The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-23
WANT A CITY HALL.
Augusta Agitatins the Question of Num-
cipal Building-InJerestingC Capital Chat.


cipal Building Capital Chat.
Especial to the PRESS
Augusta, April 22.-Augusta may. in the
very near future, be adorned and made
more beautiful by a new city hall. This is
SO rething that the Capital City has been
wanting fer some time past, and i. is
sincerely hoped that the citizens may soon
have their hopes come to a realization. The
city is handicapped at the present time in
no. having a suitable city building. The
police station is situated in one end of the
town, the mayor, aldermen and councilmen
have rooms in another part of The city, and
the police court in still another.
The only available place for such build
ing at the present time, it seems, it's tho
vacant lot at the south OF the Journal Office
building. 1t surely would be fitting Tor the
Augusta Board of Trade, which is composed
of many of the city's young and progressive
business men to start such a project at
once. There are several large tax payers
who have the scheme under consideration.
and who say that it is good one.
A new and large~hall suitable for holding
dancing parties during he legislative
session would 10 lie detiimen tai to the city's
bast interests. When the old granite hall.
where occurs all the legislative assemblies.
burned down. and the new opera house
took its place, which, by the way, is a
beauty. there was no place left to hold such
balls. Augusta will surely have city hall
some day, and perhaps it will be very soon,
and then the capital city of the state can
stand up and feel al proud of their struct-
ure as Portland, Bangor or Lewiston.
CAPITAL CHAT.
The governor will. sometime this week,
appoint the three menhers for Bangor's
insane hospital commission. These that
know whereof they speak say that the COM
mission will be big surprise. The governor
and council will meet Friday and general
important matters are expected to come up.
Henry Rines has purchased the large
Park House stable at the. corner of State
street and Western avenue. and will move
il to jackson street. Ii has been an old
land mark where it now stands for mny
years. It is understood that Ex-Governor
Rurleigh will soon tear down the old
Central house and at once erect palatial
residence.
Chief Justice Peters and Justices WALTON,
Eu:ery, Haskell, Whitehouse and Wiswell
will sit at the coming term of the Law court
in May in this district. II is not believed
that the GetcheIl murder will be
argued here: but it probably will go to Port
land. This is one of the most Voluminous
cases which ever went to the Law court in
Maine. The evidence and judges charge
will make three good sized volumes, and a
total of from 1900 to 900 pages.
A grand society wedding is one of Au-
gusta's leading social events which will.
occur the last of May. Society in this CITY
is dormant at the present time. and will not
revive in full bloom until the Legislature
again convenes.
James Doyle, IS years of age, and the
Oldest inmate of the City Farm, commonlv
known as Jimmy" attempted suicide SAT-
urday afternoon by drowning in a pond. He
attempted suicide several weeks ago. and
has been in the hospital since, uo to witbi.,
few days ago.
The work on the new piggery for the
Maine Insane hospital. for which the last
legislature made an appropriation of Sl4.U0
will begin at once.
Hon. Samuel ". Matthews, state lao
commissioner. is out for Senator John f.
Hill of Augusta, as tie Republican candi-
date for the goVernorship. This is regarded