Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-20
STATE HOUSE.
Partridge Season Opens Today With
Bright Prospects.
Governor and Council Will Have Two Meath,
10 settle Today

The Governor and Council Will meet
| this afternoon. at o'c;ock. II being tn,
first meeting since judy. and in conse
quence they will fave a busy meeting
Among other things that will take ur
their attention. vii; be the usual approv.
al OF accounts which will naturally b.
very large. 1t being two months stncs
and were approved.
The State treasury tas been a quiet
place in the papt few weeks there beinf
Httia II any mcti.y COMING in. and hui
few sources whore 4. had to be paid out
This meeting of the council win liver
n,aJters up in that department.. though
the money Will Lave; to SO out instead OF
cons.rg in.
Only ore pardon case will be heard
and that Is the one of Howard G.. Park.
er. that has several times before beer
assigned, though no hearing was eveq
held.
The fish and game commissioner met
Friday and Saturday. ard made the al
| iotntnts of .the fisih from the different
| hatcherits, to the places where they have
been asked for and wktre they are en-
Titled ito go. They have had thus far
this year, LIS applications for fry to put
into waters in al: parts of the State.
They visited TIE Monmouth hatchery
Saturday. and found It to be In excellent
condition with some aus healthy fish as
ever swan in Maagle waters.
Commissioners Oak and Stanley and
Hon. S. B. Bray of Beverly, Mass. were
the guests of Commissioner Carleton
l. -
contee. coming to Augusta. Monday
morning.
Mr.. Bray is former Maine man. now
a gentle of leisure and he makes
Marie "a sort of a summer home. This
is his fourth trip here this summer. To
show how mucar money is left in the
State by the summer tourist. Mr.. Bray
told MIR. Carleton ahab while upon one
trip. THIS summer, the party that he
ame with, left over $l70O in the State
Commissioner Carleton lad Il letter
from warden in Somerset county.
Monday. with check for SIS enclosed.
which was THE amount that the warden
had collected from two sportSmer from
ridges out of season. AS it happened
Goo.or and a clergyman.
The law on parrridges is off today. and
the reports from the hunters is sure to
be far more favorable. this year than
last, as partridges are reported to be very
plenty.
Authorities on the matter say tYfat the
scarcity last year was not due wholly
TO the fact that they are disappearing
but on account of the breeding season.
which was very unfavorable. This year
seems to have BEEN a good year, and
i,key are seen in fiocks, while las; year
they were usually seen separately.
Miss Sadie Lord of the insurance de-
partrent, accompanied by her sister.
Miss Mary Lord of Belgrade. left on the
boat. Monday. for Boston, where they
viii. pass a few days.
Librarian l.. d. Carver enjoyed "a call
from an Old comrade. Saturday. whom
he had rot seen since the war. This man
is l.. r. Haskell of Oakland, who has un-
I'll recently. been in the West, returning
home in search of hea,l.h
Mr.. Haskell was in TIE Ind Maine in
the same company with Mr. Carver He
was with the famous Jim Lane in Kan
sas, whom an old readers will remem-
ber 1t was only by chance that he was
not at Harper's Ferry with John Grown,
all of which happened b,fore he enlisted
in the End Maine.
The following company filed certifi-
cate of incorporation. Monday:
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