New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-05-05

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the United States Senate. The Vice-RTesi-
dent.la the books and letter Of transmittal
before the Senate on the 9th, and they were
referred to the Committee on Library, By
whom they win be formally accepted.
HENRY GREENEBAUM, of Chicago,
was, on the 9th, acquitted of the charge Of
embezzling the funds Of the German Nation
al Bank of that city, Of which he was Presi-
dent He was tried in the United States Dis
trict Court for the Northern District Of ILL.,
n0is.
The Delaware State Democratic Con-
vention to select delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention will meet at Dover on the 18th of
May.
The Connecticut State Democratic
Convention was held at Hartford on the 18th.
Delegates to the Cincinnati Convention were
chosen who are supposed to be favorable to
the nomination of Mr.. Tilden. A resolution
was adopted pledgtng the support Of the De-
mocracy of the State to the nominees of the
National Convention, whoever they might be.
The Arkansas Republican State Con-
vention met at Little Rock on the 2Sth, and,
after remaining in session until after mid
night, selected delegates to the Chicago Con-
vention who were instructed to support all
measures tending to secure the nomination
of General Grant.
JOHN ROBBINS, ex-member of Con.
gress, died in Philadelphia on the 9th, of
congestion Of the lungs, aged seventy-two
years. s........
The South Carolina Republican State
Convention met at Columbia on the 18th, and
elected delegates to the Chicago Convention.
A resolution was adopted instructing them
to vote al unit for the nomination of Gen
ssal Grant. j.:
The Democrats of the District of Co.
lumbia met on the 18th and chose two dele.
gates to the Cincinnati Convention.
D. W. MIDDLETON, Clerk of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, died in
Washington ON the night of the 9th. He
had been connected with that tribunal for
over fifty years, and filed the position of
Clerk to the Court for nearly twenty years.
The Maryland Democratic Conven-
ton will be held at Baltimore, June 9.
The Wyoming Republican Territorial
Convention for the choice of delegates to the
Chicago Convention will be held on the 18th
of May.
The Ohio Republican Convention was
held at Columbus on the 2Sth. Delegates-at-
Large and for the various districts were
chosen, most of whom are supposed to be f.,
vorable to the nomination of Secretary Sher-
man. A State ticket was also nominated,
headed by Charles Townsend for Secretary OF
State. Among the resolutions adopted was
one laudatory of Secretary Sherman and re-
.questing the delegates to vote for his nomina-
ton.
WHILE the trial of exp Postmaster
John Macarthur, charged with misappropriat-
ing $4,000 of Government funds, was in
progress in Chicago on the 28th ult., and aft.
er the argument to the jury had been practi.
cally concluded, the counsel of the accused,
while denying all moral delinquency in the
matter, admitted that, under the United
States statutes, his client was legally guilty
Averdict of guilty was accordingly returned,
and sentence was postponed. 1t was un-
derstood an application would be made for
pardon.
The Pennsylvania State Democratic
Convention met at Harrisburg on the 2sth
ult. and adjourned on the following day.
Delegates to the Cincinnati Convention were
chosen who are said to be divided between
Tilden and Hancock in their preferences.
Electors-at-Large were nominated. George
A. jerks was nominated for Supreme Judge
and Colonel R. P. Dechert for Auditor-Gen.
eral. The platform declares that the military
should at all times be subordinate to the civil
authorities; opposes the presence of troops
at the polls; demands free ballot; opposes
subsidies, etc., etc.
The State Greenback Convention of
Indiana met at Indianapolis on the Goth ult.,
and chose delegates to the Chicago Conven-
ton and nominated Electors at Large and also
the following State ticket: For Governor,
Richard Gregg; Lteutenant-Go Governor, Thorn.
as Debrule; Secretary of State, J. B. Yeag-
ley; Auditor of State, George w. Demaree !:
Treasurer, John F. Ulery; Attorney-Gen-
eral, John L. Miller. The platform demands
the payment Of the bonded debt as it becomes
due, economy in the administration of public
affairs, ETC., etc.
The California State Republican Con-
vention met at Sacramento on the 10th ult.
and appointed delegates to the Chicago Con-
vention, who are reported to favor the nomi
nation of Blaine for President.
A LETTER from Los Vegas, N. NJ,
was received in st. Louis on the 10th ult.
which stated that ex-Mayor Joseph Brown, OF
that city, had been murdered by some of the
frontier Indians.
Young KALLOCH was held, on the
10Th ult.. without bail, to answer for the re-
cent murder of Charles De Young at San
Francisco.
GENTLEMAN JoE," the man who so
singularly tormented Rev. DR.. Dix at New
York, has been sentenced to Sing Sing for
three years and six months for forgery.
Foreign.
The following are the principal men,
beers of the New British Cabinet: Premier
and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.. Glad
stone; Earl Granville, Secretary Of State for