Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-27

CYRUS W. FIELD telegrapbs that LAD
Franklin is dangerously i'll in .ordon and re
quests the churches in Amer,ca g. offer rHay
ers for her"
1T is stated that the Treasury Department
has contracted with Flood & o,prien for tn
purchase of s1,6OO,OOO of silver bullion from
the Consolidated Virginia mine
THE published report Of the Tevas Peniten
tiary Investigating Committee fullv sustan
the charges Of cruel and inhuman punishmen
of convicts in various forms.
A FIRE originated in the machine shops o
James Bowen & Son, Pittsburgh. lately
destroying the shops and several adjoining
buildings. Loss estimated at $4,000.
THIRrr-Two striking miners were found
guilty of conspiracy and riot at Clearaeld, Pa
and sentenced to various terms of imprison
ment
DEPUTY United States Marshals Allen an(
Blood, of Texas, have been indicted for voun
tarily and corruptly allowing Mccarthy, tn,
counterfeiter, to escape. They have giver
bonds, and will be tried.
THE Department of Agriculture in its cot
ton report for June, states that the threatened
reduction in area has not taken place, mol
has the reduced area of last veal been much
enlarged. The report of the condition of the
crop is the most favorable in the past five sea
sons, with the exception of that Of 1872.
THE National Board of Trade convened in
Philadelphia. The Committee on Postal Reg
ulations submitted resolution fayoring the
establishment by the Government of a postal
telegraph, the lines of the present telegraph
companies to be paid for by the Government at
postpone was carried.
REPORTS from Urbana, Sydney and other
places in southwestern Ohio, state that quite
/. severe shock of earthquake was felt through
out that region. In Sydney large number of
houses were shaken very perceptibly and the
walls cracked. The inhabitants ran out of
houses into the streets. Some shelving in
drug store was thrown to the floor A large
steam boiler was moved nearly foot out Of
its original position.
| THE mysterious disappearance Of certain
account books Of grain firms in Milwaukee
has excited the gravest apprehensions of the
Revenue officials. The books were owned by
NATION & Wheelan, who were ordered to pro-
duce them for verification of grain receipts
reported by some of the distillers The books
were distracted from the Office of Matoon Il
Wheelan during their absence by some I'M
known persons who carried them away with
out any opposition. This is the seventh dis
appearance of books in Milwaukee since the
Revenue officials began investigating opera
tons of the whisky ring Of that city.
FOUR men, employed by the D. & NJ. R. R.,
were poisoned near Keokuk tIa) A man
named White, employed on some work, had
been keeping jug of whisky in the vicinity
of the works and selling it to men by the
drink. Whisky was stolen several times, and
he threatened to fix up dose that would stop
them. The four men found a flask which they
Supposed contained whisky, and drank the
contsnts. They were seized with commissions,
and ohs, named Cary, died. The bottle was
other men VII probably recover White has
been arrested.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, involving the loss Of about $4,000,
wiping out the entire business portion of Bride
street, besides many other buildings. The fire
originated in paint shop. A heavy gale was
blowing at the time, and before any attempt
could be made to check the faiEes they had
made great Roadway. Owing to thetact that
the entire Fire Department had beefSalled
out to fire in the extreme south portion. of
the city, before the engines arrived one who's |
block had burned to the ground The flames
swept eastward, consuming Hoyey's, Turner's
and Martin & Hibbard's blocks, besides many
small buildings. About sixty buildings were
burned
ST. Louis has just been visited by violent |
and destructive rain storm. In the lower por |
tons of the city, cellars and easements, and
in some instances the first stories of many !
houses, were completely flooded, damaging |
furniture and merchandise. In the mel ghbor- |
hood of Twentieth and Salisbury streets the |
occupants of the house were aroused by the |
rush of water, and in twenty minutes the
water was twelve or thirteen feet deep. The |
inhabitants were compelled to run out with
out putting on their clothes in order to save |
their lives. Several men were compelled to !
swim in order to reach place Of safety. En-
gines and pumps have been pumping water
ha hac H. T..
be many days before hundreds of houses in
various parts of the city can be made tenable
A WASHINGTON special says high official
who has returned from visit to the Texas
border, reports very deplorabe condition of
things. He says the outside public has no
idea OF the real state of affairs this side of the
Rio Grande. A wide stretch of country ia in.
habited by Mexicans. They preponderate to
great extent over the Americans, and there
by have control of all civil offices For this
reason it is impossible to secure the civil.
cation of Mexican thieves who cross the Dor. |
der and plumber Americans Upon the mart
OF Government officials there is grave apnre.
tensions OF serious difficulty with Mexico
Her Government is powerless to prevent the
oufrages. Cortina rules in defiance of the
Mexican Gorernmenf and is Closely leasued |
With Mexicans on this side in s.eIr sc,,o,,,,.
II plumber The promised move to supersede
Cortina 1t Is not believed to have been made
IN good faith. Nearly all the Inhabitants upon
the border depend on thieving for suuport
The Texans are now fully aroused, and war
to determination is not improbable
INSTRUCTIONS have been prepared at tho