The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-22
GENERAL SUMMARY.

80 Prussia has prosecu'eo 80 s.'
The past year. - =
vrbe newly married Lady Dudley's brids
veil cost In London $4,000.
n Small pox is raging fearfully among tn
freedmen in all parts Of Georgia r--t
r Ills proposed to fix the namo OF Lincoln
TO soue one Of the Western Territories.
~ Il is said that the annual sales OF Bale
& Co. oil cloth manufacturers ut winthrop
amount to $500. 900. ! 4 "'ls 4 e,
rA young " swell in London who d'ss'
.paied fortune Of $3O, 600 per year. now earn
SIS week as stage driver. ...|H re-,
sarA lady BY the name OF BENNETT, resid
ing in. Pittsield, Mass, is the youngest Of =
children. and is herself the mother OF LII. ''
~ In the United States Circuit Court. on Sat
uriay, Justice Shipman sentenced Francisco bu
hagier, q conntcrfeter VI United States currency
10 pay fine Of $4,000, and DO confined IN IN
State Prison for 10 years. % III, sg .i d.
eTL Last week, Moses Emerson, q blacksmith
ut Deerfield Parad', N. IL. had his right On
bitten of close to his head by a fractions hors
which he was engaged in shoeing.
eg- Tho extensive mill property Of Rulu
Dwinal, Esq, at West Great Works, Oldtown
were entirely consumed ON Saturday night
Loss $4,000; insured for $40 .OOO.go.f nr
81 1t may be said, In view OF the many thcns
aud federal soldiers who died ut Andersonvliie
that the rebel pen was mightier than tne reoe
sword in the business Of destroying enemies.
81 According to the statement Of q Tsnnes
See member Of Congress, o majority OF the mar
riages that are taking place in Memphis mr.
between ex secession ladies ind northern emf
grants. KIN y ..., .... ...a.te- b..
81 Tho Grand Lodge OF Free Masons IL
North Carolina are much troubled at the es
tablishment Of lodge Of the colored Free
Masous at Newborn, under dispensation irou
Massachusetts,. H.a.u
~ Secretary McCulloch Is said to have ex
pressed the opinion that he can get thr0ngf
the wear without making another loan. lie ]
also confident that the War Department esti
mates will he much less than were anticipated
In November. r - ,.. 1I
~ One of the largest farmers In the Unitet
States is Mr.. Bidwell, OF California. the Chair
man of the Committee on Agriculture in tn,
House of Representatives. lie owns &c ,00(
acr OF land. and last year his wheat crop Wal
3S 900 bushels.
Fl The lIoulton Times says that Miltor
Welch, Of that town, has important intelli
gence to communicate to the friends OF Albert
g. Owen, whoss relatives reside somewhere II
Eastern Maine. A line addressed to him viii
meet with prompt attention.
rT-Itis said that Gen. Slocum, since hi
defeat in the New York State election, admits
that no made mistake in allowing himself Il
TO be drawn into politics by the Democrats
A Democratic paper hits him back by saying
tho Democrats made mistake In drawing him
In.
! ~ Mrs. walling, Texan, who with her three
children escaped from the State through innumer'
able perils, has a very clear conception OF some
historical facts. In late description OF her SUI.
fcrincs she casually remarked, 81 look upon o
rebel as courageous coppcrhcad but look
upon copperhead as cowardly rebel"
~ The Portland Transcript says on one
short street in that city, there are seven doctors
living within a stones throw of each other,
every house on ono side being occupied by a
physician with the exception Of tho building
on the corner, which Is appropriately used as
q grayestone makers establishment.
~ The Paris Democrat says that few
years ago DR.. Holmes, Of Winthrop, received
IRON friend in Virginia, pair OF turkeys oil
enormous size, the gobbler weighing fifty.two
pounds Col. White procured from him some
fowls of this blood. which be has found to be a
very. valuable stock. lie sold last fall 6fty.ono
Of these fowls for Slll,S7. -I
CoSrRACrIoN-Th resolution presented by
Mr.. Alley of Massachusetts,, on Monday, and
adoptcd by the House of Representatives. by
the almost unanimous vote of III to q, indors.
ing the financial views OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and pledging its c0 operation In the
work nf the speedy contraction OF the currency
will prove most gratifying to the country.
FL Thomas Trncy of this town. who some six
months ago was sent to Machiss Jail for assault.
ing man, and who, alter serving out bis time
ut that institution. went to Portland where he
committed some misdeamenor and was commit.
ted for thirty days. arrived home on Friday
last. and Saturday evening. knocked down.
severely beat and robbed james Coyle, and
Yesterday was brought before Justice Leavitt
and committed to Jail to await his trial for
highway robbery. -Edstpor Sentinel. " 49,
81 The returnso Of the United States Revenue
Collector at Macon, Ga, for six weeks ending
the LIST ult., gives an idea Of the vast cotton
trade at that place. The duty on cotton 10 two
cents per pound, and the aggregate receipts at
Macon for these six weeks were four hundred
and City thousand dollars; representing sale
and shipment OF fifty thousand bales, valued a,
three millions of dollars. 1t was estimated
that in the two closing months OF the current
year the revenues from the same source ut the
same placs would reach more than half a mil
lion OF dollars additional to the above-mention.
ed sum.