The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-12
NEW YORK..
Boss Tweed Once Mare


NEW YORK, March lion the application
0t " m. M. Tweed's counsel, for the Over and
iermlIer Court this morning, Judge Brady set
down for Friday the hearing of a motion, to
make the clerks record conformable to the
stenographer's notes of Judge Davis' oral de-
cislon on passing the sentence, so as to have it
county jail instead of the ''penitentary.''
A Token of .sespect
The sub treasurer gives notice that his de-
partment will be closed tomorrow, out of re.
SSpect to the memory of the late ex-Presdent
Fillmore. The sale of god, advertised for to-
morrow, will take place on Friday. The GUS
tom house will be closed.
Conclusion of the King Trial.
The King trial was concluded to day. Mr.,
Deacn summing up for the defence and Dis
Lrict Attorney Phelps for the prosecution.
ouuge hrady's charge on the whole was unfa-
voraple TO the prisoner and left the jury to de-
clde from the evidence of the conflicting doc
tors upon the question of INSANITY bnt disnosed
OF the injured husbands defence with the re
mark that every one must obey the law and
gave the husband no right to slay the seducer.
The jury retired at O'clock. They came into
court at ?.l5 o'clock. and asked the judge to re-
peat his instructions on the first and second de-
gree OF manslaugeter. Judge Brady did so and
reminded them that he told them the case did
noG come under those degrees and that the
counsel assented. They then asked for the
dennltlon of murder in the serond degree,
dld not apply to the case The jury asked if
they had a right to find lesser degrees of muir.
dsr or mauslaughter. The court replied that
sney had physical riget 10 do SO The jury
Various Matters.
Joseph harrington, a clerk in the office of the
reilglous organization of the bible house, has
Deen committed for trial on charge of forgery
endorsements on post-office money orders.
Inc strike of the Crispins has not effected
any large hrms. 1t is said that the successful
result of the strike would drive the manufac-
ture OF boots and shoes from the city.
IL is understood that measures are progress
ing leading to the early indictment of the
Brooklyn Charity Commission.
Seven of the war vessels forming the Squad
ron at Key West are to come to the Brooklyn
navy yard to be laid up.
The McCue-Barnes libel suit in BROOKLYN for
$4,000 has been postponed for the counsel to
agree on the time to try it.
The property OF the Knickerbocker Hotel
Company was sold at auction to-day by the or
der of the UuIted States District Court under
the direction of the assignee in bankruptcy to
r. W Sears of Boston for S795,63S
The Brooklyn police authorities all express
the belief that Lizzie King is crazy.
At an assemblage of leading men of New
York at the 9Th Avenue Hotel tonight the de-
sire was universally expressed that the remains
of Charles Sumner shall stop at New York on
the way to New England and receive funeral
honors.
1t is reported that Auditor General Dunan of
the Erie railway has resigned and that there is
trouble in the finances
strikers.
BUFFALO, March 11.-Six of the Erie rail-
way strikers were to-day held to bail in $1,000
each on the charge of riot.
The caulkers and ship carpenters have struck
for an increase of pay.
Winter No. 2.
PoUGHKEEPsIE March 1.-THE Hudson is
checked with running ice from here to Albany
and navigation is again suspended