The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-12-24
GENERAL NEWS 1rExs.

| Mrs. Smith c. Beebc, q married woman, Of
OTTAWA. c. W., has sued her own father for
SANDER.
1 + II Is stated that the steam yachtAnns sailed
last Friday night for Cuba FROM Newburg, N. Y,
The Fenians arc said to have changed their
base from New York to Paris.
broadway Park Hotel in New York Was dam
aged by Gre yesterday morning to the extent d
$4,000.
A policeman has been detected passing coun-
terfsit money In New York.
The fire in the Gold Hill mines Is still smoul-
dering. .,' .i'''.''.'. on" '.
Heavy rains and storms have prevailed In
| Arizona. .. ,..,.a i. ..,..;,.
Flour Is $50 per barrel in Prescott, Arizona.
British steamship Grccian, from Palermo for
New York, ran ashore "Wednesday at Jones
Inlet. A wrecking company have got charge Of
her. ..IH e.. 'u I T' Nfu 3.
An Assistant Assessor and n United States
cavalryman were shot and badly wounded while
looking for illicit distils in Virginia few days
| since.
Over $4,000 hogsheads, 10000 boxes and
| 160. 900 bags Of sugar are under seizure in New
York, and the result is a rise Of two cents per
pound in the market. ,...... ... .. .....
The Spanish gunboats have not yet sailed.
Nv DR.. Oliver, agent Of an English emigration
company, was shot and killed yesterday by the
father Of the girl he had scduced in Virginia.
One more Indian has been killed In Ariions.
Tie specie in the Bank of England has inss
creased EiOO, 900 since last reported. ..-
The Judges Of the Court Of Queens Bench,
ut Quebec, have refused to hear an appeal In
the Caldwell eXtradition case, considering that
sitting at Quebec they have no Jurisdiction in
the matter, the prisoner being confined in the
Montreal Jail. ..H. ..,........., ........
The expectation Of silver coin from Canada
has reached nerrly S2,OOO,O0O. ' 1a G' p
VIM. b. Phillips, former postmastcr Of Cam
bridge, Nd, has been convicted Of embezzling
money from the pest office, and sentenced TO
pay q fine Of s3464, and be imprisoned six
months i'' .''''
A young man named Charles Lucy, q French
man, was run over by the express freight train
Wednesday night, at Grosyenordale, on the Nor
wch and Worcester railroad, and killed. He
was lying on the track drunk. He was Il years
old and lived ut Grosyenorlalc.
Newport, to encourage manufactures there,
has voted to give $1,000 outright towards o
$50, 900 factory, and its citizens have subscrib-
cd $1,000 morc-the property to be exempt
from taxation ten years. Lewiston parties pro-
pose to accept ''I ''.' .
Edward Healy, aged 20 years, has been SEN
fenced to the Massachusetts, State prison for life,
for the murder Of his wife. -... r..f..
Gen. Prim publicly declares that there has
been no change in the opinion Of the govern
ment or the Cortes on the question of o mon
archy. The Duke of Genoa will probably re-
ceiyc the crown, and should he decline II the
government will not favor the establishment Of
republic.
COL Richard Enright, who was convicted Of
being implicated in the whiskey frauds and
sentenced to the penitentiary, has been pardon-
ell by the President. .... s...,...
A broad.footcd Chicago belle has offered up on
the altar Of vanity her two little toes, which the
Tribune of that city thinks Is an event, and
specimen Of Chicago enterprise, and writes 1t up
In q nail column. .H .H. ". .i
Mexico Is again disturbed by instructions.
A mob attsckcd Protestant congregation at
Puebla during service. The mob was led by an
imperialist ofioor and urged on by priests.
Many of the congregation were severely injured,
and some, II is supposed, will die. The mob
tried to burn Protestants alive, using Bibles for
q funeral pile. "t..
Extensive caves have been discovered about
eight miles from Dublinque, Iowa. One is over
100 feet in length and the other 600 feet.
Strong currents of air indicate that there arc
still others beyond. Large quantities Of lead
have been taken from the small caves. ,.Y
Alexander Mcdonald, Of YarivilIe, N. j.,
was bitten by ribid dog two weeks since and
died ON Tuesday In horrible commissions from
hydrophoLia. l." rw.. nrs
Don't 20 to bel with kerosene lamp in the
room, with the wick turned down. Miss Met
tie Bukand, of Meridian, N. Y, had q narrow
escape from sufocation from that cause last
week. The next one may not escape. 4
A new aud perfect ten dollar plate Of Ma
tional Bank note was received by express In
New York Tuesday night from Philadelphia, by
detective whitley. The sender. In note, states
~
years he has reformed, and has left for foreign
parts. Experts state that the plate is the most
dangerous one yet seen. .'.'' .''
ALondon fog was recently 50 dense that II
found its way into the theatres, and almost put
stop to the performances. In the larger
houses the audience In the dress circle and box
cs furthest removed from the orchestes could
scarcely deseern tho movements Of actors on the
stage while, even In the smaller theatres, o
dimness, rs IL q fine game curtain hung between
them, rendered the effort to follow the perform
ance somewhat wearisome. .a.".
Speke and Barton, Grant, Baker and Living
stone have done much to open up the "Basin OF
the Nile" and let the civilized world have q
peep into the interior Of Africa but the Viceroy
of Egypt has adopted the best policy. He has
sent nm armed band Of 1000 men under Baker,
the English explorer, to take possession OF the
whole country. They have carried steamers
from the lakes, and will hold possession to the
south OF the equator. Egypt is awaking from
the dead past to take q position among the ma
tons Of the earth and persons are now living
who may see the whole Of Africa laid open to the
gaze Of the European notions. ..
A man committed suicide by jumping from
the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls last
week. .. ....r.
At the law term Of the New Hampshire su-
preme Judicial Court just held at Concord, for
the Counties Of lIillsboro, Merimac and Belk-
nap, thirty-two divorces were granted. !
Ninty-six pounds Of wild honey were taken
from single tree in Gambia, N. H., few days
ago Some Of the comb was over six feet in
length.
A curious law suit. which has been in ltiga-
ton for two centuries and half, has just been
finished In Mornvia. The point at issue was the
right Of way for driving cattle, which was dis
puted by two towns. The matter was finally
settled by compromise. ' .. H'
The recent REIMBURSEMENT Of their odious mo-
nopoly by the Camden and Amboy and other
railroads in New Jersey, was not. after all, as
heralded an act Of grace on their part, butmere-
n Al. -. ~. lay a. T,o