Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-09
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

| BELGRApE-Mo H F d Wyman; town
clerk, E H Mosher; selectmen. Wyman. F
Page, w II Clark; treasurer, II MOsher;
constable, A Bartlett; sexton, Ii Thing;
road commissioner H II Adams; school COM
| mttee, L o Tibbetts and Adams collec-
| tor OF taxes bid off by ii Yeaton for one
cent and nine mills on the dollar. All Demo-
Gratis with the exception OF l. Bartlett. II
Ihlng and II II Adams. Appropriations Town
charges. 1920: support of schools. 400; roads
aud bridges, 1000; repair of schoolhouse. 100,
| purchase OF school books, Is; improvement
| OF cemetery, so.
Stevens. Frank y Long; clerk, S Wescott
treasurer, Long; chairman OF school com-
| ln'ttee, John F Wood. town agent Rodney X
| Oseood. 1t was voted to appropriate s300for
| sidewalks. and 500 for furnace AID furnish
lhgs Tor the new town hall.
/ BRIDGTos-Clerk. ID NJ Crockett; selectmen
etc, ssd~nrd Kimball, Joshua + Bennett
Thomas Kimball: treasurer and trustee Of
school fund, Charles Gleason; agent, Angus
tus II Walker; collector, John Davis; audi
Tor, G Walker; committee, John b
Henry Fessenden, Charles G Hamlin; mod
orator, Edward @ Walker. All republicans
me usual appropriations were made Including
S'ioO Tor high school and 1850 for common
| schools.
BRIsToL-Tue annual town meeting was held
Monday, March I'd. The choice of the follow
| ing officers was made; Clerk II Bryant;
seectmen w G Thompson, II ii Cloudy,
II Geyer; treasurer. w II Branard; collector
n Croker auditor, j Yates; town agent
GB woodward; school comm'ttee: \ w Gam
| age, Alley. N Miller. The officers
chosen are all Republicans, except the town
clerk.
CAMDEN VILLAGE.-M Moderator, c X Miller:
cierk, q Hodgman; assessors. w Lane, w
ia en-, kenniston; treasurer. 7 craw-
iord, collector, G Miller. The treasurer's
report showed hat L, ll6.G7 had been received
during 1885 aud ll,GI7.l7 paid out. Debt of
200.
naples. = Moderator. d C Aver; town
clerk John Clark: selectmeD, Charles II
Young, Louis ID Knight, Aver; treas
urer, w simpson; town agent + Nor
RS; collector, M Clark; school committee
ior two years. q Glover; for three years.
Or. Reed. All republicans by 10 major
lty.the republicans throwing 40 votes and
the democrats III. The democrats claim that
but one member of the school committee
should have been elected. Both sides are OBJ
stinate and when it comes to determining
VINO shall be school superinten dent there WIN
be the same deadlock as last year, when two
sets OF teachers were engaged.
NEwcAsTLE.-D Gidden, mode rator; Alex
Farnha m clerk; A Hall, Fl f. Webster, b A
woodbridge, selectmen; S d Wyman. treas
urer; ID w Hodgkins, school committee; /
Carney. collector; ID s Glidden, auditor.
NoBLEBoRo.-J w Clark, moderator; J O.
Oliver. clerk; Edward Mulligan, Chester d
Hail. Benjamin Winchenbsugh, selecimen,
assessors and overseers of poor; Bradford A
White, treasurer; Charles M Hail. F g Fagg
school committee for term OF three years; +
w sproul, tan collector; benjamin York,
auditor; f. Hail. truant officer Appropria-
tions. schools, $780, roads and bridges. 200,
support OF poor. 500; salaries. 300; school
mouse repairs and supplies. $40; repairing
town house. oo). Net debt of town, 255g.
NoRwAY.-The annual town meeting Mon
day, was not SO well attended as usual owing
to the storm. On moderator, clerk, two OF the
selectmen and treasurer there was no contest.
The citizens nominees were generally success
full. The following are the officers chosen:
Moderator. Stearrs: clerk c Mason;
selectmen etc, w Ryerson, E Witt,
George A Brooks: agent, w w Whit |
mittee, j A Roberts, W Jones, Owen l. |
Brooks and Fl Howe; collector of taxes, Geo
ACole. The usual appropriations were made. |
PHIPPsBURG.- Moderator, William H Hig- |
gins clerk. Frank towker: selectmen. |
William Beal, Herbet 5 howker, Thomas !
l. Perry: assessors, etc. William Beal, Her
bert Bowker, Herbert Cutting; treasurer.
Minott at e-half of | per cent: collec |
tor. Frank Bowker, at per cent; auditor. |
James b Percy; member of school board, VIM |
X Bowker; road commissioner, James W
Davis. Appropriations. for schools. S1l25 |
highways, Zoo; poor, $500, of which 400 shall |
be available if needed for repairs of school |
houses. Voted that there be close time on
the digging of CLAIMS for shipment from May |
LIST to Sept lst, and to prohibit all persons not
citizens OF the town from digging them for |
shipment. Voted to exempt from poll tax all |
citizens over ~ years old.
ToPsHAM.-Thomas Given. moderator; War |
rem Nj Goud, clerk; l. Hunter. William |
Rogers, Charles Alexander, seiectmen. |
The meeting was victory for that portion of |
the citizens who favored the engine company |
who were discharged by the selectmen for re- |
fusing to do duty under the ire ohiefappoint- |
ed by the selectmen last spring. Repeated |
efforts were made to adjourn for two weeks |
which was impossible to carry. large num-
Der OF the farmers were unable to be present |
owing to the state of the roads
WARREN = Moderator, NJ wetherbee;
clerk " l. Lawry; selectmen, 4 Tolman, |
r Studley,J T Creighton: assessors. Martin
Watts, A L Vaughn. f c Stevens; treasurer.
NJ X mathews; school board, II Thayer. A
z Starrett, l. & Mathews; fish agent, Robert |
Dolham town agent. n Tolman. Voted to |
raise S2o0o tor support of common schools. |
1000 for high schools and $50 for free text |
books. Voted to buy loco feet of hose and |
raise 1G5 for the engine company.
WASHINGTON - Moderator, j A johnson, |
pop: clerk, 4 Bowden, rep; selectmen, F. |
leigh, dem; j Bryant. dem; NJ Lenfest, rep; |
treasurer, l. T Mari, dem; school committee, |
w Z Overlook. rep; and l W Johnston, rep. |
town agent. Joel Flint. rep; Amount sp |
propriated, Si79l; cost of schools. l9il; salaries
and miscellaneous expenses, 522; cost OF poor, |
1887 +; paid on town debt. l35; receipts. $685. |
expenditures, 1858; cash on hand. 555; re- |
sources, 3ii6. exceeding the liabilities by 3l2.
The town debt is 1882
WEST BATH-Moderator H Rich; clerk d |
r Wylie; selectmen. etc, w Winner, Joseph |
White. W Campbell; collector and treasurer. |
w Coombs; school committee, Mrs. Miles
Purngtou: road CO nmiS sioners, district No /, !
f G Coombs: district No ,, VIM MITCHELL. |
Appropriations. for schools, $500 roads. zoo;
schoolhouses. So. school books, 20; support of
poor. 200; incidental expensts S, 400. Resources |
over liabilities 1854.
Sunday night, the kcnnchec Light and
Heat Co. furnished the entire circuit with
electric lights, including all the COM
mercial and street lights At tho power
station everything has recovered from the
effects of the washout. The belts. which
were slightly injured by the water, were