, 1878-03-30
GENERAL NEWS.

PRonDENcEt Il. I. March 21.-A
Foster, this state. last night, VIM. Ide
returned home drunk and badly bea
his wife who had also been drinking
After the husband fell asleep tie wife
took a double bal-eIled shotgun and
killed him.
The house of Representatives defeat
e6, by 10 to 35. constitutional amend
ment to give unmarried women and
widows the same privileges as men iii
voting upon the proposition to impose
tax, appropriate money or for city coun-
Gil
PROVIDENCE, March 20.-The Repub>
lican state convention to- day nomina-
ted the present state officers for re>elec-
tion.
ST. PAUL, March 20.-There is great
excitement in the northwest territory
over reported combination by Sitting
Bull Sioux, Blackfeet and other tribes
to attack the settlements in the spring
Many settlers are moving
Boston, March 21.--The bill grant
ing female suffrage at municipal elec>
tions was defeated in the house, 127 to
90.
CLAEKsBURG, W. Va, March 2l.- The
domestic of Judge Campbell attempted
to poison the whole family Tuesday by
arsenic in the tea. The large quantity
administered caused vomiting and
. saved their lives.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. March 21--Abiel
F. Fifeld. defaulting water registrar,
was sentenced to three years in the
penitertiary.
New ORLEANS, March 2i.-Judse
Whitaker to~day rendered decision
quashing the information filed by Att
torney General Ogden against ex- -Assist>
ant Attorney General Dibble, last June
He was accused with having refused to
pay over $4,000 collected by him
while acting attorney general under the
Kellogg government. He claimed the
settlement should be made in state wars
rants, which he rendered. together with
instructions from the state auditor to
receive them.
PLYMOUTH, n. H, March 21.--Issac
Adams reported dead. is alive.
State Engineer Hardy reports the
crevasses below the city all closed.
PHILADELPHIA. March 21.--The star
ling disclosures made by Thomas Graz
ham in the Camden, n. j.. murder case
have awakened the liveliast interest both
here and at Camden. The police au-
thorities have been at work all day rure
ming out points in the confession, and
to night the prosecuting attorney says
all of Graham's statements have been
found true. Graham even mentioned
matters which they knew nothing about.
and these have been also verified. The
prosecutor of tie plea says he is ready
for trial.
The trial of Blasius Pistorious for the
murder Of Isaac Jaquet;e, at Norris
town. in July, 1875. IVES concluded to-
day by verdict Of guilty of murder in
the first degree. 1t is the second time
Pistorious has been tried for his life for
the same crime. After being found
guilty Of murder in.the Grst degyee in
the Montgomery, county case it was
appealed TO the supreme court on the
ground that the defendant, having been
Catholic priest, religious rrejudice
prevented fair trial.
CHICAGO. March 21.--The Ir;5u,ae's s
Washington special says letters and
kilograms from all parts Of the country
show that publishers and news dealers
are actively at work to have their views
regarding the section of the new postal
bill, which prohibits transportation of
periodicals outside of mails, freely pre-
sented to the committee next Tuesday
All publishers who have not moved in
the matter should write to their repre-
sentatives at once and state concisely
how much the law would interfere with
their business. Joseph Medill, now
here. will appear on behalf of the West>
ern Associated Press.
PARIS, March o. Questions which
France demanded should be excluded
from the congress were those relating
to holy placee, as introducing needless
complication, and touching Syria, be-
cause Syria might have been offered her
as compensation for English occupation
of Egypt. and because she considers
that the two fold question of Syria and
Egypt might impare the good under.
standing with England.
Men and journals of all parties com.
,nended Engand's attitude in insisting
on the right of the congress to discus.
the whole treaty of San Stefano.
A. dispatch from Volo says the villages
of Olympus. Kepsara. Caria and Lito.
chori have been sacked and burned by
the Turks, and the women, children ani