The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-22
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

| The xt meeting of the Governor and
Counsel will occur the afternoon of Apri
% at 1 o'cuck.
bradford knights, the self-oonfessed
murderer of Mamie Small In Gardiner,
some weeks ago, will not have his trial in
April BY an act OF the Legislature all
murder trials in the Kennebec superior
court % over to the next term after the
murder.
W. b. Hastings of Boston, who owns
township Il in Hancock county, 1850
acres, which he purchase several years
i ago lor S.l0I. is said to be winner tf
S25 eco y the investment.
Rear > ADMIRAL Hichborn's proposal 10
have the Raleigh overhauled at the Kit
5ery navy ynrd, is opposed by tie other
bureau chiefs, especially Rear Admiral
Melville, chief of the bureau Of stuam en-
gineering. At u meeting of the burea.
chiefs Monday when the subject was dis
ousse I. they insisted that Norfolk was
the proper place, as all the CLANS and
models were at that yard. where the Raj
eigh was built They pointed ont that
the cost of making the repairs, which
viii amount to at least 100000, Will be
increased materially If all these plans ale
shippe to kittery. The chief constructor
was firm in his position, and as the 9TH
er bureau chiefs vera equally positive ii
was agreed thnt tho whole question
should go over until the Raleigh reached
this country and the board of survey ex-
amined the ship
The people of Pittsteld are agirati'a4
tue question of erecting q creamery.
The post Office department has desig
mated Durham, AndroscoGgin county;
Morrill,, Waldo county and West Lebanon
York county, to become domestic money
order Offices on April /.
&c. ii. NJ. Barrett of Rockport Henry
&c. Merritt of Gardiner, and ii. L. Mitch
ell of Bangor, have all been admitted to
in Wa shington.
The daughter of George Hurd of Per-
ham tried tn end her existence by cutting
her throat on Thursday. She was not
successful and will recover.
Biddeford will have u new post office
clerk and letter carrier before many
weeks. 1he civil service commission has
given notice of an examination for such
an office to be held at Biddeford May
g. Applications must be filed tefore
April 81.
A large portrait of Senator Frye has
arrived at the Capitol at Augusta, and
after it has been set in frame will lie
hung in a prominent place.
= Mr.. W. H. Holmes an old resident of
Augusta and "a messenger of the house,
will retire from the Capitol which has
been his home for many years, to his farm
in the town Of Jefferson. where he will
live in the future
The Governor will have two insane hos
pital trustees to appoint very soon. one
arising from, the increase in the number
of trustees from six to seven. Ii is I'M
derstood that the Governor Will IN one Of
the vacancies from the eastern section
| and the other from along the middle sea
| coast counties. DR.. p. II ). Vaughn,
assistant physician at the Maine Insane
| hospital. Is spoken of as one of the avail
able men for resident superintendent of
the new Bangor institution.
l. L. Cartoons term Of office as COM
missioner of inland fisheries anu gams,
| expires April 9th. He probably will re-
ceiye a reappointment
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company contemplates extending
| its lines on TO Deer Isle by means of a
cable. There ara 5000 people on the isl
and.