The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-05

The Tribune says the printers Of New York
should be allowed to do the work In some OF tho
suburbs. Establishments out Of town would
pay all concerned In Book trade. II says that
the thing Is practicable. aud money could DO
saved and better health enjoyed.
A gang OF skillful burglars got $4,000 out
Of safe In Marlborough. N. Y. without
breaking lock.
One hundred and sixteen newspapers have
one side printed at the Office Of the Milwaukee
wisconsin. The most Of thesp journals are pub
lished In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. but
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and
even Maryland. West Virginia and New York
arc represented In the list. The aggregate cir
culation Of tho whole Is $500.
1t Is reported that agents Of the Grecan gov
crument have arrived In New York to negotiate
for the purchase Of feet Of six iron-clad YES
sel,, to be fitted out with full complement Of
guns, munitions, and war material, with COM
petent naval commanders, and experienced
American crews.
sitka Is said to DO ncarly depopulatei. Eve
~ one who went there wanted to keep saloon.
There being no one to pay for drinks, where all
were barkocpers, business became dull and now
the emignnts are going back to San Francisco.
A TERRIBLE LEAr.-0n THURSDAY last an
insane man named Pierce, who had for somc
time previously suffered under strong relig-
ious excitement, was seen to walk out on tho
Suspension bridge at Cincinnati, and when he
got to the middle to take Of his coat and hat. A
young man who saw him thought he was q
workman, who was about to make some repair,
% cool and quiet was his actions. As soon As
he had laid aside his coat. he passed outside the
railing and Immediately jumped into the river,
which was running eighty-hve feet below him.
and he began Immediately to call for help, and
at tho same time TO put out stoutly for tho
shore. But the current bore him steadily down
the river, and he would undoubtedly have been
drowned had Il not been that some men went
out In skiff and rescued him.
The Dominican Father Aiinjcari, lately 30 IA
nous for his preaching, has become insane. Il
was he who 20 novel the feeling Of his fashion,
able audience at the Madeleine some time since
that the ladies tore of their jewels and rings to
throw into the velvet bags Of the collectors.
A Paris correspondent states that JEFF Davis Is
suffering from heart disease and Is under con-
slant medical care.
An Exeter, N. IT,, man was lately sentenced
to five days in Jail for lifting his children by the
hair Of their heads and tearing his wife's scalp
off, He ought to have been sent to Jail for life.
The largest and most powerful fog whistle in the
world Is to be put in us on Thatcher's Island.
off Salem, II Is to be worked by ten horse
power engine, and will DO ready about the drst
Of June. -f'.|f.#.
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed. rcsolu-
ton "to promote good morals by prohibiting
the chewing Of tobacco In the Assembly Cham
her,"
Indiana stands second among the States for
the amount Of Indian corn grown. The cropof
last year was nearly cighty-onc million bushels,
from that Of 1867.
Isabella manufactured during her reign in
Spain $40 ministers, 100 senators. 1886 gene
rails. 29l mobiles and ca grsndees Of Spain
30i9 hOnors in all {; and she thought herelf
very fortunate II ut such price she could pur-
chase the allegiance Of the recipient Of an hon
or for two whole days.
An insane man jumped from Niagara suspcn-
sion bridge. ON Thursday last, but was not hurt,
and finally somo men In skill rescued him.
Grccley's salary is $1,000. Bee cholera pre-
walls in Kentucky.
In the seyenty-two national cemeteries arc
inferred two hundred thousand soldiers whose
names are known, and one hundred thousand
rnorc as yet not identified.
DOG carloads Of potatoes have been sent from
skowhegan since the FIRST Of September.
There Is settlement 20 or 80 miles above
Calais, on the 81. Croix River, In which every
body and his wife are Good Tcmplars.
Altogether VIC use one million postage stamps
a day.
A man In Beverly recently got 30 noisy drunk
ut the funeral Of his wife tina. he had to be Civ
en- in charge VI policeman.
A young woman in Minnesota has gone insane
from Planchectte.
An Iowa lady Is heir to some 1000 acres Of
land in Texas, granted years ago by the State to
one Mullen. who fought Santa Auna.
Tickets to the Inauguration ball, twenty-siI
dollars each.
Bankruptcy cases have been very numerous
In Tennessee. Since the law went into effect
there have been 1896 petitions in the whole
State, Of which only 800 were in East Tennes-
sec.
Commodore Vanderbilt declares the secret Of
his success Is economy. lie said in Court tho
other day 3 z. ii.li..|tt3t
II I cannot use the capital Of that road (Sew
York CENTRALLY for pretty nigh s2,OOo,OoO bet
ter than any one that has ever been in 1t, then
do not want 10 be on the road" lfyou have
been running road, and you spend nine or ten
millions to run Il, II cannot do Il for eight,
and do Il rs well.I am ready TO 20 from the road.
That has been my principle with steamships.
never had any advantage OF anybody In run,
ming steamships alongside Of another man, and
do il AZ well rs he, for 20 per cent less than II
cost him, would leave the ship.