The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-04-28
SUPERIOR TIMES.
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.


rency, Knox, against the estate of VIM. M.
Graham and Chas. II. Horton, the default
ing ex-President and ex-Cashier of the Wall
kill National Bank, Register Little has al
lowed the claim on behalf of New York OF
the bank against the estate of Graham for
$172 SAL, and against the estate of Horton
for $178, 131.
THE National Convention of Liberal Re-
publicans is called to meet in New York,
May Sth, to take action in reference to the
National Convention, etc.
JUDGE SPEER in a special term of the
superior Court, on motion of Rufus Hatch,
has granted an injunction against Sidney
Dillon and Jay Gould, to prevent them
from attempting in any way to dissolve the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
A 10000 barrel oil tank belonging to
Grandin & Meyhart situated at Bear Greek
Station, Penn, was struck by lightning on
the 10Th. At 2:3O P. NJ, three tanks were
still burning and should the fourth take
fire the loss will amount to fully $4,000,
which falls upon the private firm and the
Union Pipe Company.
THE WEST.
THE Democratic State Convention held al
Lincoln, Neb., on the 10th was the, largest
and most influential ever held in the State.
Resolutions for hard money and reform
were adopted with great unanimity. Two
thirds of the convention favored the NOM
ination of Gov. Tilden for President, but
no formal expression was given to this
preference.
Gov. HAYES, Of Ohio, has issued proc
lamation for circulation in the Tuscara-
was Valley coal regions, where a strike is
now pending, declaring in the most en-
phatic terms that the reign of terror now
existing in that region must come to an
end, and good order be restored.
THE Democratic State Convention which
assembled at Indianapolis on Wednesday,
the 10Th, nominated for Governor James D.
Williams of Knox county, Landers and
Holman withdrawing from the contest.
Isaac P. Gray of Randolph county, received
the nomination for Lieut.. Gov. A platform
was then adopted disappearing the course
OF the Republicans on finance, and recon-
mending Thos. A. Hendricks to the suf-
frages of the people for the Presidency.
CHARLES D. WILKINSON, ex-collector of
internal revenue at st. Joseph, Mo-, who
was recently arrested at San Francisco on
his return from Australia on a charge of
whisky frauds, has arrived at Jefferson City,
Mo, for trial.
OREsTEs BRowNsoN, well known as the
editor of Brownson's Quarterly Review,
died on the 18th, at his sons residence, in
Detroit at the age of rs. He leaves two sons
oil IoI II haI
six sons, but four died at various times, and
all died violent deaths.
THE flood in the Mississippi Valley is the
most damaging which has occurred since
1851 The river four miles below Quincy is
twenty miles wide, and it is momentarily
feared that 100000 acres of rich land just
below Cincinnati landing will be flooded.
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. PARK, in the Emma Mine inquiry
testified that by purchase and sale of the
stock in 70 f16, roo was realized. Accord
ing to his understanding, General Schenck
was entitled to one-half, but refused to take
more than e., 1874. Gen. Schenck was in
terested to the extent Of 2,035 shares.
Don PIATT says that he used his influence
to have the Secretary of the War introduce
that moth extinguisher into the army for
which the patentees agreed to give him five
per cent. of the gross receipts and afterwards
raised it to fifteen. He may have received
about $1,000 a year or about $4,000 for his
share He afterwards had some misunder-
standing with them, and went to the Secre-
tary of War and told him that he considered
the patent Of Cowles & Brega fraud. The
witness exonerated General Garfield from all
blame.
LATER explanations of the testimony of
Col Whitley, Chief of the Secret Service
and Attorney General Williams, in connect
ing President Grant corruptly with the dis
tribution of the secret service fund in New
York, indicate that when the former pro-
tested it was not because he thought the
money was being paid out illegally to the
agent, Davenport, but because as the head
of the service he naturally wished to know
just for what purpose the funds were to be
used; and Williams entered his protest to
prevent the money from being used to es-
tablish system of registration in New
York, making illegal voting difficult, be-
cause he thought the fund was needed more
elsewhere.
S. l.. SUIT has published a card, denounc-
ing, as utterly false, warp and wool and
without the slightest foundation in fact, the
story connecting his name with the alleged
payment to B. H. Bristow, Secretary of the
Treasury, of $4,000, as an inducement to
him to resign his position as United States
District Attorney for Kentucky, and to re-
lease his Suits distillery.
THE treasury on the 10th disbursed in ex-
change for fractional currency, about S35, 600
in silver.
In the Emma Mine investigation ex-Sen-
ator Stewart testihes that he authorized
Lyon to send Senator Morton a retaining
fee of $4,000, having previously informed
the Senator that if the suit turned out we'll
he should have large compensation. After
seeing Senator Morton's testimony, and not
knowing whether Lyon had complied with
his suggestion, he wrote to the Denver bank
for information whether the amount had
been drawn by Lyon in favor of Senator
Morton, andthe reply was that there was nc
evidence that such check had been drawn.