Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-30
Latest Eastern News.
A fIendish Ousrrge.

A EIendish Outrage.
NEW YORK, July 2s.-The Times
to-day adds to the criminal records
an account of one of the most au-
dacious crimes perpetrated in this
country. Some months since
married lady of Boston, of great
refinement and beauty and oscu-
pying a prominent social position,
who had been visiting friends In the
interior of this State and who, when
leaving, took drawing room car
on the New York Central road for
Albany, where her husband await.
ed her. Two villains followed her
into the car, probably attracted by
the valuable jewelry she wore and
when the conductor approached the
lady for her ticket they Informed
him that they were her friends,
that she was deianged and that they
had, unfortunately, been selected
to convey her to the Utica Asy-
lum. In spite of her protestations
and appeals for protection, the
scoundrels succeeded in convincing
the conductor and passengers of
the truth of their story, and re-
moved the lady from the cars at
Utica, she swooning as the train
moved away. She was then lifted
into a coach, chloroformed, taken
to a house of ill-repute, outraged
and robbed of her jewelry and
clothing. Her husband learned Of
his wife's alleged insanity when
the train arrived at Albany; and,
procuring a special engine, started
for Utica without delay. Upon ar
rivlng Il few enquiries enabled him
to find the disreputable house to
which his wife had been taken.
and there he found her lying upon
a bed, almost stripped OF clothing
and her mind seriously injured by
her terrible experience. Her hus-
band made every effort consistent
with privacy to discover the iiends,
but so far without avail.
Light Freight tor California.
NEW YORK, July 29th.-The
week opens with very quiet
freight market for California via
Cape Horn.
Excitement as ,hr Sack Exchange.
New YORK, J1!y 29th.-There
was much excitement at the Stock
Exchange to-day on account of re-
ported rains in the West, which
were said to have done much inju-
ry and prices declined severely,
ranging 4@64 per cent. lower, be-
ing the lowest prices reached for
many weeks. Granger stocks fell
43@64, closing steady.
The Eclipse at Denver.
DENVER, COL, July 29th.-The
sky was entirely clear until 1P. M,
when few masses of cumulus
clouds Shove themselves over the
mountains towards the north and
west. With thrse exceptions the
sky was perfect and the atmos-
pheric conditions were of the most
favorable character for the success
full observation of the eclipse. The
house tops were thronged with
people, the higher buildings being
especially in demand, as from them
the approach of the dark shadow
of the totality could be seen as it
swept onward over the plain. The
time Of the first contact was 2:20,
and ten minutes later the presence
of the moon at the edge of the
suns disc was plainly perceptible
to ordinary observers with smoked
glass. By O'Clock the sunlight
had moderated in u marked de-
gree, showing pale yellow color.
Later OH lurid glare overspread
the earth. The heat of the sun was
no longer oppressive, and light
similar to twilight was shown in
the horizon, and tho light
f1ecks of clouds began slowly
to dissolve, owing TO the change in
the temperature. AS the period
of the totality came on, the sight
from an elevated station was
grand in the extreme. A dark
shadow fell on Longs Peak, IS
miles distant, and sweeping rap
idly to the south-eastward covered |
The plain like a gray pail. To the
orth-eastward the clouds could be |
seen bathed in sun light aud pre-.
,enting the view of a beautiful sun.
set. During the period OF observa-
tion the moon appeared like huge |
black ball, surrounded by a beau.
.iful circle of light and as the sum
light suddenly burst forth again
chickens crowed as though morn
had dawned.
The astronomical parties, as far as
heard from, failed to discover the
planet Vulcan, although able to
discover stars of the sixth magni-
Jude. Professor Young reported
hat he discovered no ultra red or
violet lines, but that, at the mo-
nent of totality, all of Frauenshof-
sI's lines were beautifully reversed
Ind this was the most important
result of bis observation made in
Siam. Both the "Hu lines were
also reversed and very bright lines
were seen near the large "B,"
which confirms Professor Pogson,s