The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-04-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Mcfarland trial case In New York Is pro
crossing, having reached the seventeenth day.
The evidence for the .defenceis through, and
Horace Grccly the first witness for the prescott
ton was called to the witness stand hist Wed.
ncsday, who testified in regard 70 bis acqualn-
lance with Mcfarland. The whole amount Of
evidence for the defence went to show the ex-
citement Of the prisoner for the two past years,
as creating insanity, which Is 10 some extent
hereditary in the family.
A terrible calamity occurred at Richmond Va.
last Wednesday at the State capitol. The
Court Of appeals was In session and large
crowd had gathered to hear the decision In the
majority case OF Ellison and Cahoon upon the
conservative caucus then sitting 10 the hall Of
the House Of Delegates below when the floor
gave way above preciptating the hundreds
there upon those in the half and the destruction
was fearful beyond description. As near as Is
ascertained about 6hy were killei outright.
Five japanese noblemcn arrived In New York
Sunday, who are to be educated In Princeton.
There Is great freshet on the Misipp river
on both the illinois and Iowa sides Of the river.
A great part Of tho country and some towns
along the rivers are overfowed. Much damage
!, done to railroads and private property. '
Tho prosecution In the Mcfarland trial have
summoned forty witnesses to appear to rebut the
testimony as to the insanity Of the defendant
During the present term Of the Superior
Court of Hartford, CT, eighteen divorces have
been grantei-seven men from tho women and
eleven women from the men-mostly Maria
pes of recent date; cruelty, intempersnce and
adultery being the principal causes.
Lee had q receptiou at Georgia, and there were
cries of 1--WE were overpowered, not whipped,
General" This is putting fine point upon Il.
The Johnny Rebs evidently think the laws Of the
Prize Ring should have been observed. An In
tcnsely democratic southern paper puts II, "we
were smothered by Irish and Dutch" Any
thing for quiet life.-Bsmarck, Of Prussia,
Is very ill.-Reliable accounts from Cuba con-
tipue unfayorable to the patriots, and Cuban
bond speculators are In despsir.-A Kentucky
postmaster has committed suicide because he
agreed 10, n the negroes ever voted.-The new
u. s, representative appointment ID not likely TO
pass the Senate.-Thc remains Of Anson Bur
iingame have arrived In Boston.-The Boston
child, Nellie Burns, three years old, has been
discovered In low place, block or two from
the Main DEPOT in Boston. A woman and man
have been arrested on charge Of kidnapping
her. The clairvoyant gentry. did not guess
within ten miles Of her whereabouts.-A meteor-
10 stone weighing 5000 pounds, has fallen In
Fezzan, Africa.-Thcre has been frightful
tornado At Beuenos Ayres. The river was par.
TALLY blown into the city and many men and
horses we're druwned.-l5,OOO foundry men are
on the strike In Paris. Other trades arc to fol-
low.-The ground was covered with snow. In
Concord on Thursday.-An American ship,
name uukwnown, has been burned on the At
lantic. All hands supposed 70 be lost.-An In
sane woman in Baltimore called her son, eight
years old, out OF school, ind nearly cut of his
head with butcher knife. She then went home
and also murdered three younger children and
her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are pcrsecuted in China
and Japan Rothschild 8 treasurer infaris will
do for New York. He has stolen 100000
which he stock-gambled away.-Thcy had ru-
NOR In Europe that Grant was to pay q visit
there, and great preparations were made for his
reception In Russia.-Porgcd dispatches have
been sent by gold spectators from Washington
to commanders Of navy yards, announcing
war with Spain. .. ....
Walter 8. Drew, New Hampshire printer,
fell from hotel window in Albany, N. Y, last
Monday, and was killed.-James Ramsey was
lynchcd by mob, near Hennepn, ILL.,, recently,
for an outrage on his own daughter: The coun-
ty trcasurer's safe, mt Newport, Ind. was blown
open ON Monday night and robbed Of S36. 0OO
public money.-Thc democrats at Bloomington
and Quincy Ill, have carried tho municipal
elec,ions-Yerger, the Mississippi assassin, WAS
on Monday admitted to bail In the sum OF &c.,
OOO.-The vote on lay delegation In the northern
Indiana Methodist Conference was 7lS2 for II.
The ministerial vote was 67 In favor and ~
against II. The majority report on the Book
Concern was approved.-The prospect Of good
fruit crop In Iowa Is eIccllcnt.-A man named
Howe, injured on the Union Pacific Railroad In
1868, has recovered at Cheyenne verdict OF