Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-11-21

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Decision on Division of Estate Of
Late Patrick O'Brien.
Nominations Confirmed Report OF Commits
sion on Uniform Probate Blanks.

At the meeting of the Governor and
Council, Wednesday, the appointments
submitted were confirmed, and besides
the regular routine business. the following
was transacted:
| The case of estate of Patrick Brien
was reported, as follows: Patrick o Brien,
several years ago, was a storekeeper in
Togus. There being no relatives in the
State. when he died, H. N. Heath was
appointed public administrator. Accord
ingly, proceeds to the amount of his estate,
$l400, were deposited on death OF o. Brien,
| with the State treasurer. O'Brien left
memoranda, not sufficiently witnessed to
be considered as legal will, to the effect
| that his estate, after his decease, be equally
| divided between his two nieces, resident in
Thompsonvile, CT. O'Brien had sister
| who married. No traces of her have been
found since 1872, and it has been impossi-
BILE to ascertain whether she is now alive,
or not. On the supposition that she Is
dead, Mr. Andrews Of the firm of Heath
& Andrews, appeared before the Council,
asking that the order be passed. authoriz-
ing the State treasurer to pay to H. NJ.
Heath, the attorney for the two nieces, the
amount now in the State treasurer hands.
1t was referred to the committee on
warrants.
The committee approved the request,
and reported that one-half of the estate be
apportioned to the two nieces, the remain
ing half to be deposited in the State treas
urer S hands until proof should be obtained
that o Brien's sister should be dead, in
which case the balance will be given the
nieces.
The petitioners for the appointment of
A. b. Ames for recorder of the Western
Hancock County municipal court, failed
to be present at hearing ordered for this
meeting of the Governor and Council.
The accounts of Steamboat Inspectors
Horace Atwood of Hampden, and Charles
Staples of Portland, was presented and
approved.
Judge H. G.. Peabody of Portland, and
Judge G. T. Stevens Of Augusta, mem
bers of the commission appointed by the
last Legislature to devise uniform
blank for use by the probate courts
throughout the State, presented report
showing work done by the commission.
The justices of the supreme court had pre- |
viously approved of the work.
The report showed the method of blanks |
which had been devised, with other mat |
ters pertaining to the commission.
The meeting of the Governor and Coun |
Gil adjourned, about 10 o'clock.
Governor Cleaves, at the solicitation of
the representatives of the Mexican govern
ment, has appointed the following we'll
known and experienced business men of
the State of Maine to act as State com
mittea for the Mexican International Ex
position, which is to open in the City of
Mexico on or about the 18th of Scptem
Der, 1885, Samuel ID. Leavitt, Esstport,
and John Marshall Brown, Portland.
The duty imposed upon these gentlemen
will be making propaganda for the exposi-
ton among the manufacturers, as it will
be the means of opening up an extensive
market which has been to great extent
overlooked by the export trade of the
United States.
The numerous friends of Prof John J |