The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-12-11
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Afrs.oh paper records tho death by ssphyx-
iady who slept In room In which was
keps quantity Of ounces. The air Of the
room Wa largely vitiatsd with peculiarly suf-
Iocsnng perfume. and very considerable
amount Of both carbonic acid and carbonic OK
ide gas. The room In question was always used
bedrooms no fire bad been lighted In Il,
nor was any other disceruible cause for death
found but the exhalstions Of the fruit.
few days ago In Fentress county, Tennessee,
man named Logsdon planned the murder Of
On old lady. eighty years old. and her three
grandchildren, In order to get some money that
the old lady had received a. back pay for her
dead soldier son. He succeeded In numbering
the old lady and one Of the children, and sup.
posed no had killed tho older Of the others, Q
boy twelve years old. The boy, however, lived,
and the next day reported the murder to tho
neiphbors. and the murderer was arrested. lie
only found S75 as reward for his butehery.
The longest artillery range on record in Eng
land, viz, 800 yards, (seventy yards less than
six miles,) was attained at Shoeburyness last
month, by Whitworth's 0-inch muIzle-loader
gun Of Ia tons, firing shot os 25O pounds,
with charge Of 80 pounds. II was claimed Gy
Northern artillery officers in Charleston that the
"Swamp Angel" threw shots from below Fort
Sumpter into the upper part OF the city, o dis
tance Of seven miles.
The st. Johnsbury (vt) Caiedonian says
that stranger who died in Hardwick about
wear ago, leaving horse and sleigh and some
painters' tools-which were taken possession OF
and advertised by the Selectmen Of the town
proves to have been Charles 8. Lamb Of this
State. He has seven brothers living in Maine,
and from whom he had kept concealed for fifteen
years-for what reason docs not appear.
The Treasury receives every week 100000
worth Of worn out money.
Madame Anna Bishop Is coming from Aus
trslis to New York.
The Rev. Robert Laird Collier says "thc dra-
ma Is as ancient Is the race. Furthermore,
much of the finished literature, In spirit and in
It's forms, Is dramatic. am not quite sure but
that the very first chapters In Genesis are dra-
matte. I am quite sure that Job Is dramatic.
Shakespeare. the peerless poet Of centuries, had
had no function in the world, and no name left
to history, had II not been for the dramatic in
r-.rds.t noets tbat God has given 10 the world
have been ia dramatic poets"
The record of the current year will show an
unusual number of accidents, entailing terri
bic loss Of human life. The railway accidents
ut Angela and Port Jervis, and at Abergele In
Wales; the colliery explosion at wigan In Eng
land; tho glyoerine explosion at Antwerp, and
the burning Of the steamers Sca Bird and
. o' a IN . ~ hw ono ~ eous, mao
49, ~ ~. AZ. Gt;" .;s.r - st..mcr, came
- ss,,,.;.,' ~, Er;d.v n;,ht. netrolcum dasbe,I
y a.. Sa,,.-s -, ,hsm IN Arc and the re-
ssit = ,hs ,oss NJ oysr SEVENTY lives.
The Eastern and Lowell Railroad companies
ind their accommodations In Boston 100 Small.
Tho former proposes 70 buy inc road grouhus
Of the latter In the city with tho depot TOT the
purpose otirelght accommodation Luz oris'-
nal cost was S4ao'V"'
The jury IN the CGio-hisco .n muruer case 'a
sa S,S tSs ;ury reaarJipr the "uncontroablo
frenzy" In which the murderer committed the
deed as sufhcicnt PROOF OF MS irrespohs'on''y'
An old man who occupied wrctchcd garnet
in the Rue du Four.st-Germain, Paris, and
seemee 20 " ~o pUs ~ pnS Sn daSa ' T.; II. vor,
On searching the few miserable articles Of fur
niture in his room, q sum Of 10000. in differ
emit securities was discovered In a drawer.
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luz pOpu m." " . ns 49, - ~ ooo ooo ono
a.. ., -h,ch numbe, !. oolorcd.
The trial OF samuel NJ. Andrews ior inc muir
der OF Cornelius Holmes at kingston on .hc
INh OF last may, was oohoiuaou huey
~ g,;,tv n M nsauobtcr. The court thcrcup-
- s.,,,.,,..I ,ho nr;soner IN the Stote Prison for
= term of twcnty years.
S.l-'., = vi o.
IL was rumore" IN Ne" iorh VI o''u'""y
that the Emperor Napoleon was k'i'ca In r'o'
lii r"r'' Oh f'""''
| One hundred lives were lost on the Ohio river
IN Fr;dav nv The oollidinp Of two steamboats,.
The body OF Amos kilton who disappeared
from Canaan, N. H., month ago was found on
Fr;dav in nm unfrcoucntcd field, horribly butch
cred.
,-c,uu ..,,,., ~ .ho ho.d ~
pehis i'eeh P,ay'uny 'nOpp'u " ."o "''I -
Denis Cronan, his brother-in-law' In Charles
town. Mass last ouha'y'
The Chicago Times has been measuring the
growth Of that city during the past year, ana
hnds that "a m.es Of ao Sa non na' o. osh
Ell, az Cost OF SZt'VVV'oVV' anu 20 0nu''n''
0'0''nS S@'0'''''''
Michigan is becoming rival OF Maine nGC IN the
lumber trade. II is reported that o,VU LABOR
Gre als ep H. ,ors 20 hs b.nIsJ during Tho
m ~ p~p months Mt 1' ''s' y ~ '''
"
Twelve huhdrca anu egny-,Mwo o w "T PsS Sio
mon ~ that n,ace "a beinr tho most popular
man. and 6ftecn hundred and six have voted q
sword to Col. Goddard OF the Sixth Regiment as
tho most popular officer.
NJ n po.,sr NJ Hanover. N. IT,. who died
recently, had ten sons. Seven Of them gradu.
ated at Dartmouth College; six Of them enterei
,he ministry, anu 'ous =, s"s " ss in ths TN.
;on " ,rmy in the war Of the rebellion, and two
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