Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-16

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} person shall append his own inisials afssr he
! signature.
This is busy time for Augusta pAosee-
raphers, Twenty-ei yht Legislators sat In one
statio for negatives on . single day recently.
senator Haines offered an inlporsaus bill
tuesday, an act TO amend the statute relss-
ins TO granting new trials. The section a.
per the proposed amendment 10 ANY ius.
tee of the Supreme Judicial or Of Superior
Court may At any time before final Judgment
thereon, set aside verdict and grant q new
trial in a case heard before him, when in hIs
opinion the evidence in the case or newly
discovered evidence demands. But such
verdict shall not be set aside BY q sinsls
Justice when two verdicts have been rendered
against the applicant.
There will Dc the regular annual meetine
OF the Maine Board Of Agriculture in room
No. ls, At the State House to-day at ten
O'Clock. The following arr the members Of
the present boari Il. A. Burr, Prrsiieut;
Il. A. Gilbert. Secretary; Aroostook, A. l.
ilaines; fiscataquis, Thomas Hagget; Pc
nobseo,, b. A, Burr; Franklin. :. X. Le-
land; Knox, =. L. Mansfield; Ausiroscos-
gin, l.. II. Blossom; Waldo. X. W. Ellie;
kennebec. :. c. Watson; Lincoln. X. W.
Stetson; Washington, ID. W. Campbell;
Cumberland. W, W. Harris; Oxford, b. W.
Mckevn; York, J. NJ. Deering; Somerset,
q, J. SHAW Sagadahoe. y. 3. Adams.
The following will be the order Of busi-
ness today
1000 A. M.-Admission Of new me mbers
and election of officers, Presentation Of
| such business A. may call for action
200 z. M.-Reports Of committees suissd
LAT Las At alr.,.
disease law, b. W. Mckecn chairman. Aa
justmen, Of bounty to agricultural socie-
ties and arrangement Of dates, }. NJ. Deer
ing chairman. Printing and binding Of re-
ports. Thomas Daggeu for the co nmittee.
An agent for publishing firm was among
the members of the legislature yesterday to
see how much support he could secure for
= scheme TO publish Legislative album con-
tanning good plate pictures of the Governor.
council. members of the legislature and
State officers. lie received orders for sixty
of the volumes in very short time and the
outlook Is that the work will be pushed
thr ,ugh Il will cost q.
In the council yesterday the order for the
appointment of Col, Harrington ~ pension
clerk WAS taken from tho table and amended
by substituting in place Of harrington the
name of Col. Gaptill. The order so amend
WI was bNtn passAkt, nut the governor
non-coneurying, the matter still remains uu-
settled.
Considerable business WAS brought hefose
the Judiciary committee yesterday afternoon.
The bill proposed by Mr.. Barker Of Bangor
securing the right of appeal accorded In
capital cases TO prisoners sentenced for life
WAS considered and the committee voted 10
authorize MIR. Barker to report a bill for 1t.
Judge Wiwcll called attention 10 the article
in the laws enacted two years ago forbiddine
prisoners under sentence for life from ssso-
eiating in any way with the other prisoners
IN the State prison. lie called attention To
the fact that this meant II life of solitary
confinement for prisoners thus sentenced.
and such was the condition of the only two
prisoners sentenced for life since the pas
sage Of the law which Judge wisweil SAID
appeared 10 him unjust and inhumAn.
The opinion of the committee seemed to be
that as this law came up IN the form Of .
Senate amendment. IL was some hat in the
nsture of hasty legislation aud was unjust IN
its operation, Judge Wiswell was, there
fore, instructed to report bill for the pur-
pose of changing ii.
Here We get little taste of the session
of 1880, said AN old member yesterday as
the matters for legislation were piling up ON
the speakers desk.
new telephone was added 10 the
messengers rsom yesterday. II will be .
great convene nee.