The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-04-16
Mr. E.kr,on Who dId Of hydrophobIa at

wife, who vas very III In another part OF tn
house. Just before his last dreadful 1t b
pleaded 50 pitcously to kiss her once more befor'
he died. that. risking tho consequences, the,
took her to his bed. The dying man carefully
wiped the froth from his face, and COMPRISING
bis teeth tightly to prevent any Ofthe poisonous
saliva eIuding from his mouth, kissed the lips
which he had 20 often pressed IN love and afiec.
ton. and then resolutely turning away, after
bidding her sdieu forever. relapsed into par
oxysm and died.
The Providence Press says the ex-Quccn Of
the English Gipsies, who arrived in this count.
~ recently, Is to organise the 1900 Gipsies
who have come here at different times. They
win DO located on lands they have purchased.
The gipey population. Il says. though poor to
look at, Is rich in fact. and We shall soon hear
Of q society moro honorably celebrated than that
Of tho Mormons, governed by their own laws,
and ruled over by real Queen.
Ambergris Is found in dyspeptic whales or
those who have the liver complaint. A New
Bedford whalcr recently captured whale con-
tanning 2s5 pounds Of ambergris, worth 897
pound.
An intelligent gentleman from Germany, on
his first visit to an American church, had con.
tribution box with hole in the top presented
to him, and whispered to the collector, 81 don't
got mein papers unit can't vote"
A newspaper in Southern Illinois notes the
passage Of = Virginia family en- route for the far
West, consisting Of the old man, the old woman,
fourteen children and eleven dogs y! -
!. A widow In Onondags county, N. Y, recent
ly cut out her own daughter in the good graces
Of her lover. and married him herself To OBJ
tain revenge for this unmotherly trick, the
daughter set'her cap for the young mans rich
father, Of whom he was the only heir, to the m
finite annoyance Of her step-children.
Is is reported that steamer was sunk In the
Arkansas River on Friday night, and that sew
enteen lives were lost.
The Indians in Montana arc reported to bave
burned their treaty with the government and
are on the war-path.
It was lately. announced on posters to tho pco-
pie OF South London, at q revival meeting TO b
held In hall, certain converted burglar
would "break open the doors Of hell with a Cos
pei jimmy" wsa.
Commodore Vanderbilt mistook bottle Of
beibug poison for something else In his closet
recently and came very near killing himself
He escaped with severe csutcriration OF his
tongue and mouth.
Lynch law in Kentucky has been turned to q
good purpose. An indolent blacksmith was re-
Gently tied to tree and given 62 lashcs, DO
cause he failed to support his family.
The evidence Is accumulating against Minis
ter Hale at Madrid. 1t being distinctly charged
that he connived at the admission Of valuable
gocls duty free. We are sorry To confess that
there seems to be some damaging evidence
against him on these charges.
2547 Maine soldiers are buried In the nation
al cemeteries in Virginia. $40 Of them are
known and the remainder are unrccognircd.
The largest number in one field is nj Frcicricks.
burg where there are $50. 1927 are buried al
Richmond, $40 at Poplar Grove, 1913 Mt Win.
chester, 200 at City Point and the remainder Ia
nine other localities.
The population Of New York Is estimated al
1,l1s,767.
Three families in one row Of houses In New
York were stricken with small pox Friday
night.
VIM. Dwight Of Brookline, formerly trcasur'
or of the Biddeford Cotton Manufacturing Com
panies, pays tax upon s46l, 900.
When is q man obliged to keep his word
When no one will take 1t.
A Boston milkman has been fined 500 fol
furnishing family with milk-and-water.
Miss Rye is coming over with another cargo
Of servant girls. These are for the Toronto
market. They will soon be In the United States
Of course. "If body meet body comm
thro' the Rye
A will has been thrown out In New Hamp-
shire as fraudulent, on proof that the paper
company whose imprint II bore did not exist 81
the date Of the will.
Henry Gardner Of Franklin, N. H., has q
fountain upon his land which is supplied by X
powerful spring that its stream has not frorer
during the winter. II has become, by constant
conyoalation, mass Of ice 90 feet high and %
feet In circumference. It Is 80 feet in oircuu.
ference IL feet from the ground.
A gold nugget. weighing not less than 2oO
lbs. troy, has been found In Victoria. It Il
doubtful whether 50 largo o quantity Of the
precious metal has ever been found before In
one mass. The great nugget Of 1853 weighed
only lag lbs. II Is noticeable that all these great
Jumps Of gold have been found in Australia.
In 1880 nugget, thought at that time to be
immense, was turned up in Peru, but II weigh
ell not more than 60 lbs.
The New York Central frcight-car thieves
have been carrying on operations for more than
year. They used to enter the cars at Utica by
means Of the ladders leading down to the side
of the doors. Thcdoors are not locked, but are
scalcl with some kind Of leaden substance.
This the burglars would tear of with nippcrs
carried for the purpose. Once in the cars, bus
iness was Immediately commenced. 1.-THE goods
were not of the desirable kind, they would jump
OF and get on the next freight train. The goods
were generally selected before station was
reached. As the train Stacked, the thieves
would throw the goods, previously stuffed into
bags, from the cars and then jump Off, and
under cover Of darkness obtain them again and
put them In q safe place. One night the ras-
Gals did not make their selection until the tun-
mel was reached. Here they threw their bags
out, and then came into Syracuse and warned
themselves, and returned for the goods. On