The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-02-02
GENERAL SUMMARY.

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- Two thousand families aro constantly
employed in Paris making dolls dresses.
CgA young man in S,nborn,on, n. H.,
drowned himself because unable TO obtain ed
ucation.
Il At the Dead letter Office in Washing
ton, letter was recently received containing
check Tor 5000 in coin.
~ A paper manufacturer states that thirty
tons OF paper of extra quality, arc daily used,
to his knowledge, in making paper collars.
~ IN aged man in Glasgow fell on tho
sidewalk, broke his spcctaclcs and piece Of
glass entering his cyS blcd to death.
II a letter from tho Rio Grandc SAWS tho
raid Oh B,gdad was made ~ - lew ex.Con-
sedcratcs. lew suffers and 6llibustcrs and u
bout forty ncgres altogether
not NOR than seventy persons.
ry- Tho arrangement III tho testimony
against Scmnrs, the commander III tho pir ito
Alabama. is nrarly completed. and IL is expect
ed that the trial will be- commenced towards
the close OF tho present week.
| - Microscopic examinations ot tho bsdi.,
Of cattle which have died Of the plague in
England, show that tho muscles oi the diseased
animals are invariably infested with numberlcss
parasites.
~ Michael D.. Sullivan, oi Champaign Co.,
III. has larm of 10000 acres. of which 3D.
900 arc icncc-l. hiucl, Of his work 10 ,loao by
machinery. Posts aro driven by honr power,
and planting, cultirating, moving, rcaping and
ditchins are done by machinery.
IT The Supreme Court Of tho United States
on Monday decided that tiIo power undor the
Constitution to regulate commerce. extends 10
all navigablc rivers, and docs not stop Mt State
lines, and that bridges are in the character Of
ferries.
Eg. A rcvivalist in Bipghampton, N. Y, en-
conntcrctl II large siznd African and asked him
-"My good man, have yon found tho Lord2'
To which S,inbJ replied, in % surprised man
ner, "GOlly, masscr, is do Lord lost7''
| Y The first Russian newspaper was estab.
lshcd in 1905. Peter the Great not only took
a part in making il up, but also himrclf rcyiu.
cd tho proofs, may bc sen by Scrral sheets
still in existence, which arc corrected in his
handwriting.
fY-A letter WAS received in Petersburg. w.
Thursday from gentleman in Mexico. who
states that General Early rodo on horseback in
disguise, from Lynchburg tn Galveston, Trx,-,
and thence took ship to Havana, WIS wreck
cd, finally reached that city, and after short
stay sailed for Mexico.
n The E.s,port Sentinel says that Con G.
u. Smith, now q member OF the Senate OF Nc,
has received and accepted tho appointment Of
lst Lieut. in tho Regular Army-probaby in
tho cavalry, as his service in that coIps has
wrought for him great distinction.
" Tho Galveston Bulletin says there arc
two kinds of newspapers which are equally
unwise and equally injurious to public scnti-
ment. Tho first is that which misreprescnts
Southern sentiments and ISLANDERS Southern
men. The second class is comprised OF those
papers who represent tho negro rs idle. lazy
and vicious-who seek 10 sink him still lower
in the general estimation, and at tho same timo
to raise up a sentiment aycrso to Northcrn
men.
~ There has been shocking wife murder
in London. a dissipated woman-thc mother
Of nine childron-was singing in u public
house. Her husband entered, and rs person
to whom he spoke talked rather loudly. inter
ruptinS her IN her song, sho made use OF harsh
expressions to hor husband. This cx,sperated
him so much that he seized her by the hair Of
the head and stabbed her in the neck with a
table knife, separating the jugular vein and
causing instant death.
- Tho Maine Farmer has statement ~
the way thcy do things in Bethel. In 1868
Mighill Mason bought six acres OF land, Of
which two acres had bccn sct out with hops tho
year previous. lie received Tor tho years crop
$500. lie paid for the six acres 5000. In
1864 no sold roots for Sl25, aud hops for $3.50.
In 1865 he sold roots for Sll2, and hops for
S7Ol.50. Paid for land, labor, poles, hop
house, taxes, fences, &C., Slab. Sold tho
land for 81 200, and received for hops and 9th.
er crops Tor the three years, Sl,33s. Net in
come Tor the three years, $2,s5i.40.