The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-14
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100000 a day in Paris. ..
Albany Journal oeasss on, DAT toos-
cd for Grant
Every inhab,,ant OF New York Sinto
owes e35-snd probably means to owe It.
A COW in Fredericksburg. Va, swallowed
a moccasin snake tho other day and swell
ed up and died in few minutes.
The eight hour movement in Chicago
cost somo $500 900 and was q movement
backwards. ,rJ .tlruN r'E 'r'5 T.
Two boys, Freddie Golden and John
Charlton, were buried alive, a few days
since, in sand hank on Munjoys Hill, In
Portland. -.
A Mississippi paper says there IS not en-
,erpdse enough in some Of the towns o.
tina, State to roll wheclbarrow down hill
on plank road. ...'
The Republican majority 10 the Wash
inston municipal election ioots up nearly
5000. Il Is announced that the election
will be contested on the ground Of fraud.
Tho Lewiston Journal says tho hons
which waa stolen from the stable OF Mr.
Pulcifer was found in Bethel, by means Of
an advertisement. The supposed thief hsf
been arrested and gives his name rs York.
A New Yo,k clergyman having preached
.asains, reading the Ledger, Mr.. Homer hn'
written him thrca,ning letter demanding
rctruciiou. Both parties threaten suits, ant
the affair il creating much interest.
Emerson Ethcrilge and Honce May
nard have been having stump encounter
ut Grecnvillc. East Tennessee, the homo oi
Andrew Johnson. A dispatch says that
the Conservatives admit that Ethcridge was
completely whipped.
Mr.. Frederick Shepherd was found
drowned in hogshcad Of water at Bangor
on Thursday. lie had been in feeble health
for some time, and probably fell into the
hogshead while dipping wa,er, and was un'
able to extricatc himself. He was about S.
years Of age, and leaves two children.
An exchange relates that couple wait
cd on clergyman to he married. for whose
services the bridegroom gave him coun.
terfeit bill, ind then stole the gentleman
umbrella rs he passed out through the hall
They have made good beginning, and
will doubtless get along in the world.
"Mi,chell," the popular conductor on
the r. & X. r. r., is TO have a fine new
Monitor smoking chr on his train in about
three weeks. In addition to this he Is "a
have two monitor passenger cars this sea.
son, which arc to bc finished in the mos
modern style AMI will make As handsome q
trnin rs goes out Of Portland. ttg
Some German deck passengers OH a
Mississippi steamboat, on recent trip,
found some bags Of beans among the freight
md helped themselves to n bountilial sup
ply Cor soup. The beans were castor oil
beans consigned to druggist. and causc.l
s,lecided commotion among the unscru.
pulous appropriations. . 90 ,.l.
A farmer near Eric, Pa, bought several
barrels Of spoiled sausages for the purpose
Of using them as manure. and put a link
into each hill Of corn. Beiorc the next day
every dog that lived within n radius Of four
or five miles Of the field had beeu there
digging sausagcs. The corn camo up a
liule quicker than the farmer bargained
for.
From the West il is reported that some
Of the farmers who held OF to their grain
in anticipation Of famine prices have been
badly disappointed. They arc now bring.
ing il TO market, almost in panic ut the
lear Of great fall IN prices. It is good
news to all when gain and -four come
down.
The Hudson River has become 80 full Of
carp OF s''a '''"' 'aa' mS''c''"." ''nc
'"e'h W '"o "aso" 'o"''' lucy o's""
came rom private hsh pond near wash
'"s''" .'e'"q'a','rs NJ Newo"rs. ""e''
.o'''"'a"'ea'e. WIN INC ''',r 'y a" o""e''
'"'o"s. ""'e" "'' w" ~. '"""o ''," why :"
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The Cincinnati Gazette, referring to the
reported interview OF Judge Carter with
Gen. Grant, says that II is well known the
'a'er uoes NOT Wy !" coneeai from those
VINO converse WIN ''"' 'na' nus symPa'h'es
are decidedly w''h 'ne "cpuo''ean party
ana 'ha' IS aue 10 h''n anu u s nut just