The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-08-27

A family Of jay birds, seven in number, win
consume in one hundred days twenty thousand
insects. A single pair Of sparrows 3 reported
to have carried to their nest I've hundred insect
In one hour. y
T. 8. Lang in o communication In the Maine
Farmer calls the attention Of the horsemen Of
Maine to the coming exhibition Of the New En-
gland Fair. He says that no occasion has ever
occurred 30 favorable to the exhibition Of Maine
horses, and that all breeds and classes should BE-
present.
Governor Fetch Of Michigan Is in Bangor, the
guest Of s. II. Blake, esq. He Is native Of
Maine. and resided for while In Bangor. read
ny law with the late John Godfrey, esq.
The Arson Advocate Of the 18th inst, says
"w. W. Pcasc has just started in to pillow bis
ground and put in piece Of winter wheat. II
now looks as II wheat would again be staple
crop in Maine, and II our farmers would SOW
winter wheat II would be as likely to succeed a.
spring wheat"
The work Of the commission on the assump'
ton Of municipal war debt has progressed SC
quietly that II has been almost forgotten. The
Commissioners are yet in session In the Senate
Chamber, Augusta. and apparently busy all the
time. They have already been through oil the
towns and plantations alphabctically-some 500
and have examined the claims Of oil except about
fifty Of the smaller which have not been present
cd. ..
There is an old gentleman named Barrows
living near Rockland who has cut hay from one
farm, with his own hands, for &c years, save one.
He has lived In three towns, two counties and
two States and has never moyed from the farm
on which he was born. There are now living in
the house with him four generations.
II Is said that there will be moderate yield
in the Oxford hop fields, under cultivation this
year. Many have plowed up their fields and put
in other crops, while in some instances large fields
are left untouched. Old hops arc being sent of
to some extent from Bethel, at 8 cents. The
price for new Il is thought will be 10 cents
which will about pay the cost Of cultivation.
A little boy ten years old, the son Of Joseph
Scribner Of Bethel, attempted to wade across the
Androscoggin river about mile below the depot,
Wednesday Of last week, when he stepped of
rock and was drowned. His body was recovered
the next day.
Wednesday the schooner Congress, Of Glouces-
ter, picked up dead in-back whale OFT Cape
Elizabeth, and next day the whale was towed
inside the breakwater In Portland harbor. It is
about sixty-fve feet long and viii yield thirty
or forty barrels Of oil, worth $500. The whale
was undoubtedly killed by sword-fsh. the abb
domen being pierced in q number Of places by
the weapon of that bclligercnt little fish.
Policemen Hall and Davis Of Auburn, seized
on Saturday, at the Hotel Road Station three
flour barrels and box, each containing q keg
of whiskcy. The seizure was altogether about
80 gallons. . .rI
A young man named Lafayette Hsckett was
severely injured by falling from barn whose
timbes were just being raised on Capt. John
Pcnlcy's premises in Auburn. He struck sew
eral timbers in his descent, and sustained severe
bruises and the rupture Of q blood vessel In the
the thigh. He will probably recover.
Hon. John Scarle Tenney died on Monday,
at his residence in Norridgcwock. Mr.. Tenney
was one of the oldest lawyers in the State, and
ut the time Of his death had reached the age Of
fourscore years. lie was appointed an associate
justice of the Supreme Court by Governor Fair
field In l84l, which place he continued to fill
until 1856, when he was commissioned rs Chief
Justice. At the expiration Of his term In 1862
he retired from the Bench, and since then has
been in private life with the exception of term
in the State Senate.
A serious fracas occurred upon the occasion
of the Catholic picnic from Lewiston to North
Belgrade last week. Some roughs entered the
store kept by Mr.. Chas. Richardson, smashed
the furniture, broke tho glass, stole fifty dollars
in money, and committed other deprcdations.
The appearance of clergyman upon the
grounds Quelled the disturbance. ..
A convict in the Maryland Penitcntiary,
named Twitchel, Is said to have fallen heir to
property amounting to about eighty thousand
dollars, by the death of an aunt in the State Of
Ohio. lie was sent to Jail two years ago for
stealing cattle. lie is nearly sixty years Of age.
Efforts arc being made to secure his pardon.
New hay is selling in Bangor (loosc) at sl2
to $40 per ton. Dat straw IS to $40 per ton,
new oats 20 to 70 cents. .
We learn from the Observer that child Of
Mr.. Charles Eaton, of Charlestown, about one
year old, fell into q well sixteen feet deep, q
few days since, and was only saved from drown
ing by its mother. who went through hole in
the platform to the bottom Of the WE'LL
A sentimental editor says: SIT is comforting
to know that one eye watches fondly for our
coming, and looks brighter when VIC come" A
cotemporary is grieyed TO learn that his "broth-
or Of the quill has a wife with only one eye"
A barn bcloning to Mr.. Austin Grover Of
Bethel, was consumed by fire last Friday night,
with about eight tons Of hay and farming tools.
Pirc supposed to be the work Of an inccndiary.
Mr.. Stephen Seavcy Of Norway, was injured
a few days since by being knocked down by q
run away horse and the carriage passing over
him.