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Show Petition for Pardon. A petition to his excellency the governor, asking him to pardon Geo-M. Geo-M. Norton convicted last week in the district court for assault with intent in-tent to kill Dr. Bredemeyer is being numerously signed by our best citizens. citi-zens. The particular and circumstances circum-stances of the shooting, which occurred occur-red at Bingham a few months ago, have already been published in these columns. "Uncle Geotge" as he is familiarly known in an unguarded unguard-ed moment, and laboring under a mental excitement, inflicted a flesh wound on the doctor; and for this he was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of service in the penitentiary. All through the trial the greatest sympathy was manifested for the prisoner, and while the jury could not under their oatn, acquit they evidently woold gladly hayedone so had it boen possible. The judge, I also, was visibly aflected towards the defendant, aud administrated the lightest sentence for the offence permitted per-mitted by the law. All weie sorry for uncle George, who, they considered, consid-ered, had committed a crime by accident rather than intent. We understand the grand jurors who are in town and the petit jurora who tried the case are among the Bigners of the petition for pardon. It will be presented to Governor Axtell in a day or two, and will doubtless receive favorable consideration. Workingmen's Co-op. ' At a meeting of the stockholders ol ( the workingmen's Co-operative Aiso-ciation, Aiso-ciation, held Tuesday, 9th inat., the 1 secretary read a roport of the business busi-ness for the ton months ending Jan. j 31, which ahowed that during thai 1 time nearly. $51,000 worth of mer chandise had boen purchased; tha 6,211 pairs of boots and shoes had been made, valued at nearly $23,000 3 Out of profits realized a dividend o 25 per cent, has been declared, whicl is to be added to the capital stock, ai.d the reserve will bo held to cover possible contingencies. The average monthly siles were $-1,400. The roport ro-port gave creat satisfaction. The business having boen so successful, and the demand for their goods being so large and still increasing, it was resolved to increase the capital stock from $10,000 to $'25,000, and an invitation invi-tation ox tended to the working classes to purchase this stock, which wa put at the low price of $10 per share. Tho following are tho persons elected as olficerd and directors for tho ensuing year: President, James , Woods; first vice-president, John. H. Picknell, second vice-president, C. B. Taylor; secretary and treasurer, ' D. M. McAllister; suporiutondent, S. P. Crompton; directors, Jaa. Woods J. II. Picknell, O. B. Taylor, D. M i McAllister, g. P. Crompton, W. W ) Taylor, James Poulton, Wm. Bate and It. Collett. |
