The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-28
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Mot les than $500 6llbustsn have
found their grave. in Nicaragua.
- The Dead Sea is 50 named from no
Hring object being found IN if. Its shores
are covered with incrustations Of salt.
"A Georgia physician, duringa small
poI panic, has discovered that vaccination
is certain and speedy cure Of whooping
cough
The East Tsnnss,eem says the wheat
crop in that section beats anything OF thu
kind ever known there.
- lhiity thousand cotton looms, il i
stated, have been stopped in England, anC
eight thousand in the United states.
The Surrogate have decided against
Mrs. Cunningham's claim to the Burdell e.
iate, and gives it to the blood relations Of
Oh, decreased.
How TO MAXI AN AxIsIocRAr. Rev. f.
II. Chaplin tells US: "Take plebian ras-
cal and halfa million ofdollars, and let them
simmer slowly together
"A new novel entitled Mabel
Vaughan, is announced from the pen Of
Miss Cummings, author oil the lamp
lighter"
The Grand Jury in New York city
lately found bills against thirty-hve liquor
dealers for selling on Sunday ana they To
port the nativity OF these parties inaic'ed Us
follows; Born IN Ireland III "erinahy
10; England l; America D.
In the United States the grain har'
vests have been large and well seeuFed, anu
are beginning to come forward freely Ne.'
month Neshaii nave iarge reo''P"' ""''
VIII no uoao' s"' ''''"''U' " '-
throughout the country
in Italy the grain harvest is iiity per
cent. above an average, and in England and
France il Is from twenty to twenty-five per
cent, above an average. and in Germany
considerably beyond the average oil several
years past.
A LARGE ESTATE. The Worcester Spy
learns that the estate of tho late ex'Govern'
Sprague, Of Rhode Island, amounts to over
six MILLIONS Of dJllars-a most remarkable
fortune to be accumulated by single tami-
ly in one generation.
There is lawyer in Dearborn county,
Indiana known no less for eccentricity than
his legal lore. MANY are the anecdotes tcld
of him. 4 man once went to him to be
qualified for some petty Office. Said he,
.Ilold up your hand, I'll swear you, but all
creation couldn't qualify YOU"
The weed well known n, smart
weed which NAV he found in abundance
along bitches, roads, lanes and barn-yards,
isan eiTectual and certain destroyer Of d
bcd-bug. A strong decotion is made of the
herb, and the places infested with the in
sects well-washed with it.
QUESTIONS TOR DEBATING SOCIETIES. Can
the pressure of the times be used rs a pro
ra,I;n, nowerq When n man cannot CON-
Tain h;mssIr i Ia zoo Iarcs mr. too small .
Do shin. wear wigs after they have been
scudding under bare poles Are oxen en-
ployed in bulwarks? Docs the calIows ele-
yate mankind?
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Y Cochran. WINS ,bs i,b or .Julv orator nj
Troy Y Y. and in his address tru,hlully
said that he who in l776 hal yenturcd TO
,,h,;,l, d.no,Doo ,ho Ds.,,r,;o, os linda.
,.oa,,oo a. Nor, ..so,rd;,, and ,l;,,.r;ny
renernlities' would have found but one
place of safety - a retreat behind The Bri =
ash HRc.
Wbo, tho o.lsbro,ad HAYDN WINS
a.ksd how All his socrod music was 40 cha. r.
full. the gr,at composer repl,ed II canno.
m,Lo :, o,horw;.o writ. .oco,J;,, IN The
,hor,h,.IsJ whon I,h;nL mo, Gcd
NV hear, "a =, sol Of ;ov tina, the notes
a,,o,and ,oon =. :, v.r. f,,m nv van and
.ino. Cd bo. ,iva, ma . cbs.rr., hear, !,
w;,, =. ro,donsJ m. ,b,, serve him with
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B,rr,x WITH THE INDIANS. 81. Louis,
Aug. 30. Col. Miles, who has arrived
her. fam Nav Mexico. r,rorts that n hat.
tie had occurred between the Apachcs In
dams and Col. Miles Command. ON the ella
River in which TWENTY-FIVE Indians were
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