The Portland daily press., 1895-01-17

The other measures is resolve appfoprl-
ating $685. 900 for the erection OF drill nail
and gymnasium. 1t is said that the college
is modest andEwould be satisfied with the
passage of either of these measures.
Following is the petition of James AUG.
Healy of Portland asking for annual AID Tor
the st. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum at Portland:
ITO the Honorable, the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State OF Maine;
SIN asking the annual aid for st. Eliza
beth's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
situated in Portland, but receiving children
for any part of Maine. we beg leave to state
that the number of children under our care
on January LIST. 1895. was 6s, and the total
number during the year 1894 was SO.
1--WE desire to inform the honorable men,
bers of the legislature that the Sisters OF
Mercy. conspicuous as nurses in military
hospitals during the late war. are still IN
charge of the asylum; that the institution
is open to visitors on any day of the year.
and that in this house as in all our Catholic
houses of education or of charity there is
no exclusion on account of not being a
Catholic.
For the corporation,
GAMES AUG. HEALY, Bishop of Port
land, president of the corporation"
A resolve, put in by Major Dickey, appro-
pirates $4,000 to complete buildings and fur
nish water supply at the Madawaska
training school.
Another resolve presented by Mr.. Dickey
appropriates Sl50 for repairing the block
house at Fort Kent.
Citizens of Van Buren, and Cyr, petition
that the land agent be authorized to pur-
chase township for settlement, to give
those towns chance to grow.
A resolve presented by Mr.. Millett of Cor
ham, appropriates $500 for procuring in
surance on normal school and theMadawaska
training school buildings.
The trustees of Parsons field academy ask
for an appropriation of $500 annually for
ten years.
A resolve in favor of the Castine Normal
school makes an appropriation of $4,000 for
necessary repairs.
FREEMAN'S SUPPLEMENT.
Lawyers in and out of the legislature
seem to be unanimous in the opinion that
the purchase OF the stipulated number of
volumes of Freeman's Supplement to the
Revised Statutes, would be in the liue of
economy as by aiding the publication of
this work, the state may help to postpone
for years an expensive revision of the
statutes. The work will be published as
soon as it is possible to incorporate in it
the laws of this legislature, and will supply
a long felt want In enabling one to tell at
a glance the change made in the statutes
since 1883, the time of the last revision.
Lawyers here say that without such aid. the
time will soon come when general revision
will be imperative
The resolve is heartily endorsed by all the
justices of the Supreme Judiciary court.
Mr.. Freeman appeared before the
judiciary committee this afternoon and ex-
planned the work.
State Librarian Carver also spoke in favor
of the resolve. The matter was referred to
|. subcommittee for investigation and re-
port.
Petitions bearing thousands of signtures
have been received here from advocates of
the non-secretarian amendment in all parts
of the state. The presentation of these
petitions win be feature of the proceed
ngs for some days to come. The news OF the
serious illness of Adjutant General.Connor
at his home in Portland has been received
here with many expressions of sympathy
and regret.
CASCO BAY HOLSTERS.
The way of the transsressor is hard, and
the lot of the lobster is troubled. The latest
is a movement which comes from the towns
of Harpswell and Cumberland, to permit
the taking of Holsters of any size in the
waters of Casco bay. Ex-Representative
Sheffield of Harpswell advocates
| the movement. Mr.. Sheffield says
| that the lobster law is pretty generally
disregarded in Casco bay anyway. the
fishers taking all they want of any size. Tc
he sure they find it difficult to ship short
| Holsters out of the state but, nevertheless
says Mr.. Skolfeld, they readily find a
market for them. The only drawback, adds
l Mr.. Skolfeld is that every now and then a
| fish warden gives a lobster fisherman. an
urgent invitation, which the fisherman finds
| If hard to resist, to go up to Portland ano
| board in a certain granite hotel in thai
| city. The Harpswell and Cumberland
people who favor the law says that they
| have no desire to change the law so far al
| it relates TO other sections of the coast, bu
| tbey believe that the Holsters may be taker
/ in any numbers in Casco bay without ex
| terminating them. Representatives Ross O
| Cumberland and Pinknam of HarpsweI
| favor the idea. They will probabl not in
trCduce bill but will offer an amend
ment to the general lobster law to accom-.
| plish the desired OBJECT.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY LOANS.
Mr.. Knowlton Of Portland, presented to
day a bill to authorize the Cumberland
| county commissioners to contract d tempo
rary loan of not over 5000 and renew the
| same from time to time. The present limi'
| is $50, COO and renewals count as new loans
| Mr., Knowlton askedaunanimous consent TO
| the immediate passage of the bill. but i
| was tabled on motion of Mr.. Larrabee
| Subsequently. after meeting of the Cum
berland delegation, the bill was again takel
| up ana referred to them. They will give
hearing to the county commissioners to
| morrow, after which the bill will doubtless
| be passed.
CALAIS'S RAILR DAD.
The bill authorizing the city of Calais t.
| surrender to the Penobsoot and st. Croi:
the mortgage held by the city on the road
property, as presented today by Mr.. Nc
Cullough. The conditions in the bill stipu
late that the road shall be extended to joi1