Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-09
PIE RSONAL.

| 1t was reported from Louisville on the
2Sth that Col. Wharton, United States Dis.
trict Attorney for Kentucky, had been re.
moved, and Il. +. Finley had been appointed
as his successor.
! A Washington telegram Of the Goth ult says
/ Geo. II. Cowcll, chief clerk of the Postoflcc
| Department and a personal friend of Mr..
Jewell, had been requested to resign, and
/ had done so, the resignation to take effect
on the 3ist.
AT Salt Lake City on the 3lst ult,, Judge
Schaeacr rendered decision in the suit of
Arm Eliza u.s. Brigham Young, 10 recover
alimony, the decision reducing the amount
| made payable by the order of Judge Mexican
from $500 to 500 per month, thus diminish
my the amount from sl7,500 to $500, and
giving the defendant thirty days in which to
pay the amount, and providing in default of
such payment that execution shall issue
against his property.
Washington special of the Doth ult,
states that the President said he had it in
bis power to completely clear himself from
the charges made by cX-Solctor Wilson, and
that he would certainly do SO.
John Loughborough, a member Of the
Arkansas State Senate, from the Little Rock
District, was found dead in his house on the
afternoon of the 3lst ult., shot through the
heart A coroncr's jury found that the de-
ceased committed suicide
A Washington telegram Of the 3lst ult.
says the President had requested the resig-
nation of Supervising Architect Potter. The
Chicago Tribune of the LIST states that Mr..
Potter had said he retired from the position
| voluntarily and in pursuance of a plan
formed some time ago, and denied having
received a hint from the President that his
/ resignation would be acceptable.
/ The United States Senate, on the LIST, sit
/ ting as a Court OF impeachment, voted to
( acquit ex Secretary Belknap, the vote stand
/ ing thirty-dye for conviction and twenty
! live for acQuittal-less than the two-thirds
4 required 10 convict On the second article
/ thirty-siN voted guilty aud twenty five not
/ guilty. Twenty three of those voting not
/ guilty stated that their reason for doing 81
was a want Of jurisdiction. The following
is the vote IN detail:
For roaricaoa- Rayard. Booth. Cameron
! tpa.b, Cockfcll Cooper Davis Dawes, Dennis
/ Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey Hitchcock
+ Kelley, herman, Key. Nctrtery, NJ Donald, Merit
I mon, Mitchell, Morrill,, Norwood, Oglesby. Ran
I dolph, Ransom, Robertson, sargent, Sauls bury,
sherman. Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh, al
lace. Nhytr. Nthers.
For AtqHRfgt-Authuuy. Allison, Boutwell,,
Bruce, Cameron tWisl, Chrlstiaucy, ConkIiug.
Couavcr, Cugin, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, freliug-
huyscn, Hamlin, Howe. Ingalls,. Jones tNev>,
/ Logan, Mcmillan. Paddock, Patterson, Spencer,
4 West, Window Wright
A5Ssat or Nut Voting. Acorn Bogy Burn
I side Clayton. English Johnston, Joues tFA.A
MaNcN Morton. sharon Mr Jones' of Florida.
/ declined 10 vote ON the ground that the Senate
had no Jurisdiction. MuSSrs. ConoNpr and " n ght
I voted for aequjttal on the ground thar they be.
/ tevcd tho charges were not sustained.
/ Mrs. Gen, Custer, Mrs. j. Calhoun, Mrs.
G. W, Yates and Mrs. \. f. Smith, whose
+ husbands were slain in the Little Big Horn
+ fight, and Miss Reid, niece of Gen Custer,
arrived At Chicago on the 81, ON the way To-
/ their homes