The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-03

for Detroit, came In collision with the parquo
Cortland, and both vessels were sunk. About
twenty nyes Here. lost. -------------.-----
\ II has been sssin, decided. By . New Yrok
State justice that newspaper Soscribers are IL
able for papers sent them till ell arrcarsgcs are
paid. Judge Parker held that the contract be-
/ twrcn the publishers And Subscribers was oon-
/ tinuinc contract, and the defendant wss liable
for the whole time the paper was sent and 10
ceived. CO.,. '.l'' "a. . IT, .'' ..r.-
I A stabbing affair occurred In Portsmouth, N.
H., on Wednesday. Two psddlers Of bogus
merchants got into dispute about . settle
ment, wherein six dollars Was the difference.
One Of them stabbed the other In the back with
q sailors pocket knife, City Marshal johnson
promptly arrested the party who stabbed the
other, and then removed the wounded man 70
the Franklin House, where he Is attended BY
J Drs. Coleman and Folsom. Ths injured man
says his name IL James p. Powell. and that he
Is connected with Barrs & Co., 267 Washington
street, New York; that he In from Birmingham,
England, and that the mans nsme who stabbed
him Is Alfred Watts, who, . short time snce,
shot man In Chicago, and escaped nom jus.
ticc. Watts Is reticent and ugly, while Powell
Is showing much desire TO live The surgeons
think that his recovery Is possible. Powell had
500 and two gold watches, besides his valisc Of
goods e. .saii I'D ?. ira7 ,'.- iij y gm! u
DR.. J. N. HOLLYWOOD ,wss yesterday scnteno-
Cd to 1--WE years mprisonmsnt st Detroit for pass
Ing counterfeit currency. rf- Hii 90 Fi,V
The election In Mississippi % ar - heard
turns come In slowly. Full reports cannot DO
oh igasI fnR aRv seaI la a q HHHs NJ
A special dispatch from Salt Lake City says
the funeral Of Heber Kimball was attended by
several thousand persons. His death y oensid-
cred the greatest loss since tho death Of Joe
Smith. d, The tabernacle and public buildings
are draped In mourning. .F.8.,.. 90
The vote Of Salem Masa, on Thursday on tho
license question stood for license TO sell distilled
liquors, ys, 30. no, $40; on fermsnted liquors,
yes, 1905 no, $40. ~ 49,. .Hr '.'.i 81,
There was . disgusting fight at Hoboken
among the "roughs" before the boat rsce We'd
nesdsy. crew Of rowdy bosamen attacked
Walter Brown on thejudges' boat, and would
fortunately been present, and with the aid Of
citizens interfsred. fnl Wis
Tho Times Washington dispatch says Gen.
Scofeld, Secretary Of War, has officially notified
Gen. Grant OF the passage Of the Arkansas bill
and the admission Of her representatives, and
Grant will officially inform Gen. Mcdowell Of
TINT fact. Instructions win be at once issued
Turning over the government Of Arkansas TO
the civil authorities and Withdrawing the mill
tary authority everywhere except where It may
be absolutely necessary to aid the local civil au-
thority In resuming its sway. Hu
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that whore marine papers have been issued TO- o
vessel since her purchase from the Government,
she cannot, under the existing laws, take new
name. Congress alone can authorize such .
change. 800 .-....E - t. ' o."
AIinargent Is the name Of new substitute
for silver. It Is composed Of copper, nickel,
tungsten and aluminium, and Is said to be nearly
az white, mslleable, ductile, tenacious and SON
orous as silver, while II wears even better, and Is
less liable 10 be tarnshci and injured by gases,
and less fusible than silver. ''1 -,
Gen. Shepard has suppressed tho Tuscaloosa,
Ga, Monitor for violation Of military orders.
The editor has gone to Washington TO lay the
matter before the President. ...... -.
There will be paid out Of the treasury on the
LIST Of July about s36, O00, 900 in coin 81, 000,-
600 Of which IL principal Of the loan of1888 and
the balance Is interest on 6-20s and six per cent.
bonds Of 1861.
A Pcnnsylvanis girl has died from the sting
of locust. u,.. ..
Gen. Grant has telegraphod to Gen. Buchan-
an %. remove the present State officers Of Louis
lana and oppoint In their stead the officers elect.
Gen. Grant win issue like order for North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Investigator at Washington show gigantic
frauds in the Second Auditors office, clerk
having in defiance Of law, paid out nearly q
million Of dollars to parties claiming to have
mustered negroes into the service, said parties
generally being owners Of said negroes at tho |
time they were mustered In.
At m election, the citizens Of Lowell rejected
the privilege Of having licensed shops for the
sale of distilled and fermentod liquors-the
vote being 97l to Oh against DISTILLED, and SS6
to 57S against fermeuted liquors.
Gen. Sherman has adopted Kit Carson's son.
The Secretary Of War reports that II no fur
ther snlistments are made, the force Of the ar
my on the first Of January next will be 3d.
men. ,.. ........
Twenty-threc distillers Of Cook County. H.,
during the FIVE months ending in June, manu-
factured 10, 900 barrels Of high wines, on which
they paid tax Of 100000. /
Gen. Sherman Is reported to have said In
conversation recently that there IL nothing to 10
apprehended from the Indians on tho Plains
they are peaceful and quiet, and that more
murders Arc committed In any large city than
by the Indians. .a. 30
Two little boys in New York were shockingly |
burned recently by putting phosphorus In their
pockets, which they found In the ruins Of
drug store lately burned. --
Sulsdburger, . whiskey eonspirator WAS, SEN |
tenccd to Hne Of $500 and ten days imprison- |
ment yesterday, In New York. James W. Winter
was sentenced TO thirteen months In the. pcni-
tertiary and $4,000 fne Cor forging checks on
the ub-trsasury. Several other parties wero
sentenced 70 various terms Of imprisonment for
deffauding the United States BY fAlss oertih-
Gates. r' 90 fJ ''.- .'-
A scientific exploring party. with Professor
J. W. Powell At is head, left Chicago. Friday,
for two yssn' journey and survey Of the Colo
RADIO river from is source 70 the point where
previous Government surveys have Terminated.
The United States furnishes supplies and trans-
portation, and the company will psss tho winter
In New Mexico. three or four hundred miles
southwest OF Denver, Col.
The latest Yankee inventions arc economic
cheroots, which ARE twice the length Of the or
binary, and herein Is the economy: The Gov
eminent taxes cigars without regard 10 length,
and the application Of knife win make one Of
these Into two In an instant.
The hay crop In Vermont this year bids hir
to be unprccelentedly heavy, owing to tho Co
pious rams during the month Of May and the
6rst three weeks Of June. II II now too late for