOney.
The old bill to provide for tax on water
companies, which came over from the last
legislature. has been reported unfavorably.
The bill to incorporate the Knox Banking
and Trust Company has been passed to be
engr ,ssed.
The committee on labor have decided not
to recommend any changes in the fortnighty
to railroads.
House today a bill to incorporate II. X. Tay-
lor, +. w. Bowker, s. M. Holway, A. II. Gill
son and o. Nj. Vose, of Machias, as the Ma
chias Water Company, with right to take
water from the Machias river, or from any
spring, pond, brook or other water in Ma
chias, or East Machas, or Marshfield.
Mr.. Manley of Augusta presented today a
bill for the incorporation Of Clinton village.
Mr.. Glover this forenoon presented the pc
tition of w, S. White, =. A. Butler, w, IL.
Smith and Charles E. Weeks, asking for an
amendment to the city charter of Roekland
to make it more definite in relation to as
sessments upon owners of lots or parcels Of
land adjacent to and bounded on any street
or way which the city may vote to pave, and
also to enable the city to assess owners of
certain adjacent property.
Senator Haine3 presented today petitions
| from the citizens of Is towns representing
| 800 people, relating to regulating railroad
| frafiies -