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ary, and the case was not given to the jury till
near the close of June; the jury remained
closeted week and on the first of July re-
turned to court and announced their inability
to agree, standing nine for defendant and
three for plaintiff. Unfortunately the conclu-
sion of the trial was not the erd of the scandal,
but in one form and another it has continued
to obtrude itself before the public throughout
the year. Its latest phases are the suit brought
by f. d. Moulton against Mr.. Beccher to re-
cover $4,000 for malicious prosecution in Sc
curing his indictment by the grand jury for
libel, and the summon;ng of mutual council
of Congregational churches ostensibly for the
purpose of settling question of church disci-
pline, but really with the intention on Mrs.
Moulton's part of opening the whole scandal,
In Utah some notable cases have been tried
affecting the Mormon question. In the case Of
Geo. Reynolds, indicted for polygamy, which
was made test one, the ju.y returned yer.
dict of guilty. Brigham Young has been twice
imprisoned for contempt in refusing to pay
alimony to Ann Eliza Webb, his seventh wife,
who brought a suit against him to obtain q
divorce, but in both instances on appeal his
imprisonment has been decided illegal The
Mountain Meadows massacre has undergone
judicial investigation, but Bishop Lee, in
dicted for participating in it, was not convicted,
the jury, which was largely composed of his
sect, disagreeing In May Secretary Bristow
commenced brilliant and successful raid
against the whiskey rings of st. Louis, Chicago
and Milwaukee In the former city several
cases growing out of this raid have come to
trial and prominent members of the ring con-
victed and sent to prison. Two revenue super
visors and several gaugers now languish in the
penitentiary, and also a former chief clerk of
the treasury department has been convicted
while Gen. Babcock and several other promi-
nent persons are under indictment. In New
York Gov. Tilden has commen ced war upon
the canal ring, and several cases against con-
tractors charged with fraud are pending By
the decision of the New York court of appeals
Tweed was liberated from confinement in the
penitentiary, but was Immediately arrested on
civil processes and committed to Ludlow street
jail, where he remained till liberated by the
| negligence of his keepers. A suit is pending
| against his estate to recover $1,000 900 stolen
| from the city of New York. Westervelt,
| charged with aiding in the abduction of Charlie
Ross, was convicted in Philadelphia and is now
in confinement. The firm of Il. B. Clafin q
Co., the great New York dry goods house, was
| indicted for smuggling, but the case has not
been heard except on a motion to quash the
| indictment which the court refused to sustain.
| The Court of Claims decided in favor of the
Union Pacific railroad in its suit against the
| government and the Supreme Court confirmed
| the decision.
L Orincinql in he oil ioi0
was the elevation of Archbishop McCiosksy of
the diocese of New York to the Office of Cardi-
nal. The beretta was conferred upon 5im on
| the 9th of April
Though the present is popularity denomina-
| ted the Centennial year yet the past has been
| fruitful in anniversaries of events Of scarcely
| less importance than the declaration Of inde-
| pendence On the 10Th of April the one hun
| dredth anniversary of Lexington and Concord
was observed upon the ground where these the
| earliest battle of the revolution was fought.
Five days Ibefore the Anti Slavery Society of
| Philadelphia celebrated its centennial. The
| hundredth anniversary of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence was observed at
| Charlotte on the nineteenth of May. June
18th, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker
| Hill one of the grandest and most imposing
celebrations of the century took place at Bos-
| ton. The centenary of O'Connell's birth was OBJ
served by the Irish on the 9Th of August. Through
out the year preparations for the great Centen-
nial celebration at Philadelphia have gols fol-
ward with energy. All the principal countries
| of the old world as well as the South American
Republics have signifed their intention to be
represented in the international exhibition and
have made appropriations for this object;
while our own states have manifested their in-
terest by liberal contributions of money and
| industrial products.