Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-20

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Bridgton is to have fish and game
society.
Portland has practical Christian
ity class"
Waterville milk dealers must have
their product inspected.
Some of the military men say that
the State ought to supply better rifles
to the militia, more improved and mod
ern rifles.
The members of the Knox bar have
barred out all but lawyers and their
clients from seats inside the rail in the
court room.
A Winthrop man has served his
town % years as road commissioner
and got elected again at the recent
town meeting.
One of the finest cottages in that vi
entity is being built at Northeast Har-
Dor for c. X. Adams, president of Wis
consin university.
The largest grain cargo taken out of
Portland, this season, was 10000 bush
els, which is $4,000 less than the larg-
est cargo, last year.
Stephen Tibbetts of Harrison, who
would have been 100 in the summer
and eagerly looked forward to that
event died few days ago.
There are at least three members of
the Legislature whose business inter-
ests have not been materially affected
by any bills or resolves that have yet
gone through the hopper. They are
Representative Charles e. Edmunds, a
flourishing undertaken at Corinth;
Representative L. X. Gardner, a
blacksmith at Depnysville, and Repre-
sentative Willis E. Sanborn, a maker
of stockings at Sanford.
Hon. Parker Spofford of Bucksport, is
involving some $4,000. the result of a
suit between the contractors and the
Somerset and Megantic Railroad in re-
lation to a piece of grading between
Hartland and Harmony some four miles
in length. Judge Wiswell and Mr.
Spofford were appointed referees and
the latter is resurveying the line to es
innate on the cost of grading the same.
Hon. c. F. Johnson made a record
breaking trip on Saturday last when
he went to Rockland to defend Her.
mann Levy of New York, who was
charged with violating the itinerant Ii
cense law. Mr.. Levy, it will be remem
bered, was before the court in Augusta
and also had trouble in this city. Mr..
Johnson arrived in Rockland at 1915 in
the forenoon, the case was taken up in
the supreme judicial court, jury was
mo a1Q6 70 re- in, "a
case We're gone over by counsel and
Judge Haskell ordered the jury to re-
turn a verdict of not guilty without
leaving their seats. The point made
against Levy, was that, although he
had paid his license to the city all
right, he had not compiled with certain
technicalities in making statements
when securing the licenses. The judge
ruled that the paying of the money
was the principal consideration in the
matter and that such payment waived
all informalities.-Wa Mail.
Hartland's annual town meeting.
Monday, developed a peculiar situation
and brought out new point of law
There were two candidates for second
selectman, and as certain large manu-
featuring interests We're involved, the
contest was spirited. On the second
ballot, A. K. Libby was elected by one
vote, defeating Calvin Blake, who has
flready served one year as selectman
AS soon as the vote was declared,
statute provision was read in open
meeting. The law provides that no
town tax collector who has not settled
in full with the town can serve as Sc
lectman. Mr.. Libby has served as col
lcctor for three years, and has, ap-
rOximately, $500 still on his books in
NEGLECTED taxes. Therefore, it was
claimed he could not legally serve as
selectman. Collector Libby declared
that the same objection held in the
case of Blake, who was collector in
1893. Libby stated in explanation that
flake still owed the town about $3.50
l'lake said he had that day settled in
fall with the town by giving his note
properly endorsed. Libby later also
furnished an acceptable note. Then his
townsmen. amid great excitement
again proceeded to vote. This time
they dumped both Blake and Libby
and. late in the afternoon, chose f. A.
lfean, w. +. Smith and E. A. Weber
Now the point is raised as to whether
J. artland transactions, in which Select
nan Blake has figured during the past
year. have been legal, and certain large
taxpayers are much exercised. The
case has been submitted to able coun
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