The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-12-24


shoot an enemy, not drunk and reckless, AM
playfuiIy slot hinssf dead.
! "A NV ssries Of posass stsmps has been deci
ded upon and will soon Be issued by the fos
Office Department. The new stamps will be ono
third larger than the present stamps, anu con
sist entirely Of profile busts. --.---
Harrisburg petitions the Pennsylvania Legs
laturc to rc-enact the ten commandments.
Chicago's debt Is ten millions.
A door knob Is said TO be the nobbiest thing GU
its always out.
Thurlow, Weed tells the following story abou
himself: During the late war, after the evacua
ton OF Yorktown by Gen. Mcclellan, I enterd
. car on Philadelphia train and sat by gentle.
man who wore military cap bat showed no Other
sign Of military rank. We got into discussion
Of McClellan's campaign on the Peninsula. HI
defended mildly, and answered With Q scorch
ing exposition Of his incopsclty and blunder,
demonstrating them fully When We reached
Trenton young officer came up and salutet
my companion very deferentially, and. on in9ui.
~, I discovered thst I had been talking to Nc.
Clellan himself. think he felt, however, that ]
was right in what said, by tho feeble way In
which he answered my criticism" Lge -,
Further accounts from the Stockton (Pa.)
mining accident show that one block OF houses
was swallowed up In the cavity 90 quickly that
two families living In the houses bad not time
to escape, except 0 girl who had fled from a
house, but not Ear enough IA escape falling.
She fell on top Of the houses and was rescued.
Three families living In an adjoining block had
Just escaped when the whole block went down.
There were ten persons swallowed up with the
houses. George Swank. his wife and children,
Mr.. Reich, his wife, child and mother, were the
unfortnnates, and are still In the mine, and
probably dead. The excitement was very great,
and every. effort was being made to relieve the
unf6rtunates. Families In the vicinity moved
out Of their houses. fearing that they would
fall also Fears were entertained at last accounts
that the mines would take fire. ffrf, nj rgur
A member Of the New Jersey Legislature has
been held for trial on charge Of drugging q
young girl with bad whiskey and then commit-
ting rape upon her. .f1glI sr 70. d
While the Chief Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court gets $1,000 n year for his SER
vices, Eve Police Justices in New York city have
each an annual salary Of $4,000. ''' E'
During the 10 o'clock shin Of workmen at the
Hoosac tunnel, Monday night, one OF them split
some nitro-glycerine on the rocks, and while re-
moving the debris after blast, an explosion
took place, killing one man and severely injur-
ing three more .i ,.r''...
The Syracuse Journal says the getters up Of
the Onondaga giant now confess \ Is an impos.
ture. Hull, the prime moyer--who got S96OO
as his share of the proceeds OF the sale OF the
that he, with two other men,
named Jones and Glass, went to Fort Dodge,
Iowa, in June, 1868, got the block OF gypsum
and took II to Chicago. II was cut there, (Glass
was the sculptur) the statue was boxed and sent
TO New York and buried on the farm Of Newell,
Hull's relative. It cost them $500. ..
The American marine would do well TO copy
the example OF that Of France, which has just
condemned q captain to six months imprison-
ment for abusing . cabin boy. -
An alteration occurred at Lewiston Monday
afternoon between two boys named John Cree
don and Robert Dunn, in which the latter was
stabbed in the neck by the former, narrowly
missing the jugular vein. Crecdon was the ag-
grcssor.
Interest on the public debt to the amount Of
$40, 900 900 becomes due in January, which
the Secretary has ordered to be paid. There Is
now in the Treasury about $i08, 000, 900 in
coin.-The Catholics In Mexico are mobbing
Protestant congregations, led on by the priests,
who tried to burn them alive, using bibles for
the funeral pile, the police interfering.--Licut.
Gushing had an engagement with the Apachee
Indians, New Mexico, on the 18th OF Nov, Kill
and wounding fifteen; the rest, about 100 In
number. fed. abandoning their propcrty.-lt Is
expected that the Duke Of Genoa well receive
the Spanish crown.-A contract has BEEN elect
ed for the construction Of sixty miles OF the
Portland aud Ogdensburg railroad In Vermont.
The late discovery Of gold In the Big Horn
Nebraska, continues, and large
numbers of miners are preparing to start for
tht place early in the spring.-Revolutions ore
breaking out in different parts OF Mexico, and
troops in considerable numbers are
going over to the insurgents.17Bcccntly at
Pa. the earth gave way over an old
mine which had not been worked for fifteen
years, swallowing up two blocks Of houses and
most Of the inmates, who are probably dead
The President has removed Gov. Flanders Of
Washington Territory, also the Chief Justice,
the Collector Of Customs and the U. s. Marshal.
The Spanish gunboats sailed out Of North
river on the 10Th inst. 80,
The Duchess OF Genoa protests against her
Sons receiving the Spanish crown.-The French
Empress has instructed her chamberlain to dis
suade Father Hyacinthc from attempting to
preach In Paris.-The Council ut Rome cannot
agree, In defining the rights Of church and
state Revolutionary cards appeared in Lisbon
on the night Of Dec. 10th. The next day
number of arrests were made.-Thc SueI canal
Is to be closed, that new excavations may be
made Queen Isabella denies having abstracted
The crown jewels.-The Cuban insurgents are
reported rs gaining advantages, and the Spanish
General has written to Havana for more troops,
DR. he will resign, SO men from one detachment,
lied OF vomit In one day.-An attempt was
made on the night Of the 10 inst, by Cub N
to destroy the Spanish gunboats.
N the North River, N. T., but failcd.-A half
ION Of glycerinc exploded about ono mile from
Pa. The agent and another man was
killed and considerable damage done to buildings
throughout the city. The magazine belonged TO
he Torpedo Company.-The London Times
kinks, II negotiations for the settlement OF the
Alabama claims be opened at Washington, the
will be acccpted.-Gen. Banks Is soon
% sail for N. Y.-The Indians attacked party
II men near Fort Shaw, on the 18th, killdg one,
md woundlng one, carrying Of thirty mules.
Then was great excitement in the New York
Stock and money market on the 18th, and the
price of gold went down to 1907 the lowest point
reached since l862.-Thc Attorney General OF
Iowa has decided that women may legally hold
office in that Stats-A bouquet was given to
Mr.. Scwardin the hall at the Mexican Congress
Nov. 27th.-IIcavy failures In the dry goods
business have taken place In Philadelphia and
citics.-The vote In Texas Is 50 close that
Il will require the official court to decide It,
Cotton goods, In the Boston market, Is looking
up, prices have improvei.-Flour Is dropping,
The meat market Is buoyant, and poultry plenty.
A cotton mill near Worcester Mass, was burned
Inc 18th, loss SIC, OO0-The shoddy mills Of
waterhouse Bros, Passaic N. ]. was consumed
by fire last Friday. Loss 900, 900, insured for
sos 600. -Tenncsscc Is reported as being ON
Inc verge VI baukruptcy.-The Red river trouble
and collision was hourly expected ON
The 18th. Utah has sent delegation Of Mormons
md Gentilcs to Congress asking admission as o
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