The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-01-07

At Amzicus, Ga, the ether day. while q maj
named Doolittls vas drinking with party o
friends In liquor store, h suddenly pulled on
Q pistol and said. 's6lids out I'm going Il
shoot" His oompanioas took him at his wor
and ran-all except one topper named Noumen
ger. Dcolittlc instantly shot the man dead, say
ing rs he fell, care you hurt, Joe"
The Philadelphia city council organised Of
Monday. The bar Of that city took proper no
tics Of the death Of, Mr.. Stanton also.
C. E. Miller, city clerk Of Springfield. Ohio
was arrested Monday for ,embe1aling the fund
Of the city.
The telegnphic operators at Cincinnati hav
struck and quit work.
Governor Baker Of Indiana, in recent lette
expresses bis intention to recommend In his mes
sage to the next Legislature reformation Of tn
State laws governing the subject Of divorce
The Legislature win net meet until January
1871. ii,r f, .9illa1 ioam % .i
An old man named James Blanchibrd Of ca
bot. VT, while putting up his horse the othel
night after visit. fell dead Of heart disease
- .-ITf1 - 80 ~. r" Hf"r H.a f
Dr.. Mary Walker Is ptscticing at LcAvenworth
KS, and was waited upon the other day by thrc'
young lawyers, who wanted treatment for rheu.
matism. She was willing to cure them, bu
wanted S5 fec In advance. They could no
raise the money, and she remarked, a. they
sheepishly Withdrew: "It takes three smarter
men than you to come fOoling round me-"
An incendiary Gre at Mobile Sunday nigh
destroyed sa5 900 worth Of property. .. -.
Il Is ofically stated that out Of Al estates In
the Trinidad valley 40 are at the present TINT
grinding cane. Several Of those. however. have
suffered more or less from fires hndled by rcbel
hands. A force Of 10000 spaniards was abou,
being moved from Trinidad to occupy the whole
width Of the Island. $50 fr.tl l.3 ...
Mr.. d. d. Story. proprietor Of stoy's Hotcl
at Hopkinton, N. H., L. ]. Story, his father,
and a carpenter named Hoyt were all injured on
Monday afternoon by the breaking OF q staging
on building on which repairs were being made,
MI falling on the rocks below. Hoyt had bis
hand, jaw and two ribs broken. ...
A Connecticut traveller recently took ten with
Mormon elder, ut whose table six wives pre-
sided, and twenty-scven children clamorcd for
more molasses ON their bread. -. ' J.',
The storm Of Saturday night and Sunday
was very severe over broad section Of country
doing great damage to railroads and other prop
erty all the way from Washington, d. G., to
Maine. In Michigan there was severe snow
storm. f,.,.t.... ..
Tho total gold receipts at tho New 0rlean,
custom house for the past year were $780,
900, against 81 ,253, 900 for the previous year
and the increase Of last year 80, 100000.
George Judkns' brewery ut Washington, Ill.,,
was burned Sunday. Loss $4,000; insured
$4,000.
The Fifth Avenue House and several stores,
&C., at Clinton, Iowa. were bnrned Sunday.
Loss $4,000; insurance $1,000. .-.'
There were seven fires at Chicago FROM Sat
urlay morning to Monday noon none Of them
Of serious nature.
The colored people Of Connecticut held an
emancipation jubilee at New Haven Monday.
There was a grand parade, free dinner, and
public meeting.
They call the $4,000 deficiency In the How.
ard Bank, Boston, "clerical error"
The Eric Railroad Company Is said to have
bought the Adelphi Theatre, in Boston.
Indiana harvested It's last corn In Q snow.
storm. and the voices Of the harvesten were
husky. ...t r0.'
An Indifferent actrcss-onc who docs moi
learn her part and pays no attention to stage
business.
Several senator's have introduced long bills
but Of course Senator Drake presents the broad
est bill. ,....H I. H
Hartford built 100000 worth Of new
houses last year.
Most Of the workmen In the boot and shoe
shops of Worcester arc on strike against 70
duction Of ten per cent Of their wages. .
The officers and employees OF the Vermont
Central Railroad have o library Of 400 books
at st. Adams.
The spire Of the Presbyterian church in Tren-
ton, N. j., was blown down Sunday during
service. No one was hurt 90. fr# s...
Cincinnati Is now the largest tobacco market
in the United States. s7,0OO,0O0 worth were
sold there this year.
The Treasury Department win put up the
fyes, twenties and fiftics of the new series Of
Legal tender notes into circulation In about ten
days. They are handsome bills, made Of good
bank.notc paper and of much brighter appear
ancc on the face than the new ones and twos In
circulation. jew 'tf ...fH-r, las.I. t'...
II is ann"unced that England alone consumes
every year at least two thousand tons Of bees
wax valued at 81, 100, 900. With gold at 18l
the best bright pressed yellow American bees
wax is now selling in England at 40 to 81 cents
a pound. Wax candles are used extensively In
the royal palaces Of Europe, and in one palace
alone Il is stated that ten thousand wax candles
are burned every night. The method Of light
ing this large number Of candles instantaneous
iy Is to connect the wicks by an infammable
and scented thread Of gun cotton On touch
ing tie end Of the thread with torch the
fame flashes like lightning round the connected
candles, nm agreeable odor Is emitted, and the
apartments are illuminated and pcrfumed rs II
by magic. .., ...
The losses by Ere In this country 70 FAR this
year, eleven months, have been S36, 3S4 ,OOO, or
over so, GOO, 900 month. Adding the losses
BY the numerous fires where the value Of proper
" destroyed Is less than so, 900 and II Is not
too much to estimate the annual 10 . 10 the ooun-
try by fred at fifty million Of dollars. 'sa
McParisnd's trial Is postponed till February.
Il is raportel that Richardson's friends have
collected important testimony, which will not
only prove the utter falsiy Of much Of the pub
lished habeds corpus testimony, but occasion 9
reaction in public sentiment. .-f..
o A young married man In Fall River died q
terrible death on Wednesday. Excessive drink
ing had brought on delirium trcmens, and for
several days his life was continued agony.
On Tuesday he was tormented with the suspi-
cion that he was pursued by man with dogs,
and even few 10 the roof Of high building,
and ran around at the peril Of his life, to sroid
his fancied pursuer.. r.'
Morris faro establishment on broadway was
robbed Of $1,000 Saturday night officer Sutton
was shot by rowdy Sunday night Peter Rey-
nolds, notorious political rough was fatally
stabbed the same evening by Patrick Mundsy
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