Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-29
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and professional men of the clty ten dered banquet to Lord Chief Justice ColerIdge at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
 Three hundred and fifty representative l people Of the city sat down. Judge ! DrummOnd, of the United States Court,
 who presided, introduced the guest Of the evening. lord COleridge replied ln
 a most happy vein of mingled humor
 and wisdom upon incidents and impIes-
 sIons connected with his visit to Amer
 lea, and at the conclusion was greeted
 most heartily, the guests rising and ap-
 plaudlng wildly.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 26-The Herald
 this morning, without a tiourished edi- torial comment, puts the words Two Gents on its margIn, where hitherto have been the words "Ihree Cents"
 WALL STREET, N. r., Sept. 26.-Stocks | opened fraction lower, then advanced one eighth to one and One-elghth; later, | Oregon transcontInental, Northern Pa cIfic preferred, opened at 63lf agaInst against 625s At the close last night
 fell of 10 six; rose to 63f; common ! opened 335s, advanced SI and sold down
 to 33ls, and rallied to 335s. Chicago, | Burlington and Quincy and North Pa.
 clfc preferred and lead at L6I; New York Central and Union Pacific lat. NEW YORK, Sept. 2j.-An insane man attempted the life of W. R. Hoare, sec Ond British vice Consul by firing two shots at him. When the prisoner wa- | taken to the statIOn-hOuse, he described | himself as John A. Feenry, aged 26 years; an IrisLmEn by birth; coachman | py trade. Moth ug Is known about Fee ney iu thls city. No doubt of his in- sanity is expressed.
 NEW YORK, Sep 27.-James J. Feeny ' who attempted t1 shoot the British l vIce-cOnsul yesterday was examined by
 physician at the Tomb5 to-day. lie was found suffering from melancholy and from extreme nervous debility Wbile not strictly insane 1t Is thought t1 be necessary to send hIm to the asylum.
 TOPEKA. Kansas, Sept. 27-The Atchi- ! son, IuFsAa and santa Fe railroad to- | day closed a large sale Of lands to Wat son and 1hroop Of thls city. It covers | all their lands re maining unsold between Topeka and the Western line of MariOn county; about l5O miles; price S3 l9-lO0 per acre. Exact amount of land can not be determined for some days.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-During the past summer the Commissioner of the l General Land Office has had in states and territories where there are large quantities of unsold public land, large force of special agents engaged in the detection and inv estigatlOn of fraud ulent entries under the -emption homestead and timner culture acts. The reports of these agents are such that in all probability the Secretary of the h. terior, in hIs annual report, will recom- mend the repeal, not only of the pre- emptIon laws, but the timber culture act also.
 WALL STREET, \. Y., Sept. P, II a. m. Stocks opened strong, ls tO B higher, Burlington and Quincy, Lake Shore. Erie and Willard strongest. This was followed by a weaker feeling and a de- cline of q to l | ID Oregon and Trans continental.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Sept. 26-The Massachusetts state lemOcratic conven- tiOn met here to-day. Ben ButIer was nominated for governor by exclamation. The remainder of the ticket reported is as follows: Lieutenant governor, Fred erick A. Prince; secretary of state, Charles Marke; treasurer and receiver, General c. H. Ingalls,; attorney general, John W. Cummings; auditor, John Hop kins.
 WAsHISGroN, D. C., Sept. 2S.-The Democrats Van Buren special, says that Colfax Davidson, formerly of St. Louis, and editor ot the Arkansas Agitator, shielded this morning. The cause was financial troubles.
 BUFFALO, Sept. 2S.-It was agreed | that the State Committee should have | power to declde who shall be the mem Der from a district where there IS a tie l vote, except in New York city. On mo- | ton of Grady, of Tammany, it was decided that the county democracy shall | name four of the members from New | York, Tammany Hall and Irving Hall | Adjourned.
 ALBANY, Sept. 2S. Judge Samuel | Hand, referee in the tax suit brought by | the State against the Western Union | Telegraph Company hss rendered de- | cision ID favor of the State for Sl7S397. | This sum K for taxes for only one year, but 1t determines the remaining taxes | in favor of the State, making the total | amount recoverable under the decision | from the company, about S626 ,0OQ.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The news deal | CTS on the west side unanimously re- solved to enter into an action outside of | the news dealers regarding the price | that should be charged for newspapers. l
 ALBANT, Sept. 2S.-Early this morn ing the boiler of the steamer of J. $ | Robinson, which lay at the foot of West ! loo street, exploded with 8 frigh,ful | force, instantly killing the Captain, Geo. l T. Warner and fireman Wm- Cleary, and | seriously iniuring Fred Tinslane, en | gineer, who was blown into the water snd narrowly escaped drowning, and |