The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-14
EASTERN STATES.


dent today nominated Thomas w.
Bennett, Of Idaho. Governor of the
Territory; John Kelly, Collector OF
Customs for the Willamette District
Oregon; Thos. b. Shannon. Collector
of Customs at San Francisco; WIN. H.
Howard. Of Texas. Surveyor General
for Washington Territory
The Senate has confirmed the noui.
nation of Jane. VI Tyner, If Indian,.
as Postmaster General
The Committee of Conference OH the
so-cal.ed Silver bill bad long meeting
this afternoon. and privately agreed on
q report. The report will recommend
the passage of q measure substantially
the same as Randall's, providing for
the purchase Of silver bullion To the
amount Of $50. OOo, 600 with any money
in the treasury. AMI for its coinage.
SIOUX CITY. July Agency In
dams along the upper Missouri, who
have an account of Clusters fight
through some hostile Indians who took
part in it, say Custer shot three Indians
with his pistol and killed three others
with his sabre, when be fell, shot
through the head by Rain-in-t the Face,
chief whom Custer had forcibly
arrested some time ago for murder
The Indians lost seventy killed, among
them many noted chiefs The fight
was hand TO hand. The Indians saw
they did not fear the pistols rs much as
they did the sabres. They are nearly
out Of ammunition, and will not fgh,
again until they get supply from the
agencies.
CHICAGO. July 12.--Thc Inter Ocean',
Sioux City special says, hostile Indian.
who are encamped opposite Fort Sully
commenced operations last night by
making a raid on a neighboring Indian
camp. They stole eighty head of horses
and committed other depredations.
New YORK, July l2.-The Emperor
of Brazil and party sailed for Europe
in the steamship Russia. The men>of
war in the hars. 7an up the Brazilian
flag. manned the y9uds and fired n sa'
lutte as the Russia 5, ned past
The Orangemen, l~-.abonts. went OF
an excursion 10 the Groves, and three
hundred Of the o.der are parading in
Lawrence, Mass. where serious dis
turbance took place. go
Terrific thunder storms are reported
throughout the country, in all direc.
tions. Many buildings were struck
aud several lives lost. Here the storm
has been uuequslled for years.
The extraordinary heat has had a,
most depressing effect on all products
which are likely to detcriorate through
its influence, and the pressure to releas.
has led to marked decline Of prices in
many instances.
PHILADELPHIA, July l2-The heat
continues intense; 80 employees of tn,
| gas works have abandoned work, ant
81 are known TO have died from tn,
effects of the heat. Among the pros,rat
ed who recovered is Gov. Hartranft
Two wagons were ept constantly EN-.
ploysd yesterday carrying the sun
stricken to the hospital The coroner
is continuously employed.
WASHINGTON, July l2-The Senat,
Committee on appropriations has mad,
the following amendments to the Rive
and Harbor bill Increasing appropria
ton to the Lower Willamette and Co
lumbia Rivers, from Portland, Oregon
To the. sea, from $4,000 to $4,000
Upper Willamette, from SIS 900 Ia 81
900.
The President has signed the act 70
the relief of the suresies of ]. w. Hun,
ington, Esq, late Superintendent o
Indian affairs in Oregon.
WASHINGTON. July 13-The i'm
parchment trial was resumed. bu
owing Ia the absence of witnes
Evans. pos, trader for Bell. the cour
adjourned till tomorrow.
LONDON. July l3.-Austria notified
her local authorities yesterday that tn,
port Of kleck, and land and sea sur
rounding insurrectionary district, j,
/ closed.
WASHINGTON. July IA confer.
ence report on the silver coin bill wa,
presented. II omits all allusion 10 ,h,
silver dollar and 10 making it a leya
/ tender. San,ierson, of the House Con.
ference Committee. opposed that par
of the report.
NEW YORK, July l3--Weather con