Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-08-22
STATE MATTERS.
Board of Assessors Have Returned
From Their Trip to Eastern Maine.
Adjutant General and Assistants Busy-Capitol
LocaIs-0ne New Corporation.

The State assessors, Messrs Otis hay
ford of Canton, George Potte of Lewiston
and VIM. G. Marshall of Belfast, and
James Plummer, the clerk to the board,
have returned from their trip to the
eastern and southeastern part of the
State, where meetings were held with
the local assessors relative to the matter
of taxation. The assessors have been
gone three weeks visiting during that
time Penobscot, Hancock and Washing
ton counties The valuation has kept up
very WELL in some towns large advances
having been made.
Assessor Pottle in conversation with a
Journal man, said: "Give me Washing
ton county for good roads and good cooks.
try great deal in our visits, and the
roads were in excellent condition, better
than in any other section of the State,
think. The cooks were still better and
many a good square meal we procured at
the home of farmer. The people down
that way want that railroad, and 1 dom t
blame them in the least. They re going to
have it, too, which is the best part. aud
then the people in Washington county will
feel more contented than ever"
Tho assessors will not visit any more
towns until after the State Fair at
Lewiston, when they will take trip up
to Aroostook The regular meetings of
the board are held the first Tuesday of
every month.
Fred r. Fife, at one time clerk to the
State assessors and the competent head
scorer for the rifle matches during muster
week. who has been visiting Col. f. G..
Harrington, returned to his home in Port
land, yesterday.
Labor Commissioner Matthews went to
Bangor, Wednesday afternoon, TO attend
the Eastern Maine State Fair
Adjutant General Connor and his COM
petent assistant, Captain Thomas Clark,
will be as busy as bees for few weeks,
making up the muster pay rolls. The
men are paid by the day as follows Pri-
Yates, 1925; sergeants and corporals,
$3.50; I'd lieutenant So; 1st lieutenant,
50. so; members of the band, SO; majors,
81; lieutenant colonies, 81. so; colonies, So.
Hon. e. Dudley Freeman, member of
the Governors Council from the first dis
trict, who has been busy at the State
House for few days, working on the
State pauper accounts, returned to his
home in Portland, yesterday.
Colonel E. c. Harrington, Inspector of
rifle practice, says that the riflemen who
participated in the various shoots during
muster week, have begun work on the
range again, filed with o determination
to make still better showing next year.
The railroad commissioners have just
finished their work of inspecting the
Sebasticook & Moosehead railroad
There were q large number of lady visi-
tors at the Capitol, Wednesday.
The Governor and Council will not
meet again until Sept. IL, at O'Clock in
the afternoon.
The following new corporation filed
certificate with the secretary of State, yes
terday:
The Swain Manufacturing Company,
organized at Kittery, Aug. Is, for the
purpose of manufacturing and selling tex
tile fabrics Of all kinds. Capital stock,
$780, 600, of which $500 is paid in. Prcsi-
dent, Frank Remick Of Methuen, Mass.
treasurer, Frank Remick Of Methuen,
Mass
The cold weather necessitated the build
ing of fire at the State House, yesterday,
the first time since last spring.