The Portland daily press., 1883-12-03
AUBURN.


Building and stock were insured.
AUBURN
DIR. R. X. Harlow of Auburn, late surgeon
OF the Oath Maine volunteer regiment, has re-
ceived his pension arrears-$3000 and $25 a
month.
Steamer Katahdin, on her passage up river
Friday afternoon had the roughes passage she
ever encountered Although the wind was not
heavy here, it blew gale down river, and on
arrival at Searsport she could not make
landing and was obliged to throw out both an
chors to get her head to the wind when they
could manage her. She then put about and
went back to Belfast when the Searsport pas
sengers were landed. Starting again up river,
on arriving at Fort Point ledgesshe again
came to anchor and waited until the wind had
subsidized and tide receded until the sea had
fallen SO that a landing could be made at
Bucksport. after which she proceeded to this
city without further delay, arriving here at
$50 p. m.
CALAIS.
At the meeting of the stockhelder of the st.
Croix cotton mill, held Thursday in Miltown,
plan for continuing the business, was consid-
cred and approved. The main features were
that the mill was to be run for the coming year
by the trustees to the full extent that orders
would warrant, and that the creditors are
to be protected against loss by the stockhold-
ers. In case OF deficit arising from the oper-
ations of the year, so per cent of the loss is to
be met by the Providence stockholders and 20
per cent by the Maine stockholders
Between the Thanksgiving of 1882 and this
year, 81 well known residents of Calais, some
OF them OF prominence and distinction, have
died. The mortality has been especially mark
ed among aged residents. The first name on
the list is that of Hon. j. S. Pike. Mr. Samu-
ell Dyer, aged SO, was the Oldest, and Willis NJ.
Haycock, aged 3S, the youngest.
The mayor and aldermen have voted to re-
fund, at per ceut., $4,000 of the city indebt-
edness. The new bonds will date from Dec.
1st and will run for 10 years.
HoULToN.
The experiment of sending dressed carcasses
of mutton TO the English market is being test
ed by G. w. Maxfield & Co. This firm last
week shipped from Houlton 1859 carcasses in
refrigerator car for Boston, thence by steamer
for Liverpool, England. If success attends
this enterprise large shipments will follow.
PARKMAN.
The Parkman cattle poisoning case was to
come to trial last Wednesday. Peleg Wash
burn was arrested on the above charge. Plain
tiff's counsel make Washburn proposition to
pay $500 and leave the country, or take his
chances at trial. which latter he did. There
is nethng but circumstantial evidence against
w abHDurD, WHICH IL as lOllOWb. n uumDdr
of years ago Washburn built new house, and
the assessors raised his tax accordingly, This
increase of tax he refused to pay, and for some
three years the tax collector settled with him
for the amount he had been paying before the
increase Afterwards, another man was
elected collector who made Washburn pay up
the arrearage according to the new basis, but
had to arrest and start him for jail before he
would do SO. 1t seems he paid in Mexican
dollars which the collector took as being worth
one hundred cents each. Afterwards, lbe-
coming aware of their true value, he went
back and made Washburn pay ten cents more
on every dollar he had previously paid. For
these proceedings on the part of the collector
Washburn said he would have revenge. This
threat is the first part of the evidence The
rest is that a pan of salt mixed with paris
green has been found on Washburn's premises.
vINALHAvEN.
The Bodwell Granite Company, Vinalhaven,
shipped last week eight granite eagles, weigh
ing three tons each, for the new board of trade
building in Chicago.
wATERvILLE.
Conductor Berry was Unexpectedly saluted
with blow the other night as he left his car
at the Maine Central yard in Waterville,
which staggered him for a moment, but recov-
ering quickly he struck his assailant who
dropped under the car and disappeared, max
ing his escape. The design was probably rob-
berry.
IN GENERAL.
More than half of the fifty farms on the In
dian Township, offered for sale by the State,
have been disposed of, and Leonard Peabody,
E. O., agent of the State, says that purchasers
| for all will soon be found. The land resembles
and is probably equal to the best found in
| Aroostook country.
| Hon. Joseph Homan has been appointed by
| the Governor director of the Maine General
| Hospital to serve for three years.
| short time before Hon. John L. Stevens
terminated his residence at Stockholm al
| United States minister, he was requested bJ
the Geographical and Athropological Society
of Il at city to receive medal which was to be
| presented to Henry M. Stanley, the explorer
| Recently he has received from Mr. Stanley
letter acknowledging the receipt of the medal
l Operations on the great logging townships o.
the Aroostook have fairly set in. A highel