The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-09
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Idlcwild" has been let for school.

UnNnhAu oUmnanAs
"Idlewild" has been let for a school.
The Auburn murder is singular case,
Verrlll-y. o., ,ld ,.. ...' .st o..
Beechcr hns stopped preaching for a
while to finish I" NORWOOD" .'..-
A Western correspondent has been din
ing with the chief Spoited.Tail, and says
dog meat is delicious. ~ .....,.. r..
A London newspaper recently spent thir-
ty thousand dollars IN the vain effort to live
beyond'a few weeks. 4: '''
Poor people in Louisiana arc planting rice
in the woods, 10 save the trouble and OK.
ponse Of clearing. No.. - .s.u
"Marying for life" is phraso which is
coming into Use In tho West. IL does not
need explanation.
Reverses in business and four feet Of rope
were the causes of death in the case Of a
Milwaukee merchant
A drove of seven hundred sheep passed
through town in Missouri the other day,
driven by one man and a dog.
An amusing item in the Louisville census
is thirty thousand cats Of the Thomas gen.
der. ~ '"'
Some of tho JaInaicans want annexation
to the United States because Of tho high
taxes on that island.
A Pasquinade predicting the death Of
Macmillan is now published, said to have
been perpetrated in 1864. ...
The bridge across tho Mississippi ut ST.
Louis is going to DO the finest bridge in the
world. nj Iui s-.n. 'H"f.'.
Tho dog.killing business in New York Is
accomplished by five men. They mako
about $500 each, this season. 'r.
Montgomery Blair made puckery
speech at Rockbridge, Alum Springs, Vir.
ginia, on Saturday last. lie still supports
the Blairs. ,....r ..i,,.f
Don't. strain your eyes looking after Ju-
piter without his satellites. That "inierest-
Ing phenomenon" will not exhibit this side
of the Atlantic. .f. rr.'...
A returned Californian WANTS $4,000
which he lost at poker to. a Wall street OPP
orator about month ago, and the anti.
gambling society says no shall have il buck
ugain.
The Boston Post says a lady passed
through that city tho other day for the noun.
tains, with sixteen trunks, four poodles,
three maid servants, an lrishman, and a
husband. ....r... t....,. t..
Mayor Norcross, of Boston, devotes his
entire salary to charitable Objects The
Boston Post says tho reason for this is, that
the Mayor "has a good neart md full pock-
et." qua ...1 10 t-- 'u'..
The wuy they weigh hogs In Kansas {:
They first tie the hog to one end OF rail,
balance the rnil on fence with rocks tied
to the other end, and then guess how much
tho rocks weigh. h
The city Of Rockland unanimously yot
cd to subscribe for one hundred thousand
dollars in stock, and 10 loan tho city's cred
it for four hundred thousand dollars, in aid
of the Knox i Lincoln Railroad. .r.
Last week Gen. Grnnt had sevcnl inter
views with tho President and Secretary
Stunton, relative to tho Sheridan removal,
and the former told tho President that theirs
was no man under his command whom no
could trust more than Sheridan.
A block ofgrnnitc g feet in length, 0
feet deep and IS feet wide. has been quar-
ried Mt Hailowell. The Ca=dtee says that
it will form part of a monument now being
furnished for parties 10 Cincinnati. %
The negroes who voted the radical tirket
in the late Tennessee election arc being
discharged in great numbers by their con.
T,,I. Lana
beon, appointednbyn Gen.n Carln to, tnke
charge Of NIL thus discharged; but finds II
almost impossible to procure labor for them.
The Treasury Department ut Washing
ton, according TO report employs over 10
600 officials IN Its various revenue depart.
ments. This number is nearly double tho
strength Of the army Of tho United States
ut tho commsncegnont OF the war. h"t
Charleston i. Is recovering from the effects
of tho war. Tho newspapers Of that oily
s,aie that the '.burnt district" Is being i'm.
proved with great rapidity, and in other
parts Of the city old houses are being torn
down and replaced by new nnd moro mod
ern structures, l,,., rs.,' ,..r,rL ..
We learn that ono day last week Josiah
Chnse Of Swanville was instantly killed by
falling from load Of hay. lie was buih-
ing The load when, tho horses suddenly
started, throwing him off ind breaking his
neck in,tho Gall, causing instant death. lie
was about 20 years Of ase-Bs4aa Journal
Three men in Texas werp convicted. of
murder, md sentenced to DO hanged within
a month. unless they produced the alleged
victim alive and well before tho expiration