Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-27
SPARKS FROM kAlF WIRES
lewiston Boxer Weds.

Michael j. Cunningham, web,
known Young Lewiston bp2r, and
, Miss Elizabeth Grace DoWlinGtaugh-j \
.tc- &C Thomas Dowling of Ba,, NNereI
| ole nd. Tuesday, at st. Marx Cath
| J. = 81. - the latter cityyev. fsv
wor, Dileh ohioiating. III hrid&
r.,,, gown of white brocac satin
I'm pcaf trimmings, long 4rin and
~ ven, and carried bride ,ates. The
>, ,,n,'9e8maid 'Aas Miss Rebetli Dow
cain, - 'iseer OF the bride, tho wore
n,'n', mr. ~ charmeuGe, with ssver trim
,.i,,,. ana picture hat ..and carried
/ Ghaar.iSsess a1r.iSes The best msa was William
kos, Amanda AbeiIf aston.
F, zofali, Lewiston fruit and, confection.
| cry dealers. were arraigned at the my
nicipal court, Tuesday morning, 1T
Lewiston, on complaint Of the proois-
| ions % the pure food law foEtdddine
| the display of fruit and confectionery
not sufficiently protected from 9nsi
| and other means of contarniaatien
Mor1. eau and Rourakos pleaded moi
guilty and denied the charge, saying
| they lad legally protected theF goods
| to the best of their kndwlpuga. Juds'
| Brarn reserved his decision TO give th'
gaa1tec further ,consideratioh. Fhe 9th.
'r two pleaded guilty and We're ilaet
the{costs of coprt -
Three Card Moste in Portland.
Police Capt. Gady of Portland receiv
cd a complaint. Tuesday evening. tha
. thlee- card monte man had won ~
| from three Poles. An unsuccessful at
tempt was Made to find the gambler
II is said tile gape had not been play
ed at Portland before for many years
o'conne,j,s Men in Raids.
!. Sheriff OTonnelfs deputies made II
aids. Tuesday, at Bangor Dennis
Esaley of l0S Pickering square, was
i,caught with two pints of whisky in
| his pocket and four pints were found
Jim his place. He was arrested and
,saYe bail for further appearance. \
Equantify of liquor was found in the
rear of another saloon. In. a vacant
room in an Exchange street building
1113 bottles of beer and quart OF
whisky was found. Fred Merrill OF
| West Sebois has been committed te
! Jail in default of s100 fine and costs
Hiram Burr, proprietor of the Lin
coin, paid a fine of 500 and costs
. The raiding officer found seven quarts
| of whisky in a valise on his premises
Raised Check.
! Thomas H. Gibbins of Bangor was
before the police court. there. Tues
| day. charged with raising cheek
from cents to So. Gibbins had been
/ working in the woods. for firm with
an office in SkoWhegan and wrote to
them for his balance due They sent
! him check for 2 cents, perhaps as
| joke 1t was charged that last week
! Gibbons raised the check to So and
presented it in payment for a suit OF
clothes The forgery was discovere
later. futstiibbins was not found, un-
til Tuesday. = He was held for the
| grand jury and went to jail IN de-
| fault of bail.
Biddeford Wins Case.
The controversy between the city OF
| Biddeford and the county of York ov-
| er the payment of costs and fees III
/ the Bideford municipal court has been
| decided by the referees in favor of
| the city. When the division of the
costs ana Lees ol the touit
| the county and city was made there
arose a dispute as to the meaning OF
certain sections of the chapter relat-
ing to this matter. The statute pro-
,ides that 10 per cent. of the criminal
fees in the Bddeford court, exclusive
of the fees Of witnesses other thafl
police officers. shall be paid annually
by the treasure of the county 10 the
city. until the amount paid equais
the annual salary of the chlef OF po-
lice and captain. but not Thereafter
Questions arose as to whether the
county commissioners had authority
to audit the criminal costs and fees,
and what was included in the costs
and fees within the meaning Oh the
statutes. at