Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-07-27

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taxes have been paid, $4,000 vas paid il
Tuesday ,one of the corporations turning ovel
q check for $40, 600 sl2, 900 was the amount
paid on another day.
A Lewiston Journal man had the pleasure
of seeing Mr.. Fred Douglass at the Poland
Spring House. Sunday, surrounded bv re-
spectful group of admirers. Mr.. Douglass
hair and beard are white, but his eve is a
bright and his smile as ~inning rs they were
% years ago. This must seem a strange
world to the old hero when he ..looks back
on what hath BEEN" and contrasts his early
life with that of to-day, sitting in a shaker
rocker in a cosy corner of the hotel piazza
while brave men and fair women count them
selves happy to sit near and listen to what he
NAV say.
The Journal says a Lewiston wrapping
paper dealer tells Us that ordinary straw pa
per was never lower. The straw paper mills
have shut down until surplus stock is sold
off. If through any reason such az low
water. which is very likely to occur, or
through lack of encouragement the mills
should fail to start there is likely to be a
| sudden boom. The usual price is three cents
per pound 1t has been sold in car lots
lately at two cents and less, and has not for
some time reached price above two and a
half cents. Manila paper has dropped a
half cent pound and is plenty in the mark
ct. Twine is way down. One of the fea-
lures of the market is the receipt. in large
quantities, even here IN Lew .ston, of South
ern manufactured twine. 1t is dark, dingy
Irvine, but for ordinary uses is good. Manu-
facture heretofore has practically been con-
fined to States north of Rhode Island. 1t
does not cost more than half as much as
Northern twine.
ARoosrooK.
According to the Portland Advertiser John
Swanback, who killed his neighbor at Char-
man plantation. Monday, had previously
figured in bloody affair In his camp. in
the same plantation, Deputy Sheriff Hayden
was killed ten years ago by cullen, who was
afterward lynched for crime. Cullen was
wanted for store-breaking. and had taken
refuge in Swanback's camp. The deputy
sheriff arrested him there and would have
taken him to Jail the next day. During the
night Swanback said he was awakened by a
crash, and saw Cullen with an ak aiming a
second blow at the sheriff, Swanback was
described by the Advertisers correspondent
at the time as German cripple, who had
recently removed to Aroostook county from
Hallowell.
HANCOCK.
The Commercial says John Morgan of Bar
Harbor. has very promising four-years old
tilly Gideon colt. She is bay in color, very
stylish. and has splendid action. Her dam
was of Knox and Drew stock, and was former
ly owned by T. G. Stickney, of Bangor, and
has since heen sold to 60 to Europe. Martin
Roberts of the Newport House, Bar Harbor,
has very promising five-years old tilv. She
is finely bred, bay in color with black points
She is handsome, prompt driver and is said
to show better than fifty gait without training
and promises to be very fast. Mr.. Roberts
some time since refused 5000 for the colt.
PENoBscor.
The Commercial saws that Frank Doherty
of Bangor, killed white rat, Tuesday. 1t
measured nine inches in length and the tail
six inches, while the weight was fully one and
one half pounds. The hair was quite differ
ent from that of an ordinary rat being thick
and very fine, more like fur than hair, and
pure white, not particle of any other color
being visible. This species of rodent is foreign
to this country, and the specimen in question
is supposed to be one of the progeny of some
white rats which escaped from circus at
Bangor some years ago.
Some weeks ago man by the name Of J.
A. Pinkham came to Bangor. He said he
belonged in Massachusetts, where he had
" lie. "pihtu as PaihtSi iV' ." "biiC
and recently had engaged to canvas for a firm
in Bangor. He was quiet gentlemanly ap-
pearing man and so tar as is known no one
has said aught about his conduct while there.
Wednesday morning. however, large woman
with fire in her eye put in an appearance,
and claimed that she was Pinkham's wife,
and that, moreover, he had two or three other
wives, and one of whom was formerly a
Brewer girl. She further stated that Pinkham
was unable to earn enough in Massachusetts
to paw his board. and started for Maine. to
see if he could not better his fortunes.
She said, that Pinkbam was in
Bangor and was lavishing his affections on a
woman of bad character. She had decided
that he had blasted the hopes of too many of
the fair sex, and the object of her visit there
was to procure a warrant and have him ar
rested and punished to the full extent of the
Law made and provided tor people who prac-
tice Mormonism. Pinkham it seems at the
present time is in Belfast, and a warrant was
refused in Bangor on the ground that he is
out of the jurisdiction of the court. Mrs.
Pinkham took the Boston boat Wednesday
forenoon for down river, and declares that
she will follow her alleged faithless spouse
until he is safe in the meshes of the law.
Wednesday morning a sailor discovered
the body of a man under wharf in kendus-
keag stream, as briefly noted by telegraph,
Wednesday. Additional particulars goes
to show that the body had apparently been
in the water for several weeks. No one was
able to identify the body, and it was taken to
Mount Hope and buried early Wednesday
The body was that of middle aged man
about five feet eight or nine inches in height
He was evidently dark complectioned and
had thin black beard. His nose was injured
and looked as though it had received hard
blow. The man was dressed in dark pants
and vest the cloth of which was mixed with
blue and red. He wore calico shirt laced
in front The boots looked as though made
in the Provinces. There was nothing in the
pockets of the clothes except knife with one
blade. and twenty cents in money. City
Marshall Reed thinks the man may have at
tempted to go on vessel in the night and
fell in the stream and was washed under the
wharf The fact that no inquiry was made
for missing sailor would not be strange as
seamen often get small advance of
wages and then desert the vessels, and it is
not a rare occurrence for sailors who come to
that port to run away. So far as is known
| no person in that vicinity is missing.
PIscATAoUIs.
correspondent writes that the juniper
worm has made its appearance in Piscatsquis
county and is stripping every tree Of its foil
age. Many trees have died from the effects