The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-05-03
aaNDpGE0R ORD, MAINE.

The &C.. Btsfs fiA1ds say that the Gen.
eM hss ds,srnjb ed3 D make political tour
to the South Id few weeks.
The Tribune thinks the deyotiou ofthc
white people Of Charleston to the Ameri'
|sas,A flag cannos By vury dfsp. when mill
tary order Is required to obtain It q place in
their civic displays.
The trial of surar Is fred for tho 9th
|h+lIuGM
Admiral Faragu, is to take command OF
+he Mediterranean squadron. -Re-ss 6G
years oId-,he Oldest officer Of the navy in
active service. 81, 49, .r~,." - ~.
ETA fisherman In Montilicr, In Switzer-
land, captured. few days back, In the lake
of Morat. an immense trout, moro than
three icet long. and weighing over thirty
pounds. II u 10 DO Plared in tho museam
OF monI 10 ri'y,.r,ia'v -r'.rn ,.s.'n-n
EGen. Orb has dismissed several Of the
State officers Of Arkansas, but has detailed
army oHicers- 70 fill their place instead Of
appointing civilians as Gen. Sheridan did.
10. Gov. Eyre, Of Jamaica notosisty,
has been discharged by a friendly magistrate
before whom he was arraigned. Ills ac-
quital was the signal for much rejoicing
among his fienda 49,, 49, . W..
1t, Il now computed that there are. now
made in the United States, every working
day IN the year, ono thousand Sewlng ma
EChas. II. Durham, alias Sanford Con.
over, was yesterday sentenced to tho Al
hany Penitentiary for tan years for perjury
In the assassination trials. ISL 49,. ~, pr,
ETA wedding party assembled at On sp-
pointed day in!Sigsl, No., but the bridegroom
did not put In an Appearances. Tho guests
Were shocked, the bride hysterical, until nice
young man, one Of the speotaton, offered him
Self In plsoe Of the faithless swain, was accept
Ell and married on the spot. ~" ''.pi,.
~An Alabama paper declares Brick Poms.
roy On idiot, and thinks his letters and speeches
injurious TO the South. Besides. Il says, che
makes our oppressed people pay to hear him
tell how badly we are treated"
C. John Titus, aged ten years, whose
parents reside at Villa Ridge, sixteen miles
from Cairo, ILL.,, uccidendy stepped into a
crevics near his home, which proved to DO
a den Of ra,tlesnakes. Tho reptiles bit him
30 thai he died in twen,y-four hours. Tho
weather not being warm enough to have
entirely restored snakes to their full vigor,
citizens found and killed them. w., "
1lrwin Davis, formerly waiter in a
Springfield, Illinois, hotel, is now q San
Francisco millionaire, enjoying an income
from q single silver mining company Of
$4,000 to 100000 month. ,ir.,
The Boston Journal says that after many
years Of experimenting and many years OF In
vestigation, Mr.. George Jsques ofthat city has
perfected soap which 10 certain destruction 70
insects and slugs, worms, other garden. farm,
and nursery parasitic pests. DR.. Charles 7.
Jackson tssdhes to It's chemical properties. and
Messrs. Hovsy & Co., the eminent hortiooltur-.
lists, acknowledge that 1t seoomplishes oil that
the inventor claims that II will do.
The wolfeboro' IN. H) .Ntws says the cattle
disease has made It's appearance In the stock Of
Mr.. Brewster OF that town. and In that Of Mr..
Bennett Of Tuftonboro'. The attention Of the
State Commissioners has been called to the
facts; meantime the selectmen Of Wolfeboro' or
dsred an OK belonging to Mr.. Brewster to be
We And II stated that there b On unusual
mortality this season among lambs In Vermont.
Some Of the most experienced sheep raissrs sre
the greatest losers. The rot also prevails
among tho sheep. Ono farmer In Kirby has
Lost nfty-ssvsn since March set In from this
disease.
The Mschias Union now employs 80 new boy
to carry papers around town." 1t 10 our opin.
ion that the "old boy" Is still employed In cir
culating that paper. 81, ..ru.,--.
The Ellsworth .Amerioan says at Goulds.
boro, short time since, a boy playing with
a show and arrow" shot the latter directly
into the eye ola lit.lo girl who happened to
be near. 1t Is expected that she will lop
her sight. w."'' 'ns',.f
There never was such a disposition to
plant fruit trees in Maine asthero Is at pres.
ent. One nursery furnishes $4,000 worth Of
trees to three towns.-.Maehias Union.
Butter sells ut Belfast at % to SO cents q
pound; eggs % cents dozen; veal 2 to 0
cents pound. lie, '
Somebody in Watcville Is boring for
coal, as The Mail says. He has got down
eighty feet. Tho neighbors have not yet
put up the prices Of their lots. "
The Machias Republican says Mr.. Wins
low Morton. Of Lubcc, in attempting to sit
down, came In contact with crochet nee.
die which entered the aoshy part Of the
thigh, tho needle breaking off close to the
handle. Surgical assistance was immedi.
ately procured, but after long search 1t
was considered as ono "lost In stack Of
hay" "a. ...
The Soldiers Bounty Script Of this State
has been couuterfeted and extensively cir
ucla.ed. Several specimens Of the spurious
scrip have been received by the State
Treasurer. All persons should refuse to
receive the script unless coming from 70.
sponsible parties.) xxi
It's reported upon good authority that
Gen. Breckenridge, who is at present 50.
jouning in London, has writer homc'
strongly urging tho Southern States to
ldop, tho Military Bill! = 9aH
Tho anniversary Of tho death Of Prcsi.
dent Lincoln, the l5th ult., was observed at
s. G, by the holding Of q CREST
mass meeting by the Union people. AZ
least 5000 people wero present, three steam.
ers having been employed to bring the