Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-23

dashed along the street with a free
heal. Dr. Leighton realizing the dan
ger, turned tie animal into Il tele-
graph post and broke the neck of the
horse. The animal died almost instant
".
School Fire Trap.
At the meeting of the Lisbon Board
of Trade. held Tuesday evening, the
condition cf the building containing
the grades from the second to the
ninth came up for discussion. Supt. a.
B. Lcrd sent a communication to tie
board regarding the condition of the
basement which had been mentioned
at 4 previous meeting. He assured
them that condition was remedied but
asked that committee Of five be APP
pointed by the Board of Trade to meet
with the School Board and tall< over
the conditions of the building. Mr..
Lord states the building is a fire trap,
unsanitary no modern means of ven
tilation, floors full of cracks carrying
disease germs and filth and the rooms
too small. Mr.. Lord also called Their
attention To the conditions of some of
the other buildings.
Gutter Leaves to Aid Ship.
Prepared to remain at sea for days the
revenue cutter Woodbury.. commanded by
Lieut. Randolph Ridgley. Jr., left Port
land. Wednesday morning, to give assist
anee to the twe-masted schooner Oliver
Ames which ran on the rocks on the
eastery side of Indian island. y. B., In
Passamaquoddy bay, Monday night
Lieut. Ridgely said that he intended to
cruise along the Hancock county coast
as he had received word that Monday
nights gale raised havoc there, d!iv-
ing many small fishing craft ashore.
Meeting of Women's Council.
Strenuous efforts are to be made by
the Woman's Council at Portland t.
place women back on the Board of the
OVerseers of the Poor this being the
special great work which the council will
aim to accomplish this year and Il cam
paign by this organization, which today
attained its majority with an attendance
representing 2Ge0 women. will be inau
gurated at once. The meeting which was
held at the Columbia hotel parlor at
Portland, was the 2lst annua meeting
of the organization and the reports and
addresses were illuminating. quite the
most important report was that given by
Mrs $. c. Ripley, and Mrs. George w.
Merrill the visiting committee at the
city Home. who spoke in the highest
terms of the conditions al the Home
but were loud in their denuneiation OF
the conditions at Little Togus.
Verdict in Automobile Case.
After celebrating for three and half
hours, the jury in the supreme court at
late Tuesday afternoon, re-
turned a verdict of 1909. 20 for the plain
tiff in the case of George w Ross of
Lubec VS.. Foster S. Reynolds of the
same town. The suit was one in which
Ross sought to recover for Il second hand
sold him by the defendant
Ross claimed the ear was useless to him.
whereas it had been represented that it
would run after few repairs had been
made
interest Larger Than Note.
A suit To recover the value Of Il note |!
Or ST, and interest from March l. 1911, |
las been brought in the Lewiston mu- |
lieipal court against A. +. Smith of I
lewiston. That doesn't sound very
but when the note is read !
nd some simple computations made it
awns on the weakest sort of an in
erleet dat il is something of q claim.
he note. which is made payable to l.. !