Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-21

earnest. There ought 70 be good long
run this season
A Wild RABBIT 10 the streets Of Bidteford.
vas one Of the sights" that certain inhabi-
sanss Of that city recently enjoyed. Az
reward for his temerity be vas aiiorec TO
dspsrs In peace
The FArmsrs' National Bank. recently
o.zaalzsd In Houiton. is authorized to be
gin business With capital Of $50 600.
Burglars appear TO be getting in their
usual york on the summer hotels and cot
tages this spring ''The Biuns," the big
hotel at NJ. DIsert Ferry, 10 theIr latest
scene Of operation. samber Of i1e hair
mattresses, dne wool blankets. valuable
crockery sod other articles were taken
LATE" the Name Central watchmsa,
discovered the robbery early Monday morn
ing. . few hours after II was committed.
He found that two big psnes Of glass in
the windows on the ground door hal been
broken in, thus sfording an ingress to the
thieves. The booty had evidently been
carried down " boat on the shore After
q careful scrutiny Of the footprints. LATE,
wac convinced that one of the thieves was
. sailor aboard the schooner Luther A.
Robe. loading With ice and ust ready To
sail for Aspinwsil lie telegraphed to
Ellsworth and Sheriff Fields went down on
the train. Meanwhile job bad been put
up by which the ship had not sailed. Ac
C mpanied BY Captain Penney and Agent
Wardwell. they searched the forecastle
and found all The missing goods. Three
sailors confessed to being guilty Of the
| crime
The Oldest living graduate Of Bowhop
College 10 the Rev. Thomas Treadwel
Stone, ID. D., of Bolton, Mass, who grad
uated In the class Of 1920. Mr.. Stone was
born In Waterford. Feb. .. 1901, and is
consequently in the niDetieth year of his
age.
A prominent Bidieford Democrat went
into a freak museum recently and insisted
upon wrestling with the frog boy" The
frog boy isn't built for wrestling and the
visitor had it pretty nearly his own way till
the man who runs the show interfered. He
gave the visitor some points on body holds"
and bounced him out Of the musee and all
over the sidewalk The circus drew quite
a crowd to the door
| The Matching works nssr the station At
Reeds Pond, ssys the Ell,xorth American,
are quite 4 curiosity and well worth a visit
| They are maintained At the expense of the
U. $. Government and under the charge of
Mr. Daniel T.. Wight of i.ucksport In
these works are about 800 600 eggs OF land.
locked salmon which will batch in April,
and are designed TO stock Reeds Popd.
Mr. Wight IL Obliged to keep the building
In which the eggs are kept at quite an even
temperature and in the cold nights of win
ter was sometimes Obliged to be up all
night to do it. These Matching works re
quire his constant attention which he evi
IDENTIFY gives in most faithful manner
| This enter Prise is a move In the right direc-
| ton and we have no doubt that verv salts
factory and beneficial results will come
from 1t.
| The men who 90 on coasters through the
summer are beginning to look eagerly fer
ward to q resumption of business. They
will probably handle cold csrgoes the com
| ing season.
The ice houses have furnished good
market for considerable of that surplus
hay"
hhc sho" hsV
less
The sun crosses the equinox to day.
Look out for that big storm which Wigg,n
prophesied.
Those hsrbingers of spring, the crows
have put in an appearance.
Everybody will be curious to see if
March will go out like a lion or like
lamb.
In replying to the charge of the Ne~
York Star that new public building was
not needed in Houlton the Aroostook Pion-
eer brings out the following facts it is
low estimate to say that 10. 90 inhabitants
get their mail matter at the Houlton post
office. The rent paid by the government
for the post-office and custom house is 1925
per Annum. More than this amount will be
saved annually in interest on the money
which the new building will cost. Some
estimate of the amount of business trans
acted at the custom house may be had
from figures which we have obtained fro m
Collector Burleigh and his Deputies. To
show the growth of the business of the
Office We take the following figures from
the record For the fiscal year ending June
80. 1873. there were collected s. 43s -
in 1888, y decade later. s45, 2s6 IS. One
year there was collected $50 ,9o3.77. Dur
ing the months of August, September and
October. 1889. the receipts were 81 ,S29 90.
The receipts for last mouth, the dulIest OF
the year. were 81, 200 IS. Msine figures
won't lie. though New York papers do not
always tell the truth.
Prescott. sho was convicted of murder
ing Harry Williams in Portland in 1878.
and sentenced TO stste prison for lite ID
dying and has made death bed confess
| sion. According to information given the
Portland Advertiser it is not known tina, in |
his last statement Prescott has called any
names, but il 10 known positively that
he has stated finally and on his dying bed
that woman murdered Harry Williams,
and that he after~srd took the body
through the streets of Portland in cart. |
covered with quilt. and buried it in the
woods of Deering. where it Was found
| Ii will be remembered that as soon a. Pres
cot was arrested for the murder of Will |
liams, he At once admit ed that he caused
the victims death. but held that it was in
self defence. Williams and he he said. iad !
come from place on Fore street. and we're
driving OF when q quarrel arose. both be-
| ing Intoxicated. At the trial of the case in
1872, however, he told iitfersnt story 10 |
the effect that scm,n killed Williams anu
he disposed of the body. He stuck to this to |
| the last, and on June 81. 1879, when he |
Vas brought before Judge Bonney, for sen
tence he made his last public statement, re
iteratins the same story. Il of course had |
no effect and the prisoner went 10 prison |
S,r1
careful examination Of the case. 90 far as
she vas concerned. was made. Not par
ticie of evidence to show that she WAS con- |
uected, directly or Indirectly. with the muir |
der Of Harry Williams WAS found ard she |
was discharged.