Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-02-18

true, and 1t Is easy to believe tnat u
state OF Maine Is running the Unite
States government to-day, with Speake
Rel, whs 20 influence IL hardly second :
that Of the President him self, In tn
!. Speakers chair, and the Maine Senator
!. and Representatives occupying the mos
/. responsible positions In this government
!. What Is more, present events poiu
!. strongly to Maine man for the nex
;. President of the United States. Will
!. residing In neighboring city | hav
. often had occasion 10 attend your courts
and congratulate you that you have, a
l nearly as can be constructed, fireproo
I vaults for the records involving tn
/, titles to your real estate. / congratulate
{ you upon this fine court house and e.
. pecislly upon the excellent acousti
properties Of this court room. Mr.. Viz
gin made brief reference 10 the iega
, giants Of the st and ssid that he Is on
Of those who believe that the cases ar
tried as ably aud as well to-day as Il
olden times.
Seward S. Stearns, Esq, of Norway
said he had never had the advantages o
! living In Bethel and so was not gifted II
, the line OF public speaking. MIR. Stearn
related the story OF the little boy whit
was brought up to always say the Lord
PRAYER In the morning. When he grew
up to become business man, and hi.
time was occupied, he had the prayer
printed on card and stuck on the foot
board Of his bed, and each morning
would point to 1t and say: 'There, Lord
those are my sentiments exactly" Mr.
StearDs thought that what had alread,
been said we're his sentiments exactly
and he did not care to repeat them.
Col. Albert s. Austin Of Paris Hill
said, that he opposed the removal, and
yet he was glad to congratulate the peo'
pie Of the county that they are so well
provided for In the matter Of county
buildings. He thought that the feeling
among his neighbors WAS that OF cheer
full acceptance OF the result. Col. Aus
tin made the happiest hit Of the occasion
with little story Of bright young
American girl, who, In viewing the
curiosities OF foreign countries. was
shown a cannon which the foreign guide
claimed came from Bunker HUI, to
which Miss America pertly replied :
"You may have the gun, but we've got
the HN!'
! At three O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
the term Of court opened. Prayer was
offered by Rev. X. J. Hsughton Of the
South Paris Congregational church, and
the usual formal proclamstions were
made by the crier. The grand jury all
answered TO their names upon roll call,
and were given into charge of the county
attorney without any instructions, as
they have already served one term. The
traverse jurors were then called, and all
answered To their names. They were
empsneled as follows:
FIRST JURY.
j. e Billings, Bethel Foreman.
Addison J. Abbott, Paris.
Hollis I. Abbott, Upton.
Thomas j. Allard. Brownfield.
Joseph y. Benson, sumner,
Saml VI. Colby. Denmark
Joseph Cole. Paris.
A. t. Croker, Norway.
| Thos. X Day, Woodstock.
Albert Dunn, Canton.
Lotion W. FLAT, Waterford.
Roswell Frost, Norway.
SECOND JURY.
| John NJ. Lutdcn, piSfeid, Foreman.
William u. Given, Hebron.
seth Hines, oxford.
Reuben : Mouon, Hiram.
Richard y. Norton, Porter.
IL. W. Palmer, Lowell
A. u. Pearson. Bnckfeld.
VIM. W. Perkins. Andoycr.
IL. T.. rhilbrook, Bethel.
r S. Robinson. Peru.
Geo. X Russell. Hartford.
Lewis \. sawln, Albany.
sUPERNUMERARIEs.
G. T. Silver, Rumfori.
George H. Walker. Fryeburg.
F.O. Walker of Rumford was excused
from service.
The bar was we'll filed with attorneys.
Ii would be easier telling what members
OF the Oxford bar were absent than
present, as with perhaps three or four
exceptions they were all there. Those
present were;
Richard A. Frye, Bethel
John L. Swasey, Canton.
George II, Bisbee, Ramford Falls.
6eorge A. Wilson, South Paris.
James = Wright, South Paris.
Addison 4. Herrick. tscthei.
Charles r. Holt. Norway.
Herrick {. Davis. Norway.
sullivan Il. Hutchins, Rumford.
John T. Tra-k. Dixheld.
John ). Harlow, DiNheld.
seward ; >tcarns, Norway.
Charles h. Whitman, Norway.
Eugene r. smith, Norway.
Merton l.. kimball. Norway.
Edward +. Hastings. fryeburg.
Albert :. Austin, Paris
Ellery {. Park, Bethel.
George Hazcn. oxford.
Charles II. Benson, North Paris.
John {. swasey. Rumford Falls
Peter {. Pickett, West Paris.
Arr,as L. stearns, Rumfori Falls
T. r. Gentleman, kezar Falls.
Francis A. Fox. kezar Falls.
Edward c. Walker. Brdgton.
Of the oxford Bar.
Harry II. Virgin, Portland.
John u. Kehoc, Portland.
OF the Cumberland Bar.
Frank .. burlington. Mechanic Falls,
OF the Androscoggin Bar.
OF the York Bar.
The docket was called and trial list
OF some eighteen cases made up, to as
sign which took up the rest OF the after
noon. The assignments cover the time
TO the middle of the second week.
The first case assigned for trial We'd
ncsday morning was non-suited, the
plaintiff not putting in an appearance.
| In the other case assigned for the day, 1t
was decided 10 have no jury, but 10 have
| the case heard by the court. The ju.ies
were excused till Friday. morning, and
the hearing proceeded In the case OF
MORGAN VS.. ROWLAND.
Amelia Morgan vs.. j. Frank Rowland.
Parties live in Boston. The plaintiff Sc
cured Judgment In the Massachusetts,
courts against the Dorchester Press
Co., a corporation organized under the
laws Of Maine, and seeks to recover
under the Maine statute from the de-
| PENDANT, a stakeholder In the corpora
ton, on the ground that said defendant
held stock la the company for which he
had not paid. The testimony develop
ed that 10 1891 Morgan, the plaintiff
husband, and others formed c0rporG-
ton for carrying on the newspaper busi-
ness, under the name Of the Dorchester
Press Co. subsequently the corporation
borrowed Of Mr.. Rowland, aud finally a
note for 81 900 and mortgage covering
the entire plant were given to Mr.. How
land to secure him. The mortgage was
eventually foreclosed and Mr.. Rowland
came into possession of the plant. Dur.
ing the transactions several changes In
the stock had been made, and Mr.. How.
land finally held a majority Of the stock
The question at issue Is essentially how
he acquired this stock. The contention Of
the plaintiff Is that the original holders
surrendered their stock to the corpora
ton, which re-issued the stock to Mr.
Rowland. The contention OF the defend
ant is that Mr.. Rowland never subscribed
for any Of the stock, and never took any
from the corporation, but acquired 1t b!