The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-11-09

The most Office at Ellsworth Falls has been
discontinued because no one will take the place.
The salary Is about $50 . year. and the ms's
arrive In the night.
A NAN and his wife from Providence. nearly
lost their lives on Sunday night ct the Bay
State House, Worcester, By blowing oes ne
gas when they retired without shutting on
They were both insensible when bssd.
The Monteomery Mail declines N psblish
the names Of the delegates elected 10 TIE bsats
Convention. because they are persons Wholly
unknown to the people. Strange thing TINS
when $4,000 Of the people made them shs'r
choice. ..H.f mn 1870.
A coroner's Jury. after Investigating the
death Of child In Buffalo. brought In . YER
dict Of death from the iujudicious admins
tration OF 'winslow's Soothing Syrup, which
caused convulsions and congestion OF the
brain"
The owner Of piano forte factory near New
York city hired q cheap, unknown engineer,
recently, and on Saturday afternoon this In
telligent oyersecr OF the machinery steamed up
to 200 pounds, at which point . "mysterious
explosion" occurred.
Four State Constables made nine seisures 10
Augusta last Monday. In only three places
Was any LIQUOR found. Two were acquitted
and one oonvisted. The horse which brought
these Constables into town WAS found dead next
morning 10 the Augusta House stable.
There lives at Detroit cousin Of Gen.. La
Fayette, by the name Il Joseph Jean La Fay.
cite. He 10 % years old, served In the war OF
1912, Was wounded ct Plsttsburg, and had two
sons In the Union army during the rebellion,
beth of whom were also wounded. The old
gentleman Is hale and hearty still. .. ,..
SIS Cox obtained his name Of Sunset Cox
from his writing . very extravaesnt sopho-
rnorical article In the Ohio Stofesmdn. (CO-
lumbus.) entitled Grand Old sunset" willis
acting As the editor Of that journal. One OF
the Cincinnati journalists gave him the SOU
briQuet, and II has stuck to 8. 8. Z. ever since.
A Democratic magazine Is trying TO per-
suade the President II ''snuf out" Grant, Sher.
idsn, and Sickles lit comes to that, he will
have To begin By snuffing out the entire loyal
population Of the United States-a task which
we think no could hardly accomplish, even
with the Maryland militia To back him.
When General Sheridan stopped at Salisbury.
the other day, to shake hands with the people:
an honest looking laborer stepped up first, and
said, ~ would like to, II you will shake hands
with q teamster." 81 used to drive oxen nv.
self once" replied little Phil, and no has new.
or failed to drive everything which he has I'M
dertakeu since.
A Dayton, Ohio, bank sent $4,000 In Seven.
thirty bonds TO New York for sale, and the
brokers sent them back, saying they were DO.
gus. II happened that the Dayton cashier had
taken the numbers Of the bonds, which had
come to the bank directly from the Treasury,
and which we're not the bonds returned from
New York.
A Dresden correspondent Of the London
TELEGRAPH complains bitterly that since tn.
war Americans have swarmed into Europe and
taken possession Of the Briton's favorite hunt
ing grounds. For one Englshmau, he says
there are ten Americans In every European
city. In Rome and Florence they buy more
works Of art than oil other foreigners put to-
gsther.
INrEAcnMESr.-In 1857 . proposition to In
sert clause In the Constitution, providing for
the suspension from Office OF the President
while on trial on charges Of Impeachment, was
voted down In the convention by eight States
against three. Among the States voting Tor the
proposition Was Connecticut. and among those
opposed to It were New Hampshire and Mas'a-
chusetts.