Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-04-04
NEWS SUMMARY

Wilson has relinquished the idea of accom-
panyinc the Senatorial excursion party h
Mexico, and now contemplates trip to Eu
rope.
THE Detroit Board of Education has recon
sidercd its action providing for teschins Ger
man in the public schools, and adopted re
mort adverse to the introduction OF eithe
French or German.
THE Illinois House Of Representatives ba
rejected, BY vote of 90 to 6s, the Senate Bill
anpropriating $4,000 for the completion o
the Douglass monument. The bill for the re
peal of the Registry Law was also defeated
but will come up again.
The new Directory of the Pacific Mail hay,
advanced their passenger rates from 800 tc
s13s for first cabin, and from $50 to $50 TO,
immigrant.
A WASHINGTON special says the Mexican
Legation there have received evidence tend
ing to show that the Mexican Government i:
not for the recent massacre of Prot
estants at Acapulco The evidence show:
that the military commandant FASTENED
TO the scene to prevent dist urbance, and, il
is said, was among the killed. The Mexican
authorities claim that the murder was entirely
the work of fanatics, and say the United
States war vessel which has been ordered to
Mexican waters cannot accomplish anything
there which the Mexican Government has not
already performed.
A SPECIAL from Sioux City says much anx-
iety is felt there by friends of parties now in
the Black Hills, over report brought in by
one of Professor Marsh's exploring party, that
Lame Antelope" with a large body of war
riors, armed with nee ;le-guns, has started to
attack the mining camp established in the
hills General Ord yesterday telegraphed to one
of the miners recently returned to Sioux CITY.
and who asked the General whether he would
be permitted to return with reinforcements
and provisions, as follows: Troops from Fort
Laramie and hostile Indians have both gone
for your miners. For their sake, hope the
troops may reach them first as their orders
are simply to bring in the party, confine the
leaders, burn their wagons and destroy their
outfit"
THE German Government contemplates an
amendment of the law against Jesuits so as
to make it operative against other religious
orders
A LETTER from Commodore Lull, in charge
of the United States inter-oceanic canal party
on the Isthmus, has been received at the Navy
Department. He says the problem seems to
be assuming something like definite shape,
and the war is now beginning to be seen to a
favorable solution of it..
THE Commissioner of the General Land
Office has rendered a decision regarding the
survey of the Rancho Los Huecos, comprising
about $4,000 acres in Santa Clara county, Call
confirmed to Rowland and HOrnsby. The
claim of the Pueblo of San Jose is rejected
and the survey approved, with the exception
of small strips on the north and south, which
are to be restored by an amendatory survey,
and replaced by extension of the eastern
boundary.
THE war between the Baltimore, Ohio and
Central Railroads has extended
20 other through lines, and it is announced
by both the Michigan Southern and the Mich
igan Central roads that the fare from Chicago
to Buffalo is reduced to 50, which will make
the fare to New York SIS. Freight rates
have been reduced on both roads and over
the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne and Cincinnati
& st. Louis railroads to thirty cents per hun
bred for fourth class freight. .
THE Attorney General has decided that the
Secretary of the Treasury cannot accept the
designations of the Commissioners of the
Freedman's Bank rendered a few days ago,
with the condition that acceptance should re-
lease their bonds, nor can commissioners de-
mand divesture of their trust till the affairs
Of the bank are finally administered, or Con-
gress by new legislation comes to their relief
THE Interior Department, will soon as pos
sible send competent geologist to examine
he Black Hills and ascertain their mineral
wealth.
A BOHEMIAN gentleman has informed the
United States Government that potato bugs,
insects and worms can be killed by the free
use Of salt. ..-.t
SECRETARY FISH has been rendered the mis-
sion to England, but has declined. 1t is now
discovered that he intends to become candi-
date for the Presidency.
THE Union Pacific Railroad Company have
made their freight tariff from Chicago to San
Francisco the same as from New York.
WHIrELAw REID Of the New York Tribune
has been indicted by the Grand Jury of Wash
ington for libel on Ex-Governor Shepherd.
lHE increase of passenger rates on the "a
'Ihc Mail steamships is said to be for the pur-
pose Of driving travel to the overland rail-
roads, and as an offset the railroads are to al
low the steamship company certain sum on
each passenger by them, besides charterihg a
part of the freightage of each steamer.
IT appears that ex-senator Ramsey is really
more responsible for the amendment to the
postal law which increases the postage on
newspapers to one cent per ounce, he having
drawn the amendment and handed it to Ham
lin, with request that he offer it. Hamlin
did this, it is presumed, without stopping to
think what the effect of the resolution was.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado visited Ouchita
Valley, Louisiana, on Friday last. Between
Smithland and Rays Point the loss of life and
property are reported very great. Mrs. james
Agar and child are among the killed. Smith
land was leveled to the ground, and at Rays
Point the plantation buildings, fences, mules,
horses and cattle were scattered for miles.
Tho track Of the tornado was three hundred
yards wide and fifteen miles long.