The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-03-08
plr. Luques Tor claimants.


~ Horace Greeley had n long interview
with President Johnson OH Friday aud nrg.
ed him to sign the reconstruction bill and
change his Cabinet.
LOCAL & COUNTY INTELLIGENCE.
A patent for improved cultivstors has been
granted to John Gilpatric Of this city.
The new telegraph line between this city
and Alfred Is now complete and In working
order. The Office Is that OF the International
Line, at i39. Main street. It Is the enterprise
Of our friend, John N. Simpson Of Alfrel,
and the citizens OF that town owe Il to them
selves to aid the undertaking by material help,
rs Mr.. s. owns and built the whole of the line
at his individual expense. by the way. We
should not be surprised TO learn that Dist
terry" was behind his fast horse the other day
when they won every heat upon the course,
thereby surprising the owners Of some fast
nags In Portland. 1.-THE telegraph 10 - well
taken care Of as Mr.. Simpsons groom takes
care Of his horses, It will be ga line, worth
fighting II out on" go. .,,. ...
The highest State tax paid by the counties In
Maine Is that Of Cumberland, si9i,3i7, 10
Yonx COUNTY Is next on the list. and our tax Ia
sii4,V4I,o0. The smallest Is Aroostook, si3,.
2i4,7i. Keunebec, SOL. 1867; Androscog.
gin, ~, AS, SO /; Hancock, 39,2o2,as; Knox,
5s,2so,so f.; Lincoln, 37.2i3,ss; Oxford. A..
os7, 50 ; Penobscot, s7.2oi Piscatsquis. 49,.
l44,o3 Sagadahoc, co ST., 20 Somerset. A..
s97, 90 Waldo, 46,432 80 Washington, as.
$500. OF these figures Biddeford Is taxed
$27, STA AZ =; saco, 17.osi,i2 Kennebunk. o..
385,7s. Ofthe cities In the State the propo-
tomato amount Is In the order In which We
nsms them Portland, Bangor. Bath, Bidde-
ford, Saco, RoskIaud, Augusta, lewiston, Bel.
fast, Gardiner, Calais, lIallowell. 90. si9,97)
Ofthe towns Thomaston pays the largest tax
2,37o- westbrook next. sii.ol3,2o. This ID
tax Of 10 mills on the dollar.
This Office Is one Of the ,'iest places In the
State. We employ Ave regular journeyman
printers, besides tho boy, and two female COM
positors. AMI yet are obliged 10 work every
night. We have found that It pays to adver-
tse, four hundred per cent. We have con.
Quoted bushes. on the plan OF only charging
moderate price for our work, and on every
occasion to see how neat job We could do for
our patrons, whether they paid for the extra
work or not. As consequence the amount
of work done at this offi:e has increased Ave
fold within the last three years. The 'ubscrip-
ton list Of the JOURNAL Is constantly increas-
ling, thirty-one names being added last week.
We mention these things, because We think
the JOURNAL patrons will not regret that our
efforts to give them an equivalent for that pat
rouage have not proved entirely unarailing.
On Thursday Of last week little son ofMr.
Owen Smith at 95 Alfrei street, fifteen months
old, approached the dinner table and drew
over upon him tea urn Of scaldinc tea, which
scalded the little fellow from the mouth down
upon the cheat and upon the back, very severe
ly. The Dr.. thinks there arc prospects ofh Is
recovery.
Danniel bennett Of Buxton has invented a
very ingenious dumping wagon, ofwbich good
mention Is made. ...s ....
Mrs. Israel Pierce. Of Wells, an invalid lady
Off years, was suHfoca,e,l on the morning Of
the 2sth ult. under the following circums'an-
ces: Her daughter. with whom she resided,
built fire In her mothers room and placed
some clothes upon chairs before the Are to
dry Mrs. p. being still In bel. The daughter
a.. A.. - has
hold duties. Shortly after she returned to her
mothers room and found II filled with snlfo-
eating smoke, occasicncd by the burning Of
the clothes len to dry. Her frat care was to
remove her mother from fbe bed to the open
air, but II was 10 late, she liveti hut few mo-
ments. The room was considerably Damaged
by the Ore. and had the discovery Of the IRE
been little later the house would have been
consumed. Ter daughter " almost frantic
with griet-Cor. Saeo Democrat. .. i.
The following are tho town officers Of Ken
nebunk elected March 1857: .....
.afoderaior-James NJ. Stone.
Torn Clsrk-Edmund Warren.
Selsefmen Se.-Seth z. Bryant, John A.
Lord. Jeremiah Dutch. ss."
T'o,rn Treasurer-Dauiel Remich.
Tovni .fgsnt-Jsmos NJ. Stone. 80 ".
Supf. Sch. Com.-Edmund Worth.
All Republicans and the same rs last year
except Treasurer. ........ .... .r
The wethannet House at Wells Beach, own
ed by George Bowdcn, ESQ.,, OF York. was to-
tally destroyed by Are on Sunday morning
March 5th. together with oil the furniture and
other hou,e hold apparatus. The Are was first
discovered at about ;. O'Clock A. NJ. and the
hames spread so rapidly. that all Its contents
were consumed. The house at the time was IN.
inhabited and OF course Was the work Of an In
eendisry. Loss about $1,000. partially insured.
york, March 5th 1867. III.
Z Speaking Of the manner In which the wards
ofihe city were laid Eve give the boundaries
on the Sd page) the Saco Democrat says:
G.rrymandering has reached It's elimination.
Ignoring all considerations OF locality, only
looking at the political complexion Of the ter
ritory We are 30 divided that there ;.is without
doubt guaranteed TO US Republican form Of
poycrnment-black Repuhlican-no miserable
Democrat need liz his head. he will be imme-
diately knocked over. .....t. ........r. .tgta-,
And with Its usual reckless manner OF making
statements Il says the two Republican select
men brought In together Zone with three and
the other with four) the boundaries, when 10 u
was found without previous consultation as to
plan that they just fitted each other. II Is not
DO. One seiectmsu brought In TO council his
plan, which was taken by the other selectman
and on the merit day the remaining wards were
decided upon. '.f 5000. '
The Republican town Of saeo last year (un-
wisely We then thousht) allowed. through cour-
t,sy, the cops. to elect one selectman. The ger
rymandering has been wholly on his part. lie
proposed to get three ccpperhead wards, and
20 do SO his plan Was to cut corners and take
H. a L.. - n "a.