The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-01-21

wilapisoous 50 dssiessi the air Ia xsss.n
sounty, fensssce. DC dsy last wei thu lhs
negroes, you6e and "a +, bought III uoTA va'
coming 70 = ssd. rs N&ItN
There won CD tms day. h ihssS sen,y-
scvcn parishes Of London, $50, 402 men, women
aod children who would stArvc TO death were
they not kept alive by the relief administered
By the psrsehisl- ssthcritiss, ~ ths eost The
taxpayers Of the metropolis.
About ten o'clock last Saturday forenoon. 20
some laLorers were engaged In taking -four out
ola storehousc on Battery wharf, the "fall'' DO
came entanglcd, letting . barrel Of -four fall.
which In It's descent struck Joseph Putnam on
the head, breaking his skull In two places. or.
fces Munroc and Park Of the Harbor Police
conveyed the injured man to the Station House,
where DIR. Mighill was called. who orier~d the
man 70 10 taken 70 the City Hospital, where he
died about two O'Clock p. N. The deceased re-
sided In Maiden md len sfsmily says the Bos-
ton Journal. .yEh IgrLb Iiphi - q r11
Saturday night an aged man named John
Pcasr, Of toncori, N. IT,, while dressing 8 can
cef with which he was afflicted, set bis clothing
on Ere and died Of the ipjuries..i' ~ ''i'l n,
. Irr9h a. Tfin ID D0i blrpw .y2lr,r1ii3d'
Lis generally supposed that the robins emf
crate to the South during the winter months.
Prom the following account Il would appear that
such Is not the ease Two gentlemen crossing
the Sandwich. N. H., mountains discovered .
deep valley, and approaching Il found Il clothed
with hemlock, spruce, Dir. and tamarack. grow
log 50 near, together that Il was with difficulty
they made headway between them. Before they
came "a. this growth The snow was over n foot In
depth; AFTER entering u was only six inchs, The
residue lying on the tops Of the tres, making
quitsa roof, and excluding much Of The light Of
day. ;After making their way few rods they
were surprisei to 6nd the place an extsnive rob
70 '.roost. - occupied by thousands, and 20 thsk.
" .were they congregatei that they might have
killed numbers with their walking sticks In cross
ing The premises from south to north.-about
hrty rods sh. isiI fona hun :7lJ, "a
An inexcuable blunder was committed by
the. assembled wisdom composing tho New
Hampshire Legislature, last June. y An act was
passed prohibiting the marriage Of first cousins,
and rcads-''An act in addition to sections ]
and z Of chapter Ill OF tho General Statutes.
relating to inarrigcs." Now chapter Ill Of the
Statutes relates te sol bread, and measuring
milk, and says nothing in relation to marriages.
Chapter 18l relates 70 marriges, and must be
the ono, referrci 70. .na ''al 90 ~ ''''9 =.
John L. Farwell, cashier Of tho Clarcmont
IN, H. National Bank, has Just received one
thousand dollars and costs from the Vermont
Central Railroad Corporptiop, for being put Oh
the cars at Chariestown some years Ago.
Thrrc Children, recently lost, were discovered
starred 70 death IN the woods Of New Jersey on
Tuesday. -Mlnnesota has ratified the fifteenth
amendment Is on his way to London.
The Public Ledger Almanac for 1870. pub
lshsd by George w. Child rs o New Years gin
TO the subscribers 10 the Ledger, Is a handsome
and valuable work. Eighty thousand copies are
to be given away, and Mr.. Child announces that
II will be continued yearly. Not IT'S least merit
Is its remarkable cheapncss and that 20 many
copies should be given away Is another evidence
Of the enterprise Of Mr.. Child. The Almanac
Is at once courtesy to the subscribers to The
Lelger, and m advertisement of Tho Ledger !;
and Il IL clear that Mr.. Child practices In his
own business the principals he recommends to-
tho public. gi1d 80 gl'gu -y'Hh r'a } 'l'
Gov. Durkec Of Utah, died early last satur-
day morning Of Pneumonia Stanton fund
has reachcd 800, 0O0.-Rey. DR.. blanchard Of
the Kirk 81. Congregational Church at Lowell
Mas, died suddenly last Friday night, aged
Go. He had been settled In Lowell 40 years.
The British Consulate at Z,nsibar has receive
ell letter from DR.. Livingston dstst May Goth.
lie wns In good health Mt Ujiji waiting supplies.
IA Minnesota town probably has the youngest
mother In this country. She wants several
months of being twelve, years old. --Bsyard
Taylor says he has travelled $4,000 miles In
Europe without a single accident or missing n
single connection.-A negro explains the apathy
In celebrating the anniversary Of the battle Of
New Orleans, by the fact that ""Buter's bin
tlar since jackson 3 bin gone. Madame Pare
M R6.a has recently received intelligence from
Bngiand announcing the death Of her mother.
MIR. Steward and party arrived at Havana on
Monday from Vera Cruz |; al veil. They win
probably remain In Havana o weck.--KAnsas
City has female notary public, In the person
Of Miss Fanny Lyons.-Twenty four States have
now ratified the fifteenth amendment. only
four moro are necled TO make IL o part Of the
Constitution, and rs Iowa, Rhode Island, Ne
brasha and Texas are considered sure, the mat
ter will soon be finally disposed oE-Bishop
Chase, Of New Hampshire, Is dead.-The Israel
ties thank Pres. Grant for protection. ~ ~.
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