New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-08
The East.

BRoCKwAY, the famous counterfeitef, has
been discharged on his own recognizance and
It is alleged, has surrendered to the Secret
Service Bureau twenty-five plates from which
spurious bonds have been printed.
THE New York State canals earned 81, 1885,
600 in tolls during the last season. It was
thought on the morning Of the 30th ult that
the ice-locked boats could not be moved this
season.
The last of the bodies lost in the Hudson
River tunnel was recovered on the goth ult.
Mrs. L1rrLEF1ELD, of East Stoughton,
Mass, poisoned her husband and son on the
Goth ult., and then killed herself with re-
vOlver.
On the goth ult. Francis Hotchkiss, re-
tired merchant of New Haven, Conn.,, died
very suddenly, and his wife dropped dead on
learning his fate.
FEW days ago lad twelve years of age
plunged into the Morris Canal at Jersey City.
N. j., to rescue two girls respectively three
and FIVE years of age, who had broken through
the ice. The little fellow got both ashore,
but not until the younger Of the children was
dead.
On the Both ult several National Banks of
New York City applied to the United States
Court for an injunction to restrain tn May
or and municipal authorities from collecting
the tax levied upon the stockholders until its
legality should be determined.
EvARTs w. FARR Congressman-elect OF
the Third New Hampshire DISTRICT died at
Lttleton, in that State, on the 3Oth ult., of
pneumonia.
1T is stated that large quantities Of pota-
toes and apples were frozen by the recent
sudden advent of cold weather in New York
State.
On the night of the Goth ult. life-boat,
going out from life-saving station on the
Massachusetts coast to rescue the crew on
board a stranded vessel, was capsized, and it's
Captain and two of the crew. persisted.
On the 30th ult. DR.. Buchanan, the Phila-
delphia dealer in bogus medical diplomas,
was tried for fraudulently using the mails in
disposing of his counterfeit wares, and &C,
Quilted by order Of the United States District
Judge, who directed the jury to return YER
dict Of not guilty, on the ground that Blu
chanan was not imposing upon his CORE
spondents.
In his recent attempt to escape from the
Massachusetts State Prison Jesse Pomeroy,
with three-lnch saws, cut oil the heads OF
eighteen inch bolts in his window grating
and also cut from the boiler plating a piece
over foot square. He filled these apertures
with SOAP and painted it in manner to de-
ceive the keenest eye. The statement is
made that his mother carried him the saws
with which he performed these feats.
On the I'd the New York Chamber of Com
merce adopted resolution declaring that
1.-THE proposed National-B bankrupt act for the
distribution of insolvent estates and for the
encouragement of insolvency will promote
the general well-being, by confirming conf.
dence in business transactions, and greatly
increase Interstate trade.'
On the I'd there was in the New York Assay
Office foreign gold coin to the value of $780,.
OOO, 900. It was estimated that $12, OO0, O0(
more was on the way to the United States.
THE New York piano manufacturing firm
of Durham & Sons has failed. Liabilities
$4,000.
On the evening of the I'd the semi-mil]en'
| NAL celebration Of the birthday of John
Wycliife, who made the first translation o.
the Holy Scriptures into English, was hel6
| under the auspices of the Bible Society at New
York. -s.