Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-27
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The Grand Jury Reports
Fifteen Indictments.
Twenty Below Saturday Morning,
Coolest March Day RECORDED.
High School Notes Grange Matters
Boy Scouts Personals.

'rlr grand jury for the March term
Of tile supreme court after d'ilo'f'l-
ing COR four days. reported Sat'f'dH
II Indictments. The most Inport"ht
one was that, state ". Lyman Barnes
Toy arson Barnes has been since Jan
20 in tile Insane hospital at Augusta
where he is being examined as to ms
sanitr. On the day previous t" SollS
to Augusta. after running through the
streets of NorrdseWoek in the mIddi"
OF the night and setting fire Ia tn" sta
Bile of Verne q. CunlifI. burning liz
building and one horse, he was arrest
cd hy Deputy Sheriff c. f. BigeloW ana
given "A hearing on the charso al arson.
He was bound over to await III" action
of the present grand jury,
Another indictment was that .
State KS William Landry 81 Pa'ih
Pon6 for cruel and abusive tr's"tlH'ht-
several weeks ago Landry was drrgSt-
ed for beating his 10-ycar-old dahSh-
ter. breaking her nose. and leaving hrf
where her limbs We're frozen ana Ht'
treating her in other VANS. Inc %lli
has been in the Augusta General nos
nital tor treatment and WiefA parts
of several toes have been ampetatcd.
other Indictments made public We're
state vs. Peter Lablanche for forgery;
state - Lester Carson. common sell
~; state VS.. Augustus Bailey, Hart
land. single sale: Stat" VS.. Warren
Drrein. West Forks. single sale: Staie
VS. John Roullard, Norrdgewock. sim
Gle sale: state VS.. Thomas Berry.
West Forks, common seller.
Nv. al Will hA f3Epp
for trial Wednesday. Among the APP
pealed cases that will be tried are
those: state vs. Mike Habusky. illegal
Possession of liquors; state vs.. Fred
Thel.ric. single sale: State vs.. VIII
Iub:. single sale; State VS.. f. T. Bar
naby. assault and battery; state vs.
Harold Atwood, violation of game
laws: state VS.. Gaorge Munster, vio-
!a.ion of game laws; State VS.. Doreas
Bair, single sale: State vs.. Archle
Blair. single sale; State vs. JOHN Con-
nors, ohstructing officer; state rs.
Ioneph Kiah, single sale: state v.
Gideon Farland. single sale.
The only civil case tried Friday was
Glev vs. Astle. J. T. Glew brought
suit against p. +. Astle of New Linz
eric6 to recover 1880 for produce. +.
A. Smith Of Fairfield appeared for the
plaintiff and Daniel Lewis of SkoMhe-
gan for the defendant. The jury re-
turned verdict for the defendant. The
court adjourned Friday night until
1890 A. NJ. Monday, Judge Spear GO
ing to his home in Gardiner to pass
SUNDAY. There are only three more
eases to be tried from the civil docket.
n iEt nm
the close. of the present week.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine lies and children
passed sunday in town with Mr.. NiieS
father, Hon. +. p. Nies.
Miss Ethel Knowlton and Miss Olive
Green. teachers at Hebron Academy, are
home with their parents for their Easter
vacation.
Miss Bertha Merrill a Junior at We'll
lesley College and daughter of Hon. and
Mrs f. y. Merrill has been awarded one
of the highest honors of the college, at
tanned by excellent rank in the academic
studies. Miss Merrill graduated from the
Skowhegan High school in 1903, having
been awarded the valedictory, the hIgheSt
honor of her class.
saturday morning was considered the
coolest ever known in Skowhegan IN the
month of March The thermometer reg
istcred at A. NJ. 20 below zero The low
est temperature recorded in SkowheGan
this winter has been so below zero, I'VE
mornings in the month of February re-
porting that temperature.
A large crowd gathered at the postpon-
ed meeting of Skowhegan Grange Satur-
day evening to listen to an address by
Congressman Gould on RECIPROCITY, but
the people were disappointed for Mr..
Could was not present ana some We're
veXed because he had not even declined
the invitation to speak. The meeting.
however, proved interesting and there
were many warm ideas presented on the
question of Canadian reciprocity The
opinions were about evenly divided. The
ma iority considered that no great harm
could come by adopting reciprocal terms
with Canada. Those taking part in the
discussions were: F. p. Pennen, r. r.
Patten. c. M. Gallup. s. y. Emerson, c.
r oliver. L. L. Sanford. W. G. Hobart
and p. NJ Porter from Castle Hill
Grange. Napoleon, who believed that rec