Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-08
Telegraphic Paragraphs.


frlepds of silver nytization cor
respondingly depressed
Senator Patterson has been dis
charged 90 habeas corpus by Judge
Humphrey of the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia. Patterson
cannot now be taken to Sou Caro-.
lima unless Governor Hampton makes
another requisition.
Over one hundred Republican Sena.
tors and Representatives have signed
"a communication to the President
recommending Packard for the ST.
tioG of Collector at New Orleans.
A movement is on foot in Wash
1ngton to induce the Government tn
purchase the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco for use as post Office,
military headquarters, etc.
The Post, new Democratic daily
has been started in Washington.
The Sioux Indians are numbering
and plundering in every direction,
and it is rumored that Deadwood
City is completely invested. All the
available troops have been ordered TO
tIa eo,,, a., t,o,,lln
The German National Bank of
Chicago has failed.
All reports of IA compromise be-
tween the President and ConkIing
seem to have been premature, as the
indications are now that the Senator
is determined to "carry the war into
Africa"
The House bill t. authorize the
free coinage of standard dollar and
to restore its legal tender character
will come up IN the Senate on Tues
day next as the special order of the
day.
1t is rumored that the Mexcans
will shortly make grand raid into
Texas for the purpose of sacking
several American towns on the Rio
Grande. General Sherman pooh
toohs the idea of such II raid, and
the General is probably right. The
achievements now on the way will
increase General Ord's command to
5000 men, three tifths of whom will
be cavalry.
The National Exchange Bank of
Troy, New York, has gone into vol
untary liquidation.
Two well-known Comstock char
acters have "passed in their checks
at Dcadwood, Black Hills. Sam.
Curley shot Kitty Leroy through the
heart and then blew out his own
brains. They had been married five
months, but lived uhappily.
L-rdo withdraws all prctensions to
the Mexican Presidency aud recon-
mends his friends to support General
Escobedo for the position.
Mr.. Bowles is growing perceptibly
weaker.
The President on Thursday sent IA
considerable number of appointments
to the Senate.
The President has renominated the
New York customs officers who fell
by reason of the eXUiration of the
extra session of Congress.
Senator Jones says fair indication
of the strength Of the silver bill In
the Senate is given by the vote of 40
to Is, makiGg it the special order for
next Thursday. He doubts the pass
age OF the bill over the Presidents
veto, however, in the Senate.
BY the fall of new building in
St. Johns, N. b., eight men were
crushed to death.
Gold closed yesterday at 1924.
MacMahon has yielded to the pop.
ular will. At the council yesterday
he accepted the designations OF the
Ministry. NJ. Dufare has agreed t,
attempt the organization of new
Cabinet, which will probably occupy
two or three days.
The snow around Erzeroum is tire,
feet deep and military operations ar,
suspended.
In Bulgaria Suleiman Pasha ha
captured Elena, with eleven guns
twenty ammunition wagons and 3Ot
prisoners. The Russian loss is esti
mated at 1000 killed and wounded