The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-07-02

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A severe rain storm In Connecticut Monday
caused the rivers 10 rise from ten TO fifteen feet,
and an immense amount Of damage was done,
and bridges, railroad tracks, mills. &C.. washed
away. II is impossible to estimate the amount
Of damage at present, but at wOlcottville alone
the loss Was $1,000. Many factories are stop
pei and men thrown out Of employment
DR.. Geo. NJ. Beard talks sense In Appleton's
Journal about diet. lie says most people eat
too little instead Of too much Q mixed diet OF
fish, flesh, fruit and Vegetables Il better than
vegetables alone the natural appetite Is the
best guide rs to quality and quantity Of food /;
and brain-workers need quito o. much nutri.
meut rs those who live by their muscles.
An AMUSING TRlcK.-Thc latest indoor amusc-
ment is termed the "printcr's delight" and Is
performed in the following manner, Take q
sheet Of note paper. fold Il carefully, and nclose
o bank-notc sufficiently large 70 pay up arrear
ages, and year In advance. And what adds
immensely to the feat, Is to send along the name
Of q new subscriber, "with cash to balance"
Watch the little red slips on the paper and II the
figures on Il are changed the next week, the
trick Is a success. Tryit, reader.
Edward Is. Kctchum, the forger, was brought
before Judge Barnard Of the Supreme Court, In
New York, Wednesday morning, on writ Of
habcas corpus. The release ofthc prisoner was
claimed on the ground that he vas sentenced
for an offence not charged in the indictment.
From remarks made by the Judge II Is generally
thought he will discharge Ketchum on bail The
case creates great interest.
Ex-senator Ira Harris Of Albany Acting Pres
ident Of Union College, was stricken with paral-
ysis ut the Union College Alumni meeting.
Thursday. His recovery is hoped for.
Seven Sing Sing convicts attempted to escape
yesterday, but all were captured, and one was
MORALLY wounded.
A dispatch from San. Francisco says that sue
ccssful experiments have been made In that city
with working model Of an ariel navigation
machine. It not only assembled into the air, but
was propelled in any direction required by the
machinery, and Il has the capacity for carrying
eight or ten persons, being constructed for the
purpose of making trips to New York. The
inventor is confident that the trip can DO made
in q hours.
An India rubber belt feet wide. $40 long,
and weighing 5000 pounds has just been made
in New York.
Mr.. Bartlett Ball, the oldest inhahitant Of
Block Island, Il. l.. died In bed ON tho night Of
the 10Th inst He retired In his usual health,
and peacefully slept the sleep that knows no wax
ing. Mr.. Ball had entered upon the ono hum
dred and second year Of his earthly pilgrimage.
Up to the last day Of his life he was engaged in
cultivating the small tract Of land upon which
he was born and had always resided.
An Iowa paper reports that as man and his
wife were at work in field In that State, their
child, which was in basket near them, was
heard to cry. and the husband asked his wife to
20 and see what the trouble was. She, intent
upon her work, delayed few minutes, and
then, to her horror, found her child dead, with
large snake coiled around Il. The husband.
In the frenzy Of his anger and grief, struck his
wife with hoe which he held In his hand aud
killed her instantly.
The storm Of Sunday last seems to have been
quite severe in the Middle States, and great
deal Of damage was done to property, besides
some loss Of life. Long Island and westchester
county, New York, seem to have suffered moro
than any other localities. Two sloops were sunk
near New York city, and several Of the men
upon them were killed. At Rockaway, Long
Island, the guests Of hotel were thrown to the
floor in the parlor In which they were assembled,
and gentleman from New York, caught on the
beach, was struck by lightning and killed and
in many parts Of Westminster county oxen were
killed, trees uprooted, and other damage done.
A fearful and unknown malady Is now raging
among the inhabitants Of the interior Of Vera
Cruz. People are dying by hundreds, and the
towns and villages are deserted.
A. J. Is In Washington. =. watcrmclons
arc enormously abundant in Florida. :. a
Virginia farmer Is cutting 100 acre wheat
field. Il Is estimated that tho national debt
will be reduced this year 100000 900. The
New York papers say that fearful ARRAY oc-
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