Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-12-04
PERSONAL.

fN' IresitleEt Johnson has been granted t.
patel It fer combination plane,
j i'm I. irving, the San Francisco burglar,
has. implicated Cole Cunning, wel-known
N',w York burglar, and Daniel Kelly, in the
Nathan murder, by stating that the former
killed Nathan While he and Kelly were wait
! ing in the House.
/ William NJ Tweed was brought before the
| New York Coprt of oyer and Termner on the
| 22d, when a motion for arrest of judgment
was argued and denied. Judge Davis then
| sentenced the prisoner to twelve years i'm.
pisonment in the county Jail and fine OF
! SI2,Fs0. After unayailing efforts on the part
OF his counsel to obtain stay of proceedings
! at ten minutes past one on the morning of the
22GHSunday), Tweed was taken to the Tomb,
and the gGtes were closed behind him.
The following are the names of the newly.
elected officers Of the Indiana Grand Lodge
10. O. T.: Grand Master, Richard Owen
Deputy, D. i. Chandler Warden, j. b. Kim
ball. Secretary, b. T. Foster; Treasurer, T. Z.
| uaughey; Representative, Plat j. Wise; Al
| ternate, W IL. Myers.
! The attorneys for Tweed in the late trial were
before Judge Davis on the oath, to explain their
! conduct in presenting, after the jury was OBJ
tanned, certain paper, which the Judge at
the time characterized as extraordinary. 1t
was declaration proclaiming the Judge to be
partial in having expressed opinions on the
facts against the defendant; that he had ruled
| against defendant ia law points, contrary to
the decision OF other judges, and that because
of ill~ill and prejudices he was not proper
officer to set in the case. The matter was
postponed until the 29th.
Tweed's counsel have presented bill com
prising nine objections on which to base their
arguments for stay of proceedings.
Hon, Richard {. Mccormick, Delegate from
Arizona, was married in Washington, a few
evenings ago, to Miss Elizabeth Thurman,
daughter Of Senator Thurman.
The Indiana State Grange of the Patrons
of Husbandry met at Valparaiso on the 18th.
There were present at the opening three hum
dred and fifty four members, representing two
thirds OF the counties of the State, and others
were still arriving.
A mass meeting of farmers and Patrons of
Husbandry was held at Atlanta, Ga, on the
25th, They resolved to plant only one third of
their crop next year in cotton, to favor cash
payments, and declared their right to control
the price of cotton.
The United States Court, sitting at Phiiadel
phia, has Ndjudged Jay Cooke u Co. to be
bankrupts, and made an order for the appoint
ment of a Receiver, etc,
Ingersol and Harrington, connected with
the Ring swindles in New York, have been
convicted of forgery In forging certain iu-
dorsements on bills against the Treasury of
New York City
Chris. Rafferty,, who some time ago shot
and killed Chicago policeman, has had his
third trial for the olense, and has been for
the third time convicted of murder in the first
degree.
Charles T. Sherman, United States District
Judge for the Northern District Of Ohio, has
resigned. Martin Walker, formerly member
of Congress, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy.
Ex United States Senator Richard Yates, of
Illinois, died suddenly at Barnum's Hotel in
st. Louis, on the night of the 9th.