, 1870-05-11


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!: The United States. cs...........-..-.54 10000
tIEncc... -~.+.-.------..- ssesoo1 sesoo1
Aonan0.-.- .-...--.--...--+s.-..- sso,ooo
1a ,scs, England had.. 10000
tfAnCe...+.~+.-.-...--+--. ..--....A 1vou,vVo
! Holland. .-.--.--.......--....-.-.- 5s5,0oo
Tho Aua California reports nico poiut
of Law: "One Of the District Courts Of S.n
Francieco recently rendered Judgment against
The defetidaut, in certain cause. whose 1avyer
failed to put in IN appearance on tho day hSed
for trial. A new lawyer WnH then emploYed,
and the District Judge granted now trial on
the ground that the failure Of tile first attor-
ncy 10 appear WAS legal SURPRISE aud that
fage. The plaintiff appealed, and showed that
the first hHyer had not been paid, and had
given! notice that lie would not appesr unless
paid before the trial. The Supreme Court de-
cided That the new trial ghould not have been
granted, and laid down the principle that it Is
not surprising for lawyer to demand pay N
advance, or to keep his Wozd in case Like this
oh tho 2sth ult 8 most fearful tragedy
was enacted in tho town Of Ashford, Catsa-
C3 yeara Of age, s.arted for the woods With his
axe to 20 to chopping. As he started some
disagreement arose between him aud his wife,
which led to violent quarrel Of words: He
and ia often started 1gain for the wooda.
Finally, ~ ho claims, she made an assault upon
him with disL-kettle md . club, He then
picked up his axe and struck her on tho head
with it two or three times, using the head
OF the axe. Seeing that she must die, ho
made up his mind to finish the work, and Kill
ed her outright. No other parsons Here around
the house at the time, Two sona living with
them were in the field at nook. One Of thon,
coming to the house soon after tho deed was
committed, met lis father, who told him he
"guessed he lad; killed his Qhe boyD
mother" The murderer vAs secured, and on
examination before \ Justice pleaded guilty,
md was committed To jail.
The Sacramento (Cal1 Union Of April %
says.: 1--WE Observed in tho office Of Record
Goth inst, by which Homer Sanders md wife,
George ". 1rnce, and Josiah c. Harrington
and wife, OF Boston, and George Ford and
wife, of Dorchester, Mass, conveyed to Don
aid Noodle, Of Jersey City, N. T., for and u
consideration Of the sum q goo: tbs
mento, bounded on the east by Thir-
ty-Grst street, on the south by Z street, On
tie wcst by sacramento 1Gvat, and on tho
north by the american River. The deed ia
Intended as confirmation Of conveyance
made July %, 1919. which vas subsequently
into the ownership OF the CITY, but it is Under
stood that they claim, under title from Bruce
of prannan, Bruce. Graham, and Wetz1ar cor
rection. II will be generally admitted that
the sum for which the city was thus sold Was
Tho report OF the Anglo-Americ.n Tele-
graph Company Iimitel) which was 70 be
preecnted on the id of May, states tho total
| receipts accruing to tho company fos tho nine
montha ended on tho 31st OF January last, In
cluding balance Of e., rs, carried over from
tho last account, to amount to E11s, N5 while
4 Ia Jy0r{rSf7V nyb E14.$i5j. IH8VlOE
CLOG, ,258 available for dividend. Out Of this,
three interim dividends Of los per share,
amounting in tho whole to 100000, had
already been distributed. and there remained
balance Of .c1G,258 10 deal with:
| The Directors, therefore, recommended
! a further dividend at the rate Of So per share.
fsee Of the income Tux, leaving 81, ,25S to be
| carried forward. Since the commencement Of
| tho ioint-purse Arrangement with the French
Atlantic Company the receipts had been fnrly
sequent upon competition greatly diminished
[ The Robert Lowe, Which had been expressly
] built IL maintenance ship, at tho cost OF the
trb companies. mas expected to be ready for
! sen by the middle Of May. when che viii at
once proeeed to Newfoundland to repair the
-Arcording to Le Gaulois. Of Paris, the
| great steam navigation companies are not. too
Wen satisfied with the results pt their. use 'of
the Suez Canal. Tho 1mperatrice, belonging
to tho Measageries 1mperiales, sustained dam
age during her passage Three blades OF her
Screw veTe broken. The smyrne, belonging
10 the same company, met with Ike CASUAL
ty. The Europe lost two blades Of her screw,
tie Hoogh1y also two b1ades, and the Antique
threo blades Tic Corps and tho 7Nnn.a,
to Suaz for repairs. An English stesmer haa
her screw completely broken. These acci-
dents al occurred within six weeks.
Speaking Of the He'd River expedition, the
Toronto Telegraph eays that, so far as known
at present, " volunteer 1oree w 1ona.ss OF
of Ontario md Quebec It is said that the
whole e1peditiopary force, regulars and yolun-
teers, will be 1,030, exclusive Of of6cers
drivers, wagoncre, &c. San,ue! L. Jarvis mas
been appointed commander Of the Qntar1o
battalion, and it is expected that Iuten,
ant Colonel Cassault. Frenehman, vii
command The force from Quebec. The TEE
\ graph eaya: " The new Propeller Lewis shick
luna ia being loaded with 500 barrels Of pork
jestined for the use of tho Red River troops
the open boats being constructed hero. ant
some tents and stores. This is tho secont
cargo With which she has been loaded. Thu
schooner Orion cleared tho harbor ynsteraa,
morning, for. the canal, With tht
pbor deanea ena e0ats for ss Fort was v,am sas'
La 1fiaeyre, OF Montreal, says that, ss beast
Of burden cannot crosA the lied River, tho ex
peditipn will be compelled to leave its train o
| animals ut Lake Shebandowan, and the mel
viii be compelled to carry their baggage an
GRth 9oa he so Eel 81 ef 9Ss Ts Il ti
tho expedition cannot expect to reach For
Garry before July. The Detroit Tribune ssys
"When it became evident tllat tho Canadian
: proposed to move vessels carrying stores an
: | troops through the Sault Canal, the 4uesho
| as to their right 80 to do naturally began to b
J | agitatel among the people. of the Unite
) States, and, as tho canal is the property Of tn
State Of Michigan, mauy pcrsons thought tla
) | Governor Baldwin should assume the authol
, ity Of forbidding their passage. The Gosei
. | nor, however, after careful consideration Q
the subject, and the law relating to it. forrne
Tho opinion that tho whole matter VAS d na
tional one, and consequently to be directed b
the General Government alone
Tho Paris corespondentof Of the Boston S,tn
iaY Times says that the Society for tho Pr<
: tection Of Animals waited on the Minister
,. Police, to put down the latest importation
: from pe,Jide dAdon-the killing Of rats
dogs, against time. The Minister declined
+ | interfere, as the rats Of tho city we're On th
10, 600 Of them at u fixed epoch eveTy. yeal
, Indeed, it is the terriers. or the "dog-buils3
, as tho French describe them, that want to
protected from oyerwork- The F" exhibitor
:, has taken. "Ladics"s hare been attracted t
sec Tray, Blanche, Sweetheart, the little dos
n
min in O few minutes. :
+ The nussian dynasty is the most costly
: any in Europe, whilo France and Turkey .
but ! little way behind. In Rusaia r TeyaH s,aH
q coasts "a, ,500, 600 year: in. France: 57.0oo
r 600: in Turkey. $4,000. 900. The house .
: IIapsburgh receives, in the aggregate, g, ,oo1
= COO yeaE- italy comes next, with goo, ,oot
i then frussia, with So, 400, 900; while Engl,I
: provides about So, 375, 900 for hcr roral fanil
Among the smaller rnonarclies Bavaria is tt
s most costly, and sets apart for her King Al
Holland, s5oo,ooo; Sweden and Norway, s2G(
n | eco: Denmark, 4240, 600 Wurtembet
n :a2eo, 900; Rome, S2oo,o0o. In the aggI
q cate tho crowned heads Of Europe cost Il
people about 81 000, 900 J. year for private AZ
n household expenditures
n PERSONAL
= Esch Of tho Rothachilds sent 10000 iran
- TO the French Plebiscitary Committee.
" ATfsa Corraf,a n daurhter OF kEeotEp