The Union and journal., 1869-07-23

the lucrative. position Of under.hls On ths
Erie RailrOad. ~ s
Knovlsiss b p0rr = Hence the Widows
might.
A German, named Carl ScheII, married .
young girl just from the Faderiand az Omaha,
some three weeks ago, in most peculiar man.
ner. He purchased . pair Of car-nobs, put
them in her cars, and informed the young lady
that ''this little ceremony constitutes mar
riagc In America" Afer week had passed
he took them out, and informed her Of another
piece Of news. viz. "This little ceremony con-
stitutes divorce In America" He Is In jail
for stealing trunk.
A farmer at Fort Smith, Arkansas, recently
plowcd up keg containing $1,000 In Spanish
silver dollars Of the date Of about 1906, and
American half dollars Of old date. The keg
was probably buried twenty or thirty years ago.
A dispatch from Havana says sickness Is In
creasing In the ranks Of the Spanish aud rebel
forces, and the mortality Is frightfdl. II hisesti-
mated that the deaths amount to hftsen per cent
monthly, Of the men In the field, on both sides.
The Spanish troops are afflicted the most with
yomito, while the insurgents suffer from cholera
and diarrhea, caused especially by want and
exposure.
The Secretary Of the Treasury received The
following letter yesterday
"Dcar Sir .-Encloscd please 6nd four hum
drei and seventy dollars. This is not conscience
money; but doing local business In Pennsyl-
yania town, and by care and management hav-
ing made Il pay. I thought It would be Injurious
10 nv business to have my full income publish.
cd In our village paper. have paid part OF
nv income tax to the collector, and the balance
send direct to you. hoSEsrf'
The value Of human life has not increased
much In Texas since the war. The other day q
man In Basque, in that State. Whose son had
been shot by pure accident by another man,
went to church where the latter was engaged In
worship and shot both him and his little girib'-
sides.
At Rockaway, N. Y. n few days ago, three
young men, Catholic priests, went to the beach
at late hour in the evening to bathe. Two
women who were there, pretended to regard
them as encroaching on their rights and were
told that ladies, unattended. had better bc at
home. They went homo and soon afterward the
hotel keeper, Mott, and another man, armed
with heavy clubs, met the young priests and
beat them numerically, causing the death oi
one Of them. No blame Is attached to the young
men who appear to have been inclined to mind.
ing their own business. .....
The New York papers say that lad sixteen
years Of age was arrested for refusing to sup
port his wife, girl Of fourteen. They were
married year ago.
A white girl twelve years old, and co'ored
girl eleven years old, were kidnapped In New
Haven on Wednesday evening.
The city Of Brotherly Love Is to have bigger
musical jubilee than Boston has had. II Is pro.
posed to celebrate the centennial anniversary oi
the singing Of the Declaration Of Independence,
on the fourth Of July. l776. by gigantic
musical festival, in building especially erected
In Pairmount Park, capable Of accommodating
100, 900 spectators and $4,000 performers. A
letter has been sent TO President Grant giving
him the particulars Of this enterprise and asking
'.an expression Of his kind approval and for Ii
success the best wishes Of his patriotic heart"
yicksburg still exhibits severe marks OF th'
siege of 1868. The numerous caves In the side
of the hills where the inhabitants took refuge
are still open. Recently one Of these caves WA
opened and found to contain the bones Of fam
lily, supposed to have been sudocatc'l by the
closing Of the entrance. r. ...#
An industrious German Of Milwaukee, who
had by dint Of hard labor and economy savet
$500, put It in an old stocking. slowed It ava,
behind rafter in his house, and lately was ir
despair to find the mice had made a nest Of it,
lie gathered the tho framents, and they made
peck measure Of scraps Of paper, stocking, wood
. nut shells, &c. A friend advised him to sent
, the whole mass to tho Treasury Department a
Washington, and he did 30. This was severn
ago, and Saturday he received dram for $3.50
from the Treasury Department, and letter
stating that so much only had been savel out Of
the $500 Two girls In the department were At
work seventeen days sorting, picking, and paste
ing, and had finally succeeded in getting $3.50
30 that II could be recognized.
Mr.. Merritt Of Elmirn, New York, while
travelling between Cheyenne and 0mahs. hs'
week, fell in with o counterfsiter who en-
deavorei to pass $50 counterfeit bill on him.
Merritt subsequently obtained the confidence Of
the counterfeiter, and the result was the capture
near Madison, Wis. Of two VIGOROUSLY danger
Gus counterfeitcrs, the seizure OF n large guam
tity Of counterfeit bank notes, plates, dies,
presses, &c. The countcrfeiters arrested were
taken to Washington, and the detectives are on
the track Of the rest Of the gang. The arrests
and seizures are said to be the most important
made for several years.
A Western paper says; Wanted, at this Office,
m editor who eau please everybody. Also al fore
man who can 70 arrange the paper rs to allow
every mans advertisement to head the column"
The great eclipse Of the sun will occur Au-
gust 9Th. being seen in this vicinity at about 8
o'clock and IL minutes, p. M, and will contin-
ne till sunset.
A little Of the new fifteen cent currency was
issuci from the Treasury Department at WASH
ington, but Il viii be several weeks before II will
be PIT in general circulation.