Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-24
CAPITAL Rifles

| WAsHINGToN, October 23.-In com pliauce
| with the request of the Board appointed to
| Famine anu audit claims growing out of
the illness and death of President Garfield,
DIR. Boynton to day returned properly
| filed out form of application recently for
warded him. The aggregate amount OF the
claims is $4,000, being $500 less than any
clsims for professional services yet received.
| ForIy-eight employees of The Census Bu-
reau have been reco mmended for promotion.
| The President accepted smother twenty
| five miles of the Northern Pacific railroad
in Montana, coming eastward.
The attorney genera denies the report that
| the Star-route cases were consld' red at the
| conference with the President Saturday.
The Japanese minister and suite and the
| minister to Vienna arrived in this city after
| a Journey of twenty-five DAYS aud nineteen
| houSr from Yokohama-the quickest time on
| record.
During the week ended October 21st there
| were 953 600 standard silver dollars put in
circulation by the mIuir. The corresponding
period last year but AGA, 497 standard dollars
| were issued.
At the opening of the Jeanette Court OF
Inquiry this morning Lieut.. Danenhower
stated in narrative form the preparations
made for the boat journey after the sinking
of the Jeanette.
For the forty-eighth Congress-325 mem
oers and eight delegates-there has been
asked 81 sos, 900 for pay, and $4,000 for
contestants; for mileage, S125,000 The
estim ated total is over II 100000.
Raiions turned over 10 agents for the re-
lief Of sufferers from the Mississippi floods,
So PSI 900; value of stores reported lost by
theft, storms, fire, ETC., during the year, $14,
1872; values of supplies issued TO Indians
during the year, S37 ,l96.
The work Of removing the money-order
n IL IL Il
treasury for the Postoffice Department from
The temporary quarters on F street TO the
bui ding opposite the general postoffice began
to-day. The work will probably consume a
week.
TIE transfer of 100000 gold certificates
from New York to Philadelphia has been
ordered. Requests for hese certificates have
been received from Cincinnati for 700,
and from St. Louis for 100000. Boston
wants s., 900 900 Of all denominations Of the
issue.
Application was made to-day by sttor-
neys for the defense in the Sateldo case for a
subpoena duces tecum, to compel the produc-
ton of letters damaging to the character OF
Clarence NJ. Barton. Barton objects on the
ground that il would be uuduy influencing
public opinion sgainst him.
Acting ecretary-of-the-Treasury French
decides that Chinsman having through
ticket from New York to any place in the
United States, having parsed through Cana
da on the Grand Trunk railroad, is entitled
TO admission into the United S.stes without
further evidence OF his right than such
ticket
The attorney opinion upon the
papers presented to the President last June,
in support of the application for the APP
pointmeut OF commission to consider the
mental condition of the assassin Gui.eau,
and asking for reprieve pending such in
vsstigatioD, was given out 10 day. The
opinion l. strongly against the application.
New postofices were to-day established at
Alabam, Madison county, Ark, Meenwin
B Pestley, postmaster; Porterville, Bourbon
county, Ks, Louis G. Porter, postmaster;
Copeley, Martin county, KY, Cay William
.on, postmaster; Crooks, Bath county, Ky,
William II. Reid. postmaster; Eebertou,
Monroe county, Ky, Jesse n. Emberton,
posimsster; Falcon, Sanilac county, Mich,
c. w. Aruot, postmaster; Miriam, lonia
county, Mich, Adam He'll, postmaster; Cora,
Lafayette county, Miss, james J. Quarles,
postmaster.