Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-27
STATE HOUSE.
Next Week Will See the Capitol Alive
With Legislators.
Stray Bits Of News Cleaned There Yesterday
By Journal Man.

The legislators will soon be in Augusta
and the Capitol will be scene of the ami
nation of the biennial session. Next week
will see them here in full force and some
will arrive the latter part of this week.
On the coronation book, yesterday, ap-
peared entries of the following new corpor-
ations:
Bearce- Wilson Ice c., organized at
Lewiston, for the purpose of cutting and
transacting an ice business, has filed certi-
flcate. Capital stock, 1000, of which
nothing is paid in. President, j. A.
Walsh of Lewiston; treasurer, C. C. Will
son of Auburn.
The new railroad map of Maine that
will accompany the annual report of the
State board of railroad commissioners,
has beeen received and upon the bottom
is list of the street railroads of Maine,
which cover 903s miles in the aggregate
the longest being the Portland, Deering
& Westbrook, extending 16 SO miles, and
the shortest, the Mousam River Railroad,
covering 2.94 miles. The map shows the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad completed
to Caribou, and the Wiscasset & Quebec
from Wiscasset to Burnham.
The Governor and Council will be in
session, today, and will remain SO until
the new Council comes in.
The Maine Pedagogical Society will
hold its annual meeting at Auburn dur
ing the remainder of this week and Hon.
N. A. Luce, State superintendent of
schools, will be present to take part in the
exercises.
The large chandelier in the Representa-
tives' hall has been highly polished and
new means of lighting the 40 gas jets
has been furnished. 1t is by means of
Leyden jar charged with static electricity
together with friction machine. BY
making connection with the gas jet
spark is produced, which flashes around
the jets, simultaneously lighting them.
The new chandelier just put up in the
ante-room to the Council chamber is a
beauty and shines like gold. One of
the representatives from the Walter Corey
Co. of Portland, was at the Executive de-
partment, yesterday, completing the work
of arranging the carpets, curtains, furni
ture and other attractive fixtures.
A farmers institute will be held at
Lambert hall, Phillips, Friday, Jan. II.
The programme will consist of an address
by Sec. McKeen on "The Crops for Dairy
Farm" followed by questions and discus
sions; an address on Cattle Foods and
Fertilization, by Prof. W. H. Jordan,
and one by Miss Anna Barrows of the
School of Domestic Science, Boston, on
90 Good Food from the Garden
The New Portland Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company was organized at New
Portland, Me-, October 25, and has filed
its certificate. This company is organi
zed for the purpose of insuring FARM build
ings and their contents against loss or
from fire or lightning. The off
GERS of the company are as follows: Presi-
dent, H. f. Weymouth; secretary, A. ID.
Brackley; treasurer A. S. Parsons; direc-
tors, H. F. Weymouth, Eben Walker,
John Mitchell, Milton Young, A. d.
A. S. Parsons, Alvanus Church
ill, Asa Hutchins. All the stockholders
reside in New Portland.
The board of railroad commissioners
are in session, clearing up general routine
business at the close of the year.
Hon. F. H. Appleton and Hon. +. M.
Fogler of the commission on special and
private legislation, arrived in the city,
yesterday afternoon.