The Portland daily press., 1888-02-21

heretofore puDllSHeu, lhcluuIHS tH6 usbS VI
recaptured Union flags, delivered by the war
department to the State governors and 9th
ers and of Confederate flags delivered to
certain parties on application; the letter of
the adjutant general, suggesting the return
of the flags with the Presidents approval; ;
the Presidents revocation and descriptive
list of flags remaining in the department as
far as identified. The Secretary states that
none of the flags have been out of the war
department during the present administra-
ton, but some were returned to the captors
under the administration of Secretary STAN
ton. The law of 1914, the Secretary says,
applies to the return of flags, captured from
foreign countries, but there is nothing to au-
thorize the return of flags captured in the
United States.
Bar Harbor's Building.
The following is Mr.. Milliken's repert of
the bill from the committee on public build.
ing, appropriating $25,c0 for public build
ing at Bar Harbor:
Bar Harbor has already become the most
important wintering place upon the Atlantic
coast. Its population during the summer
is more than 10000, not including some 60OO
that board at the hotels and many more who
find accommodations at boarding houses,
and both its permanent land transient popu-
lation are increasing at very rapid rate,
rate, indeed, quite unknown to New Eng
land towns. Its winter population. though
several thousand, is considerably less than
in summer, yet it is rapidly increasing. Its
combination Of mountains and sea, OF nne
harbors, magnificent scenery, blacing air,
and abundance of pure water make 1t one OF
the most desirable summer residences on the
globe. 1t is resorted to by people from eve
nv State in the Union and from abroad, ana
the time is not distant when at its present
rate of increase it will contain more IMAM
200 people in summer
Its present valuation approximates $0,OO0,-
600, and new residences and places OF Dusl-
ness are constantly being erected. 1t mas
already IA hotels, with capacity OF 6C0O
guests. 1t has 120 stores, and others are be-
ing built.
1t has four trains of cars per day, with two
large steamers, which land every day ana
two others three times per week. rms
does not include a number of steamers which
ply between Bar Harbor and adjacent ports
ON Frenchman's Bay and the nelghborlng
coast Bar Harbor is lighted by electricity;
1t has an extensive system OF sewerage, ana
is amply supplied with pure water by ssys-
tenn of water works connecting 1t with Ea-
gle Lake.
The receipts of the post-ofice for the year
1887 were S631062, the largest receipts Tor
any month being 81, 1852 for August.
The money-orders for the same year
amounted to $1,644, and the postal notes to
$1,2C0. The number of registered letters aV-
erage los per month.
There are five mails per day and one three
times per week, and the Bar Harbor post-of-
fee is distributing office for East Harbor
and Seal Harbor. The office employees
postmaster and clerks.
The labors of the office and mail matter
are increasing WITH the rapid increase of pop
nlation and business.
The present post-office accommodations
are entirely inadequate to meet the wants OF
the public service aud real estate is increas-
ing in value at the rate OF 100 per cent. per
year, Economy, therefore, demands that
the purchase of site for public building
be not delayed.
the bill pass.
The Pacific Bank.
An important decision was rendered by
the Supreme Court today in the Pacific Ma
tional Bank case here upon appeal from the
United Seates Circuit Court for Massachu-
setts. The suit was brought by writs of at
tachment against the Pacific National Bank
of Boston, after it resumed business subse-
quent to its embarrassment in 1882. They
were intended to recover sums alleged to be
due from the bank to the several plaintiffs: :
George Mixter, Henry M. Whitney, David l..
Demman and Calvin b. Prescott. The bank
arranged with Lewis Colman and John Shep-
ard to become sureties upon bonds to dis
solve the attachments in any action brought
against it and placed in their hands certih,
cate of deposit in the, Marverick National
Bank for $4,000 to be held as their protec-
tion against all liabilities which should b9
thus incurred. Immediately after each OF
the attachments in the above action were
made, the bank entered into bond to each
plaintiff in sum suitable to the amount Oh
his claim with Coleman and Shepard as sure
ties.
After this the bank closed its doors a sec
ond time and the receiver proceeded to wind
mp its affairs Finding these attachment
suits still pending, he tilen motions to dis
charge attachments and dismiss the suits.
The motions were all over-ruled and judg-
ments rendered against the bank for the
sums found to be due the respective plain
tiffs. He began a suit in equity against the
several attaching creditors ana tne sureties
on the bonds given to dissolve the attach
ments, the object being to reduce to his pos
session the securities held by the sureties for
their protection from liability on the bonds
they had given and to restrain the several at
taching creditors from enforcing the attach
ment bonds on the ground that the attach
ments were unauthorized, illegal and void" "
The suit was dismissed by the Court, and
from its judgments and decree. in all
all the cases, the receiver appeals. The
most important question is whether an at
tachment can issue against national bank
before Judgment, in suit begun In the Unit
ed States Circuit Court. The Supreme Court
is of the opinion that it cannot; that the at
rachments in all the suits were illegal and
void, because issued without the authority
of law and Judgment in each suit is affirmed,
but the decree in the suit in equity is revers-
ed and the cause remanded with instructions
to enter decree setting aside and annulling
the bonds given in the suits to dissolve the
attachments and enjoining the creditors and
those claiming under them, from proceeding
in any manner to enforce the same against
suretfes and directing the sureties to surren-
der to the receiver, the securities they hold
for their indemnity. The opinion was rem
dered by Chief Justice Waite.
The Nations Gratitude.
The following pensions were granted to
Maine residents today:
ORIGINAL.
VIM H. Sanborn, Belfast. ,,,ou
Sarah G., widow of Christopher G. Haskell
Searsmont.
Gnstavus Hayord, Canton.
George NJ Fletcher, Bangor.
John Fitzgerald, Bangor
Greenlief B. Staples, North Bangor.
Sargent Clark, Biddeford.
Horace Ingraham, Augusta.
Simon Orff, Haowell.
George Cook, East Hampden.
Charles r. johnson, Richmond.
Danville +. Oakes, FOxeroft
Sewell s. Quimby. Milltown.
REISSUE AND INCREASE.
Hannibal b. Powers, Pttsfeld.
Notes.
The United States Court yesterday ad-
journed for the usual February recess until
March 10.
The report is that w. w. Corcoran is in
dying state.
Lth C0NCRESS--.FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
Among the petitions and memorials pre-
sented and offered on Monday, was one
signed by the governors of Massachusetts,
Vermont and New Hampshire, and the di'
rectors of the Bennington Battle Associa
fion cattino forth tho ,,rnoracc mazda and