The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-06-18
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Judge Blatchford has given decision In tn
Dupuy pardon case. II will DO remembers
that this whiskey swindler was pardonod by An
DIV johnson and the pardon was delivered to tn
Marshal, but the Marshal had not yet Delivers
n 70 the Warden when President Grant orders
its revocation. The Judge holds that this orie
legally Cancelled the pardon, which can Oni.
take effect after legal delivery. The, prisoner
therefore refused his discharge.
.oR she goes,' said lady, speaking Of tn
train rs Il was starting. you have mistaken
the gender, madam o gentleman said, this
mail train
Mcssrs. Robinson & Hoyt, at Meredith VII
lage, N. H.. have q large fish nursery, compris
ing three ponds, made by damming up brook
They contain twcnty-four thousand trout OF dif
fsrcnt sizes, from the wec-bit Of one to the bi;
fellows that break mans pole. They also hav'
twcnty-four thousand salmon fry. Six thou
sand yearling salmon were placed in the PENN
gewasset last week.
Wheat movements in tho West are very lively
ut the present time. The farmers who boarded
their crops all the winter and spring now SEE
that the yield Of this year Is to be abundant
and fearing that prices will fall very much low.
or than they now are, they are making oil
haste to get their stocks to market. The move
mcnts ut Milwaukee have been larger for the
past few weeks than for any similar period pre-
yiously. The effect must be cheap food all over
the country for several months to come ut least
and probably for year,
Two Virginia journalists, WE. Cameron Of
the Petersburg Index, and II. W. Hughes Of the
Richmond State Journal, went over into North
Carolina on Saturday and fought duel. Cam
eron was severely wounded at the 6rst fire, ant
Hughes declared himself satisfied.
The propeller Queen Of the Lake,, was burn
oil to the waters edge at Marquette, Mich, OF
the night of the 18th inst. She was loaicd will
pig iron. The vessel and cargo were both in
sured.
A man was recently tried in San FRANCHISE
for tearing out n horses tongue. veterinar,
surgeon, who was witness in tho case, state
that horse would not be permanently injure,
by being deprived Of a portion Of the tongue, a
he did not pasture with the aid Of the tongue
and therefore. when the injured member wa.
healed, would experience no difficulty In feed
ing. The case was dismissed, the testimony
proving that the horse lost his tongue by acct
dent.
In the Supreme Court Of Georgia, last Tues
day decision that negroes are eligible TO office
in that State was rendered, Judge Warren dis
senting.
One of the most amusing scenes In the Colisc-
um, TO the little circle who witnessed Il, was
that Of clerical looking individual who listened
with kind Of minglel disappointment and eI-
pcctaiion. to the performance Of Moart's SOLO
ria", and which stood upon tho programme
thus. "GLORIA, from tho Twelfth Mass"
When the performance was through, and the
audience had hushct the well deserved applause
with which they greeted il, he turned, with the
utmost ycrlancy Of expression, to n lady by his
side, and said; "There must DO some mistake
about this; don't sec just the relation Of the
Twelfth Massachusetts, Regiment to this thing.
Hadn't they ought to come In somcwhere!" II
required some effort for the lady to "kecp her
countenancc'', while che explained precisely
what the twelfth Mass" meant. and she was
unable to do It until she called the services Of
her husband, who did most excellent work In
the army as an army Chaplain. When the in
auircr did "see IT," he left his seat and was not
seen again In that locality during the PERFORM
ancc.
Some Cinnamon engaged in mining near
I,ocklin, Cal, discovered the remains Of mas
Iolon, or bones Of some animal Of huge dimcn-
,ions, now unknown in America. One piece Of
Tho bones which had held ono tooth measured
nine inches In width by ten in length, showing
4 must have been at least three feet In circum-
ference when whole. One Of the teeth was
and found to DO three by five inches
,n ton by six inches long. the others being about
he same sire. They were found on the bed
rock. some nine or ten feet from the surface,
mbeddel In gravel.
Potato bugs are 50 troubling Wisconsin farm
rs. that sermon on their ,iciousness and
Is inserted In one Of the papers Of
he State. The writer censurcs Noah for having
preserved pair Of potato bugs and pair Of
,eas In the ark, and thinks II was SO mighty
,mall piece Of business -fHaf g
Gold docs not sympathirc materially with the
,bronic rumors OF the Gold Gamblers that Mr.
Boutwell, Is still, rome how, In some WY, ct
ome time, to be frightened out Of his policy.
The million sold daily BY tho government have
,ccently brought premium q only 80, and the
,rice Is not likely to be advanced hereafter BY
he semi-ofieial sdvices from Washington. to
Re eject that all ramors Of disposition 70
Ibandou or modify the plan Of selling gold and
,uying Government bonds for sinking fund
re utterly and Indignantly without foundation.