Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-29
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w. NJ. Woodcock has been appointed
collector Of internal revenue for the Nash
vile Tenn district.
Lucins G. Northrop has been appointed
United States district attorney for South
Carolina, vice William Stone removed.
The president has signed the commission
of William, NJ. Upton, of Oregon, TO be
second comptroller o. the treasury, from the
lst Of October.
Cardinal Riario Sforza, who was believed bv
many to have the best chance Of succeeding
Plus IN, is dangerously i'll and has received
the last sacraments.
Bennett, Scherck & Earle, for fory wears
in The tea business in New York, bu, now
cigar manufacturers, have failed. Their
liabilities are about $4,000; assets un-
| known.
y telegram received from AN oilicia!
source in Ieddo, says the rebellion in ia
pan is ended. The chief of the rebels, Saiso,
Murada, and kirino committed suicide on
the oath inst.
Secretary Schnrz has appointed com
mittee to make investigation into the cause
Of the late fire. The commissioner of pat
ents thinks about $1,000 models were burn
ed. Exclusive of about 1900 models on
which no patents had been granted
Newspapers announce that in consequence
Of the large concentration of fRussian troops
and the difficulty of obtaining supplies OF,
account Of bad weather, Mchemit Ali on
the oath commenced retreating to his for
mcr positions on the kora Lom
Ex-senator Boutwell,, who was appointed
last spring commissioner to prepare new
edition of the revised statutes, has progress
ed mnc!, more rapidly in his work than was
expected, and will have his copy complete
III manuscript by the first OF next January
At Goranska the Montenegrins took 500
regulars prisoners and captured cannon.
and 500 rifles. The Montcncgrins have alsc
occupied Piva, captured Fort Cekv;ca anc
now hold the whole territory as far as Fat
sha. They have lately burned Bielka anG
surrounding villages, after attending tn,
sick, wounded and non -comba,an,s 10 IRE
burji
| Henry B. Payne made campaign spcccl
at Sandersky Thursday night. lie appealed
TO the work kingmcn and sreenbackers tt
work with the democratic party in defcns,
OF legal tender notes. He related hi
knowledge Of the electoral commission an,
its creation and functions. He ,aid III,
'pI's,ItS''iltn IuiIN bplleNct
Judge Davis would be appointed the ii,
teenth man on the commission when the,
voted for the law, otherwise he affirmed
the electoral bill would never have been re
ported to the house.
Last winter Senator Merrimon introduce,
a resolution in the senate. which was passed
directing the librarian of congress to com
pile and index the journals, acts. and reso
lutions Of the continental congress. A
present in The edition that was printe,
thirty years ago, the proceedings fiji ,hir
teen large volumes, containing much mat
, ter that .s of no value whatever. An abridge
!, ment has therefore been con, nenced b,
Librarian Spailord. and will fill about ,hre
octave volumes.
Alexander II. Stephens in speaking q
the presidents policy and his reception il
the south. said: "lIc has made gram
strides il. doing away with north and sou,
and putting aside the barriers between tn
two sections and in assuaging the bitter fee:
/; inss cngcndercd by the war. His course $
far receives my entire support and apprc
t baton. think that Mr.. Hayes has don
; more for the paciiication of the coun,r
under the doctrine of home rule than MI
Tildcn could have done had he been III
angnratcd'