Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-21

between five and six hundred in attendance al
the session Of the Ohio State Grange, at Co
lumbus. The report Of the Secretary shows
that there are LAG Oranges in the State, with
$4,000 members, more than double the num-
Der Of the previous year
OFFICIAL reports from all the railroads in
Minnesota shew only 2S40,ooo bushels OF
wheat in store along their lines against over
100000 last year. Well posted grain dealers
estimate the entire wheat crop Of last year at
81 100000 bushels, and as over 100000
have been already shipped, there remains but
little over 5000 900 bushels in the hands OF
| farmers.
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has decided
to suspend the coinage of IS cent pieces on
the Pacific Slope, and coin instead 20 cent
pieces. Twenty-Five cent pieces will, however,
continue to be coined on the Pacific Coast in
sufficient quantities to supply the State OF
Texas and the trade extending northward
through New Mexico and Arizona.
A WASHINGTON special says enough is al
ready known by the House Louisiana Com
mittee of the character of the election returns
for members Of the Louisiana Legislature tc
make it certain that their revision of these
returns will not give Conservative majority
on joint ballot, so in case Pinchback is moi
admitted to the Senate, any election held after
the Wheeler compromise is carried into effect
will be in the control of the Republicans.
AT Effingham, Ill.,, on Wednesday, John
Cannon, member of the firm OF s. w. Little
& Co., millers of that place, and highly es-
teemed, was arrested by the Sheriff OF Schuy-
Ter County, ILL.,, on the charge OF having MUIR
dered a man in Rushville, in that county,
fourteen years ago, and afterward breaking
Jail and getting away, since when no trace
could be found of him until recently. The
Sheriff took Cannon in irons back to Rush.
vile.
CHARLES L. LAWRENCE, one of the alleged
principals of the lately dispersed gang OF SILK
smugglers of New York has been arrested in
Queenstown, Ireland. Lawrence, Lafayette
Grabb, his partner, Gustave Ball and Canro-
bert de Sanges, Deputy Collector OF the Port,
are jointly indicted in the United States Court
for smuggling by evading the payment Of du-
ties on imported silks and entering them,
| through the conniyance of Custom officials,
| as hosiery
In the Senate Standing Committees the
following changes are made in the Chairman
ships: Conkling Chairman of Committee
on Commerce, in place Of Chandler; Hamlin,
Post Offices and Roads, in place Of Ramsay;
Oglesby Public Lands, in place Of Sprague;
ingalls,, Pensions, in place of Boreman; West,
Railroads, in place of Stewart; Sargent, Mines
and Mining, in place of Hamlin; Boutwell,,
Revision of Laws, in place Of Conkling; Pat
terson, Education and Labor, in place of Flani-
gam Clayton, Civil Service Retrenchment, in
place of Wright. Two committees are given
to the Observation-Disclosures being Chairman
of that on Private Land Claims, Stevenson, of
that on Revolutionary Claims.
THE Departments have issued circulars an.
nouncing the abolition Of the Civil Service
Reform rules governing their respective de-
partments wherever operative, and announc-
ing the return to the former method of APP
pointment of employees as provided for by sec
ton 164 of the Revised Statutes enacted June
3D. 1873, which is that no clerk shall be APP
pointed to any department in either of the
four classes unless he has been examined and
found qualified by board of three examiners,
to consist of the Chief of the Bureau or Office
into which such clerk is to be appointed, and
two other clerks, to be selected by the head of
the department. All sub Boards of Civil Ser
vice Reform throughout the country are abol-
ished by these orders.
THE Pacific Coast Senators will be placed on
| committees as follows: Sargent remains on
| the Appropriations and Naval Affairs, is pro-
NOTED to the Craftsmanship of the Mines and
Mining, and becomes a member of the Rail-
| road Committee. Booth is given place on
| the Public Lands, Pensions and Manufactures
Committees. Jones remains on the Postoffice
Committee and becomes Chairman of the
Contingent Expenses and is given place on
the Finance Committee Sharon is assigned
to the Mines and Mining and Territories Com
mittees. Mitchell remains on the Privileges |
and Elections Claims and Transportation |
Committees and is also placed on the Rail |
road Committee. Kelly, like all other Demo |
Gratis, is yet to be assigned place by the mi |
nority, but will doubtless remain on the Pub |
lie Lands, Military Affairs and Enrolled Bills |
Committee, and perhaps have an additional |
position.
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