Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-22
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which makes him virtually Governor,
wing to the recent death of Gov. Cald-
we'll. J. S. Robinson was elected
Speaker of the House. The.House stands
a Democrats to "a Republicans, and 2
the Senate stands 3S
Democrats to IL Republicans.
CHEYENNE, Nov. 17.-1ndian Agent
Saville has forwarded a petition to the
signed by Red Cloud, Spotted
Tail, and the principal Chiefs of the
Sioux Nation, asking the pardon OF lou.
SAINT Kensler, a noted balf.breed muir
derer, who is now in Jail here. sentenced
to be hung on the 18th inst.
Mary Harvey, who was 50 horribly
burned by the explosion OF kersone
lamp yesterday, died this morning.
DANvILLE, Va. Nov. II. "A fire last night
DESTROYED the Roanoke Smoking Tobacco
Works, Ramsey's Machine Works, and
Crews & Rokenhizer's Touring mill.
Loss, 800, 900; no insurance.
New ORLEANS, Nov. IN. Under
wood, Supervisor of Registry, and Cohen,
Clerk of the Court of st. James parish,
were arrested to-day and brought before
Commissioner Craig, charged in being
engaged in altering the election returns.
In the room on Rampant street, where
the parties were arrested, were found
quantity of tu'ly sheets, statements OF
the vote, several thousand Republican
tickets, and the seal of the Court of st.
James parish. The parties both asserted
that they were simply making copies OF
the returns to file with the Clerk OF tho
parish, as required by law. The Court
| held them in 900 each.
A dispatch from Windes says that new
arrests are being made daily. 1t Is
dangerous to come to Coushatta.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17.-Great dissatis-
faction prevails on the frontier on &C.
count of the high tariff imposed on every
article imported into Lower California,
by the Mexican revenue officials recently
located at the line, near Tia Juna. Col.
NJ A. Ferron was en- route to San Ra-
fael with wagon load of groceries, val
ued at $500. After examination by the
Custom House officers it was announced
that the duty and tax was five dollars on
each 100 pounds, amounting to SIP,
which the Colonel had to pay. The out
rageous tariff and tax will prove a seri-
Gus hardship to the people of the from
tier, who have made complaints to the
General Government of Mexico.
SALT LAKE CRY, Nov. 1.-THE retail
grocery department of lions Coop.
Mercantile Institution of this city was
closed to-day and has been sold out to
private individuals. The dry goods and
produce and retail departments of this
institution were sold out not long since
and passed into private hands.
| WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-One OF the
iron sloops-of-war built at the Chester
(Del.) Shipyard will be ready by Janu-
airy LIST to make her trial trip under
steam. She will be completed and fitted
for sea by February LIST, and is to be sent
to Montevideo, South America, to take
the place of the Wasp.
The United States steamer Kearsarge,
which carried off the Transit of Venus
party to Visdeslock, has returned to
Yokohama. All are we'll on board and
in the party when the ship left.
Advices received from the Pensacola
navy yard state that iheavy frosts have
occurred, and all signs Of yellow fever
has disappeared.
New York, Nov. 15.-Last night the
Board of County and City Canvassers
completed their canvass of the city vote.
Tilden received AGA votes; Dix, 49,.
296; Clark, IA; defective, %; blank, 1903;
scattering, 103. Whole number of votes
1913, 1928. Tilden's majority over Dix,
Az 2S.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has giver
orders for the discharge Of large mum
Der Of the laborers in its various works
along the line.
One of the defaulting tellers of thu
Montreal Bank named f. H. Davis, is sup
posed to be in New York City, and detec
tives here are searching for him. Tn
: amount Of the defalcation is 100000
The bronze statue of Jefferson, recent
ly taken from the lawn east of the Exec
utive mansion and sent to Phiiadelphi,
for repairs, will soon be put in place il
| the National Statuary Hall at the Capt.
toll. The work of repairing has beef
neatly done and it will be erected in tn
hall upon marble base and pedestal,
sum having been appropriated by Con
} gress for that purpose.
FIom the latest British flies we gleal
the following: The London papers O
; the 9th comment generally upon the re
suit OF the elections in the United States
! and discuss the probable Democrat
. nominee for the Presidency in 1876. Tn,
Daily Telegraph thinks that the nomina
ton Of Mr.. Thurman is foregone con
D clusion. The general effect of the cleo
y tons on the country is not discussed.
Q The Clyde shipbuilding trade and tn
shipbuilding interest of Britain general
ly, shows indications of a dull Winter
Few orders are on hand, and there will
r probably be an early reduction of th
force of ship carpenters and mechanic
employed in the trade.
W. J. Pollock Il Bros, importers o
I this city, have absconded. Frauds hav
been discovered to have been committe,
by them against the government to tn
amount of $4,000, chiefly through
smuggling silk and other fine goods
which were nfterward publicly disposed o
\ to auctioneers. Warrants have beef
issued against Pollock & Bros. and they
with several Others implicated, will likel,
be arrested next week.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 5. - A letter from
Hearne, Texas, says that on the Sth o
this month notorious desperate name,
Gallagher, stabbed an sinoffensive bar
tender named Leahy, plunging a hug
knife through and nearly cutting hi
} heart in two, and after withdrawing i
laughingly remarked that now b,
was even. An hour afterward Gallapde
was arrested, and while being taken t.
to the depot under guard of ten men
he was taken from the guard by band
of forty disguised citizens, who hanged
him to tree on the outskirts of the vii.
lage.
New YORK, Nov. IA special from
Washington to the Graphic, detailing the
programme CT the Administration during
the coming session of Congress, says the
President will not change the personnel
of the Cabint and will not bulge from
his position on finances respecting the
early return to specie payments. The
aim of the Administration is to favor
public improvements on the seaboard, on
the lakes and on the Mississippi, to pro.
vide for unemployed workmen. There
undoubtedly will be an increase in the
army and navy. The appointments
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