Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

DlanX cartridges. Edgar II. rOIu was
commended in his work as road COM
missioner. Mr.. Weston suggested that
a scavenger should be appointed to
clean the waste paper from the
streets.
Automobiles, buckboards. single
teams and double teams carried 65
Changers from Skowhegan to Canaan
| Thursday evening, where they passed
the greater part of the night as guests
! of Canaan Grange Besides the visitors
| from SkoWhegan there We're several
members from different Oranges in a
number OF the surrounding towns.
Everybody present had a good time
and every visitor is ready to say that
| the members of Canaan Grange gave
| them the best time of their lives. one
| of the greatest features of the evening
| was the supper that was served by
| the members of Canaan Grange. II
led many young people present to say
| that Canaan was the place to go TO
| get a wife, for it was certainly evil
dent that every woman was good
cook. After the business meeting OF
| Canaan Grange the members of the
] Skowhegan Grange conferred the
| Third and Fourth degrees on six can
| didates The degree work was follow
ed by an excellent program furnished
by Canaan Grange as follows: Words
| of welcome, by the master, Milford
| Withee; music, by the choir; reclta-
| ton, Grace Bean; duet. Mrs. Ina Jew
| EFT and Mrs. Mabel Smith; piano duet,
/ Miss Fay and Mrs. Lettie Foster; vio-
| lin solo, Fred Rowell; song, Fay Fos-
| ter (encore); song. Herbert Richard
| son: tableau. Arthur Burrill and Grace
| Bean. There were remarks by the Wis
ting members. The visitors left Ca
naan at A. M. Friday and Canaan
| Grange was still in session.
Lizzie Henderson of lockwood was
before Judge F. F. Lawrence in the
municipal court Saturday afternoon on
the charge of search and seizure. She
was arrested Friday by Sheriff John
Mooers The State was represented by
Harold J. Phillips, and the respondent
by Hon. S. j. Walton. There were six
witnesses for the State. two of these
We're women.
Sheriff John Mooers with three of his
deputies, c. E. Bigelow of Norridge-
wock, Augustus Gilblair and Charles
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the premises occupied by Mrs. Hender-
son as boarding house. They found
seven bottles of whiskey. Mrs. Hen
derson declared then that the whskey
belonged to her boarders.
One woman. who testified for the
state. said that she had gotten whiskey
of Mrs. Henderson at four different
times IN the list week. The first time
Mrs. Henderson gave her the whskey.
Tile other three times she laid the
money in Mrs. Hendersons hand. She
said that the first time she gave part
of the whiskey to a friend and she
lcame after the whiskey the second time
partly for herself and partly her hei
friend. The other woman testified that
she drank about a mint Of whiskey
which made her sick and she drank
more whiskey to make herself fee
better. 7
Mrs. Henderson testified in her owr
behalf and said that she had let the
woman have whiskey at three differ
ent times but she did not take any
money at any time. She said that the
woman did offer to pay her but she
would not take it and the woman laiG
the money on the table beside the bis
family Bible.
One of the hoarders testified that hi
owned the whiskey and he took si>
quarts with him one day last week
fishing.