The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-10-06
General Summary.

1850 General Summary. 31.q9al. i'l
IT IS related that Marvin s.. Todd, Of Beth.
lchem, Connecticut, was bitten by copper
head snake the other day. while sowing rye
Ia his field. lie continued to work, and %
did tho poison, and he soon began to grow
dizzy. Ho made his way home in great
agony, but on his arrival there drank about
two quarts Of fourth proof cider brandy, and
Is now in fair way to receives. r,.i-,l
The LYNN, Mass, Bulletin says that tho
value Of the shoes sold In Lynn during the
month Of July was but little short Of S7OO.
600, while 10 June over a million dollars
worth were sold, and in May Inst 81, l0O, 900,
worth. Last months return, when pub
lshed, will probably como we'll up to the
latter 6gnre, ''' ''"
A British Adventist has discovered that
this world Is coming to nm end in % years.
on the 2Oth.of sept. Notes duo on the Goth,
are therefore payable on the 10th. .Iy a
While General Grant was returning from In.
dianapolis at an early hour few days ago. the
switch ut the end Of the curve at Guilford had
been turned Intentionally, and the car In which
the General was seated was thrown from the
track and dragged some distance. but no one
was injured. About the Same time a car on the
Ohio s Mississippi railroad. carrying General
Sherman, was thrown from the track this sido
OF Lawrenceburg. No one was Injured.
Col. Jaquess, the Methodist preacher. col.
onel, and traveller to Richmond, has been ar
rested for procuring abortion upon Georgi.
an woman.
There has been large meeting In Nash.
villo of ex.rebsls, such as Henry s. Foote
Neil s Brown, which meeting voted to sus-
tain President johnson. That's encourage
ing and shows that ex.rebels as well as cop
perheads who are not ex,, have u similar
yearning for supporting the Prcsidcnt-"as
they understand it," r.... .r..
lisa sign that the South is becoming
lively aud active in the regular way, that wo
are beginning to hear Of railway disasters 10
that section, ,.,.,. :, r.,. ,,.g..f.
At Watervills, Mo-, Sunday morning, O
fracuS took place between two students on
tho college promises, when one OF them fired
u pistol three times at the other, slightly
wounding him. Both were expelled on Mon.
day. This carrying of pistols Is rather too
common among foolish boys, and their use
nearly US much so. ....5,...l. ,........
Nicholas Van Vert Of Troy, New York,
aged seventy.six years andfour months, with
wcl.beloyed wife, aged sixty. four years
and two and q half months, have just been
blessed with twins.
The managers Of the Now York places Of
amusement. with the exception Of tour mi
nor ones. have held meeting and resolved
to withdraw all patronage from tho New
York Herald. 'il ' d |''' "
Another irightful Alpine accident 10 70
ported, Two students Of theology ut Erlan.
gen University attempted to ascend tho Gras-
ysenedlger. One Of thom lost his footing,
and falling a great distance WAS so damned
into ch,sm in the ice that he was unable
to cxtricatc himself. and was frozen to death
before assistance could reach him. 'E.
"Why," said u person the Other day,
''social Notwithstanding; do you suppose
because such men rs Ben Wood, Chauncy
Burr and tho like vote, every decent man is
obliged to speak to or associate withthcm."
A laborer in Toronto was suffocated in
grain iow days ago. lie was shovelling
barley, and getting into the current Of grain
running down spout, was covered In o few
moments by four thousand bushels.
A special dispatch from Lawrence. Kan.
sas, to the Democrat, says Col. Wells has
made an important treaty with the Usage
tribe at the council ground week since.
The Osnges cede about one million acres, for
which the Government pays $500. 900.
About two millions Of acres were coded from
the north side Of their reservation. to be
held in trust for the Indians. All these
lands arc in Kansas, and the rights OF settlers
on these lands, who are heads Of families,
arc protected by tho treaty. VS. yru .me
Its n grent benefit to the public to have
things called by their right names For in
stance-the scientific name of the cattle
murrain in England Is "phcumonia pecorum
epizootica typhosa." 'T'. '.''
A New Yorker. living in nineteenth
Street. discovered the other day that he had
lived for two years in tho same block with
his brother, whom he had not seen for twelve
years. ,.......l,. ,s., ..., s.,I
We learn that the Market Bank. Bangor,
will not redeem its bills after the 2Sth inst.
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