Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-24
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NEW York, January 23d.-Mary CahilI,
of Newton, Long Island died recently. leav-
ing an estate valued at 100000 BY will
made in 1879 she distributed the property to
several heirs-atlaw residing in San Francisco
and New York. She subsequently, made q
codicil revoking nearly all the bequests in the
original will. The matter will go to the
Courts for settlement.
Clarkson N. Potter Dead.
New YORK, January 23d.-Hon. Clarkson
N. Potter died this morning.
IClarkson Mott Potter was a son of the late
Bishop Alonzo Potter, OF the Protestant Episcopal
Docese OF Pennsylvaris, and grandson of the late
President Ehphaet Mott, of Union College, New
York He was born at Schenectady, N. Y in 1875;
graduated at Union College in 1912, and at the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute Troy n Y as a
civil engineer in lS43 He practced his profession
as civil engineer in Wi eonsin for few wears then
stueied law and was admitted to the bar OF that
state. He subsequently returned to New York.
where he commenced practice in 1S47. He imme.
dately took high rank at the bar and gained large
and remunerative practice He argued the causes in
the United States Supreme Court in which the
Legal Tender Act was declared to be unconstltu-
tional, and, when a rehearing of the case was
ordered, he selected by the Court to discuss the
question. In 1872 the degree of Doctor of Civil
Laws was conferred upon him by Columbia College
of New York. His public service has been confined
to Congress He was first elected as Democrat to
the Forty first Congress, reelected to the Forty
second and Forty -thid and declined election to
the Forty fourth, but again elected to the
Forty fifth. He held high position in Congress,
and was esteemed one of the leaders of his party.
Since the close Of his Congressional career he has
not been active in politcs.l
Destructive Fire.
KEENE IN. H January 23d-Sprague's
bed blanket mill and Sprague & Whitcomb's
hov Faot ht,rpaI kn-Aax-
coo.
Dishonest Partner
CHICAGO, January 23d.-A special from
New York says: Detectives have arrested
Charles Baxter Dapp in Jersey City, for rob-
bing his partner In the manufacture of clocks
Of some S22, 000.
F0REIGN NEWS.
State Prisoners Execufed-The Recent
Conspiracy.
CALCUTTA, January 231.-It seems certain
that the Ameer has executed Mahomed Jan
and several other State prisoners.
The plan of the recently discovered plot
against the Government in Nepaul was to
throw bomb into the room where the Min
listers were assembled, and to cut down those
attempting to escape.
Newspaper Confiscation.
LONDON, January Z3d.-Ihe police conts-
Gated q large number of the London Punch,
in consequence OF a cartoon bearing on the re-
cent Imperial rescript.
The Egyptian Question.
CoSsTANTINoPLE. Janusry 23d.-Bismarck
has replied to the Turkish note relative to the
joint action Of England and France in Egypt,
that the Porte will do we'll to await the ex-
PLANTATION it has asked from those powers be-
fore taking further action.
A Complete understanding.
VIENNA, January 2Sd.-Englsnd and
France have arrived at complete UNDER
standing in regard to their collective action,
and will so inform the Porte