The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-04-30
GENERAL NE us ITEMS.

Kentucky lawyers wear out their law books
pounding each others heads. This is more Il
their tastes than pounding the contents into
their own heads.
The organst Of Christ Church, New York
having become offended at the officiating clergy.
man on Sunday last, rcvcngcd himself, and ere
ated sensation among the congregation, by
abruptly ccasng to play while q hymn was be
ing sung, and leaving the organ silent during
the rest Of the service.
! Thomas Brennan, q noted New York thief
was sentenced to fifteen years in State prison on
Friday. ..r... r,'....'... '.r....r NJ.
Y Josiah Colburn Of Amherst, N. H., lately fell.
cd white pine tree from which he cut twenty
logs, each twelve feet in length. " ...
mississippi editor and justice Of tho peace
married a couple in 1853, divorsel them In
1860, married the man to another woman in
1861, ditto the woman TO another man in 1867
and last week married the original couple. |
Three gentlemen Of chicago, ii is said, have
clubbcd together, and ordered three copies Of
Lonciellow's "Dante," to be illustrated with
Dore's and Flaxman's designs, and many Of the
rare Dante prints. Only three copies will be
printed, and the cost win be $1,000 per copy.
Miss Anna Williams Of Dnddock's Field,
Penn, aged &c, has been so annoyed by the de-
votion Of boy Of IL years, who is madly In
love with her, that she has been obliged to call
for official protection.
The Charleston Courier believes that the cot
ton crop of the South cannot, under any cir.
cumstances exceed three millions Of bales this
year, owing to tho extensive migration Of ne
grocs to the cities and towns, and the withdraw
nj of freedwomen from farm labor. The Co
lumbus (Ga.) Sun takes a similar view Of the
matter.
Daniel Pratt, the ubiquitous, appeared at the
Labor Convention in New Haven, on the 2lst,
and elucidatcl the question under discussion by
saying that he could out-writc and out-spcak
any man on the subject Of thcuniversyl escteriC
organism, and the cosmical construction Of the
stratifed hari-pan, or something to that effect
Mr.. Pratt during his brief but Enthusiastically
eloquent remarks, said that he had just come
from Washington, where he had been present Of
the scrcnadc to Senator Spraguc. .rr
With the unusually large supply Of some -.
7l5 beasts at the Cambridge and Brighton cat.
lie markets., prices favcr the consumer this
week. Beef is nearly 81 per 100 lbs lower,
while on other meats the decline is much less.
Baron von Tschudi, the eminent Swiss natu-
ralist, says that without birds successful agri-
culture Is impossible, as they annihilste In few
months greater number Of destructive insects
than man could in years. He classes among
the most useful, the swallow, wren, robin, and
sparrow and says that robin killed 300 flies
in an hour. and pair Of sparrows carried 800
worms or catcrpillars To their nests in day.
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