The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-11-09

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y A correspondent Of tho Philadelphia
Press remarks That il Is great injustice to Ju
das Ia, compare him with Andrew Johpson
Judas did no, 20 travelling round the soun.
try on is'Ihlry pieces Of silver, hut Wen!
and hung HIMSELF. like a gentleman" ani
give up his spirit Johnson will do neither
A lad0 :hSd her' pocket picked OF
about $50 W1ife waiking up Washington
St.. Isosion, on SATURDAY last. She suisse
q,ien,y rsoiirclcd that man bad .mpee.
essarily crowded against her, saw him az.
terwanls in Court street RccOsled and
charged him will, the theft, and he restored
her pocketbook nnd run away.
II In RosI,ufy, Via. las Hionlay, while
Q father and Two SONS WIRE cutting corn,
one Of the boys, in fit Of insanity, attacked
the fi,ther and brother with n corn.cnttcr.
cleaving the skull of the former lengthwise
TO the brain, scvering The left Ryip.of the
brother below hts cii,nyv, nni e,nd,lgn fear
fll cash acrSss the fsce bclowtlbscyss.
~ A man applied To he registered in
Newark, N. b. last week, md presented
what he called his naturalization papers,
but VIVA, really proved to be United States
license rs liquor dealer. Il was found
that be really yoied at the. hfc ,elatef eled;
ton on the authority Of that paper, and that
il bore the Endorsement of the Inspectors.
~ Buffalo has a poor house that is
worth living in. The Express says that
among the iteIus Of expense the last year,
were $1,000 for tea. $500 for oysters. anil
$500 for whisky and cigars. The paupcrs
In that institution must live almost rs well
as some or tho t1iitors who arr fed at Gov.
eminent expense.
~ The London Globe says Denmark il
mcnaccd with extinction. Unless wiser
counsels and j,lster spirit prevails Denmark
will soon undergo further acknowledgements
AMI finally dlAM'ean, rs al 1ihL,pen.le,',
State from the map Of Europe. The Cob
believes the design IL entertained 10y Pris-
sin and Sweden to absorb Denmark, PrIs.
sin taking the mainland while The islands
arc annexed to Sweden. '' ''
A great AMI decisive hattie was fought at
Canngumly, Pung,iny, South Americas, On
tile Pal nlt. The g,inl,oats engaged the
forts therc, and the nllied stornng columns,
amid showers of lnnskety and gnIe, no
bly, took the tirst line, lun fiiihnl at the Sc
cond. and retired with loss of nearly 5000
men. Sevcrpl gunboars were disabled in
the fight. FLORES has gone hack to Monte
video with the rest of his army. There was
great cxciteInant. Opentions ore suspend.
eel for the present. ..yr.I
The Bangor Wing states that the lum-
herring business in Maine for the past SEQ
son--egecially that OF, the Pcnobscot ind
Aroostook ynlIcy-have been very prnsper.
Gus. IN consequence Of the ample supply
Of water for saving, nnd the lively demand
for sale, the amount manufactured and ID
has l'een very mncll larger than that Of amy
year for n long time past-aDd- The prices
have been good and remnneraGvc. There
will be n smaller surplus Of old logs for
next years consumption than usual. AMI
the demand spl'esrs likely to 20. q,dte as
good next year rs II has been this.
II Special ,oy,m,No. 5f,tWar Depart
mcnt, "A. 90, Nov. ], 1917 announces
tlmt iiSrrvcl Major General Fmncis Fesssn.
den, raptnin i0th u. :. Infantry. having
been found by boarl Of examination to
b. physically Incompetent tn discharge the
duties of his office on account of wounds
received in battle, anl the finding having
been approved by the President, his name
will le placed upon the list Of retired OIL.
GERS Of that class ~ which the disability re
suits from long aud fitlIfIlsrvicc, or souH
hirry irriicnt thereto IN ncctIriancc with
Section - of the Army l,ill. General FEES
sender il retired with tho full rank of Brig
adler General.
~ Tho Sandnsky Register tells n story
Of the recent visit of Senator Djoliulc To
The Green Ray Region. A prominent Re.
publican politician who has Radical wife.
applied to the Senator for mn appointment.
promising to I've publicly Johnsonizcd if he
got il. The Senator brought the arWint-
n,cnt in person, and was invited by the
gra,iiicd nppoin,ee to dinner, his wife hav.
ing been first nntificl of the intended hon.
or. The hungry Senator and his host
marched to dinner. found The hons, desert
ell by mistress and nai,l, but the dinner In.
BILE sct and covered with n cloth 10 keep of
the flies. On sitting down and rcu,oyirg
the cloth, the grand banquet SGT for the
Senator and the newly male official was
found to consist solely of-brcnd and but.