Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-21
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Atchison, Kansas, has been burn
cd to the amount Of 100000.
Chief Justice Waite has arrived
at Washington.
Attorney Gen. Williams is charg-
ed with abuses Of the Judicial con
tingent fund.
James GOrdan Bennett has given
$4,000 to supply soup to the poor
of New York City.
The wife of James NJ. Mason, OK
U. S. Senator, died near Alexan-
dria, (Va.) 4 few days ago.
Alexander Ii. Stephens is serious
+ ly i'll at Washington with neuralgia
Of the kidneys.
Everything reported ready in
Nebraska for a move against the
| Sioux.
Some o. the worstcd German
saloon-keepers of Ripley, Ohio, are
preparing to leave for the Father
land.
Murder and rapine On the plains
has induced Gen. Sherman to order
Gen. Sheridan to teach the Indians
a lesson.
Tennessee bonds arc advancing in
New York, and at last date stood
/ 50 81 for the old issue, and So for
the new.
Tho receiver in the Jay Cooke
bankruptcy has realized 81, 455, $50
50 far and paid sl,371,782 in
claims.
Jcuncttc Parsons was found gull
ty of the murder Of Word in Tcrro
lIaute, and has been scntcnccd 10
the Pcuitcntiary for life.
4 boiler exploded at CuIactor
furnace in Maryland on Tuesday
last, killing four negroes and woun-
ding two others.
Congress during the present week
has been mainly occupied in the
discussion of the currency and the
appropriation bills.
\ committee has been appointed
in the lower House of Congress to
investigate fully the Jay Cooke al
fair.
/ Congress has been asked by citi-
zens OF OregaR to Investigate"
Mr.. Mitchell (Republical NJ. O.
from that State.
Gov. Jno. c. Brown is in Wash
ingtou City, on business Connected
with certain seizures of property by
the Government during tic war.
The greatest fraud ever known
in the New York stock exchange
was perpctratcd during The pres
cnt week by forged lettcis and tel
cgraphic dispatches.
Wiltshire, of Ark, (Rep.) has
bced admitted as 4 mcmb,r of Con-
gress, after a desperate struggle
with Gunther (Dem.) from the 3rd
Arkansas district.
In Philadelphia the walls of an
icc-housc cavcd in and buried a
bout twenty workmen Inder the
RUNS. Several of the number were
killed.
Carl Sherz presented a potion
from the bankers of St. Louis, in
the L. S. Senate on Tuesday last,
deprecating any increase IN the vol
ume OF the currency.
The Temperance movement in
Ohio presents no new features this
week. The women keep up their
work with unabated zeal, and the
work is still extending.
Senator Brownlow opposes the
: mixed school feature in Mr.. Sum
= ner's civil rights bill, and advises
the colored people to tell Congress
that they do not want mixed
= schools.
Thoro arc 8,OO9 Sioux reported
ready for the field in Nebraska,
/ and at present the United States
has 800 cavalry and nine compa-
= MES of infantry to oppose them.
The examination of the Siamcse
twins is progressing. \ cut has
been made in the abdomen of Eng.
. Drawings of the internal parts arc
to be made a. they are developed.
The citizens of Wyoming have
made Il requisition on the war dc
partmcnt, for the quota of arms
due the territory. The people pre-
fer to protect themselves against
the Indians.
Mr.. Gordon, U. S. Senator from
f Ga, has introduced a bill directing
the Secretary of the Interior, to re.
place on the pension rolls of the
country, the names of all persons
dropped heretofore for participa-
ton in the rebellion. Referred.
Last Monday Mrs. OUTLAW, 4
clearinghouse keeper of Little
Rock, Ark, attempted to kIndle u
: fire in the stove with coal oil. The
can exploded and Mrs. Outlaw is
now lying at the point Of death.
Philip d. Coric, cashier of the
Atlanta branch of the Frccdm en- s
! Savings Bank and Trust company,
was arrested last Tuesday for en-
bezzlcment. Dclalcation estimated
at $4,000.
The House committee on Militia
ny affairs expects TO cut down the
army establishment so as to save
100000 annually. 1t is doubt
full if the House will approve this
rctrcnchment.
AtQuincy, Illinois, there has been
a startling bank robbery. The
First National Bank was entered
and 100000 in currency (bcsidc Il
largo amount in bonds and valua-
bic papers, carried off. The Dodds
burglar proof safe" 10 the bank
was torn to pieces.
On Saturday last Mrs. Joseph
Gray left three children in her
house, seven miles from Lincoln,
Nebraska, on leaving home. On
her return she discovered the house
on fire. Before she could get there
the roof fell in and all JhrcU Of the
children were burned TO death.
The funeral of the Rt. Rev. Jo-
scph Eugene Bruno Guiugcs, Ro-
man Catholic Bishop of the diocese
of Ottowa, British Columbia) was
lately celebrated with imposing
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