Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-21
TELECRhPHIC.
SPECIAL TO THE REcoRD-uN1oS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Chrisfiancy Divorce Case.

| The Chrisfiancy Divorce Case.
WASHINGTON, October Goth th.-Yesterday
in the Christiancy case, Barnun, who had
| the correspondence of Giro, testified that
Giro extolled Mrs. Christiancy extravagantly,
and had said that as soon as she got divorce
| he was going TO try to marry her. Giro
showed him all the letters from her and his
replies, which witness Corrected, Giro not
writing English well. These letters purporting
to be letters fEsm Mira. Christiancy to Giro,
| which were put In evidence. were not really
| her letters which he had seen, but entirely
| different in expression and sentiment Giro
| told witness that he did not care damn about
the letters being pOblished, as he had friend
who could initiate any kind of writing. Giro
was greatly incenssd when he found that Mrs.
Christiancy would not marry him, and swore
that he would ge5 even. and said he had
already secured woman like her who would
so with him to hetel here. and he would
leave the inference thss she was Mrs. Chris
| tiancy.
The High Water s,s fhe North west.
BuRLINGToN, October 2Oth.-No damage
has resulted from high water here. The
| river is falling, and is Eew foot below the
high.water mark of last year.
GuIscY lIll.), October 20th.-Specials to
| the Wkig from New Carton and Rockport
| announce disastrous break in the Suy levee,
| i
| is pouring through the cregice in torrents,
and vast area of highly-caltivatea land is
being rapidly inundated. Bunners were sent
| out to warn people of the disaster, and the
| farmers are using superhuman efforts to save
their stock and household effects. The disas-
ter at, this time will be much greater
than ever before, as a very large area of win
| ter wheat has been sown. The corn aud other
| crops have not been secured, and the bottoms
| are full of cattle, horses and ether live stock
The food has come upon the people SO sud-
denly. and is SO unexpected, that but few of
| them have prepared for it, and as result the
damage viii be very great
DAVENPORT Ia), October 20sh.-The river
has risen . inches in eighteen hours. Nayi-
! CATION is dangerous for RATS.
QUINCY tIll), October 2Oth-The river has
| risen 3 inches since A. H. The water
| is now 3inches higher than at the rise lass
! spring.
The Humane seeiefy.
| Boston, October 2Oth-The Humane So
! ciety, in session here, considered the cattle
/ plague, viyisection, pigeon-shooting, bull
fights. and the shooting of the President, and
adopted series of resolutions about the pro-
lection of inferior animals and sympathy
with the late Presidents family.
Festivities at Yorktown.
| YORKTOWN, October 20th.-The promenade
concert and hop at Lafayette Hall last night
was well attended. The army aud navy
| and the French and German delegations were
Represented, but the President did not attend,
nor did any members of the Cabinet.
! Terrible stage Accident.
| LITTLE Rock (Ark), October 20th-The
stage between Alma and Fayette vile met
with terrible accident yesterday, the horses
running away and the stage collidirg with a
stump. William Sanders, the driver, was
instantly killed, one of the three passengers,
a Mr.. Brown, fatally, and G.. G. HAMS and
A. c. Threadgill severely hurt.
The BreskIyn Mayeralty.
NEW YORK, October 2Oth.-The Yourg
Republicans of Brooklyn indorse Ripley
Ropes for Mayor.
The Case of Assistant Postme ster-GeneraI
Tyner.
WASHINGTON, October 20th.-Tyner denies
that the President asked bis resignation, but
knew that Efforts have been made to have
him displaced He will certainly make
fight, as defense against the charges. Re-
garding the report drawn up by him, be
could eniy say that if it was not acted on it
was not his fault He has received many
encouraging teleerams.