National Republican., 1875-07-30
BRIEF rKlEGRAMs.

Memphis, Tenn, makes gloomy report Of Hood
and crop prospects. The river slowly rises, and
continuous rains promise no relief
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2o.-The Democratic
State convention Of Oregon met to-day ct Salem.
The day was occupied In organizing.
Chief Ross Ia now ut home and we'll, and has
bad no difficulty and has no Idea Of being assas-
ATLANTA, GA, July 2e.-Col. L. E. Bleckley
was appointed Supreme Court Judge to-day, In
place Of Judge Nc Jay, resigned.
regatta viii take place on the Hudson river, above
here, August 20 and n. "
TOLEDO, July @-The German teachers ma
tionai convention convened here last evening.
About TWO hundred teachers were present
BALTIMORE, July 2o.-Lojs Garter, colored,
aged Il years, accidentally shot and instantly
killed her brother George, aged years, this a.
ternoon. -
HALIFAX, N. s., July Ex-senator Kaulback's
dwelling, at Lun nenburg, was burned last night,
and servant man and woman were burned to
LITTLE Rock, July 2s-Hon. ]. T. Elliott, ex.
member Of Congress from the Third Congress
sonsI district of this State, died at Camden yes
terday.
ernment gold to-day to the amount Of 81 900 at
from Ill. SO to ll26o. One million was awarded st
from ll25l1 to 1l2.oo.
CINo1NNArI. July IA dispatch from Hun
tington, West Va, reports that the steamer My
Choice, upward bound, ran over q skiff contain
ing four unknown men last night. All were
drowned.
CINCINNATI, July 29.-Reports of damage by
late rains continue to be received from all parts.
Southern Ohio and southern Indiana all report
swollen streams, submerged corn and sprouting
wheat.
NEW YORK, July 2s.-On application Of Re.
ceiver Jewett, of the Erie Railroad Company,
Judge Donohue to-day granted an order empow-
ering him to settle the suit of the Jefferson Oar
Company.
An Omaha dispatch says the Indian commits
zion learned while there Of short weights Of -four
and frozen cattle receipted Tor in full BY the In
dian agents.
United States Judge Trigg has appointed R.
r. Dow receiver Of the Little Rock railroad, he
having also been appointed by the United States
court for the Western district OF Arkansas.
BALTIMORE, July 29.-The Gd=ette tomorrow
publishes fall history Of the removal Of insane
patients from the United States asylum in the
District Of Columbia and their abandonment in
Maryland.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-During the trial trip
Of a new ferry boat on the Delaware river to-day
John Conley, q machinist, while drawing bucket
Of water out Of the river, fell overheard and was
drowned.
NEW YORK, July 29.-At q meetiag OF the
first mortgage bondholders of the Northern
Of ToSeT as
the general mortg age Of the Northern Pacific
Rairoad Company as successor TO VIM. b. Ogden,
resigned, was confirmed.
have been held at Gloucester to-day between the
parties interested for the arrangement OF another
match between the swimmers, johnson and Coyle.
Owing to the absence Of Coyle's hackers the final
arrangements were postponed. Both men are
anxious for another contest.
MARIETTA, D., July "a severe storm OF rain
and wind passed over this section last night caus-
ing q heavy loss Of property. The hve-story
warehouse Of the Marietta Chair Company, which
was filled with furniture, was blown down, and,
with It's contents, destroyed. The loss Is esti-
mated ut s75, 600; no insurance. The whole county
is submerged, and the crops are greatly injured.
There has been great havoc among shade trees
and chimneys.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, July 29.-Jas. r. Smith,
city clerk elect, and ex. mem Der Of the banking
house OF Farley, Smith & Co., died this morning.
The drought Is havocking the corn and cotton In
some places. There has been no Ain since May,
and the crops are utter failures in the greater part
Of the cotton belt. The thermometer has ranged
from p4o TO $50. 1t 10 estimated that the crop has
been cut off from twenty-five to thirty-three per
cent. from the calculation made three weeks ago.
ST. LOUIS, July 29.-Accounts have reached
here Of another heavy rain storm in central Mis-
souri,. The rain fell from twelve 70 twenty -four
hours IN different localities, and did great deal
OF damage to crops and railroads. Large sections
OF fat country are submerged, and the banks OF
creeks and streams are all over1owed. On some
Of the roads the trains have been stopped BY wash
outs ipjuring the tracks and culyerts and also by
land slides. On other roads the trains seriously
delayed by high water and the unsafety Of tracks
and bridges. The storm 10 said to have been the
severest OF the season.