, 1877-12-15
Telegraphic News.
EASTERN STATES.

EASTERN STATES.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 6. Mr.. Bowles ii
emaciating rapidly from failure of as
similation of food and grows percepti'
bly, weaker.
PoUCHETULA, La, Dec. g. A schoo
teacher named Varney was arrested and
lodged in jail on a charge of drunken
ness las. night. The Jail was set on
fire and Varnsy was burned to death.
ELIZABETH, N. j., Dec. 6..-Mrs. John
Riley, wife of a prominent citizen in
the outskirts of this city, who has fire.
quently brutally beaten an orphan girl
in her employ, this afternoon in a fit
Of rage poured pailful of scaldipg
water over the girl, from the effects of
which she will probably die.
DEADwooD. Dec. 6.-Passengers ar
irving on to>day's Bismarck coach, re-
port that while crossing the Missouri
river the coach and four horses broke
through the ice. The four horses were
drowned. The driver and passengers
escaped.
A man named Spiegel, who formed
one of the party of six that were ats
tackled by Indians a short time since,
rode up to Meyers rancho yesterday,
six miles from Crook City, with an Inc
dian corpse dragging at the end of a
lariat, the other end of which vas fast
ened to the pommel of his saddle. He
reports having engaged in a running
fight with three Indians, two of whom
he wounded and the third accompanied
him as above stated.
This evening about S o'clock Samuel
Curley shot and killed his wife, and
then killed himself with the same pis-
tol. jealousy was the cause.
New YORK, Dec. S.-Solne journals,
in view of the fact of the wreck discov>
cred off Brittany, attempt to regard it
possibly as the missing City of Berlin.
In this connection it may be well TO say
the following San Franciscans were
passengers by the Berlin: A. C. Ar
thur, R. Clifford, f. Patterson and J. S.
Wait.
New YORK, Dec. T. VIM. Brown,
who has committed serious highway
robberies, both in this city and Chicago
was arrested here this afternoon.
The president and Mrs. Hayes have
accepted an invitation of the Union
League Club, rendering them public
reception on the evening of the 2Ist of
December.
War aGvices from Constantinop!e re-
late that the Sultan recently had q
dream, that prophet appeared and
made known to him that Allah has de.
sired for the death Of no more Russians.
The sword Of Clam may now be
sheathed and the residue Of the Giaours
may be pardoned, and peace may again
bless the land. There are many popu-
lar expressions of satisfaction at these
benevolent statements of the prophet.
Mrs. Henry Laurent sues for di-
vorce from her husband, Henry Lau-
rent, tenor of the Alice Oates opera
company, on the grounds Of marital in~
fidelity, desertion and cruelty. She &C.
cuses her husband of criminal intimacy
with Alice Oates, they having lived tos
gether publicly and openly at New
York, Long Branch, Providence and
various places throughout New England
and the West. On the other hand.
Mrs. Oates Publishes card stating
that she is entirely innocent of such
base accusations and will prove them in
court to be the work of man who has
vowed to ruin her. She asks the pub~
lie to suspend judgment until the viii
fer is brought to justice. Laurent also
publishes card to the same effect and
saws he will show that be should be the
applicant for divorce, not Mrs. Lau-
rent ..rr .s.....