Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-26
CONDENSED DOMESTIC NEWS.

AT Montgomery, Alabama, the Democratic
caucus nominated Governor George S. Houston for
the United States senatorship.
The subscriptions to the four per cent loan
at Washington, Monday, reached one million eighty
one thousand dollars.
The President has suspended wellington
Bird agent for the Indians at the Peck agency Mon
Illinois - -'-O -.-''-
An order will probably be issued from
Washington this week for an investigation at Chi.
cago. of the conduct OF Major Reno at the time of
the Custer massacre.
The subcommittee of the house commit
tee On appropriations, has completed the military
academy b H. 1t Is the same substantially as the
bill PASSED at the former session.
A London dispatch to New York says
Germany, on Saturday, sold quaIter Of million
pounds of silver at 50lsd per ounce. II will, it Is
understood, demand 5O34d for any more.
The joint committee of congress to con-
slider the transfer of the Indian bureau to the war
New Hampshire, on the second of December.
The failure is announced of D. Arthur
Brown and Henry Francis Brown, large cotton m snu
ao are M to Ne"
The canvass of votes has been completed
for congressman at st. Paul, Minnesota. Wash.
hurne's majority Is three thousand and thirteen It
Is also stated that Donnelly will contest the seat
TIE Vermont house of representatives
passed a joint resolution Monday instruciing the
consressmen of that State to use all honorable
means to prevent the repeal of the resumption act.
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under the street in Mahony city, Pennsylvania.
Monday afternoon, the earth fell in on them killing
John and Anthony RichOn and Christopher Post
and seriously injurfng Michael Yempher.
At Washington about seventy temporary
clerks, majority OF whom were women have been
discharged by the treasury department.; the appro,
priation being exhausted. Secretary Sherman Will
not recommend renewal of the appropriation.
William B. Thompson, superintendent of
the ninth division OF the railway mail service at
intendent OF railway mall service, and Thompson's
ccessor Will be Mr Lowell late head clerk of the
same service at New York
The mortuary report for the week at New
Orleans ending Sunday evening a. six o'clock shows
one hundred and four deaths including thirty three
for the week were fourteen from yellow-feYer and
thirteen from OF Ter levers.
At Indianapolis, Monday, Warren Tate,
the murderer of William Love, was fined ten thou
sand dollars for contempt of court by Judge Burns
Love, at the time the shooting was done, was wit
ness in the court, and had not concluded his evil
dence. Tate's counsel has taken appeal.
On application of Major Reno, of the
Seventh cavalry court of inquiry is appointed to
assemble at Chicago on the second Monday of jan
uary, TO inquire Into the majors conduct at the bat
tie or Little Big Horn on the twenty-hfth and
twenty of June. 1876, when General Custer
was killed.
The general freight agents at Chicago have
agreed the following rates for fourth class freight
to go into effect from Monday: To New York. forty
phIa tniryeght cents; to Boston, torty-fiye cents
Grain rates five cents less than above. These prices
diO d COilolucidolc
ID. G. Sattler leading German citizen of
st. Paul, and merchant committed suicide Monday
morning by throwing himself from the bridge into
the Mississippi river. A pistol shot heard at the
time Indicates that he perhaps shot himself first.
The body has not yet been foaJd. Financial diff
cultes are supposed to be the cause.
Governor Phelps of Missouri, has appointed all
the congressmen-slect of that State as delegates to
the commercial convention to be held at New Or
leans December Sd, excepting MeSsrs. Bland, Clark
and Buckner. VINO are members of the present con-
greSS and whose presence is necessary in Washing
ton at tue time the convention meets.
Joseph Ioothman, an employe of the
freight Office of the Missouri Pacific railroad at Sc
dalia, Missouri, and John Comfy car-repairer,
were arrested at Sedaa, Sunday charged with steal