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Show GENERAL. The Alleged RolibcrUlHcUnigea. Boston. -B. Allstalli.who was arrested for an alleged robbery on the JJominion bank, Toronto, has been discharged from custody, as under the extradition extradi-tion treaty he could not be held. Frederick Fred-erick ltignor. who was arrested with bim, was held for having burglarious tools in his possession and not being able to prove ho had no connection with tho robbery. General Butler's Feather. At a thiuly-attendcd meeting of the : Massachusetts Temperance Alliance i to-day, the merits of the several candidates can-didates for governor wore disaussed. dev. Dr. Marvin said ho had talked . with General Butler, who said he would soon publish a manifesto,where-in manifesto,where-in he would plant himself firmly on the prohibitory platform, and in case of his nomination and election, if Bos ton cast her vote against him, he would make the city as hot for tho rutnsell-ers rutnsell-ers a3 he made New Orleans for the rebels. There was a disposition to cu dorse the General on the spot, but the Alliance finally decided to await hit written pledge. H. It, CouHoJItlutlon. Hartford, Ct. The bill consolidating consolidat-ing the New York and New Haven, aud Hartford and Nello railroads, passed the senate by a vote of thirteen to five. It has now passed both houses. I The Hew Haven Stntc Home. The House to-day voted to adhere to its tirst vote and endorse tho appropriation appro-priation of half a million for a new State House at New Haven. which was formerly defeated by a large vote. Old Citizen Dead. Chas. Hosmer? one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of the city.dicd to-day, aged 7S years. Many years ngo he published the Connecticut Mir- Nnyor lall'ii Flil&noefl. Ni:v York. 27. Mayor Hall stated to-day thai the comptroller is now engaged en-gaged in haying the account of his department, including the expenditures investigated, aud be will have them published iu detail. The accounts arc intended to huw that the bills which have called forth censure in one of the tnoruinji papers were approved and auditol by the old board of Supervisors, Supervis-ors, which represented the Republican and Democratic parties. The Mayor says all his accounts were in the hands of tho printers and would have been published in connection with the message if' they had not been too large to be embodied in it. The Stolen Bondi. New York, 2S, Some land grant' bonds of the Kansas Paciiic Railway : Company, with coupons of Juiv i 1 1S71, aiuchcJ. to m"-1-- " mt Jl to 300, -.NkaMTej ?00 each; 200 to in- .elusive. $500 each; 301 to 400, inclusive, inclu-sive, $260 each; 451 to 5rXt, inclusive, $250 earh, were stolen from the U- S. 1 Express Company at St. Louis, Julv 25rh, 1S71. The public are cant toned against negotiating for the same. Attempt to bay th "Time.-' 1 he Brooklyn I nwn says we have the h:gbest authority for saying that a , prominent member of the Tammany riDg called upon the principal proprietor propri-etor of the New York Times a week ' or two since, and made a startling oner ! for the right of that paper. He was told that there was not money enough in New York city to buy the Times. I A day or two after a Tammany ( Republican called on the same geatle- man and offered a miiiion dollars or a , part of the ring if the Times would ' keep silence concerning the frauds it 1 is now ventilating. , A NotedB.g-Plcker Dead. ! Honors Graton, who for the past j fifteen years traveled tbo streets harnessed to a hand-cart, collecting ; rags and bones from gutters and swill tuba, died suddenly in a tumble-down shanty near the foot of West I24th (street. An investigation proves that although she died from starvation and j exposure, she had nearly $5,000 deposited in the North River Savings Bank. The money she bequeathes by will to a little girl, eight years of age, who lived with her. The Sew York Loan, New York, 2$. The new city loan for the construction of docks and piers in this city has been successfully negotiated, ne-gotiated, and the loan has been taken up by the International Bank of Hamburg Ham-burg io London. The commissioners have already commenced to draw I against this fund. RcTvurd Ottered. Washington, 2S. The Commis-; sioner of Internal Revenue has offered' a reward of $5,0u0 for the detection of the murderer of Assistant Assessor Clinton Gilbert, in the recent raid on illicit Brooklyn distillers. j Large Advertising Acoount. The amount paid for advenisingand negotiating the new loan up to June 3uth, not including the cost of paper! or the work of engrossing and printing i in the bureau at Washington, is $3,-145.0S. $3,-145.0S. Projected Great Railway. ! Portland, Me., 28. A railroad meeting meet-ing called to act in the interest of Senator Sen-ator Hamlin's bill, which contemplates aid from government for building a 1 great grain transporting railway from Chicago to Portland, has met here, Gov. Porham, chairman. Senator Hamlini addressed the meeting, saying say-ing it was his part to obtuin not to give information. He favored a railroad rail-road to the west, but opposed gigantic gigan-tic monopolies. |