The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-02-23

Wnlle Crossing NoIm ~roIks SaiuoIuia, W
the 9Th uli.
~.T never 20 10 church, +" said coun.
try iradesman 10 his parish clergyman, III al
ways spend Sunday.in settling accounts"
The minister Immediately replied, "You
will find, sir, that the day ofjudgment will
be spen, in the same manner"
rA crazy man in New York lately
negotiated with various merchants for goods
amounting TO over 500, 900. In some oil
the stores the merchants and their clerks
were up all night packing the goods before
his insanity was discovered
70 The Legislature Of Michigan has
passed law which provides for the trial BY
Jury TO any slave claimed prohibits the
use OF jails TO retain fusitives, and requires
that the Prosecuting attorney oil each county
shall, upon request, give aid and counsel 10
any such fugitive slave.
c. In trying 10 find leak in one Of the
main gas pipes at Salem, light was
dropped into wafer reservoir, when an ex-
plosion followed, which blew the searcher
several yards across tbs street, without in.
jure excep, singing his hair.
BREAxwArERs IN MAINE. The bill in
iroduced by--Mr. Fessenden, which has
passed the Senate, makes an appropriation
Tor the completion Of the breakwaiers al
Richmond's Island, Portland Harbor, and
Rockland.
A runway slave, living in Rochester, N.
Y. fled The country, at The time OF the pas
sage of the Fugitive slave law, then owing
a Rochester merchant 5000. He went 10
Australia, accumula, ed So, 900 and has 70.
mi,,ed draft 10 satisfy his creditor.
a. On Friday last, four men were acct.
dentally thrown into the river at Spickei
Falls, Me,huen, Mass, and went down the
falls. Three Of them escaped by clingng
10 the roots OF trees, but the fourth, Thomas
O. Crummei, was drowned. One Of the
men who escaped, lost pocket book con-
tanning 500.
NJ Smith, the South Berwick murderer,
has made confession, duplicating Samuel
Dixon and -S,illings in the murder OF
Brewster, and the former, who Smith says
gave the fatal blow with hammer, has
been committed 10 Alfred Jail.
NJ A VIGOROUSLY mean man having OF.
Tended down.east Yankee, was addressed
by the latter in long TRADE which conclud-
ed in the following caustic terms: "Your
little soul would have as much play in a
mustard pod as pickerel in Lake Erie, and
would rattle like a kernel Of corn in barn."
~ The Grand Jury OF New York, have
presented TO Mayor Wood series Of com.
plimeniary resolutions, in consideration Of
The energy aud fai,hfulness he has displayed
in office, especially in enforcing the OBJ
servance OF the Sabbath.
BRIDGHAM You've is building two large
and beautiful houses adjoining that which
he occupies now in Salt Lake City, 10 nc.
commoda,e his increasing family. He now
rejoices IN between fifty and sixty wives,
and from forty TO fihy children. Elder
Kimball one OF the Mormon apostles, has
between sixty and seventy consorts.
CONCORD, N. H., 9Th. Rev John Moore,
Pastor Of the Universalist Society Of this
city, and who was lately nominated by The
Know Noihings as their candidate for Gov
ernor of the State, but was Withdrawn on
account Of constitutional inelieibiliiy, drop
ped dead on The corner Of School and State
streets, this morning. His complaint was
undoubtedly an affection Of The heart.
U Never trim the hair from the ear OF
your horse. II is placed there by nature,
10 project the orifce and drum Of the ear
from insects, dirt, and sudden changes Of
weather.
This rule seems 10 be we'll enough for
horses. but there are good many asses
about whose hair serves no useful purpose,
as il does not even hide their ears.-Posi.
REMEDY FOR THE CRAMP. Those who
may be subject IN the night time 10 that ex-
crucia,ing pain called cramp, may be Sc.
cure against its attacks by tying any kind
OF a bandage very tightly round the leg,
immediately above the knee; or it may be
remedied by breathing forcibly, and taking
long respiralions, thus exciting the action
OF the lungs, by which means the whole
system will b. animated, and perhaps in
less than a minute the disorder will be a5at.
ed and The pain efsciualy removed.
~ We copy from Mrs. Hale's "New
Receipt Book" The following novel mode
Of manufacturing carpets for bed rooms and
the like
"Sew together strips Of the cheapest cot
ton cloth OF the size of your room, and tack
The edges TO The floor. Then paper the
cloth as you would the sides Of the room,
with any scr, of room paper. Ailer being
we'll dried, give il two coats OF varnish, and
your carpet is finished"
HORRIBLE AFFAIR. In Girardeau county,
a young man BY the name OF
Buckner married widow who had grown
up daughter. His improper faniliarities
with the daughter caused quarrel among
the three, and about three weeks since,
upon his return home from an absence Of
some days, his wife caught him and held
him by the arms, while the daughter killed
him with an axe. They then set fire 10 the
house, and consumed his body in the
flames. Suspicion was aroused, and Mrs.
Buckner confessed tho crime. The young
woman made her escape.
OFFER TO SELL THE FUGITIvE BuRNs.-l
Rev. Mr.. Grimes, the colored clergyman in
his city, stated in the morning prayer meet
ing in The Old South Chapel yesterday
,ha, he held The written contract OF
The master Of the fugitive slave Burns, TO
sell him for the sum Of $500. Mr.. Grimes
also said iha, he had already raised full one
half Of the required sum, and he had no
ioub, ,ha, the rest woule he subscribed, and
hat he should coon have the pleasure Of
Burns 10 those who attend that
Meeting.
AN EXPECTED FLooD. Tho heavy fall
Il snow with which the country about Chi.