The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-02-14
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Capt. George W. Alexander. once Command
ant Of the Castle Thunder Prison, Is now keep
ing low gin-shop, II Is said, in Liverpool, Eng
land. He committed a great many outragcs
during the war, and is afraid Of assassination Il
he should return 70 this country.
We arc panied to learn that tho Deseret Mus
thinks Congress Is guilty Of violating the Con-
stitution In not admitting Utah {. State In the
Union with its peculiar institution"
A panther was killed in the Adironsck wilder
ness few days since. by party Of four Hmm
tiers, which measured from tip to Zip seven feet.
and weighed 10 pounds. He was freed and
received four rife balls before he came tumb-
ling to the ground. He then made leap OF
more than twenty feet, ran mile, and took
refuge under some rocks. when he Was killed.
receiving eleven shots before he surrendered.
A man In Wisconsin was recently buried by
the oaving In Of we'll which he was digging.
scventy-ave feet below the surface. For one
whole day. no attempt was made ct rescue, but
when two days more had been spent In eIcava-
ting. What all supposed to be tomb, the man
was found alive, but very hungry.
Wild dogs abound In the woods near Fort
Scot. Kansas. They are said to be more fero-
cious than wolves and attack man and beast.
Some foolish parties. six months ago started
by express from Syracuse, N. Y, o hen In q
box, which. after being sent to almost every
city In the West during the above period-be-
ing carried about $4,000 miles-wss received
last week In Connecticut and sent thence
again.
A steam carriage for common roads has been
built In EdinbuIg, Scotland, the popularity OF
which consists In having the tires for the
wheels made Of India rubber. each being FIVE
inches thick and two feet broad. These tires
spread over the ground ''like an elephants
foot" stones and other distractions sinking In
to them.
One hundred Germans have settled In South
Carolina, about twenty -four miles from Colum-
bis, and arc astonishing the old-fAshioned
planters with the energy with which they 60
to work.
Judge Smith. just chosen Speaker OF the
Kansas House Of Representatives, was elected
Governor under tho Lecompton constitution
In 1857.
A Missouri editor remarks that while no
makes no pretentions rs "skatist." he be-
lieves that no can fall down on the Ice and get
up without being told rs often Is any other
man.
Mrs. I. A. Pollard shot DR.. A. @. Moore In
Baltimore on Tuesday, on failing to ascertain
from him the whereabouts Of his friend, her
husband, the notorious rebel editor. who seems
to have left her. The wound was not danger
Gus. Mrs. Pollard was committed to Jail.
An important case is before the Supreme
Court. on appeal from the United States
Court Of Maine. The original suit was insti-
tuted on the following grounds: Early In the
war the ship Golden Rocket was destroyed by
the pirate Semmes, and she was the 6rst YES
sci 1t Is said. which went down under the
Ere of the Alabama. The owners sued certain
insurance companies la New York, on the plea
that Semmes was q pirate. The Main Court
held that Semmes was the agent OF Govern
ment recognised by the United States a. .
belligerent, and the owners appeal from that
decision to the Supreme Court. The decision
In this case Is looked forward to with much In.
terest. As Il will decide many other similar I'm
portant suits.
A Canadian mayor recently went to England
to sell bonds Of the Grand Trunk Railway OF
the par value Of 100000. He sold them for
ESTES. which probably paid the expenses of
the trip, but left very little for the city treas
ury.
Memphis has always been one Of the most
lswless cities in the country. Hsrdly paper
comes to US from that city which does not con-
tain an account Of at least ono murder.
The gos,ips say that Gen. Sheridan is en-
gagged to Miss Grace Hilton. Of Alsbsny. N. Y.
According to correspondent Of the JAvenir
National, the mortality from famine In Algeria
Is % great that the dead arc thrown into
trenches, as on the day after battle.
William Martin. we'll known sporting char.
acter in Hartford. died suddenly On Saturday
evening. lie had complained Of feeling un-
we'll on Saturday, and while purchasing new
suit Of clothes, remarked loosely that they
would be first rate to lay him out 10. They
were used the next day Tor that purpose.
Newiy-burned charcoal In mass 10 liable to
absorb moisture 50 rapidly as to produce igni.
ton 30, also, II is asserted on good authority
that wood ashes will ignite spontaneously with
out the presence Of live Goals.
The Legislature Of Missouri proposes to
punish BY fine and imprisonment parents who
neglect to send their children to school at least
four months In the year.
Rev. Thomas X. Beecher gives the following
expression to an uudoubtei fact: ''The lsssa
man knows, and the moro liquor he drinks. the
more deter mined he Is to mako this = white
mans government
A terrible storm has been experienced At
Newfoundland, and thirty people persisted
from the snow and cold.
Il Is proposed to erect large and splendid
building in Boston to ssrve as the Sims OF
Court" for the lawyers.
A machine has been invented and patented
for putting wieks into kerosene lamps without
besmesrine the fingers with oil.
Gen. Banks, b 81 years off Gen. Butler
20 ; eI.Gov. Boutwell, ~; Senator Sumner 81 ;
Senator Wilson 60.