The Portland daily press., 1896-03-31
HARTWELL WAS INAUGURATED.
oldtown's Democratic Mayor Took His
Seat Yesterday Forenoon.

ed mayor Monday morning. Six of the
ten aldermen are Democrats. The Repub-
licans assert that they have decided to
file bill in equity to decide the ques-
ton. The appointment of the subordi-
nate officers comes on Monday, April 6,
and with a Democratic mayor and the
majority of the aldermen of the same
party it is not likely the appointments
will be very pleasing to the Republicans.
Still it is said that these appointments
must stand for the year even though it
should be decided that Mr.. Weeks and
not Mr.. Hartwell is mayor.
Now Arrange the Ball Games.
Augusta, March Ex-Governor Cleaves
has designated Thursday, April 20, as
Fast day.
WaIdoboro Town Meeting.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Waldoboro, March 3O.-At the annual
town meeting today the following officers
were elected George G. Benner, modera-
tor; Percy E. Storer, clerk; George W..
Caldwell, William A. White, B. Leslie
Burnheimer, selectmen; George N. Win
chenbach, Theodore S. Brown, George K.
| Groton, assessors; David HI. Pulsifer,
| treasurer; Eben Alden, W.O. Pitcher, H.
F. Mcintyre, members of school board.
New Corporations.
Augusta, March 31-The following
| new corporations have filed certificates
with the secretary of state: The Boston
| Curative company, organized at Portland
for the purpose Of manufacturing, buy
ing and selling druggists specialties,
court plaster and other plasters, with
S25, 000 capital stock of which $50 is paid
in. The officers are: President, Charles
| e. Todd of Boston, Mass; treasurer,
Herbert A. Maxwell of Boston, Mass.
| The Consolidated Rubber Tire com.
pany, organized at Portland for the pnr-
pose of carrying on the business of manu-.
featuring and selling bicycle and carriage
| tires and rubber goods of every descrip.
tion, with $500, 0C0 capital stock, of which
nothing is paid in. The officers are
President, Frederick W. Heustis of Bos.
ton, Mass. treasurer, Joseph B. MoCune
of Everett, Mass.
Wooden Mill Sold,
| Houlton, March 3O.-William Fl. H.
Esty has sold out his wooden plant,
James G. Dill of Abbott and J. Wesley
Maxwell of Webster, for $7250.
The property has been owned by MIR.
Estey for the past 25 years and he has
made money. The new owners will en-
large the plant considerably.
Death of a Biddeford Man.
Biddeford, March 3O.-William Haley, OF
! Biddeford,.a fireman, who last year drove
one of the city teams, died Monday fore
noon of typhoid fever. aged % years. He
leaves widow.
Sixty Days for Poland.
Oxford, March 80 -Elroy Poland, who
was captured yesterday at Franklin by
| Officer Bassett, was arraignod before
Justice Delano today. charged with the
larceny and illegal transfer of property,
was convicted and sentenced to sixty
days in the county Jail.
| Another Bank Cashier Gone Wrong.
Bath, N. T., March 3O.-W. W. Allen,
who until couple of weeks ago was
cashier OF the First National bank here,
failed to appear in court on an order re-
| lating to the Look estate of fifty-fiye
| thousand dollars, of which he was the ex-
ecutor, and of which but five thousand
| dollars can be found by the heirs. Allen
| has n OF been seen in several days. Cir
cumstances indicate that he has left the
country.
| Thunder Storm at Berwick.
| ESPECIAL TO THE FREssJ
South Berwick, March 80 The first
| thunder shower of the season arrived here
this morning Mt about 5 O'Clock, and fol
a few minutes the thunder and light
ming seemed to promise avery lively time
| for this season of the year. but the inch
or SO Of snow on the ground must have
frightened it off.
| Yesterdays Thunder Storm.
Norway, March 30.-The first thunder
storm of the season occurred here this
morning.
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