The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-07-09

The drum fish has made destructive raid ON
the oyster beds between Staten Island and Key
Port. The damage ID estimated at 100000.
The new fractional currency, soon 10 be issued,
will b Of unsurpassed workmanship, and viii
probably soon drive out tho various kinds now
In circulation. The ten cent notes viii have
!, vignstis Of the Goddess Of Liberty, and tho &c.
ties viii be ornamentd with Carpenters por-
trait Of Lincoln.
! Prof Butler. Of Madison, Wis, In his lecture
Seems from Three COutinsnts," never fAils TO
bring down the house where he describes Amer
leans abroad. Onecntence Is this ''Ths ocean
with lis hesre-oneings 70 Neptune Is such
king Of tcrrors that Yankees shrink from cross-
| ing Il for the 6rst time but no sooner are they
ushercd into the Old World than they long to
lnger there longer than they had intended-and
do 20, IL their purses and family win let them
70 they may be fairly compared to esrtain calf
whose ears must be pulled of before he would
begin sucking-and then his tail must Be pulled
Of before he would stop"
A religious paper in London announces that
"Ned Wright, the converted burglar, illprueh
at the wsdsWorth Assembly Rooms, and break
open the doors Of hell with gospel jimmy
We hope "Nci" win come 10 this country sftcr
he has finished up his Job In London. We have
any quanu'y OF ne''' on TINS sue oi os sAe'
and Ned may nave 'nem al oy inc po' ho
viii Ind Dig m'ns OF H. ne may depen'.
There are some Awful ae'iis 'n'"s ".n '"1 mp
pearance OF tnose 70 " 'eeu outi'ns A'0una
outside.
In Cincinnati, brute named Alfred Butler
has been arrested for q deliberate attempt TO
,taryc his ten year old daughter 10 death.
When The no,ice foupd her .bc was IN a closet,
In, door Of which wa. nailci up, 20 that an AZ
vas necessary IN opcn Il and the child vas tied
70 n board, IN an in,cn.ible condition, with her
hands pinioned behind her.
One Of the sensation stories that has recently
been circulated In the west, Is to the eject that
Thirteen hundred Of the wealthy daughters OF
New York are admitted every year 70 an a'y-
lum for drunkards." The fact Is that there Is
only one such asylum in the State, aud to that
no woman ever applied for admission. II con-
tains only about 80 patients.
Will. IN. r..,or M The Franklin NJ. Church,
q, som.rv,,,e Mas. wa, Offering mayer on
last Sunday morning, gray saalrrsl vas dis
covered on one Of the beams overhead. After
carefully measuring the distance between his
standpoint and 9 neighborins corn'ce, he made
the leap; but as the cornicc was only q frcsoo.
he fell to the floor, and having run through sew
eral slips, creating condemnation among she mir
occupants, arrived at the pulpit just IS tho
"Amen" was reached. The clergyman endeA'-
orci to drive the little fellow into the vesry'but
he ran down the other aisle, and was hnaily cap
turcd In an anse-roOm.
John c. Breckinridse sold piece OF land at
81. Paui, ut the beginning OF tho war Tor si'
which is now worth s2o'ooo.
The liquor dealers Of Pittsbmg arc fighting
the Sunday law sayagrly by uniting to enforce
I, -, .,,r,h,.,v pro.o.,;rc. arr "a hs
.,;,,,,,d ,r.;,., A.. ,,,.. ho,... ,r;n,i,v oc-
g.. .,r.., o.r. ,i,.r1 .,,h,.. and ,a,;ou, other
branches Of business, and the Mayor is warned
that II he does not enforce the law stringenty ho
will be prosecuted for misiemcanor In Office, 80
between It's friends and enemies there Is not
De'"h a. - n, =. -,
much uo"o' ''0 ~" WIZ " '''
Last Monday forenoon, Mr.. Arthur Buehrcr,
v,,,,u o,orv..r n, Iono,iev Luna,ic ASYLUM.
Ohio. went out with company Of the inmates
-. ., .,,n. n.c....,v vork Abeut noon
"0"s"so :"