The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-16

| of the sorrento people wn en- the pullulhgs
were bought of the districts. Sorrento Is to
| be further developed, say the secedeIs'outsit
| must be as separate town. ne wealthy
| people living there are willing to pay Tor
| improving their own settlement anu Would
! take pride in 1t as separate wn'put they
| do not feel willing to pay high taxes LOT the
| benefit OF the remainder of the town OF
| Sullivan. Ard the Sullivan people, with the
exception of those living in Sorrento Itself,
! say that these summer residents want to
seldshly erect themselves int community
| in order to shirk the Responsibilities OF one
mart of a town to another, and less opulent
norton They saw furt her hat the valu-
alton of Sorrento has greatly Increased the
| state tax assessed upon the town. which
has to be borne by all the people; thatGSor-
rento has, always had its fair snare OF the
towns moneys and ,sfnally that the sorrento
people, on whom rests the burden or proof
have not made out a case me sorrento
people are already represented IN the third
| House. Senator Simpson of Hancock, VINO
| lives in Sullivan, will be prominent figure
among the opponents of the division.
TO HARNESS THE SREEPsCoT.
| 1t seems that the scheme TO incorporate
| the Maine Water and Electric Power COM
| pany is indirectly the outcome OF the build
| ing OF the Wiscasset and Quebec railway.
| Mr.. VIM. Doe of Dukesport, "a. VINO repre-
| sents capitalists in the Ke ystone state, Is
| the principal mover in the enterprise. On
| the Sneepscot, above Wiscasset are numer-
| Gus water powers: and Mr. Doe ana DIS as
| sociates have conceived the plan OF buying
/ up these privileges and using them TO iuI-
| nish the power to supply, electric Hghtlng'
| and to run street railways In the towns
| near the river. The charter which they
want also gives them the right to supply
water to the towns. Mr.. Doe has been here
explaining his plans. Several Maine men
| including Hon. Henry ingalls, of Wlscasset,
are in the enterprise.
| MATTERS OF INTER EST IN WHICH
PORTLAND IS INTERESTED.
The finance commftte today. after a hear
| ing at which DR.. Hunt appeared to advo-
| cate the appropriation of $75Oo annually
| for the Maine General Hospital, voted to
| report ought 20 pass on the resolve making
the app opriation
| Mrs. l.. M. N. Stevens and Miss Cornelia
| Dow appeared in behalf of thessT Temporary
Home. The appropriation asked for of this
| legislature is $4,000 annually. The commit
| tee has not yet acted upon the petition.
The temperance committee will give
hearing Thursday at 1880 p. m. to hear Gen.
| Neal Dow, who will explain the changes
| he recommends in the prohibitory law.
bill which attracts; notice because of
the source from whic b it comes is that to
repeal the Australian ballot law, and SUBJ
stitute for it a system of secret balloting by
means of envelopes. 7 he bill is advocated
by the venerable ex-s enator, Hon. James
". Bradbury.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
A bill In which Portland jewelers. are in
terested wifi be the subject of a hearing
before the judiciary committee tomorrow
afternoon at 2 p. IN. 1t is that in relation
to the marking of silver as sterling or solid.
The judicIaryscommittee will give hearing
January29 on the resolve for constitution
al amendment permitting municipalities TO
exceed the FIVE per cent debt limit to pro-
vide water works.
The taxation committee will give hear
ing January % on he bill TO require Nat
ional banks. banking and trust companies
TO make returns of the number of their de-
positors and the amount of their deposits.
On January go, the fish and game commit
tee will give hearing on the petitions for
the 6SGd DliSHInenL VI Inc oiAUo u game Uifu
commissioner February s.. the committee
will give hearing on the Fish and Game
associations request for $4,000 appro-
priation and various chan ges in the laws.
THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE.
The lecture "Reminiscences of the East"
by DR.. H. II. Goodell OF Amherst. Mass,
to be delivered in Representatives hall
on January 18th, at 7.30 p. M, is one of
peculiar interest To.all. DR.. Goodell was
born in the East lSaAd lived there for nine
teen years. This 41ecture contains his re-
membranes. particularly with reference to
agriculture. The music by Winthrop street
Male Quartette of this city, will add much
to the pleasure of the meeting. All who
desire to pass a pleasant and profitable
evening should make it point to attend.
Investigation of the Care of the Aged DIR.
Hardy.
Sunday night compIai Mt was made to-
the authorities that the venerable DR..
Hardy, who resides on North street, was
suffering for the necessities of life and
proper care, and the police consequently
looked the matter up. They report that
they found the doctor-who has reached