The Phoenix herald., 1879-03-26
TELEGRArIsEs ggEyETsES :.

Charles A. Bennett, q wcll-known member of the Olympic club, is dead
 H. s. libby, secretary of the Du- l pentstrcet commission, San Francisco has been arrested, charged with cm- bezzlement.
 Benjamin C. Porter, an actor, was assassinated at Dallas, Texas, by Jas. Currie. q Texas Pacific Railroad detective, Wednesday, while intoxi- caled
 Paul Boynton had q narrow escape from death recently, the swift cur rent of the falls of the Ohio sweeping him past Louisville, Kentucky. He was severely bruised.
 The democrats of the sixth con eressional district, Texas, after three days session and 7G ballots, nomi- mated Columbus Upsen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of i ScleicLer.
 The democratic state convention pf l Rhode Island has nominated for gov ernor, Thomas W. Segar; lieutenant governor, J. D. Bailey; secretary of state, David S Baker, jr.; attorney general, Charles II. Page.
 Wilson Beach, a well-known citi- l zen of Los Angeles county, Cal, and an extensive sheep owner, was stabbed ! March goth at Spadra by a Mexican ] in his employ, while he was sitting at the breakfast table The wound i serious.
 The town of Pincville, the county seat of Mcdonald, Mo, was almost entirely destroyed by fire before day light lately. Only the court house, one hotel and two business houses are said to have escaped destruction. Supposed cause, incendiary.
 John Morton, who was nominated to be consul at Honolulu, is a son of the late Senator Morton. He has lived in California for several years, and was also special agent of the treasury department for some time at the fur seal islands of Alaska c. F. Oakes, general superinten- dent of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, has offered his resignation, to take effect March 31st. s. T. Smith, re- i ceiver, assumes the duties of general superintendent for the present, and will make no appointment while the affairs of tie railroad remain in such an unsettled state.
 i Kansas City dispatch says; John Lanham, alias Charles Johnscn II, was arrested last night ;l!d placed ii jail lie is charged with shooting and killing an actress on the stage of q theatre in San Antonio, Texas. in July last; also, with wounding two men at the same time. Lanham, who has been in the city three weeks, was recognized among the audience at the coliseum, ny the manager of the Texas theatre, who was an eye witness Of the shooting and killing The prisoner makes weak denial of his identity, but jewclry, the property of the woman he murdered, was found on his person.
 An Intey-Oesan Washington special says: One of the first bills intro duced in the senate was to remove the political disabilities of Jeff Davis, so as to prepare for his admission as q senator to succeed Bruce two years hence. This was concealed under the bill 10 restore citizenship of all persons now under political disabili- ties. There were only about thirty in the list, of whom Daris is one. The bill was referred to the commit tee on judiciary, of which Thurman is chairman; and it is reported that the Jeff Davis debate will be re- sumed, and Thurman's presidential prospects imperillcd.
 The New York He,,ald of the 21st says: If the probabilities are full filled, as they seem in a fair way to be, Jerome Park will next fall be the scene of the most exciting inter national race America has known. The famous English colt Peter, who has never been beaten but once, and against whom no English thurman would care to wager, except with enormous odds in his favor, is eX- pccted to come over and run a mile and half against Keene's Spend thrift, wEo has never been beaten at all. Both horses are under the man. agemcnt of men who mean business, and unless some previous accident to either animal prevents the race, it is sure to be run.
 Terrible prairie fires recently oc- cured in Republic and Cloud coun- ties, Kansas. They extended over an area ten miles long and three miles wide, and swept everything before them. It is said that about one hun dred houses were consumed; also, lar9e quantities of ~raiD. farming i'm