The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-10-02
oENERLL NEWS IrENs.

In New Hmpshirs, . man named Dor spdt
hia mothers bed open with m ana beos.s sfs
refused 10 give him rum. He was rssidsnt sf
psrrJ. but ID now In Exeter jail.
, A Kentucky correspondent oftbs Cincinnati
os,ssts Asserts that returns from forty oomties
OF tnat stats show that during The year ending
~ 'uy iorty-eight murders were committed.
fWeny oitbe murdered wers negroes, and but
one OF me murders.S. In seventeen instances
no arrests were made, though ths murderer
were known. Only one Of the twenty who
murdered negro Va. punished, and 10 vss
the single negro murderer. This shows Q do
lightfal ststs OF society In The Shts hat dy0
Ok, 900 democratic majority.
Thomas. the man who killed Kimberly n the
Cincinnati rolling min BY thrustsg Q red hot
iron through his body, has ben acquitted ON
the ground ofjastihabls homicide.
Reports from the Spanish insursctiou continue
to favor The rebels. The Queen has ordered tho
formation ofa new cabinet, and Il 10 rumercd
that she has CROSSED the frontier Into France.
A large fire occurred IN BufiSlo, New York.
Monday afternoon, entirely destroying The onoe
Of the Commercial Advertise, and entafled .
loss to IL publishers ofSll0.000. upon which
there Il only partial insurance. -.
Rev. Mr.. Miller. Free Baptist Missionary.
died In India on the Ord Of July. This b tho
6rst Foreign Missionary Of that Denomination
that has died In his Geld Of labor. His ssvers
labors during the famine In that country pros
trsted him 90 that he never recovered. The
nrst missionary Of this dsssninatsn vss sent
out In 1885.
Tho Surraa case has been summarily
turned out Of Court, on the ground that The In
dictmcnt was not found within the time pre-
scribed by the statute Of 17p. 80.
II Is suggested that Gen. Mcclellan has TO
turned Just In season TO 20 into winter quarters.
He arrived In New York one day earlier than
he was expected, circumstances wholly uniquo
in his history.
Additional intelligence from the scene Of tho
great earthquake u received. In Quito the
stencil arising from The unburied bodies 10 nor.
rible. Some people were still being dug out or
the ruins alive, one poor fellow among them
having been entombcd br nix days alopgtds q
his vife's corpse.
The Spanish revolutionists spear to have
gained complete triumph over the royal forces.
and hive established provisional government
At the capital. The Queen 10 fugitive In
France. deserted by Ill her chief officers.
Accounts from North Carolina ssy that the
yield Of cotton Il decidedly better than that Of
last year.
Advices through army sources, from Mar
shall, Texas, state that the country In that
neighborhood isoverrun by robbers, and that
the roads are entirely unsafe except for consid-
cradle armed bodies, and that q band Of ffre-
hooters numbering ITO men, we'll mounted and
armed, are roaming through the country.
About the 9th Of this month they captured 40
Government wagons loaded With supplies.
The latest reports concerning the spanish rev
olution indicate the probable success Of tho
movement Nearly al the provinces arc array
ed against the Queen, the capital Is threatened.
the royal troops are retreating to its defence.
and the efforts Of the government to stem tho
tide in favor Of q change, appear to 30 growing
weaker.
Gen. J. c. Hindmsn, late Of the Confeierate
army, was shot by an unknown person while
sitting with his family at his home In Helena,
Ark, Sunday night. lie lived but about eight
hours. man has been arrested, but denies
the shooting.
Two Arminians have arrived In Richmond A.
agents Of the Turkish Government, In search Of
lands on which to settle colony Of coo Armo-
MAN Christians.