Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-08-20
TELEGRAPHIC.
Special to the T ri-weekly Times.
fBY WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LrNE.I

Cleveland held meeting to-day for the pur-
pose of consultation as to how the report
should be drawn up. 1t was decided to com
init the preparation of a draft of the report TO
Winslow to be submitted to the other two
members of the committee for revision. These
in turn will submit it to an Inquiral Commit
tee of six who will make any alteration nee
essarv and then hand it over to the ENaihlil-
ing Committee of Plymouth Church, VINO Will
report at the next business meeting. General
ROGER A. PRYOR has been retained IS one OF the
counsels for Theodore TiltOn in the Beeeher
case. -
Augusta. Ca, August 1S-There are con
timed reports of an impending night between
the whites and negroes at Ridge springs,
Fdgefield County. South Carolina. and party
of armed whites left here this evening to AID
their friends. and others Will follow. At
O'Clock tonight all is quiet, but both parties
are arming, and there Is a growing Tear that
a war of races will begin in South Carolina
and in that event the white people in Georgia
on the Savannah River will go to the rescue of
the whites Arms and ammunition are being
shipped from here.
New York. August 1S.-Francis A. Palmer,
President of the National Broadway Bank. in
regard to a sui, instituted by the city against
his bank for the recovery of S6.OO.OOO says:
ssThe Broadway Bank does not owe the city or
the county the amount of one dollar, and
that no unusual facilities were extended Dy
the bank or by any of its officers to any OF the
persons known to nave delrauueu the Guy
treasury.
Rev. John S. Glendenning, paster of the Pres
hvtprian Church in Jersey City, died this MORN
ing. In her death-bed statement she charges
Glendenning with being the father OF her
child.
ST Iouis. August 1s-A desperate shooting
affray occurred near Point Pleasant yesterday,
in which CAPTAIN Albert Hall and young
man named Fenham killed General Darnell,
mortallv wounded Captain Cole, and seriously
wounded two brothers named Coe. The ARRAY
grew out of rivalry between Captains Hall and
Cole. who ran competing ferry boats at Point
Pleasant and which eliminated in law suit.
Brooklyn, August IS 1t was
learned to-day that Tllton's suit
against Beecher will lay damages at
about $4,000. The case is civil
suit, and the papers will be served
on Beecher this evening at Peeks-
kill. This will be followed up by
statements, aflidavits and an action
for libel on the part of Tilton and
Moulton against Beecher. The plot
is decidedly thickening, and Beecher
if arrested, will be compelled to give
bail.
New York, August 80 The fol-
lowing from an article on the Brook
lyn scandal in the Independent, ii.
c. Bowen's paper, shows to which
side he inclines: Z" Beecher has pre-
scented his own statement, and all
those who have loved and respected
him. and who have not occasion to
rejoice that he was able to present so
~ IN, nti al
erful a defense. has taken pains to
meet at full length every charge and
proof against him, and not only to
explain it as consistent with his in
nocence and hurl on his accusers
charges which they will find it very
necessary to meet. We are glad he
has been able to throw so much
light on this dark case, and, we
trust, his defense shall commend
Itself to the charitable good sense of
a Christian public which is unwn-
ling to think evil OF SO useful a re-
ligious teacher.
The failure is announced of An
drews Il Sanford, jobbers in milli-
merry goods. Their liabilities are un-
known, but they are said to be large.
Three years ago the house failed but
resumed, paying fifty cents on the
dollar. All available assets will be
devoted to the benefit of creditors.
The Spanish Consul now claims as
his fees forty cents on each package
shipped Tor Spanish ports, owing to
instructions from his Government.
Merchants regard the claim with
grave apprehensions.
A Brussels letter says that very
little of general interest has trans
pired respecting the transactions of
the Congress. 1t is working indus
triously, sitting about three hours
per day. Nearly all the European
powers are represented, while the
responsibility for the Western Cont
nent is borne by the delegate from
the Republic OF San Salvador, who
is sort of philanthropist and self
appointed delegate. Belgians of all
classes look coldly on the Congress
of Liberals, because they suspect
some trick on the part of the great
military monarchies, and because
they hear rumors that some sort OF
demonstration against Carlistism will
be made.
Chicago, August 10. - Two men
and a woman were arrested yester-
day at Odell, H., having in charge
a child supposed to be Charlie Ross.
The man claims to be from Phila-
delphia, and that he is in search OF
Charlie, who he knows to be in this
State.
A fire in Dresden, Ohio, yesterday
destroyed a planning mill valued al
$40, 200. At Shelbina, Mo-, yester.
day, s stores, warehouses and
several smaller buildings were burn.
ed; loss, S15, 200; insurance, $4,000
Scattering returns from various
parts of Ohio indicate that the new
Constitution is rejected by a large
majority, but the license clause Is
probably adopted unless the coun
try vote overcomes that east in cities
and towns.
A MAN STABBRp.-About ! O'Clock Tuesda.
morning Matthew Mills, a ledger at the Ran
dolph House, South street. was stabbed b,