Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-12
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The internal revenue collections for
the district of New Hampshire which in
cludes, Maine. New Hampshire and Yer
mont. for the month ending Oct 81 were
So. 239 S. This is an increase of $15l6.s5
over the corresponding month of last
year.
Hon. Elisha T.. Clark. who was,
Wednesday. appointed postmaster OF
Biddeford. is 80 years old andsa native of
Effingham. n. II. He is a veteran of the
war, and in 1881 and 1852 was mayor of
Biddeford. He was postmaster during the
second Harrison administration.
Silas Irving Grant dropped dead of heart
disease, Wednesday, at his home in Ellis
worth. His wife. returning home, found
his body on the floor. The deceased was
80 years of age. He was retired sea
captain and had been in business in Els
worth several years. He was a Populist
leader in that section. .,.7f ~.
Winter in Maine is not very far away.
Along the line of the Bangor & Aroos-
took Railroad. Tuesday, about an inch of
snow fell. About all the Penobscot lum-
Der firms have sent their crews into the
woods. and not few of them have LOCO
600 logs now cut and in yards" ready to
be hauled on the snow. There is general
complaint of lack of rain to fill the
swamps and ensure a good freeze for the
loggers. and some men in close touch with
the industry say that = even the short
storm this week was worth $500 600 to the
State.
The game shipments from Bangor,
Wednesday. included the following: l..
d. Chapman, Boston. 2; NJ. d. Stewart,
Boston, 2; T. W. Saunders. Boston, /: w.
Wight. Natick, l; A. w. Palmer 2; N. C.
Mass. 2: J. Pember, Boston, 2; H. c. Will
kinson. Lewiston. 2: J. NJ. Brown. /: A.
Rhodes. 2: NJ. Barrett, q F. B. Brown.
2: Percy Brown. q Charles Rhodes, 2; j.
Mullerman. 2: D: Pitzer. 2: L. McGown.
Bangor. 1; D. w. Deviation. Boston. 1;
Rev. E. F. Clark, Plymouth. Mass. l
moose, / caribou.
A certain Bangor young man some
time ago became smitten with the
charms of a lassie of 10. who jollied him
along through the excursion season and
then, when the leaves began to turn up
their toes and there were many invita-
tons from handsomer fellows, to go to
social dances she simply shook him.
1T was tough luck" said the Tilted one
but he resolved that if he couldn't
have the tickle damsel neither should
any one else. To that end he forth
with armed himself with two large re-
volvers. He said that they were loaded
and that the loads were intended ex-
pressly for any fellow who should be-
come so bold as to as much as walk
down the street with his formerly
| adored one./ The police learned of the
struggles going on in the young mans
breast and have been looking for him
and his battery but he had disappeared,
it is said in the direction of the Aroos-
took woods. The handsomer young
men have hung up their bullet proof
lung protectors and the lassie smiles
and smiles and is tickle still
The Bath Times says The wholesale
slaughter of tinker mackerel along the
Maine coast is attracting the attention
of the people Who are interested in the
future of this fish. 1t is reported that
at the present time the owners of fish
pounds are making big hauls of the
little fish which are commonly called
thinkers or blinks, and MASKING them
up and disposing of them to fishermen
for bait. Fish Warden Bailey shad
three Of the little fish and Clerk Tenn
pie at Hallett's took photographs of
them and it is the intention of parties
in this city to see if something can
not be done to prevent the slaughter
of them. The Times saw several sea-
shore people, today, and they were all
indignant when they learned that the
fish were being caught in large num-
bers and disposed of for bait. AS one
of them said, Last summer there was
hardly any mackerel caught in this
| vicinity along the coast and the ac-
ton of the pound owners will tend to
! kill off what few there are. 1t is bad
enough practice to kill the little tink-
ers during the summer season"
The General ASSarrhix. L,;oh+,