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Show DOMESTIC BRIEFS. The senate G nance committee will dispose of the silver bill on Monday. Tbe Chicago Tribune thinks the silver sil-ver bill will not be disposed ,of this session. Orton says the compact of the W. U. and A. & P. telegraph companies will remain intact. Tbe Mexican legation nt Washington Washing-ton are exercised over the non-arrival of tiefior Z am a con a. Busbony and Brother and tbe dime pavings bank of Boy or and Sellers, Heading, l'a., have failed. Sterns & Co'a (N. Y.) cigar makers have struck. Liudlurdd are ejecting -many of their Btriking tenants, Marshall O. Roberta and E. M. Dickeraon get $63.4,078 for their antebellum ante-bellum South Carolina mail contract. Hon, George 8. BangH, died in Washington at o o'clock Saturday morning, of Brigbt's disease ot tbe . kidntiys. McKinney & Co., bankers of Portsmouth, Ohio, have made an assignment, as-signment, asselts and liabilities unknown. un-known. Friday night, New York medical students broke up the meeting of the liberal club by ecatieiiuy red pepper on tbe door. Senator Jones says forty-four senators sen-ators will vote- for the Bilver bill, wbicti he thinks will pabs tbe senate by over two-thirda vole. Tbe Peoples' Savings bank, Newark, New-ark, N. J., ha? sufpouded, owing depositors de-positors $50,000, which will be paid if assets are realized upou. A run was made on the First National Na-tional bank, Reading, Pa., Saturday. Wealthy citizens tried to restore confidence con-fidence by making deposits. Tbe national couucil of the Union League of America will hold its an,-1 nual session in tbe Merchants' Exchange, Ex-change, Philadelphia, ou the 12th of December. The houae has voted $1,110 to pay tbe president's Louisiana commission, and $12,500 for espouses of the San Francisco custom houae and mint investigation. in-vestigation. Secretary Sherman refuses to give a copy of Conk hug's letter, asking the reasons for the removal of the New York custom houso ouiciali, but will reply to it next week, It is the desire of congressmen to frame such a schedule ol taxation as shall enable American manufacturers to reestablish themselves on favorable terms in foreign marteta, Justice Gilbert, New York,- has grauted an absolute injunction against tbe (iuiek silver mining company paying dividends or interest to pre-terrcd pre-terrcd slock in preference to common stock. . Conrad Poppenhuson, late owner of tbo Long Inland railroad, has failed. Liabilities, ,$3,500,000; assets, $7,230,-OOO.inoatly $7,230,-OOO.inoatly in stock of tbe Long Island railroad. What the assets will realize ia very uncertain. - Henderson, (111.)! opposes the repeal re-peal of the resumption act, Town-shend,( Town-shend,( 111,) favors it; Muldrow (Miss.) also; Wright (Pa.) favors repeal; Crittenden (Mo.) and Herbert (Ala.) advocate repeal; Cannon (IU.) wants to resume in 1S79; Hewitt (N. Y.f thinks witb Garfield on the subject) hut says it would be legal to monetize silver, though it would destroy faith iu American credit. |