The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-02-25
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY
The following is synopsis of the dispatches
obtained from the papers of the week The
dates are to February 18th:

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Miscellaneous
President johnson has nominated Lewis
Dent brother to Mrs Grant, for Minister to
Chill, in place of Fitzpatrick.
Inc President has pardoned Sanford Como.
Ver' allas Dunham. in prison for forgery on ten
years sentence. He was the witness whom
SUMMON ana holt brlbed to swear away the
lives of several of their victims
Jas Doyle, noted lawyer of PHILADELPHIA.
was fatally assaulted in his own office, and died
on being carried home No trace of the per.
petratOr of the crime
The murderer of Murray Mcconnell proves
to be one e. w. Robinson, whose note for $500
was held by Mcconnell Robinson is in Jail.
Sol Smith, the veteran actor of the South
west, died in st Louis, aged IS.
1he President has signed the pardon for DR..
Mudd, and it is reported will release all other
prisoners held for Lincolns assassination. and
offences during the war
crazy woman named Ann O'Neil was ar.
rested IN the Capitol grounds and Il loaded pis-
toll found on her. She said God had ordered
her to kill President Johnson.
Woman's Suffrage Convention in Chicago
was largely attended, and strong resolutions
passed
! Sixty lives were lost by the burning of a
steamer ut the mouth of Red river, Feb 10.
Gen. Gushing has succeeded in negotiating
treaty Tor Il ship canal across the lsthmus.
Gen. Stoneman has removed over 100 civil
officers IN Virginia. and filled their places
with persons OF his own SrlrctluH.
\ desperate struggle is reported between
the bulls and bears in gold of Wall street.
which mast soon end with tremendous loss 10
one or the other side
The Grant Inauguration Ball is to be the
grandeSt pageant ever seen in the country. No
negroes are 10 be- admitted.
Chlrt Justice Chase has rendered Il decision
that gold contracts must br paid with cola but
when the KIND ot currency IS not named legal
tenders are lawful payment. Justice Miller
disscntrd
The remains of Harold, Booth and Atzcrott
have been delivered Ia their relatives
ChaS Bgtnrd and 5 Quick, held in JET
trrson City, Mo, Tor MURDER were taken from
jail and hung by Il mob. Feb 10Th
II is generally believed that Senator Fcssen-
den will b. Grants Secretary al State The
rxtrcm" Radicals bitterly oppose H.
Newspapers 81 both parties approve OF the
response oi Gen. Grant Ia the Congressional
Committee. Pruyn, at New York. Democratic
member ii thr Committee of the House. Us.
surrd Grant Inc Democracy would Sustain him
IN his auanu"crI policy.
Ii is believed Cen. Sherman viii b., uG,.,rd
IN. NISSAN ~ Great BRITAIN
Senator Walr's conduct IN the recent .Iu;nt
Convention has rigphafir,lI, son:t,.d hI, cblucr
Tor any Foreign mission
\ aoli, p,os,4ini has been entered IN the
cases against .Irn DAVIS. and h.. .nrrtlr. re-.
leased: aI,n. In ,h,, c,....,g,irsf Er,rkinr,l.,
and thirtv.rtsnt other distinguished rebels.
Ma,nr Hall Of N,v York urr.I.I =: m i'm.
mrns,. ,n.,fing IN favor uf fh. t-,f.,,, 81 ire.
land and 81, releasing III, FruIan prisoners. and
made nm ,lncurnf >rrrrh Oihrr sn.-chr.
were, made. and resolutions covering The ob.
i.rts of the rYr,tjnr WIRE, pas.cd
/ Parties arr. m,,t.rinlsly truharking from the
coast Of Georgia and FInrila-r j. believed
Tor Cuba. to in,n the rebellion.
\ Congressional excursion Ia salt Lake City
is talked ot E.ynrabIy in WASHINGTON, and \
new srh,lnr j., on foot Ia aIr,t Utah into The,
MON rs = Stat,
Iargc nrI~1brrs Of Cuban refugees are mr.
irving At New Orleans.
Vlolrnt ,lrrt storms in Maine have blown
down hundreds of trees and made the roads
impassahr
The coffin Of J. Wilkes Booth contained only
bones
II is reported that Gen. Grant has dismissed
his confidential Secretary. Gen. Badrau. The
cause il not known.
There are ,. 900 unfinished bills before Con.
grrss The Suffrage amendments fail Tor THIS