The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-11-13
GsSEsAL NEWS ITEMS.

Dr.. Vim. Il. 6alisbury, Portsmouth. N. H.,
oommittsd suicide Saturday. BY taking prusic
acid. he was tweuty-dx yeais Of age. A note
was found In his pocket In which he stltsd that
his wife could have prevented this selEmurder.
Il also stated his ago and his former place Of
residence. He was considered . giddy-beaded
man.
According to an Official document recently
printed II seems that the number Of Arabs who
perished during the famine amounted to no
fewer than 100000 souls.
Yesterdays Cuba dispatches say. the insur:
rection d confined to the Eastern districts, and
the rest Of the Island continues tranquil. An
expedition that left Tunas for the interior for
provisions found every thing Of the kind de-
stroycd by the revolutionists. Bands OF rob
bcrs are committing depredations under the
pretence Of being revolutionists, and the plant
ers are consequently unable to harvest their
crops. Il 10 feared this state Of things will lead
dered mail carrier and have seized the mails
at various points within the disturbed districts.
The worst earthquake ever known In Eng
land took place in 1918. Two centuries later
another earthquake shook down part Of St.
Paul's and the Temple churches. A slight
shock was felt the northwest Of England
Nov, 1852.
The frequent rain storms this season are .
serious drawback to building operations. Work
has to be suspended on many new buildings,
and the wood work Is subjected to injurious
soakings. The rain take . good many days
wages out Of the pockets Of the mechanics,
too.
Il Il less than six years since the first SIX
miles Of railway were opened In Minnesota. 1t
now has 474 miles In actual use.
A terrific whirlwind and waterspout was seen
by party In Wyoming Territory on the 10Th
uit, The storm arose In the Northwest, and
It's frst premoniton was o furious wind. Ina
few minutes whirlwind was seen approaching,
when the party abandoned their wagons, and
took to the hills for security. In moment
after, the force Of the storm struck, and bail
stones In size from partridge's to . hen q egg
commenced falling In endless quantities. The
whirlwind, as Il swept across the river Big San
DIV, LEFT the bed Of the stream dry for distance
Of three or four hundred yards up and down
the bed Of the river. The waterspout which
had thus been formed then assembled until the
whole heavens were darkened by the expanding
spray, which seemed ut length to lose itself
among the clouds. The spectacle Is described
as one Of most terrible grandeur. Men, women
and children fed to the adjacent hills for pro-
lection, while the horses and mules few, as 1t
were, hithcr and thither In o bewildering man.
ner until the forsc Of this outburst Of natures
anger had passed. One hailstonc Of average
size measured Ave inches In circumference.
This storm was the most wonderful as well as
the most terrifying which any Of the party
all old travellers In the mountains-had ever
seen.
Mount Washington Is now covered with eight
cen inches Of snow.
Prim Is said to have applied FIRST to aid the
Spanish revolution, but not being at once al.
lowed an audience, kft In high dudgeon, and
obtained the needed 2,4OO,OOO francs from the
King Of Prussia.
Itisa singular fact that no President Of the
United States up TO the present time, has had
child born In the White House. II Is under
stood that the fact will not exist long after the
4th Of March next.
The Western Union Telegraph Company late
" refused to send dispatch addressed TO q
lady, because 1t was couched in profane IAN
guage.
Fashionable circles at Troy, N. Y, are agita-
ted over the elopement of the daughter OF q
wealthy dry goods deaier with young barber
They escaped at the witching hour OF twelve
Tuesday night, went to Williamstown, wert
married. and returned home before noon the
next day to announce their wedding to their as.
tonished friends.
Opium Is doing more and more mischief. A
physician publishes the result Of long and ex-
tensiye practice, showing the great increase In
the use Of opium In this country. He says; 81
| have known of more deaths from the use of
opium, In some Of its forms, than from all the
forms Of alcoholic drinks" This result ought
10 be expected from the nature Of morphine, and
| from the fact that II IL more extensively used
than any other medicine. II ought to be re-
membered, also, by every man, woman and
child, that the drug Is as dangerous In Its ten
dency to form an uncomfortable habit, when
used as medicine, as when used In any other
capacity.
A bright little boy in neighboring town wa,
asked by lady II he studied hard at school
He replied that he did not hurt himself much
at II. "Oh." said the lady, "you must study
hard or you will never be President Of the UNI
ted States" eyes, ma'am," he replied, "bui
I don't expect to be; l am Democrat"
About half the guns thrown from the cars In
Florida have been recovered.
Frequent shocks Of earthquake have been fell
In Hilo, Sandwich Islands.
John II. Surrstt has been discharged.
A DIR. Benjamin Franklin Is exciting great
attention In England by an ingenious steam
engine Of his invention. The engine Is extreme
| " simple-piston, crank, steam chest, &c.,
being dispensed with. 1t depends entirely on
centrifugal force; friction Is almost entirely
overcome, and Il will produce 1900 revolution,
per minute with one-foy nth the steam usually
required, although the same amount Of horse
power Is developed.
The Roman Catholics Of London, are about to
erect cathedral that will rival any Of the ca
thedrals Of the continent. The site selected ID
In Westminster, near Buckinham Palace. The
building Is professedly memorial to the late
Cardinal Wiscman, who styled himself, rs doe
his SUCCESSORS, Archbishop Of Westminster. II
Is said that 1t will be eventually, the most sps-
cious and attractive cathedral in the world
The ground alone which II Is to occupy, has
cost no less than 5000. 900. II will be the first
recognized Roman Catholic Cathedral In Eng
land since the days Of Queen Mary.
Shall they try the medicines advertised with
the certificates Of justices Of the peace, Of cler
gymen, or even members Of Congress Certain.
| ", II may be answered, any one Of them which
makes good case for ITSELF But the difficulty
| Is, that the whole class Of commercial remedies
arc shown by long experience, with the rares