The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-06-22
GENERAL SUMMARY.

III Al
CO., Iowa, killed u snake that measured six
teen feet and two inches in length and one
foot and eight inches around the body. He
came ,ipon the snake about noon and think
ing pcrhaps that il would be wise To look for
more healthiiil locality took Il bee line
toward home. Snake pursued. BOY ran
awhile, got n,ad. and determined to stop and
fight il out on that line. He seized n club nnd
turned upon the enemy. The snake was not
prepared for this show of courage faced
about and began TO retreat. Boy now pursued
and Init the cncmya blow across the back.
Snake turned upon the boy again and was
killed by blow Oh the head.
- The Boston Journal snys: "On Sum
day morning nn infant, apparently about ten
,lavs old, was found abandoned in Il field In
Holden, near Il locality very properly called
sodon The child had lain so long OH the
ground, tho Worcester Spy says, that the
uriss under il had witlicrcd and become yell
low, and It's face and arms were burnt almost
black by tho hot sun. 1t was heard to cry Oh
Tuesday morning by parties who supposed
the blcating of lamb. The child was alive
ut last accounts The demons who could
thus abandon an infant to n lingering death
deserve the execraton of NIL mankind, and rs
ignominious death us ingenuity can devise.
rY-Thc recent disagreement among the
Fcnians gave them prominence. o MnhOncy
favored a movement OH Ireland, but did notl,-
ing. Ills opponents insisted upon immediate
action, aud declared that the only effective
policy would bc to raise green ilag some.
where, as n mllying point for the friends Of
Ireland in this country. Then the Irish in
Ireland, they said. would rise md found re-
public. This they thought would bc rccOg-
nizcd and SO the new government, II was
hoped, might bc successful. MIR. Roberts,
next to General Sweeney, was the most cner-
gctic advocate of that policy, and was made
the President of the Fenians. who believed
with them. ,....
II An accident occurrd on the Pennsylvania
Central railroad last Friday evening under cir
cumstances which would seem to show that the
customary ''sounding" Of the wheels Is not al
ways n guaranty of their safety. As the train
from Pittsburg was leaving Galltzin. about three
minutes after the wheels had been duly inspected.
the forward wheel snapped, the coupling broke.
and the car rolled down the precipitous sides oil
the track for about forty feet. Although the IN
terror of the car was one mass OF rubbish, no
| lives were lost.
lTA new cheese factory has just been started
at Wheaton, ILL.,, which has capacity for consum-
ing the milk of 800 to 400 cows. The proprietors
make cheese for farmers for two cents per pound,
or buy their milk at one cent per pound.
y M,jor Wainwright. who has been assigned
to the duty of taking up the Fsieral dead In :ev.
to Nashville paper that in disinterring body
near Resaca, Ca, the very small feet excited sus
picion. On examination the remains proved to be
those Of woman. shot through the head, and in
TERED as Charles Junghsus, private Co. +, 9th
Missouri Volunteers.
Y The Washington correspondent OF the Bos
ton Advertiser says that the paragraph sent on
Friday night TO several papers to the effect tnat
no revision Of the tariff Is contemplated NJ th's
session Is without foundation. The ways ana
means committee are at work, and AZ ths Ptoper
time will report an amendatory bill by when I'm; I'M
portant changes will be made. some OF when WI.
be required To adapt the tariff to the provisions VI
the new Tax bill, while others will rest oh inus'
pendent grounds. ..fH H..."s..I.
| ETA New York paper. In abiding TO eer'a'n
ooiorcd men. who had been soldiers in the army,
otF.r;nr their services 10 the Fenisns. says:
w. hon. aha, ,h,s incident OF tho Fenian move
mani viii not be forgotten by Irishmsu. Let them
remember that tho true friend is he who offers
.ssistance In the trying hour. Let them remen,.
ber that in that hour the polihcians-vho profess
| 40 much friendship tor Irishmen when votes ore
Nanted-wcre no where to bc found; while the
colored people, whom they had learned " hate,
were ready and eager " aid them, even To the
ncriAee Of life. Hs -fsllrs5 rz IaI,ar
TnE Arr or QuARsELLlso. = Sensible
husband: eIlow is il that VIC never quarrel,
NIn. Xantippef WelbI will tell you. Quo
person can't make quarrel. Now, II am
/, IN u,,nrrelso,ne humor. and break out, my
wifi rcmniDs cool und collected, and doesn
say word. II my wife is pccsisl,, and o's1 -
plays more temper than Is becoming 70 one ~ ~
her beautiful sex, l. her husband. . rh... nv -
uninoved as the monument, OF eny en.S. f;'r ~,
self into the belief that ar "s.,~ = jgs onIs,
,o,1, ,Usps s,,s 4 line and !, is assonis,inE 4
gon 1 Eve yc' . quarrel s'one, how very soon I
S;S. STs ,1 or,.! That's our secret madam and y
should sdviss you. and all xanppes g y io',0w "
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