Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-09-28
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WAsu1NGToN. Sept. 22.-The South
.ern Claims Commission will resume the
examination of cases October, 1st. They
have endorsed 1900 claims, aggregating
/ $40, 0O0, 900. The Committee have, heard
six hundred cases, and adjpdicated upon
one hundred and fifty, but will report to
Congress three hundred. with a. synopsis
of the evidence. 5qAia. =,
r Burlingame's Chinese Ministers, under
assurances from Theirs, return to France
instead of going on directly home, ,a.
The following are the subcommittee
appointed BY the full Ku-klux Committee
to take testimony o..ro.,s ,-gafyi.aywi
In Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee
Senators Pratt, Rice and Bayard and
Representatives, Buckley and Robinson.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Forida-NIaynard, Schoield, Lans-
ing, Voorhees, and Senator Blair. b-.I
In case of the refusal to furnish infor-
nation relating to the finances, taxation,
&C., of States, sub-eommittees of three
are authorized to go the States and obtain
it by such means as they deem advisable.
/ The Grand Encampmcnt has resolved
to hold its next meeting in 1874 IN New
Orleans.
nbThe Knights hayesmesty departedaS
psi, Governor Alcorn, of of Mississippi. is
here. He goes to New York tonight.
He has received Agricultural College
script for eIO, 900 acres Of land. il.'s
q Alcorn will resign the Governorship of
Mississippi and take a seat}in the Senate
next session..
Three hundred Knights hts TeimnipIars
marched in procession today. Not a
single untoward incident occurredHcli9:
The War Department forbids the use of
spring wagons, exception emergencies.
~ New York sya'591cn-
OswEeo. N Y. Sept. 22.-There was
a heavy frost this morning. 19j's .s!liy
RoeHEsTER3 Septg22.AAfre'destroy
ell much property to-day, including the
Odd Fellows Hall. 1t is said to be 'the
work of an incendiary. d2id d 10 0Ea7o
New York, Sept 25!-The Govern
ment took three millions of bonds, rang
ing from 81 II 9O-100 to- $1a13 20-I00.
Miss Julia Doolittle died in a dentists
chair under the influence of chloroferni.
Only four drachms were given by an old
physician. 9d 9as' ziti - bDs .2uiz2oJ
$50 North Carolina .oltsdTnu
CHARLESTON, Sept. 22 Eight fever
deaths in the last t~wentyIfour hours.
There has been no Spread Of the disease
corresponding with the increased mortali-
tyy, which is attributed to the influence Of
the cool weather of Thursday upon the
| sick. "N '' ~."j .f"5a foh e1h' ~
e'7'[ Pennsylvania, ii b'1ah
Pu1LADELpII111A, Sept. 22.-Wolfred
| & Shaw's cotton mill at Cardington was
burned. Loss %S150,000. =
massachuus. etts.
SPRINGFIELD, 81 Sept. .~s22.-Maiority
against Butler was 166 in 652 delegates.
SPRINGFIELDai Sept '25.-Butler's
gains in the towns are more than an offset
in the rural districts. By the present
count Butler has three hundred and fifty
seven ; ~anti-Butler, five hundred and twen-
ty-four Buffers nomination is iimpossi-
bic. MI, '597r ~Fs 3a .ijgi. ta 40 giie -
SPRINGF1ELD, Sept. 26.-One thousand
and sixty delegates are elected, of whom
four hundred and t~hirty-twof are Butler
ties. q iw OH Ged't .v1s cd ;-e.r9e Z
E yr = .de Illinois, sG! r1i % q
iCH1cAGo, Sept. 22.s-TlISe Grand Lodge
Of Odd Fellows of the United States HAVE
adopted an amendment to their constitu7
ton, combining their privileges to free white
mon ~9.Hg ythEtm 10
h 10Y 'l Arkansas u =
LITTLE. Rock, Sept,-26.-TheFa rs
much excitement over the gold mines
west of Monticello. atfv IT, ia.:. ani
vra.H,n .at D.. Utah. 4cy et n5u =
} SALT LAKE, CITY, Sept. ,26.-The
Federal Judge of Utah, has forbidden
Mormon law jurisdiction. Brigham Young
directs bis bishops to continue Chancery
and, common law jurisdiction.
Brigham Young will submit to any pro-
cesses from the Federal Court, but will
resist Imprisonment. .n.fbodo,o1 a,
Alabama. =
In MONTGOMERY, Sept. 26.-Hardeman's
Mill, twenty miles, north of Montgomery,
exploded. Eighty persons were employed
lin the mill. Five were killed and, another
one will die. n One, man was hurled zone
hundred yards and torn into fragments.
Another one Was blown fifty yards up a
hill and terribly mangled. The mill was
altotal wreck. =, $40 eleiv sHi hse :
ne mo-3 North Carolina. syio9 -
RALEIGH. Sept. 26.-Ini the Circuit
Court to -day the, case of the United States,
against Amos and some thirty others, has
consumed the day. The case has been
progressing since Saturday . The defence
have not yet concluded their testimony.
A number of verysstrcng alibis have been
ttproven. snts fers adF q,
One of the severest wind and rain storms.
that has visited this section in a number OF
years. has been prevailing since 1880 p.
m. though it is fast dying away. Large
trees have been blown down, 49,, ,,dt 4,
For nice Chromos and, other fine. pic
lures, first class Walnut and Gilt Mould-