The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-01-20

LOCAL & COUNTY IHTELLtehSoA'
Tia Hish school scholars viii give IN ezh'ei-
tion IN City Hall next Friday evening
n. vorkus. on the Xitsry Navy Yard have
made another aenstion to the soldiers, snsun'
tipe 10 5000 which hss gone to che Christian
Commission.
IN. ss..nsr De Soto went to 90 last Sunday
ts,h,. rbl. u the vessel that brought the yel-
uov s.,sr 10 the yard lest Summer. The steam
az Albstros also sailed last week.
Mr.. Dresser, widow eftheiat psaiei pres-
or Of ssso, died very ssddsoiy On Sunday eve
ming last. She hsd attended church al day In
her usual health.
Lyman has. by contract, hlled IT'S qaosA o.
soldiers under the recent call In al former
calls the quotas have been SLED with It's own
men, excepting thic,eea recruits
Al tho town meeting in SAGE On Tuesday nj
t.rnoon ,.,t. Il was voted TO raise the sum OF
$50 900 BY loan at rate OF interest not e1-
,oesdiur per cent. to aid In ah'ag the quota
under the last call.
The horses att.chedto Biekford's stage be-
came frightened in Liberty d. Tuesday morn,
and started Of con their eva hook" They
run against lamp post breaking the pole, but
causing no other damage.
Commissions have been isssed In the 18th
regiment from this county, IS follows: Wm'
'Hob.ou, saoo, 1t Col; Z. A. Duncan. Kittery.
2iLt. Co. d; Charles n. Parker, Biddeford,
ID 1t. Co K.
First 1t. Horace L. Piper, 9Th U. s. Col. In
fantry, has been hoporably discharged the MIL
dt.ry service, on account Of physical dissbili-
rty, by special order No. Is nom the War De-
partment
A gentleman informs Is that In the upper
part OF Lyman pine tree seven feet through
.t the stump sad which made three thousand
fee, of Lumber, has been cat the present winter,
The people Of L. arc doing very fair business
at numbering.
We understand that the proprietor OF the sa-
co Democrat, VIM. Noyes, Esq, has decided, in
consequence of the death Of the editor, his sou.
70 sell the establishment weshould judge that
1, Is BY far the best investment Of the kind In the
State. and by kind We mean VI '"~' ''''ps W
politics.
The Lowell Citizen, referring to our local
abou, the woman Who tried to come the baby
Dodge in this city two weeks since, by leaving
IN. Aforesaid "bab'' with the station master,
don't understand what became Of Emma aftcr-
wards. Perhaps We didn't make p'a'n 'ha'
mart of the story, but We took for granted that
Nh. woman was made to take her child and
..vsmose." That Was So, Mr.. Citizen. At any
r.,. N. town crier has got rid Of the cries Of
said infant, and has shed no tears for his be-
rsav.mert.
tn. c.,e in Court, State vs.. William Brown.
An o,er.eer in the Pepperell Mills. fur voting
,.;.s a, the State eleotion, much to our sur
nr;s.. Wa, decided for defendant. There Is no
..eopr,,y. or almost none, for the purity Of the
ballot box except by keeping rascals from hsv.
ING charge of the same. As Democrat re-
marked to US In the Courtroom, democratic
,,.;o,;,;.. c.nn,t be reduced by prosecutions
., co,,,, WIN,
..., :. v;,,.,v .,v. ,h., hs Va.
800 ....n,,y .,,.nd.5 . temperance lecture in
IN. North Church. Portsmouth N. II. by Rev.
Mr.. Adams. in which he said there we're one
and $3.50. 900 was paid annually for rum. AT
that rate Biddeford looms up in the distance
quite respectable. Since 1t must be So we are
glad this city is not the worse one in New Eng
land.
LYMAN. JAN H. 1859
MR. EprroR; II Is SAID In the Union jour
nal Of the 18th inst.' that rev M T. "er-
rill from Deer Isle has been settled as pastor Oh
the Con ;regational church IN LYMAN iormeriy
occupied by Rev. Mr.. Lewis.
II Is not the notable heV' "m' r. MERRILL ou'
Rev. VIM. Il. Merrill. person OF quite a"'
sferent type. Ihe rev "m' a. "e'rin -
graduate OF the Bangor seminary OF tho GLASS
OF 1851. and has preached Tor the last ten years
on Deer isle' IN HANCOCK county, III 0onue'''o"
with whose lAoors an extensive WORK VI grace
was enjoyed In Wn'ch nearly |Vo persons pro-
fe''ed to have 0een oofn o' .ne op,,n $3.50. ~ .ua
And. moreover Mr' u. "V' eAA0Sy '.',''
~ pastor OF the onurVu III h'"a"' VI o''"s