The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-13

Cities and towns owning stock
in Dexter and Newport Rail
road company, o''uo.oo
NEW SENATE BUSINESS.
George Ing, aham, Charles P. Tenney
Albert A. Burleigh and others ask 70 be in
corporated the Aroostook Mutual Telephone
company, capital stock not to exceed $780,
600.
Senator Savage introduced an act to
amend section so of chapter, Is. r. S.. relat-
ing to notices for injuries received by de-
fects in highways. This would add to
section so, the following: "But no notice of
the injury received and the notice and
location of the defect shall be deemed in
valid or insufficient solely by reason of any
inaccuracy in specifying the nature Of the
injuries and the nature and location of the
defect causing the injuries; provided. that
1t. is shown that there was no intention to
mislead and that the party entitled to
notice was not in fact mislead thereby. If
from ply steal or mental incapacity it is i'm
possible for the person injured to give
notice within the time provided in this
section, he may give the same with ten days
after such incapac1ty is removed, and in
case OF his death without having given the
notice. and without having been for teI
days or any time after his injury of
su acient capacity to give notice. his execu-
tor or administrator may give such notice
within thirty days after his appointment"
BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
The letter written by the Aroostook farm
er who is afraid that the deer and appropri-
atoms will drive him from the state, has
resulted in action apparently for Mr..
league of Carlton, presented today a bill
allowing any person whose grain or grass Is
being destroyed by deer to kill such deer by
himself or servant in close time.
A large bundle of remembrance againt the
abolition of days Of grace was presented to-
day.
Mr.. Hill of Portland. presented bill to
amend section 1877. chapter 81, r. s.. IeIat-
ing to attachment by providing that ian at
tachment of real estate shall expire at the
end of five years from the date of filing the
same ih the Office of the register of deeds in
the county or district where the said real
estate OF some part of it is situated, subject
to the exceptions named in this section IN
less the said register shall, at the request of
the plaintiff or his attorney bring forward
the same upon the indexed bill of attach
ments: The register shall be entitled to the
same fee for bringing forward such attach
mcnt upon the index as for the original
entry thereof.
The petition of j. III. Knox. NJ. D., of
Wateryille and many others, asks that all
appropriations in aid of general hospitals
shah be granted only to hospitals having
at least one homeopathic physician on their
STATS.
Mr. Ttyif he of Roth tad hill
authorizing that city to guarantee the pay
ment of the Penobscot Shore Line railroad
registered bonds now held by said city in its
sinking fund as they may be sold to meet
the maturing obligations of the city issued
in aid of the eonstruc ton of the Knox and
Lincoln railroad.
John S. Case and many Rockland citizens
petition that the jurisdiction of the Rock
land police court in civil actions be in
creased to cases involving amounts not ex-
ceeding 500. and that the salary of the
judge be fixed at $1,000.
Remonstrances are coming in against the
renewal of the charters of the Castine Rail-
way and Navigation company and the
Penobsoot Central railway,
Woodbury. s. Purinton and others petition
for the privilege of extending wharf into
tide waters at Cundy's Harbor in the town
of Harpswel.
GENERAL HAPPENINGS.
Gov. Cieaves signed the Bangor Insane
hospital resolve today. Representative
Fairbanks of Bangor secured the pen used
by the Governor as trophy.
"A special committee on the hospital was
to have had a hearing this evening on a To-