The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-12
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demurrer in the salary pledge cases..
Kearney said the time had arrived for
action, and all the Workingmen's Clubs
must resolve themselves, into military
companies Immediately; that their cam
didates-elect must be seated when the
day arrives, in, spite OF the decision of
every Court or Judge this side of hell,
and by force, if necessary. He con-
cluded by appealing to all good citizens
to sustain the Workingmen in their
course. Several others, addressed the
meeting to the same. pnrport. Resolu-
tions were read and adopted, that the
Board of Supervisors have shown them
selves a set of thieves in devoting their
last hours of official existence to grant
Ing outrageous franchises to the water,
gas and railway companies, and seeking
to defeat the will OF the people by rails
ing the bonds of the oficals-elect to
unreasonable proportions, in hopes of
preventing them from taking their
seats, and pledging their moral, politi-
cal and physical support to the candi-
dates-elect of their party in their eff
forts to obtain the positions to which
they had, been elected.
Advices from the interior of Missouri
say that tornado destroyed "a railroad
depot and two or three other buildings
at Pageville on Saturday, and General
JosShelby and S. Harmon, who were in
house when it was torn down, were
injured-the latter fatally. Two or
three other persons were slightly hurt.
The town,of Strasbnrg was also.visited
dwellings were swept entirely away,
and four stores, three dwellings and a
blacksmith shop leveled to the ground.
Several persons were,in injured, butt none
seriously. The towns of Fairview,
Odessa and Dover also received slight
injury by the passing wind.
: A. d. .Hazen, Third Assistant Post
master-General, has completed his an
nual report. 1t exhibits the operations
OF the Postoffice Department daring the
last fiscal year in the divisions of
finance, postage, stamps, etc. The
total receipts of the Department for
the year ending June 30th, 1879, were
1854, 1876 more than those of the pre-
ceding year, and above million dollars
more than was estimated, q result at
tributed to the revival of business and
consequent increase of demand for post
age stamps and stamped envelopes, the
actual sales of which amounted to
1859, ASP more than the total for the
preceding year.
The United States Consul General at
Shanghai China. in dispatch to the De-
partment OF State, reports that the cotton
cropin that district willnot be more than
half All average. This will probably
create an unusual demand in China and
Japan for cotton goods. The, United
States Consul at Odessa. reports to the
Department of State that the wheat crop
of Russia viii fall far short of the usual
harvest, and that American wheat must
be in great demand mall parts of Eu-
rope,
4 A special from ST. Cloud, Minnesota.
says; John Walde,, of the town
of Ward, having alienate,l the
affections of a Mrs. John Codale, a
neighbours wife, had his house burned
by the scandalized women Of the place.
Wade laid the burning to Coldale, and
he, with his brother, murdered Coldale
and friend of his in cold blood, and
were arrested on suspicion, but mob
took the law into its own hands and
hung Waldo, and at last accounts were
about to hang his brother.
The official canvass of the vote in
New York is now being made. Mean
while the Democrats claim the election
OF their Lieutenant Governor and one or
two other State officers, while the Re.
publicaas claim the entire ticket excep.
one.
1t is said that the Emperor Alexander