The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-21

| Venue changed TO halamaZOo County
| There the jury disagreed, and the venue
was changed to Barry County. The
| third trial lasted over five weeks, and OF
the nth the jury, after being out six hours
returned a verdict of not guilty, and Van
derpool was discharged.
The Democratic State Convention oil
Minnesota met at St. Paul on the 18th
and nominated the following ticket: Fol
Governor, Winship Young, of St. An.
| thony; Lieutenant Governor, L. Buell., Ct
Houston; Secretary of State, E. Falk, OF
Rice; Treasurer, B. Vosberg, of Stearns
Attorney General, J. L. Mcdonald, OF
Shackopee; Justices of Supreme Court,
VIM. Mitchell, of Winona, and NJ l.
Burk, Of Mankato.
a Denver, Col, dispatch of the 18th
says the election in New Mexico on the
18th resulted in the ele ction of the Repub,
lican candidate for Delegate to Congress,
and that the Republicans will have ma
jority in the Territorial Legislature.
Superintendent Norton, Superintendent
Of the Money Order Department of the
New York POST Office, is a defallter to
the amount of $4,000, and he and his
wife have voluntarily surrendered all their
property at Plainield, n. j., consisting of
a farm, several valuable horses ETC., esti-
nated in all to be worth $175,000. 1t is
said the government will not suffer by this
desalcation.
An explosion occurred at the Union
Torpedo Works in New York city, on the
18th, BY which wopersons, Henry Brown,
and Burke, driver of truck, were in
stantly killed. and Michael Goldschmidt,
proprietor of the establishment; Henry
Righart, employe, and Mary Jane Burr,
residing opposite the scene OF the expo
sion, were so badly injured that they
would probably die. A Beekman street
car was passing at the time, and two horses
drawing It were almost blown to pieces.
Much damage was done to adjacent build
ings.
An Augusta, Me, dispatch of the 14th
says: 1--WE have official returns Of the
vote for Governor from $50 cities and
towns and plantations. In these places
Perham has 1862; Kimball, SO, 1S4. Ma
.jorlty for Perham, 9,S1S. There are about
eco towns to hear from, which will bring
the total vote up to little more than 100,
600, and give, Perham majority Of II,
000."
Governor Hoffman delivered the address
at the Fair Of the Westchester County a G.
ricultural and horticultural Society, on
September IA.
At the recent session, at Troy, N. Y, of
the National Association of Spiriatulists,
Mrs. Victoria c. Woodruff was elected
President for the coming year.
The ticket nominated by the recent
Massachusetts, Democratic State Conven-
ton is as follows: Governor John Quincy
Adams of Quincy; Lieutenant Governor,
S. 0. Lamb, of Greenfield; Sec: etary of
State, Luther Stevenson, Jr., of bingham !;
Treasurer, Levi Haywood, Of Gardiner !;
Auditor, Phineas Allen, of Pittsfeld !;
Attorney G eneral William W. Warren, of
Brighton.
The Attorney General has decided that
the government has no right of priority
of payment as against private creditors of
an insolvent National Bank for moneys
which the bunk holds to the credit Of the
United States. He has also decided, in
connection with this question, that the
Comptroller Of the Currency has no
authority, under the law, to declare divi-
dend to private creditors Of National
Bank before the claims of the United
States, of all kinds, are first satisfied
Paymaster Hodge has written letter to
General Brice confessing his defalcation to
the amount of $4,000.
Horace Greeley delivered an address be-
fore the Northwestern Agricultural Asso-
ciation, at Minneapolis, on September a.
a San Francisco dispatch of the 14th
says the latest returns indicate that the
Democrats have two majority in the Cali
fornia Senate, and the Republicans clear
majority on joint ballot.
a telegram from Raleigh, n. c., On the
18Th says that sixty persons arrived there
that day, and were handed over to the
United States authorities, to be tried I'M
der the ku Klux act.
A fire at Saratoga Springs On the morn
ing Of the 18th destroyed nearly an entire
block of buildings, involving loss of
about 100000.
= surveying party Of seven persons per-
ished in the flames of burning woo1s near
Collingwood, Canada, recently.
The smallest working steam engine in
tie world was entered at the Buffalo In
dustrial Fair on the 18th. 1t will not
cover space larger than a three cent
piece.
The Grand Jury in New York have
brought in a true bill, indictinG Rosen-
zweig, the abortionist, for manslaughter.
President Grant and party arrived at
Pittsburgh On he 18th, from the oil re-
gions, remained half an hour, and then
proceeded TO Washington, Pa, where he
would be the guest of the Hon. Wu.
Kenna for few days.
A very heavy frost occurred at Lewis
ten, Me, on September IA. The vines
were generally killed.
New York business circles were agitated
on the 18th by reports of a gigantic con-
spiracy entered into by a ring of financial
shsrpers to lock up millions of dollars of
gold, and thus seriously embarrsss the
business operations, in order to push up
prizes. Judge Bedford charged the Grand
Jury, in the event of evidence being
brought bafore it to this effect, to "act at
once, promptly and fearlessly,"
The trial Of the Tamnany Injunction
suit terminated on the 18th, and Judge
Barnard decided in favor of permanent
injunction. Ii rendering his decision the
Judge said
l am not justified, under the circums tances, In
saying that the payment of these bills by the
Comptroller and the raising of bonds by the
Board OF Apportionment, authorize me TO say they
are entitled TO the confidence OF the court 10
permit them 10 go and spend more money.
Having failed, in consequence of omission, if not
OF commission, it is my duty, and painful duty,
not 10 allow another dollar 10 be paid from the
Treasury. another bond TO be issued until such
tine there shall be some alteration in that