Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-07
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

The grand jury III the Franklin county
court at Pennington, rose, Thursday
morning. reporting no indictments. Judge
Wisweli complimonted County Attorney
Richardson on the county freedom from
crime.
The single mill owned by c. II.
Chandler, situated on Pressure Isle stream
in Blaine was destroyed by fire, Tuesday
night. The blaze is thought to have been
started by an over heated stove. The total
loss on mill and machinery is placed at
$500; no insurance. The shingles in the
mill were nearly all saved.
The supreme court in Auburn reopened
for the balance of the business OF the
January term at 2.45 P. M, Thursday
George A. Chapman was arraigned IN a
search and seizure case. Pleading gullt?,
he was sentenced to pay fine OF 500 ara
costs, and in default 80 days i'll Jail
Chapman took the Jail sentence and was
at once committed.
Engineer Edward Doten, on the West
ern Division passenger train leaving Port
land for Boston at Z o'clock, Thursday
was knocked from his seat in the cab just
beyond Maryland Ridge. A broken eccen-
tric rod did 1t. The side OF the cab was
CemOllSncu. Inc engineer SSGdpSt "itu
slight bruises, but was physically unatle
to finish his trip. The train was delayed
two hours and general traffic was blocked
for that length of time.
The Monaghan, Capt R. g. Barrett, Of
the Allan Line, sailed from Portland at
P. NJ, Thursday. for Liverpool, via Hall
fax. She carried large cargo of Ameri-
can and Canadian products. The Ameri-
or hon and
bacon, grease, tallow, 5000 sacks of -four,
80 barrels OF apples, 81 packages of pulleys
and 402 head of cattle. 1t is valued at
s126, 100 The Canadian portion was
composed Of boxes Of ham and bacon,
cheese and butter.
The trial of D. f. Hamlin, charged with
being party to the robbery Of Skillin,
Hawkes. & Cos. grocery store on Com
mercial street, Portland, few months
ago. began at Portland, Thursday. When
the robbery was discovered by the authori-
ties, John Hernandez, one of the alleged
gang, committed suicide; George b. Mer-
row, another of those implicated, was
convicted at this term of the superior
court, and Arthur Webster, the youngest
member of the company, pleaded guilty to
larceny and turned States evidence.
Bonney shows that Franklin county
started in 1895 with 1890. 50 in its treasury
and ended it with $3l604. The receipts
for the year amounted to SIS, 7l6.22 and
the principal items outside of county taxes
are fines and costs from supreme judicial
court, S73S OF; fines and costs from trial
justices and Harrington municipal court
$333.77. The expenditures for the year
included for road repairs $39lS. A salaries
of county officers, S2464.26; county notes.
$4,000; jury bills Sl536.64; criminal
costs allowed by the county commission
crs, 1923 Is; repairs on county buildings
$4l9 65; interest, 1860; fuel and lights,
39U.7l; support of prisoners, $465 50.
The resources of the county amount to
$40, 0S2.43, and the liabilities aggregate
sl1, 596.71, and include outstanding notes
of $4,000. outstanding bills and orders,
$206l.79; and due State for plantation
taxes collected, S56l.21.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
Central Relief, at Portland, these officers
were elected: President, Elton A. Hall
vice president, Horace Fl. Towle; secre
tary, Edwin G. Foster treasurer, Thomas
p. Shaw; directors, Il. A. Hall, Geo. e
Whitney, H. ii. ToHle, Geo P. Haskell
j. Is. Chandler, J. A. PinkeNon, +. d
Rogers. S. S. Cahll', Geo. W. Babb, ". F
Pitman, John Locke, Jr. financial com
mittee, Geo. W. York, B. G. Parkman, L
Y. Philbrook; advisory committee, Pay
son Tucker, Amos Wilson, Geo. W. Bill
ings, d. A. Booker, George Nevens, I,
W. Polister, J. W. Causland f. A. vii
son, J. e. Anderson. W. Mailing, Nathan
Stiles, H. f. Dowst, Frank Robinson, Geo
West. The directors report states thes
statistics: The total membership of tn
association is 1916, q loss Of nine as com
pared with the previous year. One hun
dred and nineteen members have bee
dropped by reason of having left the en-
pioy OF The Railroad Company and nc
wishing to retain their insurance. Tb
permanent fund amounts to S21, l75. O.
being a gain Of Si713 05 during the YEA,