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

Me.rs. White 4 Hcrron's extensive tAnery,
at Weston VT. was entirely burned Wednesday
morning; los about $4,000. and no insur-
ance.
A thief entered the house Of 8. Bailey, In
New York. Saturday afternoon, after the occu-
pants had len, and stole the tin cash box con-
tanning 1000 In insurance scrip and $500 In
money.
Gen Meade accepts the invitation Of the COM
mittec Of arrangements for the dedication Of tho
monument In the Soldiers National Csmetsry,
to perform the ceremony OF unwilling the mon
ument on the lst OF July With appropriate re-
marks. The Baltimore National Union Singing
Association will be In attendance.
A Nebraska letter says II Is splendh farm
ing country there. The soil Is black and from
10 to q inches In depth. Men, women and
children work In the field. The women work
out Of doors Is much as the men and for healthy
looking young ladies the State beats the world.
About seven weeks ago GENTLEMAN Of Do
,roit, Mich, woke up to find his right hand and
wrist swollen to twice their natural sire, and al
though surgeons and physicians were immcdi-
atey called In they failed to discover the cause.
The patient has suffered no pain, but tho hand
Is useless. Medical men declare themselves
bafaed.
Gov. Randolph Of New Jersey. II Is said. viii
probably succeed A. O. Cat,el as United States
Senator from that State.
Chicago Is sending out cards for great mu-
steal festival to be held next year, which 10 To
turn Boston quite green with envieu rage.
The oiled wood Of the seats Of new church
at Yorkville, N. Y, ruined silk dresses enough
last Sunday week to pay of the debt on tho
building.
The rsIroad carriage factories in France have
recently received orders to supply 10000 wood
en- seats, each provided with four strong ooris.
and thus to be suspended from the roofs OF tho
freight cars, for the purpose OF transporting
larRc DOuicS VI dVoIb.
The Commercial Bulletin. In its elaborate no
ticc Of the New York Peace Jubilee, forgot TO
aid among other preparations being made by
the committee Of arrangements, that they had
purchased Eve hundred acres Of pine timber
land in North Carolina for the purpose Of sscur-
ing sufficient quantity Of resin to use on the
fiddle bows. Hem !
Fanny Elsicr Is reported to have married.
Don Ferdinand, eI-King Of Portugal. Fanny
is only 80 years Of asc.
The New York Nation gives an amusing
sketch Of the management Of the MariPo-a
scheme, which It says actually succe"ici In sell
ing to community Of business men some ser-
entccn or eighteen millions OF doll AIRS OF sccuri-
ties, basel upon property to which they new
or had title. and for which they never paid q
cent.
A lottery has Just been drawn In Vermont,
and among the prizes were 5000 gilt rings,
worth half a cent, and 80 empty -four BAR
rcls, while one young man Who held sSoo
worth Of tickets, drew bluc-clgcd plate.
The New Hampshire Legislature has passed
nm act making II unlawful for first cousins To
marry.
Potatoes are selling at the Rail Road Stations
in N. II. at thirty cents per bushel.
II is said that there are upwards ola hundrui
young lads, In Lawrence, Mass, who are nc
oomplishcd burglars.
Dorchester has been annexed to Boston byA
vote of the two cities.
The wheat crop Of Virginia Is ready to har-
vest, and 10 magnificent In both quality and
yield.
The marriage Of Lord Byron's only grand
Lady Anne Isabella Noel King Noel,
has lust taken place, and she !, now LAZY Anne
Blunt. Her mother was Lord Byron's only
daughter, the Ada he loved 30 pAssionately.
The Ocean National Bank Of New York was
robbed on Sunday night, and s2tO,OoO OF pri-
vatc securities and $4,000 Of the Banks socu-
rites, were stolen.
Il Is found that the coal Of Indiana can DO
used in the manufacture Of iron, and that II can
be laid down at Chicsgo ut 90 pcr ton. Lake
Superior iron can be laid down at Chicago for
sls per ton. and the Chicago papers say that
the smelling business will be transferred from
Cleveland and Pittsburg to Chicago and Indiana,
in consequence.
Eugene was 20 moved by the sudden death
Of her sister few years ago, that abe mciitaiei
retirement to cloistcr. II now trnnspires that
the sister committed suicide througs jsaiousy
caused by q thoushtless act Of the Empress.
The Providence Journal states that Mowry
Irons, young married man, who bad been l'-
nr In Webster, but for some weeks past had,
With his wife and child, been stopping at tho
homestead Of his father In Burrillvile. II. l., had
. worly alteration with his wife, Monday even
ng, upon returning from strawberry eIpoii-
ion, and afler the young woman had gone to
,cd, the husband took pistol, proceeied TO 'hs
Dom and shot her In the side, causing wound
hat Il was thought would prove fatal. The TA-
'cnts Of the young man. who are quite asri, nci
o the nearest house, mile distant, and ga'o
he alarm, but Il was probably an hour and
,alf before amy assistance for the weupdef lady
arrived at the scene, and although living on
Tuesday morning, she was In hopeless condi-
ion. Irons left the house clad only In his shirt
md pantaloons. As he Is not an intempera''
nan, 1t Is thought he may be insane
A little girl attempted to slide down the bal
listers Of circular staircase In New York but
fell from the 6nh story, striking on her head
and breaking through the thick glass hoor ut tho
bottom. She was pullci out by her heels, and
Inc next day was running about rs lively rs
sccr.
Two negrcsscs foughta duel In Richmond
As. week, and one was killed.
A letter writer 10 the Kenncbcc Journal, In