The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-05-09

EASTERN DISPATCHES
New Mail Route to Deadwood.

washington. May.
The Post Office Department to-day contrac-
ted with Clarence Van Tassel for weekly
mail service from Fort Pierce ON the Mis-
souri, to Deadwood, at the rate of $9,9l9 per
annum. This new service begins to-day and
is established in compliance with the demand
to give people Of the Black Hills direct com
munication with Yankton.
The Cause Of the Aceidens,
new YORK, Mayo.
Before the coroner's jury on the late Post
Office accident, Supervising Architect, Hill
testified that the principle trouble was faulty
construction of supporting truss. Schuman.
a civil engineer, said he examined he truss
after theaccident and found that the eight
inch supporting beam was omitted, and also
found other deficiencies.
Postal Treaty with Italy.
/. WASHINGTON, May o.
The President to- day signed convention be-
tween the United States Post Office Depart
ment and Italy.
Pens ON Agents Called to Settle.
The secretary of the Interior wild, in cir
cular letter, notify the Pension Agents to set
tie up by the end of the quarter and will rec
ommend areduction of rates of fees allowed
to be collected from pensioners.
Against the PRESIDENTS Policy.
CHICAGO. May 8.
General Boynton of the Cincinnati Ga
zette has just returned from trip in Ohio.
Though strong Hayes maR, he represents q
feeling in Ohio among the Republicans, as al
policy. Boynton says that the Republicans
could not now carry single county in
Oaio.
Mexican Border Difficulties.
WASHINGTON. May 8.
The Mexican border troubles were the sab
ject of discussion at Cabinet meeting to-day
and it was agreed that organized cattle steal
ing and other depredations upon property in
Texas, of American citizens must be entirely
stopped without further delay on the part of
the Mexican authorities. Correspondence
with tsse Mexican Government will be inme-
diately re-opened by the State Department,
unless proper steps be promptly taken by
Mexico. Our military forces under General
Ord will probably be authorized to cross the
Rio Grande to pursue and capture the ma
RAIDERS.
A Tfsmes story.
NEW YORK, May g.
The Times Cincinnati special says: The
trial Of Sheriff Wallace tor abduction OF
Charles Young, the chief witness in the prose
cution of persons engaged in stuffing ballot
boxes in this city last october, began in the
U. S. Court to-day. Wallace was elected
sheriff on the Democratic ticket, by the same
majority that took Banning and Sayler to
Congress. The testimony presented TODAY,
shows that he arranged with deputy sheriff
ard the turnkey of thejail, to have Young,
who was expected to lay bare the whole con-
spirarcy released from the custody of the
U. s. deputy marshal. and sent away. Young
after leaving here, was arrested in Philaaet-
phia, charged witch the murder OF a CO lored
professor PANIED Cato. His trial resulted
the other day in acquittal, and tits likely he
will be brought back to Cincinnati and trouble
q number of prominent Democratic poiiti-
clans. E. P. Holland, who made a partial
confession of how he distributed Tilden's
money, to-day pleaded guilty. There are
| mysteries in connection with this business
that have not yet been explored.