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The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
A Bequest for Hebron Academy.

The will of the late Deacon Josiah w.
Cook of Cambridge, Mass, give $1,000 to
Newton Theological Seminary, and sub
stantial sums, probably much larger than
$1,000 each, to six residuary legatees, each
sharing alike; Baptist Home Missionary
Society; Atlanta Baptist Seminary of At
lanta, Ga; Clinton College, Kentucky /;
Worcester Academy; Hebron Academy.
and Cambridge Hospital. The estate Of
Mr.. Cook is valued at about S175.0 900. Hon.
r. o. Fuller is the executor. By this will.
therefore, Hebron Academy is one of the
six residuary legatees. The exact amount
which will be available for the academy
fund cannot yet be stated. but it will be
enough to substantially benefit the institu-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.

The following rescripts were received
yesterday in cases pending before the law
court:
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Charles e. Garcelon ct al. VS.. George II.
Rescript by Foster. ITO entitle a
broker TO commissions, where he is en-
ployed to sell real estate, he must produce
purchaser ready and willing to enter into
contract on the employers terms.
This implies and involves the agreement
or buyer and seller. the meeting Of their
minds, produced by the agency of the
broker.
The defendant was the owner of parcel
OF real estate which he authorized the
plaintln to sell Tor certain sum. Nothing
was said relative to the kind of deed to be-
given. The broker found purchaser who
refused to complete the transfer unless the
defendant would give him a warranty
deed. notwithstanding the defendant had
good title to the property. The defendant
would not give a warranty deed, but
onered TO give Quitclaim deed, in usual
form with special covenants and so the
sale was not executed. Held, that the
broker was not entitled to his commits
sionS.
Exceptions sustained.
Cobb -
ReScript by Virgin little to personal
properly Is not changed by its conversion
ana by the bringing OF an action of trover
therefor by the owner.
In tr0ver by the owner for conversion of
personal property only nominal damages
are recoverable, IL the same property has
been attached by creditor of the owner.
:. Motion sustained. Verdict set aside.
New trial granted.
KNOX COUNTY.
George III. Nj. Barrett VS.. Rockport Ice
Company.
Rescript by Virgin 1.-The lessee of a
poition us the shores Of great pond. who
without scraping the snow from the ice
thereon, erects stakes with his name there-
on around nearly one half the pond, does
not thereby acquire such right to
the, Ice thus enclosed as will
enable him to maintain trover against
an Ice. company which, previous to the
formation OF the ice removed the lily pads.
scraped Z IT the previous SHOWS, bored
holes in the ice to let off the surface water
ana proceeded 10 harvest the ice against
the written protestation of the plaintiff
Plaintiff nonsuiE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Annie V. Walker VS.. Inhabitants of
Winsl0w.
Rescript by Emery, J.-R S. CHI. IS, sec.
SO, II qulies person injured upon road
before bringing suit therefor to give writ
ten notice ''setting forth his claim for dam
ages" Where the wife is Injured and the
husband gives written notice thereof, and
that ne claims damages, saying nothing of
the Wlfe's claim for damages, an action by
the wife cannot be maintained.
Judgment for the defendants.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
Fora disordered liver try Beecham's Pills.
MARRIAGES.

In this city, Dec. %, by Rev. J. G. Merrill,
Fred F. Hughey and Ella +. Knowles.
In Wayne. Abntr Tootbaker of Minot and
Miss Mile Fuller of Wayne.
Iu Chelsea, Dec. II, Ira Blanchard of Chelsea
and Mrs. Viola Collins of Randolph.
Iu Damarscotta, Dec. l6, u. S. Gusbee of
Appleton and Miss May w. house of Damaris-
cOtIa.
In Damariscotta Dec. ID, William nj. Hig-
gins of Bowdoiaham and Miss Alice Jewett Of
Georgetown.
In Richmond, Dec. 16, Will L. Stinson ana
Miss May Woodward.
In Canaan, Dec. l6, Arthur E. Nelson and
Miss Idella Goodwin.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
BAD CATTLE.
Massachusetts Cattle are Such and Will Be
Kept Out.

Not long ago. Fred and William Crowley,
Jr., of South Lewiston. brought from
Massachusetts, car load of cattle. sever
al of which have been found since to be
infested with tuberculosis, among them the
Jordan cattle at Lisbon. These facts. to-
gether with information in possession Of
the cattle commission that other disea sed
Massachusetts, cattle have been brought in,
have determined the cattle commissioners
to. quarantine our state to prevent any
more Massachusetts cattle being brought
in. The board of commissioners will per-
feet their arrangements for the quarantine
at meeting at Bangor, Monday evening.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
Buy Me Something.

That is the popular expression at this
season, but there need be no difficulty in
making selection, for Portland's stores
are crowded with good things. none more
SO than the Atkinson store, which has an
assortment sthat appeals to the sensible
buyer, for all articles are low in price. and
all are useful Everyone can pass very
pleasant half hour at The Atkinson Store.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
An Elegant Calendar.

We have received from the Maine Cen
trail passenger department one of those ele-
CANT calendars for 1892, issued by the road,
which bears one of Harry Browns superb
marine views, photographed by Peabody,
and engraved by John A. Lowell in his
most artistic style.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
The Christmas Rum Busipess.

As Christmas comes ON, the efforts of the
rumsellers to get liquors for their trade
grows more persistent and ingenious. But
Sheriff Cram and his deputies are fully
equal to the wiles of these gentry so far.
Yesterday, barrel and an half barrel ar
sene, and the word kerosene" being con
sPicuously stamped upon the end of each.
But @ little investigation showed the larger
barrel TO contain whiskey and the smaller
wine.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
Phantom Gets Aground.

The little steamer Phantom leaves South
Freeport in the morning and generally gets
to Portland about a. m. But yesterday
morning the fog was so thick that the little
boat got aground in the Harraseekit river.
She was obliged to lie there until the next
tide, getting to Portland In the middle of
the afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
City of Richmond's Last Trip.

The steamer City of Richmond Of the
Portland, Mt Desert & Machias Line, will
make her last trip east for the season from
Portland Friday, December 25tn. and her
last trip west, from Machiasport. the fol-
lowing Monday. The service will be re-
newed early in March, 1892 of which due
notice will be given.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
Eastern Star Encampment.
Eastern Star Encamdment, No. 2, 1.

Eastern Star Encamdment, No. 2, |. O.
o. F., elected these officers last night:
Chief Patriarch-W Warren W. Cole.
High Priest-Charle ID. French.
Senior Warden-Chas. III. Cl0udman.
Becording Sciibe-Benj.. /. Morse.
Finau cial Scribe Chas Paine.
Treasurer-Isaac i. Clark.
JnDior Warden-Albert l.. Dow.
Agent OF Hall-Wm. g. Plummer.
Trustees--R. Y. Barbour, Ii. r. Cox, ID. f.
Nash.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

In the farces the parts were taken by
Messrs. S. 81. Ross, G. r. Stubs, Andy
Wesley, d. j. Farr. George Gallagher.
THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
This successful melodrama will begin an
engagement of two nights at Portland the
atre Friday. A Christmas matinee will be
given and matinee on Saturday. An ex-
change says:
The characters in the play are sskilfully
drawn, says one who has witnessed 1t, and
the types are such as to appeal strongly to
every taste. From the honest, courageous
old life-saver down to the typical New Y ork
messenger boy, they are all familiar per-
sonages whose acquaintance is all too brief,
confined, as 1t is. TO the few short hours
while the play is In progress.
The company who will present this play
are in the city, and the work Of setting up
the elaborate scenery is now going on. 1t
takes five stage hands belonging to the
company, as well as the regular stage hands
of the house, to do it.
LoTHROP'S STOCK COMPANY.
There will be a warm welcome extended
Mr.. Lothr0p's stock company when it ap-
pears next Monday evening at Portland
theatre in 1.-THE Lone Pine" Miss Kath-
crime Rober and the other members of the
troupe have large circle of admirers in
the city and they will fill the house during
the week.
NOTES.
The receipts at Music Hall In New York,
at Paderewski's sixth piano recital. were
the biggest ever known in the metropolis,
over $4,000 being taken. There was i'm
mense enthusiasm.
The only recognized pupil of the great
pianist. Paderewski. is Mile. Szumowska,
whose attachments have created some stir
in London musical circles. She is young
PolaDder, of striking personal appearances,
and was educated by her parents for the
medical profession.
1t is nearly twenty years since the tenor
Capoul came to America with Christine
Nilsson. on her first operate tour, and
Jumped into immediate popularity with
American audiences. He is now singing
minor tenor roles in the Abbey Opera Com.
pany in New York. He is but little
changed in personal appearance, except
that he has grown trIfle stout and there
is trace of gray In his hair. But he is as
cOurtly, as graceful and as fascinating to
women as he was of yore.
In place of the Montgomery Opera COM
pany, which has gone to pieces, Mr. Stock
bridge will substitute in the Popular course
Leland I. Powers, who will read "The
Shaughraun," and the Myr0n w. Whitney
male quartette.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-23
INSOLVENCY COURT.

BEFORE JUDGE PEABODY.
Elijah < Morrill, of Yarmouth, has fled
q petition in insolvency.
The morning call., 1891-10-20
PUNISHING CRIME.

In noticing the efforts to reach some of
the parties ULo are believed to have been
guilty Of jury fixing. bribing members Of
the Legislature and kindred crimes con-
temporary published the following remarks
m referring to the Grand Jury which is
now 10 session in this city:
Every abortlye effort leaves the people wearied
aud exhausted as we'll as hopeless and less in-
c,ined to make further or other attempts TO cope
with the eVer-gTOwing power OF Doodle. II ls
serious matter to call public opinion into active
play, and still more serious 10 arouse II 10 the
point Of anger at which extreme measures be-
come possible. To TOY with the patience OF the
people and paiter WITH their just Indignation are
dangerous performances that are IN the nature
Of crimes against The body polite. The man or
set OF men who excites public expectation with
out having either the will the power 10 crafty
II undertakes responsibility that is certain TO
bring him or them trouble, and that as sure as
effect follows cause is what Is in the end to hap
pen to the tricky and knGylsh designers of the
Ji0I to use Grand Jury as an instrument for
The mauulactUIe OF political capital. II VIII be
found out al last that the people have been de-
slgnedly dsIuded and betrayed, that corruption
Is as rampant as ever, and that there never was
any real intention that it should be otherwise.
The CALL does not believe that the pres
ent efforts to reach frauds OF the worst de-
SCTiptiOn viii leave the people weared
ana exhausted, as we'll as hopeless and less
inclined to make further or other attempts
to cope with the ever-growing power Of boo
de" Upon the contrary, The CALL be-
lieyes that what has been done already will
be productive of much good, for it has led
us TO consider the dangers which encompass
a people when some Of the courts may be
incompetent and the juries corrupted.
Every step taken which tends to lay bare
crime renders it more difficult for the par
ties committing it to avoid punishment,
Two years ago when The CALL asserted
its belief that crime in this city was not
properly punished, and that men were
nominated for Offices for the special pur-
pose Of placing them in positions where
they might corrupt or tamper with jurors,
but few persons realized what we were con-
tending against. Now there is not much
difference of opinion as to the abuses which
have been practiced here. Scarcely a per-
son can be f0and at present whose blood
does not boil at the very idea that our jurors
in civil suits may be tampered with. The
CALL is sure that every step taken, if it
does not eradicate an evil, does good.
For instance. the pablo will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing who will try to cover up
crime of the basest description.
The morning call., 1891-10-20
CLUB LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Club life is matter of which newspapers
are supposed to know nothing, and for this
reason little has been said about the new
University Club on Sutter street. The pub
lie are not informed whether it is a success
or not, nor does it matter much. The two
leading clubs of the city, the Pacific Union
and the Bohemian, are not believed to be in
such flourishiDg circumstances that they
are likely to welcome rival; still that con-
Germs them and not the public.
But TO the outside observer it seems
curious thing that our city clubs have never
thought of adopting the innovation which is
becoming general at the EaSt-namely,
ladies' annex. This has been established
at the new crack club in New York-the
Metropolitan; it has long been in use at one
of tie best conducted and most aristocratic
clubs in the Countrywide Pickwick Club of
New Orleans. At these institutions por-
tion of the clubhouse is set apart for the
wives and daughters OF club members, who
may find their husbands or brothers there,
lunch or dine with them, or may meet their
lady friends. The convenience of such an
arrangement is so obvious that it is curious
it has not become general.
As q rule San Franciscans do not take
kindly to club life. The leisure class here is
small, and of those who constitute it con-
siderable proportion are not clubable. AL
most every man in this city works hard
from breakfast table to dinner; after din
ner, if he be man of taste, he prefers the
society of ladies to that of men who can
only talk to him on topics of which he is
weary, and whose opinions he does not care
to hear. Clubs are the growth of large
communities, in which there are numbers Of
men retired from business, or men of means
who think of something else than the al
mighty dollar. They are rarely successful
in small cities. Were it not for the daily
lunch which club men make it point of
honor to attend some of our clubs would be
abodes of silence and solitude. The evil
might in part be cured if their doors were
opened to the better half OF creation. With
the exception of the Woman's Exchange
there are few places in the city where lady
who is out on a shopping tour can get a
well-cooked lunch at a moderate price with
out being extensively stared at. If she
could enter the hospitable doors of the Pa
cific- Union or the Bohemian, she would be
grateful for the convenience, and possibly
the clubs would not be losers.
The morning call., 1891-10-20
FREIGHT EASTWARD.

One of the conditions the producers of
California have to contend against is the
existence of a combination of freight-car-
riers controlled by our competitors. Take
fruit for example: California produces fruit
in competition with several Eastern States.
Under the most favorable conditions Cali
fornia fruit would have to stand the cost OF
from 1000 to 5000 miles of transportation to
reach the Eastern market Our natural ad-
9antages as a fruit-prOducing State would
enable US to meet this cost at fair freight
rates, but as the freight charges are regu-
lated by transportation companies whose In
terests lie in the East rather than on this
coast, the freight charges are made to cover
about the full value of the article to be
moved At present rates it does not make
much difference 10 fruit-growers whether
they let their crop rot on the ground or
send it to the Eastern market. Four-ffths
of the market value is eaten up in getting
the fruit TO market. 1t is often said that the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company should
arrange freight rates with view to promote
the interests of the State in which their
principal business lies. If the Southern
Pacific were an independent company 1t
would doubtless be open to argument of
this nature. But as one member of the
Transcontinental Association, the Southern
Pacific cannot determine freight rates
Any other railroad company would be
equally helpless. II there were half dozen
other companies they would still constitute
a minority of the Transcontinental Asso-
caIjon. If that association, which is
controlled in the East, chooses to estab-
lish higher rates westward than east
ward each member of the association
is bound by it. The Traffic Association
which is being formed in this State may
either in fuence the Transcontnental AsSO-
citation to deal fairly with the Pacific Coast
producers or it may offer inducements
which will secure an independent trans
portation company. The affairs of the local
association are in the hands of able men
and there is every hope that way will be
devised to obtain transportation at cost.
One point to aim at is the practice of subsid-
izing competing companies to accept rates
fixed by the Transcontinental Association.
We can never have cheap rates while con-
siderable portion of the earnings Of freight
transportation companies is paid to compet-
| itOrs TO prevent cOmretitiOn. 1t may be
| necessary for time for our people to pool
! their issues after the fashion set by the
! railroad companies, which permit board
composed of representatives from all the
companies included in the combination to
fix the rates for each road. A deposit of
power in the Traffic Association that would
not be thought admissible under other cir
| cumstances becomes almost necessary in
the face of q similar exercise of power on
the part of the Transcontinental Associa-
tion. A body of men who can command
certain volume of business will doubtless
! have some weight even with so antocratic
| a body as the Trauscontinental Association.
| IF not it can offer inducements to some one
| nsportaHon company to sever its con-
nectiOn with the national association.
The morning call., 1891-10-20
A WAITING PUBLIC.

The people are willing to give the Grand
Jury all the time 1t needs to perform the
great work it has on hand. They know that
much may be done that does not show itself
70 the public eye. The jury holds its ses-
sions in secret, and for time wtthholds
the evidence it obtains from the people. A
brass band campaign against boodlers would
in all probability come TO nothing. Nhlle
the public is waiting with what patience 1t
can command the deliberations of the jury,
the vast interests at stake serve TO keep
the watchers on the alert Upon the ac-
tion of this jury depends for a time the
question whether the people of California
shall control legislation, or whether such
combines as Taylor has exposed shall con-
tinue to determine what laws the people
NAV have and what they may not have.
Above the drlar-and-cent view of the ques-
tIon is the graver one whether there IS
honesty and purpose enough in the people
to elect representatives who will not dis
grace the State. In recent years 1t has not
been the good fortune of any Of our citizens
to be called to positions of higher honor or
greater responsibility than the members OF
our Grand Jury now occupy.
The morning call., 1891-10-20
THE MAN OF MYSTERY.

Mr.. Edward F. Searles, who has become
known to fame as the heir of Mrs Hopkins
Searles, is reported as saying that he was
willing to give S3,00OOOO of the late Mark
Hopkins money to prevent an exposure of
the home life of Mrs. Hopkins previous to
her marriage with himself. The intimation
is thrown out that Mark Hopkins was a
sDendthrift and unreliable business man {;
and that Mrs. Hopkins consequently needed
a husband to protect her from her undutiful
son. Ali of this the public will take with
many grains Of allowance. The business
career of Timothy Hopkins is tolerably
well known in this city, and there has never
been an apprehension that the Hopkins
estate was not safe in bis hands. Mr..
Searles also intimates that he is going to do
great things Of his own accord for charity
and education. Unfortunately for the pub
lie informal announcements of intentions
are not binding. If the will contest should
be decided in Mr.. Searles' favor he might
change his mind. The will, which there is
every reason to believe he dictated, does not
indicate much solicitude for the poor and
ignorant
The morning call., 1891-10-20
OUR FOOD SUPPLY.

Mr.. John W. Bookwal:er predicts that in
a few years the United States Will consume
all the breadstuffs produced in the country.
The popularity of this prediction is that it
should come from Mr.. Bookwalter. The
advocates of a protective tariff have for
a long time looked forward to the time
when the products OF our farms would be
consumed at home. The free.trade party,
with which Nr. Bookwalter has acted has
been Indifferent to the home market, claim
ing that the foreign market was our prin-
cipal reliance. Mr.. Gladstone once ex-
pressed the opinion that each people should
do what it could do to the best advantage.
The United States could raise wheat at less
cost than Great Britain, while the latter
country could produce finished goods more
cheaply than the United States. Under the
policy of letting each nation do what it
could do best, the United States would have
continued a Eation of exporters of raw ma
terial, which the nations of Europe would
have worked up into finished goods. Mr..
Bookwater is undoubtedly right in the re-
diction that the home demand TOR bread
stuffs will in few years equal the home
supply. But if we admit that there is not
much new ground to be cultivated, it should
also be admitted that there is vast amount
OF old ground upon which the product may
The morning call., 1891-10-20
THE PosroFFIoE SITE.

The Secretary Of the Treasury appears to
be somewhat stiff-necked in respect to the
POstoffice site. 1t Is not safe for public
man to ignore such evidence as is offered of
the unftness of the Seventh and Mission
streets location. There is too much evidence
of the marshy character of that locality to
be blandly set aside. Some steps should be
taken to ascertain whether the friends or
opponents of that site are correct in their
representations. A correspondent writes to
TIE CALL that we need not fret ourselves
about the price. The Government, he says,
will put up the money and he can see no
reason why we should not get all we can.
One reason why we should not get all we
can is that common honesty requires the
sale to the Government Of a suitable site at
fair price. The commission to select site
was selected from among our people and we
are thus placed under an obligation to deal
honestly with the Government. The fact is
indisputable that the assessed value of the
site selected is less than S25OOOO. While