Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-11

a to complete thu ir LAHORE this week.
There vas very little business ct the Sta
Hoase, yesterday. Many Of the leAdiu
|, committees met and organized and arrange
for future meetings. but other than this th
E day vas rather quiet
Mr.. Loooey ,s receiving . grsas many le
: sers Of inquiry from various parts Of Ii
{ State regarding the nature Of his bill f0
Z bal OF reform. Considerable interest 10 a
ready being manifested in this measure. an
it will doubtless have quite . promincl
place in the work Of the session.
, Governor Burleish received yesteria
from Mrs olive Clark. of York Harbol
through representative Marshall, of Yorl
. beautiful silver mAriner's trumpet
presented number Of years ag
, to his mothers brother. Capt. Jane
II, Chick. After his death Csptai
Chicks wife presented this trumps
to Mr. Clark. Itisa very pretty heirloom
and will be highly prired by Goveruo
Burleigh.
At . meeting Of the Kennebec count
delegation, to vi hich Was rcferred the matt.
Of increasing the County Attorneys pay,
was unanimously voted that such an inercas
should be recommended.
Mr.. A. II. Whitman ha. been buaiy en-
gagged in putting the room Of the sgricul
tural committee in readiness for the winter
work. The book case contains q continuou
file Of the Agricultural reports for numbe
Of years back. and the reports of the preseu
year TO the number Of Ave thou and ar
stacked up in he corners Of the room an,
occupy nearly fourth of its some~h hat lim
tied space. This will be an interesting room
during the session.
The order presented by Reprcsentativ,
Barker Of Bangor, directing the commit,e,
on she jndiciarAto inquire into the uecess,i,
of amending section ~. chapter 1884 of til,
Revised Statuts,, 80 40 to make il conform
with the present law regulating puni 'hm, N
for murder. and report by bill or other~ Use
is intended to give criminals convicted o,
murder in the first degree the rights of ap
peal formerly accorded in capital cases.
Governor Burleigh signed his hrst bill
yesterday forenoon. II WAS the bill intro
duced by Mr. Manley for changing the la~
relative TO the me, ting Of the presidentia
electors. This is the frat Law enacted by tn,
present legislature.
The proposition of Senator Sargent to di
vide the Committee on fisheries and game ap
pears to be- very fivorHbly received III,
inland and shore fisheries are about as d
tnct As it is possi lie for any two interests I,
be, and the scheme TO divide comm t,ee con
sidera'ion of them seems to fnd quite gencr.
al support.
Nov that the eopmi tees are decided the
President Of the Senate and Speaker Of the
House will have chance TO cnj " life oncs
mtre.
Ataspecial meeting Of the military mem
bers of the legislature yesterday. 1t was de-
cided to present tn. name of Col. Fred W.
Guptill Of Saco for pension clerk and the
following committee was appoiared 10 wait
on the Governor and council and urge hl-
appointment Wakefield, Hesld. Merrill of
Franklin and Green of Portland.
Hon. VIM, Dickey will Introduce a bill
for the benefit of the Madawaska settlers
Although the State invited these people to
60 there and settle, il gave them no actual
title to the lands, and they. in their innoee Mt
ignorance. supposed that they owned the
farms they were on. but the State thoupl I
differently. and some years ago sold the en-
tire contract, some 90, ,o0O acres, to LAND
speculators and lumbermeu. Major Djckey
proposes to ak the Legislature for an appro-
priation Of $4,000 to buy these farms. and
give them TO the tenants.
Whether the date Of adjournment set by
the order of Representative Robie-on OF
before February 20-.hall find the labors OF
the legislature completed or not, it Is /
dent that it will do much as one member re
marked to facilitate business"
Mr.. Leslie A. Dyer has again been EN-
ployed to copy muster-out rolls in the aiju
tant generals Office.
W. Atwood Of Gardiner is candidate
for messenger to visit Washington for the
Maine Presi ential electors.
The bill introduced by Senator Lord OF
York, contemplates some radical cha in
the ten hour law passed two years ago. 1t
sllo"s men and women 70 contract to work
over ten hours, but higher rate of wages
shall be paid for services so rendered Nj
nors under fifteen years of age are limited
to ten hours day, and those between fifteen
and eighteen to sixty hours week, nnls ss
one parent or guardian consents to differ.
ent arrangement. Their extra labor shsl
not exceed nine hours in one week or nnet,
hours in . year.
The question Of anew insane a.ylum I.
being agitated. The comm tt.e are unde :
stood to be divided in opinion, part favorinp
q new institution and the others an enlxrg
ment of the Augusta a.ylum. Two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars is the sum est.
mated as necessary for a new plant.
bill to repeal the Law for the 20 Pei
cent. division of labor at the State Prison
will be presented at an early day in one oi
the branches. An endesvor will be mad. to
refer it to the committee on State Prison
1t went to the judiciary committee t-o ,esr.
ago but member Of the latter says it prop
erly belongs to the State Prison com nit,ee
Messrs. MAniey. Wisweli and Barker, who
we're on the ju iiciary committee two year,
ago, voted for The bill then and are on the
same committee nov.
The bill presented by NJ. Fogg Of Port
lard does away with the hv- days pr.l l.mipsr
notice nee ssary tothe obtaining of marriag'
certificate and enables the ~ouid-be benedIe
to obtain that Important document without
sy red tape.
The petition to divide the town Of Boo,i
bay promises 70 be . lively contest. an,
both sides are prepared for a vigorou. cam
pasn. The CO itest app ar, 70 be b t-eer
the village people and the voters in the
Northern and eastern portions Of the TOW
.ho are largely 10 the maj ,ri,y. Is appear,
that the village people have been endeavor
ing 10 carry out certain schemes for improve
ment in their locality which have been op
I r.ns1d hv tho in hos - n.