The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-05-24

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week, the father fatally.
An Indians correspondent writes tlnt
the Connecticut elections awake no single
echo" IN that State. IN every city where
the issue was purely political the Repub,i.
can party maintains in position substan
tally.
Twenty.rix papers In Kentucky support
the Democratic State ticket, seven support
the Radical ticket, and three that Of the
third panty. '-.r
Tho leaves Of geraniums arc exeelIont
for cuts, where the skin 10 rubbed of, and
wounds Of the kind. Ono OF two leaves
must he bruised and applied to tho par',
and the wound viii DO cieatrizsd Ia q shon
time.
A boy who smokes carly and frequently.
or IN any way uses largo quantities Of TO-.
bacco, 10 never known to mako man OF
much energy, and generally lacks muscu-
lar and physical as well as mental powers.
M. James Pierce. of Peppercll, Mass.
has cat 20 years old. She = still Q good
hunter. and quite spightly, though little
deaf
A Mn. Bennett, residing on Elliott street
Baltimore, was burned to dessh Wednes.
day, by the explosion OF camphene while
attempting to light fro within cooking
stove.
The Star learns that the Augusta House
will he re opened on the first Of June, with
Henry w. Williams, Esq. formerly OF the
Arm Of Wing e. Williams, proprictons OF
the Stanley House, O. landlord.
The Richmond Dispatch says that Mr..
Greely and Mr.. Davis. though heretofore
"antipodes In political sentiment. arc now
friends by the forco Of the sympathy Of
honest hearts and the best impulses Of our
nature"
The Gardiner Reporter says a brute in
human form, named Getchell. living In
Chelsea, had little unpleasantness with
his wife the other day, whereupon he beat
her in such shocking manner, that her 70.
covery Is doubtful He has been arrested
and Is now In Augusta Jail.
A company of negroes, eighteen Ia mum.
her, have left Greensboro, N. G, and un.
der the direction Of negro barber from
Greensboro, arc now on their way to I'LL
nois, in which State they propose to settle.
Want Of employment, and inability to sub
sist themselves and families, they assigned
a. q reason of their emigration.
Mary O'Gorman hung herself In Jersey
City, last week. being driven to the rash
act by the cruelty and nb,ise Of her sons,
who were In the habit Of beating her to
compel hcr to give them money. After
the deed one Of the unflial wretches stole
Gas from the person Of his dead mother
and escaped.
A paper in Selma, Alabama, says that
since the Let Of January last, over $1,000.
600 have gone from that city and the coun.
try tributary thereto, to the Northwest for
plantation supplies, and that L 10, perhaps,
not too much to estimate that at least ~
much marc must 20 Ia tho same direction,
during tho remainder Of the season. The
cotton shipped thence will not exceed g..
100000.
A Troy mechanic has invented propel-
Ter to be urged by four screws, instead Of
one, all Of which arc to DO placed directly
under the vessel. The idea 10 that the 10.
cation of the screws under the vessel will
give Il much greater speed, a. at that point
the screws operate upon the asolid water"
alone, and consequently gain additional
power and strength.
The prohibi,oy law Is not a dead letter In
Androscoggin County, a. may DO seen by
the following from the Journals court re-
mort: The case OF d. p. Withee was with
drawn from the Jury this morning, the NJ,
spondent, at the suggestion Of his council,
pleading guilty to tho sale Of cider and wine.
From the limitations OF tho Judge, Mr..
Withee's council concluded that Judge
Walton would charge n a matter at law
that cider and native wine arc intoxicating
liquors, and upon tho respondents own
confession no was guilty OF selling such
liquors, and as matter Of course verdict
Of guilty must he returned. Tho respond
ant was fined 800 and costs.
The President has decided to accept the
invitation extended to him by the Masonic
fraternity Of Boston to be present at their
celebration, Juno "a, and will accompany
the two Communicates Of knights Tenn
plar from Washington. A revenue cutter
will no placed at their disposal by the
Treasury Department. Delegations from
the Washington commandery started for
Baltimore on Thursday night TO complete
arrangements with the Templars Of that
city for the trip.
Il 10 said that the proprietors Of the new
rolling mill at Portsmouth, Ohio, are in
posscrsion OF the true secret Of Russia
iron, directly from the only mandatory
where II Is made In Russia. The secret
WIS sent to this country clandestinely
through the agency Of a citizen Of Youngs-
town, Ohio. and a relative he had in the
iron works In Russia. 1t was sent word
At time In long correspondence. Rus
sis has heretofore kept close monopoly on
this superior iron, and has been able by Il
to extot from Us, a. well az from other no.
tons, heavy rccompense.
The annual sale Of articles from the Dead
Letter Office comprising over 1900 parcels,
containing several thousand different ati.
cles are to be sold. The proceeds arc to
be deposited In the Treasury, subject to the
order of the owners, should they hereafter
Be found. The list embraces almost every
article Of wearing apparel. jewelry medi.
cine, &C., most Of them for ladies'. Among
these arc false breasts, shoulder.braces,
hair, hoop skirts e,lirs and curles, baby
CLOTHES, white enamel bloom for the com.
plexion, hair dyes, hair restorers, hair up |
roosters, viializing recuperators, strength.
ening lotions, p'mple bsnisbes, patent
blistcrs, and cures for drunkarla.
Col. Lecse Of Lower California had an
interview with President Juarcz at San In.
IL Potosi on April q. He found tho LIB
eral leader with 10000 troops, and fully
confident OF destroying every vestige Of the
Empire In tho next three months He had
laid the City OF Mexico under seige, and
regarded In capture % question Of brief
time. Macmillan was Ut Queretaro with
about $4,000 men, not moro than half OF
whom were believed by Juarcs to 30 Ser.
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