NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3949, 25 August 1881, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

In a late case before the Court of Appeal a Mr Farnie, a Scotsman by birth and domicile, was married in Wales—that is to'say, in England—to an English lady. Immediately after the marriage he took her back with him to Scotland, and there they resided for two years. Unhappy differences, however, arose, and ultimately Mrs Farnie obtained a decree from the Scottish Courts granting: her a divorce on the ground of the unfaithfulness of her husband. Such a decree is admittedly good in Scotland, but in England it could not be obtained. Mr Faruie, being h Scottish subject, and being thus divorced by a competent Scottish tribunal, held that he was free to marry again; and accordingly, some two years later, and while his former wife was still alive, he contracted a second marriage in England, also with an English lady. His relations with his second wife seem to have been as un fortunate as those with his first, for, in the end, she instituted a suit against him for nullity of marriage, on the ground that a, Scotch divorce is inoperative in England and that, consequently, Mr Farnie, when he married her, had a wife still alive ; and jfo had,:in. fact committed bigamy. The issues arising on this contention involve points of great legal difficulty, bnt are yet in themselves, clear and well defined. If a Scotsman comes into England, and, in due accordance with English law, marries an English woman, can such a marriage be dissolved by a Scottish decree of divorce ? Gr does the fact that the marriage took place in England render the parties to it subject to the English law of divorce alone ? This was really the point which the Court of Appeal had to determine Bnd in deciding it their Lordships have affirmed the view taken by Sir James Hannen. They have held the second marriage of Mr Farnie to be undoubtedly valid, and the Scottish decree of divorce to be good.

Gertrude Blood, daughter of the notorious Victoria C. Woodhull, the free lore and women's rights advocate, is reported to have married Lord Colin Campbell, brother of the GovernorGeneral of Canada.

An Italian bandit, Guiseppe Espresito, alias Radazzi, living incog, at New Orleans, has been arrested and sent to Italy. There is a terrible catalogue of crimes against him, committed in Sicily and Palermo.

The Orange anniversary, July 12, was celebrated in the United States and Canada without disturbance.

Brush, of Cleveland, the electrical light inventor, has announced a solution of the problem of storing electricity, so that it can be carried from place to place and delivered like coal,, oil, and gasoline ; it can be placed on waggons, street cars, &cV and used to propel them. Details are promised. There are unseemly wrangles between the physicians over Garfield's Case. They are accusing each other of incompetency, and predicting a fatal termination. The ball has not even been probed for, and on two occasions its presence has caused accumulation of pus, producing alarming symptoms. Ginteau,the assassin, glories in bis act, and hopes the President will die. Notoriety seems to be bis chief A mania has arisen for killing officials.

The United States has declined to join in the proposed general representation on the subject of the treatment of Jews in Russia, on the ground that it has already instructed its Minister to Russia on the subject. J«st now there is a mania for killing officials in the United States. Both Governor Pillsbury, Minnesota, and Governor Cornell, of York, have had narrow escapes from murderous lunatics. AN AWFUL VENGEANCE. Atlanta, Ga., July Bth.—Last night, in Heard county, near Albania, occurred one of the most horrible instances of popular indignation. Jesse Waldrop was burned to ashes. Three months ago, in Randolph County, Alabama, Dr John Micb'ell, a prominent young physician married Came Knight, famed for her beauty and accomplishments. On the 29th Jane, in the joy of their honeymoon* Dr Mitchell was walking up the road near his country home when he'beheld what almost paralysed him with horror. His lovely wife lay before him a ghastly corpse. Her throat was cut from ear to ear, and her body was torn with the fearful clutches of her murderer. It was discovered that she had been violated and murdered. The neigh borhood was at once aflame with excitement, and search for the guilty wretch was begun. Jesse Waldrop had not long been in the country, but there had followed him rumors of his bad character. He was seen on the road near where the corpse was found on the day of the murder. In the death struggle the murderer had bitten his victim severely on the cheek, and left signs that one of his front teeth was out. Waldrop had t'ais peculiarity. With these evidences search for him was begun at once,.and it was found that he had fled. Trained bloodhounds were obtained, and from the scene of the murder they tracked him several miles into Georgia. Here the pursuing party heard that Waldrop had passed. Gradually tracing him they arrived at Newnan, thirty mUes from Atlanta, where a ferryman 3*yribed a man who had crossed the night before ; and the pursuers knew that Waldrop could not be far away. At midnight on the 3rd the party reached a house where they learned a man calling himself Owen had stopped. They demanded to be shown to his room, and, rapping on it, Waldrop came out. He was seized, and after a desperate resistance bound. He denied all knowledge of the.crime and was taken to jail through the fury of some of the crowd. Subsequently the mob went to the jail and dragging the prisoner out, bore him away to the spot where the body of his- victim was found. There a stake was fixed and the wretched man having been fixed to it, he was surrounded by faggots and burned to death amid the execrations of the excited mob.