The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-10-09

drews, Daniel Stimson, Thomas II. Cole, and
5. W. Luques.
At a subsequent meeting Of the pirector.,
Mr.. Somes having resigned Us Director,
Charles c. Sawyer was chosen President.
S. a. Boothby, Cashier.
This llank has declared semiannual div.
idend Of 1 per cent, due Oct. LIST, and paya.
bic on demand.
TuE AUruNSAL UNITARIAN CONTENTION Is
to be held in Syracuse, ". Y. commencing
Oct. IL. Rev. Mr.. Alger OF Boston. is 10
open the exercises with the reading Of an
Essay.
MOVEMENTS OF MIssopRiANs. Tho QuiH-
dayo CAindaron OF the lst says that nearly
thousand Miss0urans have entered Kan.
sas between QuindarO and Weston. TO set.
tie there, bat well informed parties in Mis-
sOuli say that il is for political purpcscs.-
Nothing HELPS the money market
more tl,an tho prompt payment Of little
bills. IL keeps up tnIde, keeps money NOV
ing. helps the banks and makes everybody
leei good When everybody holds on to all
the money no gets because he f,ars times arc
going to be worse, hc helps to make them
50.
HAIR REsToRAToR. PfoC Wool rdycr.
tiscs in our columns his valuable med cinr tor
storing aair, aad lor the prevention al blldao,s,
&c. This remedy has bova used quite extensive.
~, and with great success. liundnds, nav thou.
sands have u.cd II, and are willing ~ testify to
IL efh'acy. Read thc advertisements go at once
aud procure bottle, and prove it, ,nne. our
good old bald headed bachelor irieads should sm.
brace ihis opportunity Ia cover their paies with
coat olrisl, luSiridnt hair.-l Indianapolis To-
cOmOiiye %
THE taxes OF the city of New York.
for the year 1857, amount 10 more than
oigh millions of dollars. TIE Comptroller
further says, by way of comfort, "Thc prop
erty holders OF this city have the prOspec:
before them OF an oycnhadowing debt, and
a rapid increase to the present crushing tax
ation.'
DEATm IRON CnLORoroRN.-W We learn from
the Great Falls Adruiiser, that young la
dy by the name OF Packard, went, on Thurs.
day of last week, 10 the Office Of DR. Sever.
ancc, IN have "A tooth extracted. The Doe
tor had occasion to leave the room Tor u
short time, and, while he was absent, she
used the chloroiorm, and he found her dy-
lug when ho returned. 1t il not known
whether she took it iSnorantly or on pur-
pose.
MERCANTILE INTEGRITY. Samuel 4. FL.
lot of Boston, one of the firm Of {. >,
Mills Il Co., lately failed, has given -, VI,
splendid mansion, and furniture IN Btacon
street, for the benefit of his o-.dirors ard
with lis family, taken rom 70 boarJ Mr.
Elliot had IN ample TO, une LETT him by hi.
father, but rather nan tarnish his iaiI fame
Us an honest mn, he surrendcrs all To meet
the demand upon the house with which he
was CONNECTED.
School Books TOR THE SOuTI Tho con.
yention on getting up Southern school books
is a failure. On the 18th OF May not one
of their committee met according toapront-
ment in Columbia, South Carolina. Agcn.
tlemln OF New Orleans, who rent up tho
manuscript of a text book for their czamn-
alton, had il returned to him by the Post
master at Columbia, with the words hat
"Not man or dog was theirs"
- The Hartford Evening Press says
some If the Catholics Of Norwich, Conn,
! ubiishcd card addressed t0 their JastOr.
Rev. Daniel Kelly. in which they respect
fully ask him TO abstain from the use of
proianc and immoral expressions in the
presence OF their children They quote GER
tain phrases, which are certainly unbscOm.
ing in u Christian priest.
Low Pace OF WHEAT. The MILWAUKEE,
ABrrieaH OF sept. 18th says 1--WE learn
that tlrcc cargOcs OF wheat. about 80, 600
bushels, were sold IN Joliet, Illinois, ON Sat.
urday, at the low price Of 10 cents per BUSH
81. This isa great sacrifice, but the reason
Of the low sale was TINT tho farmers of the
vicinity clubb.d together to ship their own
wheat, got IL TO Joliet. and were forced u
sell at forty cents. Wheat in this city on
was seventy TO seventy .hree cents.
with very light sales"
STEAM oS CoNNos RoAps.-A common
road locomotive, built hy Mr.. Richard
Dudgeon, of Gocrck street, has Tor several
days been running in Grand street, Broad.
way, an other thoroughiarcs of the city
of New York, and la- made u trip to liar.
lem and hack It, speed is about equal 10
the average speed OF horses IN stages, aud d,
seems 20 b. controlled with as much ease,
and with moro certainty. The popular no
tons that horses would ba alarmed hy such
and that they cannot ascend hills
ON accoun; Of their wheels Slipping, are r.
iutcd by the performance Of this engine,
which las met with no case Of difficulty 'or
this nature. although it has run for c,r.
siderable part of several days IN cyr .,rJs.I
streets, followed by crowds OF noisy ,oy,
STRENGTHENING THE BAGS crs.
tom in Bsrwick,hirc, England among won.
rn workers in the field, whev their L1ek. De-.
come much tired by ho's sing low down
while Singing surnips 18th shsrt shanke Il
hoes. to lie down. p.lcir faces upon the
ground allowing Others TO s,ep across the
lower part OF tbei, backs. on the lumbar 70.
glOn, gi:h ono Foot several times, until all
rain or idigvc is removed. Burton. in his
First Footsteps IN East Africa narrat.s
very tI:ailar custom in females who lead
he c'mc!s. on feeling fatlgued, and who
',e at iull lcnsth, prone, stand upon each
,thors hack, ,nmpling aud kneading with
heir iocs, aud rise like gianrs refrcshcl."-
lhis cussolh u called .jos,i" in Africa; in
.iciand IL is termed "stn.ightening the
'ack. - -a4H $3.50 ...
Comurcr or BRAzlL-At the present.
moment Brazil hos no less than eight differ
nt lines ~ steamers connecting her with
England, FmncG, Hamburg, Portugal. Bel
jun and Sardinia whilc the United State,
which hat liiheto beon tic great CONNER
'ial rival OF Great Britain in that country,
has not u singlc line to any portion OF Sout|
AMERICA.
highlands commerce with Brazil since
he establishment; of hei FIRST steam line ia
1850 has increased her exports more than
,le hundred mr. cent Nhile the United