The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
Severe Snow Storm IN The West-Pa-
ellie Railroad lll0Ckadcd,
Grand Celebration BY the Democrats
of TcnncSScc-NO Yellow Fever
IN charleston.

NEW YORK, November 90,--Sn0w
fell here this morning,
OMAHA, November 20.--'Hhe recent
snow storm was much heavier on the
overland route weslof Cheyenne than
here, and there " a snow blockade on
the railroad. Western Union lines,
Frustrated temporarily by the severity
of the storm, are again in good work
ing order to California and Montana,
NASHVILLE, November 2O.-The
democratic party of Tennessee cee-
brated the recent pollcital victories this
afternoon and evening. The city was
full of people from this and surround
ing states. The assemblage was adj
dressed at the Exposition building this
afternoon by Hon. Joseph b. Beck, of
Kentucky, ana Hon. NJ. G. Kerr, Of
Indiana, and tonight by Governor
McEnery, of Louisiana, and Hon. }.
Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, General
Gordon, of Georgia, and General Nor
gan, of Alabama. Tonight the city
was Illuminated and salute of one
hundred guns fired from Capitol hill.
LoUIsvILhE, November 2O.--The
clerkship Of the court of appeals has
been declared vacant on account of the
candidate, Thomas l.. Jones, demo-
crat, who received fifty thousand ma
jority, having accepted n challenge to
fight duel five years ago.
CHATTANOOGA, November 2O.-The
hardest fought political contest known
here for years come off to-day over the
municipal election. James, republi-
can, was elected mayor by two hun
dred and seventeen maiority--a gain
of seventy.ive over Maynards major
ity at the state election.
CHARLESTON, November 2O.--The
board of health has decided to diseon
tinue their weekly meetings as unnec-
essary, and passed resolution declar-
ing it perfectly safe for strangers to
visit the city.
RALEIGH, n. c., November 20.-A
number of bills were introduced in the
house of representatives, yesterday, the
most important of which was bill to
provide for the compromise and set
Element of the state debt, introduced
by Colonel S. Med. Tate, of Burke,
chairman of the finance committee.
The bill is supplemental to II preamble
in which is recited the reasons for not
paying all the debt, the destruction of
the property. upon which the taxes
We're based and the reckless legislation
and management of the finances at II
time when the taxpayers had no con-
troll in public affairs.
WAshINGToN, November 2O.--The
house appropriation committee COM
pleted the naval appropriation bill
yesterday. The estimates presented
by the secretary were for nineteen
million dollars. The appropriation as
agreed upon blythe committee is u little
over seventeen million dollars. This
is only for the. navy establishment
proper, and does not include appropri-
ations for the construction of ships or
the continuance of work on the League
Island navy yard, or the proposed pur-
chase of the Stevens battery. These
and similar appropriations asked for
the nary department will be included
in the miscellaneous bill.
NEWARK, n. j., November ~, --lRev.
DIR. w. J. II. Nicholson has resigned
the pastorate of the Trinity Episcopal
church in this city, and will join the
Reformed Episcopal church.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 2O..-In
the pools in the six thousand dollar
trotting race tomorrow Occident is the
first choice, Fullerton second, aud Sam
Purdy third. The weather Is fine.