Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
HOME NEWS.
NO HOPE FOR BUTLER.
Sale of mississippi Agricultural College
49, Scrip.


WAsHmGrcS, Sept 27.-Lipps brewery at
Philadelphia fell, killing and wOunding four
persons.
At midnight, last night, the opponents Of But
Ter, three in number, were still consulting
There are four candidates. Butler has plural
ity. -rrr ~
Later adyices express confidence that Buffers
opponents will unite upon a candidate.
A coolie vessel foundered off the coast of Mar
Unique and all were lost. Two hundred bodies
have washed ashore.
The salvage on the Juniata, aground off the
Florida coast is S17,500.
Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, has sold the en-
tire Agricultural College scrip, 10000 acres, at
% cents.
Vessels from infected ports, bound for ports
on the Mediterranean, must quarantine at Vir-
90, nthe Atlantic coast. ~
SYRACUSE n. Y, Sept; 27.-The State Com
mittee nominate Andrew J. White and the OPP
position nominate George II. Scribner, as tenn
porary Chairman of the State Convention
NEW YORK, Sept. 27,-The steamer Helm
bold from Stettin was quarantined. There has
been one death from cholera since her depart
ure, but there is no trace of the disease now.
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 27.-The Republi-
can convention met, Geo. B. Loring, tempo
rary chairman. Butler moved that the galleries
be thrown open to the crowd which was carried
by two votes, but doubts being expressed, the
vote was again taken by tellers and carried.
The galleries were Immediately damned. But
Ter spoke in opposition to some preliminary
measure regarding organization, and his APP
pearance excited cheers, Kisses and groans, the
floor and galleries participating in the demon
Gtration.
New York Sept. 57-Harvy Sanders the
pianist, died.
The Cove nment has bought 100000 OF
bonds.
There were Bishops from Tennessee and Ala
bama present at the Episcopal convention.
There were no great questions pending in the
convention. .t
MILWAUKEE, Sept. pa destructive fire is
raging along the coast of Lake Michigan, be-
tween Manitouoc and Annapee. The farmers
are burying their household goods in order to
save them. All communication is cut off. I'm
less rain falls, the loss in life and property viii
be fearful. The wells are all dried up.
One person who escaped through the fire says
he counted twenty remnants of houses and
.
49, NASHVILLE, Sept q. Mrs. John H. Ham
bin left home to-day on horseback to visit her
friends in the country. She was found in corn
field with her throat cut. She had evidently
been ravished and then murdered. E.rrT
... WORCESTER, Sept. 27.-Butle.', Downs and
Others had prolonged discussion on the ques-
ton at issue, which was deemed somewhat a test
ofstrength, and was decided against Butler.
Geo. F. Hoar, president, and fifty vice pres
dents were elected Hoar defended the genera
and State administrations, and strongly favored
woman suffrage. -- -r-v-
Chadbourpe was appointed chairman of the
committee on resolutions. Adjourned to three
O'Clock.
1t IL conceded on all hands that Buffers tao
tics are thus far successful Nomination is i'm
proba BILE to-day.
Ola fin and DR.. Loring withdrew from candi-
datur e. Adjourned to O'clock
RA LEIGH, n. c., Sept. 27.-In the Circuit
Court to-day the case of the United States
again st Amos Owen was continued. The
morn ing session was consumed in the discussion
oftht, points of law. The counsel are now argu
ing the case. The following persons having
been acquitted on charges o. kukluxing wer'
discharged: VIM Tanner, Calvin Zeal
cnaweH, Joe Dellinger, John Evans, David
Henry Saunders and r Hicks.
ME-" ORLEANS, Sept 27.-There was anoth
er man dubbed to death by metropolitans to
day.
"a PFRAcusE, Sept. 2.-Pending temporary or
ganlzatlon, there was considerable tumult il
the Assembly. The police were called upon t.
preserve order.
The vote for contested seats resulted as fol
lows: White, 1873; Sanbuer, 159 Applause.
BY. consent the.c ontesting parties did not vote
The Committee on Contested Seats consists o
one from each district, except the first, ap
pointed by the chair.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.-0n resolutions beinj
called for in the Commercial Convention, tn
following are among several offered To max
Helena, Arkansas, port of entry; to improv
the St Johns (Florida) River; to abolish tn