The Portland daily press., 1895-02-06

the reference of the bill granting a city
charter to the town. The bill is now before
the legal affairs committee, having been re-
ferred from the last legislature. That COM
mittee will be asked o report the matter
back with Il recommendation that it go to
the committee on towns, so that the whole
question may be before that committee
Then, at the hearing, the contest Will DE
division versus charter, the divisionists be-
ing represented by Hon. Charles F. Libby
and Clifford. VerriIl and Clifford, while the
advocates of the city charter VIII be repre-
scented by the committee named by the puo-
lie meeting recently held to consider the
matter. 1t is also said that the Vlliase
people. if they find that the town is 10 pe
divided, may try to have the line changed
to begin at the Portland Head light, SO thal
the portion of the divided town nearer the
city would include the summer cottages on
the shore road between Shaw's hill and the
head light.
THE THREE CORNERED DIVISION.
REPRESENTATIVE Noble of Lewiston, today
made a hopeless but vigorous attack on the
bill to annex parts of Lewiston and Green
of Sabattus may be entirely in the town OF
Webster Mr.. Noble argued that the move
ment was one to add to the village section
of Webster that it might outweigh IN infu-
ence the rural Districts; that Lewiston got
no return for tue loss of valuable territory
and that the change would deprive the
Lewiston Republicans of fifteen or twenty
votes which they could not afford to lose.
Mr.. Bagnall of Webster and Mr. Woodside
of Lewiston spoke on the other side of the
question. sss5
Mr. Noble asked for yea and nay vote
but tie motion was not seconded and the bill
was PASSED by Il vote apparently nearly
unanimous.
LANDS FOR PIOUS USES.
Senator Shaw put in a bill to utilize and
protect certain lands ordained for pious
uses in the state, the legal custodians OF
which are unknown. The bill provides that
upon application of any person or religious
society interested in having such property
preserved and applied to the uses for which
it was originally intended, the attorney
general shall file bill in equity in the
nature of information, praying for the ap
pointment of trustees, and the court may
appoint receivers or trustees. The cour'
NAV convey or transfer such property tt
any religious body. to be held aid applied
for the purpose of such trust as the cour'
may declare; and it shall have full power tf
treat, care for and dispose OF the same IL
furiherance of such pious use or may seen
best suited to the case and situation.
THINKS THERE is A RING.
thinks there is ring in the town of Harp
SWELL In behalf of Mrs. E. P. Morse, III
protests against the erection of wharf In
to tide waters from land owned in Harpswel
BY Mrs. Morse. Mr.. Eaton claims that
road was illegally laid out over land of Mrs
Morse to low water mark. and that Mrs
Morse was awarded only $50 damages. Mr.
Eaton thinks that the building of thi
wharf would be further damage to Mrs
| Morse In letter to representative Hol
brook, which is submitted with the remon
STRANGE. Mr.. Eaton says: There are few
people at Harpswell Centre. some of whom
own land adjoining that of Mrs. Morse. VIII
| would, perhaps. be benefited by wharf a
Wood landing, but to Mrs. Morse it W 3uls
be. we think of more injury than benefit.
am inc lined to think that T. E. .Skolfeld 0
Harpswell, is helping on this rin2. and a
| he laid out the road and laid it Illegal
over tide waters. he wants to justify his dc
| ings by having the road legalized by tn
| legislature.
EVERY JAIL A KELLEY CURE.
| Mr.. Gates of yassalboro put in bill to
day. to make every Jail Kelley cure.
provides that the county commissioner
shall make all prisoners undergoing
sentences of not less than thirty days TO
| nabitual drunkenness submit to a course o
| trea tment for alcoholism the county to pa
| the bills.
| BRIDGTON'S WATER SUPPLY.
| The Forest Mills company by VIM. +
Perry, president. and two hundred othe
citizens of Bridgton, protest against tn
| granting of charter to the Brighton Waite
and Electric company to take water fror
Highland lake to the injury of the water
power that opera tes the woolen. and othe
mills, the fostering of which the petitioner
consider of the utmost Importance to tn
town. They further demonstrate agains
allowing the Bridgton Centre village Corpe
ration to ontract with any parties for tn
| furnishing of water, on account of the IN
equal benefits to be expected and the grea
expense of such service.
| A CAPE AND scARBoBo COMPANY.
Mr.. Cole of Cape Elizabeth. presented tc
day bill to make Ephraim Dyer, Andre'
S. Sawyer, Eliphelet G. Robinson, Edwar
| f. Hill, Nathaniel Dyer, James S. Hanna
| ford, VIM. II. Anthoine, Thomas Dyer, Ere
M. Newcomb, Augustus F. Moulton. Samue
| d.. PIummer and their associates the Cap
| Eliza beth and Scarboro Mutual Fire InsuI
ance company.