Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-08
LATE TELEGRAPHIca q NEWS.
Nexafron,. New York.

| Il
under sentence of death in the Tombs
| for the murder of Noe has received a
letter from Lizzie Watson, otherwise
caqied Mary Taam, of BrooklyD,Y in
which she makes several statements
importance to the case. She has
made an affidavit fatty contradicting
the evidence of the woman Mary
Reed upon whose testimony princi-
pally Dolan was convicted. Another
new witness has turned up In the per-
son Of Joseph W. Trving, the sub
stance of whose testimony is said to
be to the effect that one evening he
passed two women who we're wander
ing on the streets, one of whom ac-
cused the other of hanging John Do
Ian. The accused woman answered
with an oath that she would put a
rope around the other. girls damned
neck il she said to her what John Do
Ian had done. After this the two wo-
men came to blows and some one in
the crowd remarked that that was
probably Mary Reed who testified
against John Dolan. 1t Is pro obable
Dolan will be re-sentenced tomorrow +,
after which an application will be
made in the court of appeals for stay
of the proceedings. aai loi alHIoi.ia3
i News was received in this city yes
terday from Liverpool that the former
mate of the packet ship, Harvest
Queen, belonging to thisport, had rec
ognized the blocks found on board of
the White Star steamship Adriatic.
The owners of the lost vessel will libel
the Adriatic for the sum Of $175, 900.
Mrs. Thomas VS.. Thomassen, wife Of
VIM. X. Thomassen whose dynamite
plot resulted so fatally, both to the
| victims of the explosion and to the
| author of it, arrived on the steamer
Willard from Hamburg yesterday af-
| ternoon. alg sY .sa1ate batiaJ sAl
! NEW YORK, 6th.-The Herald in dis
| cussing the prospects concerning the
Cincinnati convention strongly favors
the candidature of Conkling for Presi-
dent as the best way of drawing the
third term question out of the canvas.
1t thinks if Conkling was nominated as
Republican candidate the Democratic
candidate would certainly be taken
from the West. g31 al3il elad
t5uGv .Ha8 Tom Scott. .f3utM
NEW YORK, Feb. 6th.-Speclal from
Washington says the Subcommittee
of committee on Pacific Railroad have
agreed to the bill granting Tom Scott
a subsidy and will reportitto the full
committee at their next meeting. Mr..
Atkins has it in charge aud he hopes
the full committee will agree to the
bill so it can be reported to the House
on Wednesday when committee is
called. 1t is now thought that Col.
Scott will be able to put the bill to, a
square vote in the House. There Is
yet no means of making satisfactory
estimate of the probable vote but the
passage of the bill is generally regard
ed as very doubtful.
Kansas Prairie Fire.
KANSAS Cry, Feb. GA disastrous
prairie fire started four miles South
west of Brookville on the line of the
Kansas Pacific railroad about one
o'clock Saturday morning, the wind
blowing q perfect gale. In short
time the fire had swept over q large
space of country. Twenty . barns and
houses of farmers were destroyed and
at least 100000 worth of grain in
stack at Brookville. All the employs
ers of the railroad company turned OUT
and fought the fire and it was driven
around the town. The railroad tracks
prevented it crossing into the prairie
beyond. There was great excitement
among the settlers and aid, was tele-
graphed for up and down the road. /,
John Mccullough.
BOSTON, Feb. 6th.-John McCul-
Tough concluded the first week of his
engagement at the Boston Theatre
last night. During the week he has
played The Gladiator and Richard
Third to rather full houses. He has
been suffering with a severe cold and
loss of voice, and on Tuesday the ply
sicians forbade his performing and an
other play was substituted by the reg
ular company. During the ensuing
week Mr.. Mccullough will appear in
I&ehelieu, Virginius and Jack Cade.
He then goes to Providence thence 10
Philadelphia, where he will appear on
the twenty-third inst.
A Sad Case. 2ii "iit
NEW YORK, Feb. 6th.--A sad case Of
destitution came to light here yester-
day. Postmaster James last week re-
ceived letter from the British Gener-
al Consups Office inquiring the where
abouts of Mrs. Alice M. Read, Of Glas-
Cow, Scotland, who was supposed to
be in New York city. A draft for ESQ
sterling had been sent her four weeks
ago, but the senders had received no
acknowledgment of its receipt by
her. The case was given to the police
and detectives yesterday who learned
the lady had died in utter want and in
damp cellar, in Wooster street, three
days before the arrival of the draft
which had been taken charge of by
her husband. The unfortunate lady
was the daughter of a Scotch Baron
named Agnew, andcontracting mar
riage that was distasteful to her rela-
tives, she became estranged from them
and with her husband finally came to
America.
w. Arrested. al4.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, February eth
Peter Meyers, a banker, at arth-
age, Missouri, charged with taking
$50, 900 of depositors money and leav-
ing the country. He was arrestedat
Council Bluffs yesterday afternoon.
He was formerly United States Pen
sion Agent here and came here spend
ing several days conveying some real
estate to his wife. sH GODS ies
New YORK, Feb. GA heavy rain
set in at dark and still continues at
midnight.
TO Whom It may Concern.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Cerro
IN Gordo Freighting Company do not re-