The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-11-13

Distinguished his short stay In Tie War Depart
mont The peopls will rsjoios 1t III such PAN
ios In "Governmmts."
Tho Republican vote in Kentucky has h.
creased to asurpriaing extent. ssymour's ma
joriy viii Be from $1,000 to 10000. Grants
vote win reach $4,000.
The Chicago Tribune Il confident Of the cleo
ton Of eleven Republican Congressmen from
that State. which keeps the delegation - BE-
fore. The same paper claims over G0,O00 ma
jority In the State.
Some OF our eastern papers. when they can
find nothing better In each others columns,
compliment their ability In writing obituary
notices, which the other Is evidently proud Of.
The Bath Tines says the Franklin Patriot had
. very neat obituary notice the other day, and
the Patriot, having no ammunition to waste, Is
tickled with the compliment That puts US In
mind OF an incident In the obituary line which
happened in this Office. A lady called to bring
In notice Of death and remarked that she
supposed something ought to be added at the
end Of the notice, and said she would like to
see some Of our samples Of poetry, as she sup
posed we kept supply on hand for obituaries |! |!
Senator Cattell Of New jersey Is reported as
saying that we certainly lost Congressman Hal
scy, In Newark district, by frauds, which can
easily be proved; that the Democrats Of the
State look upon ex-senator Stockton q mar
tyr, and that he Is SURE to be chosen to Freling-
huysen's place, and that Il 10 not probable
any one else win try for Il.
There Is rumor to the effect that . we'll
known Republican Senator states that no has
prepared anil win introduce into the Senate,
when Congress meets, Constitutional amend
ment providing for universal manhood suffrage
in all Of the States.
President johnson has called on Gen. Grant
to offer his congratulations, and the ladies at
the White House have invited Mrs. Grant to
visit her future home to become acquainted with
ito management.
VorlSa IN NV YoRx.-0n the street are
ticket booths, for different parties. You take o
package containing seven different tickets-the
national, State, County, Congressional. Judlo-
ial, Assembly and Supervisor. The system Of
voting varies from that in Maine. You hand
your packages to the inspector; he takes the
ticket out, examines them, and then deposits
them In the seven glass globes on the counter.
each time taking out the little corks, and re-
corking them like bottles after the ballots are
down.
In twenty voting precincts in New York city
the vote was 1886 in excess Of the registration,
or IA per cent gain in one week. At that
rate the Democratic party would gain over 700
per cent before the next State election, There
is "ftness" to the cops. in that contemplation.
The Provisional Government Of Spain will
forthwith dispatch an army to Cuba to quell
the instruction there. EI-Queen Isabella Is In
Paris.
Minister Johnson's statement that the diff
culties between England and the United States
In regard to the Alabama claims are ended, Is
regarded as too strong and entirely unwarrant-
ed by the present aspect Of affairs. High au-
thorities Interested say nothing has really bean
settled. No arbitration has been selected.
Horatio Seymour has been badly "cut up"
by the people, but his name beng reconstruct
ell constitutes the significant anagram, 30,
your at home, sir;" or the following, which,
however, would apply better to Wade Hampton,
30, am ye south, 'Ror!"
The rebels Of Tennessee made two dastardly
attempts last week to assassinate Gen. W. J..
Smith, q Republican candidate for Congress.
He was assaulted twice in tho ca4 Will
travelling to meet his appointments, by gangs Of
rowdics who beat him severely, and would have
taken his life had he not been rescued by the
conductors Of the trains.
Well, II that IL 50, II will be run well W.
know. for the Judge Is one Of the best clerks
We ever saw. As Q rule, you may safely calcu-
late that nine out OF ten hotel clerks arc asses
and fools. Killing never ought to have been al
lowed to leave there, for to our personal knowl-
edge, nolandlord there for the last ten years ever
gave the satisfaction to the public which Mr..
Killing has given, and he ought to be made to
return there by hook or crook. Mr.. Turner
was modest gentleman and one who tried to
please, while he was clerk, and now that he Is
proprietor we expect to see the Augusta House
literal home for its patrons.
The New York Sun says: 1.-THE telegraph
reports that United States Senator Pomeroy has
been parading the streets Of Leavenworth, Kan
sas, barcheaded, in fulhlment Of pledge which
he made before election to do this thing IL Lear-
enworth should give . Republican majority.
This Is very silly. Some other man has been
making fool Of himself by wheeling barrel
Of a pples from Providence to Boston, in fulfil
ment Of bet. When Ben. Perley Poore, sew
eral years ago. made bet to wheel barrel Of
apples from his residence TO Boston, q distance
Of thirty or forty miles, and, having lost the
bet, paid the penalty, the thing was novel and
funny Is we'll as ridiculous. Poore was fat,
stout. pursy.gentleman, and crowds gathered to
sec him tug along over the rood, sweating and
blowing under the eIertion Of trundling his
heavy load. Novelty lends charm to an inno-
cent folly; but when grave and reverend Sen