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THE WEST. THE objectionable feature of the Utah divorce law has beeen repealed. Hereafter bona fide residence in the territory for at least one year will be necessary before ob> taining a divorce. THE nephews and nieces of the late Frank Nevin, of Detroit, a wealthy tobacconist, are fighting over the will. THE Central branch of the Union Pacific railroad is now running trains 150 miles west of Atchison, Kansas. GEN. MILES reports from Tongue river that the main body of his command has has taken the field, and he only waits for 150 recruits from Fort Snelling before proceeding in person against Sitting Bull, who, he confidently believes, is in United States territory. His force will operate from Fort Peck as a central point. WM. WEINERS who shot and killed A. V. Lawrence, bar-keeper, in the saloon of the Theatre Comique, St. Louis, in January, 1877, was hung in the jail yard at St. Louis, on the 1st inst. THE Citizens' Bank of North Topeka, Kansas, closed its doors on the 1st inst.; but they only owe $26,000, and will be able to resume in ten days. THE Topeka, Kan., Savings Bank suspended on the 31st ult. Deposits, $140; notes, discounts and stocks, $225,000; real estate, $65,000. An assignment will be made. THE Sentinel at Yuma, Arizona, denies that the Southern Pacific Railroad Company is accumulating a large quantity of material at Yuma, destined for pushing the road through Arizona. THE First National Bank of Kansas City, suspended on the 30th ult., causing a slight run on other banks. MAJOR WALSH, commandant of Fort Walsh, Can., states that at no time since his arrival, has Sitting Bull crossed the line to American soil. The movement without his knowledge would be impossible, and he would promptly advise Gen. Gibbon in that event.
