The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-15

Hamilton county give Foster 3,5Oo ma
jority; Hickenlooper's majority, 3,476;
Oglence (Rep.), for Auditor, 1888 ma
jority. The Republican majority OF
the State Senatorial ticket ranges
from $500 to 3,s4S; on Representa-
tives, from ], 4l9 to 1856. George w.
Williams, the colored Republican can
didate for the Legislature, received the
lowest Republican vote, which is 902
more than the highest Democrat re-
| ceived- As for the State at large, the
estimates of Fosters minority at this
hour, s A. NJ, varies from 5000 to-
so, 00O- 1t is very generally conceded
that the Republicans will have clear
| majority on oint ballot of the Legis-
/ hture, and the indications are that later
returns will give them majority in
each House.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the re-
suit is not due to- the currency ques-
ton, but to sectionalism, tnskull and
cross-bones, and to bloody shirtism.
The New York Suns. Washington
special gives the names of the appli-
.cants for appointments to the vacant
second heutenancies for civil life, who,
having failed in their examination,
have, through Influences at Washing
ton, procured a new trial Among
them is a son of Colonel Mccoy, of
Sherman's staff. The father is very
anxious to get his boy into the army.
A re examination has been ordered, be-
ginning Tomorrow at the War Depart
ment. Much dissatisfaction is ex-
pressed among other applicants, who
lack influence to obtain reheauing, at
this favoritsm in the army.
The banquet to General Grant will
be given at the Palace Hotel on the
evening of Saturday, the 18th instant.
The company will dine at clock, and
1t l / o'clock will accompany the Cen
eral to the Oakland boat, there to say
''Good-bye," as he starts for the East.
,, The committee having the matter in
charge is actively engaged in perfecting
arrangements. The number of guests
VIII be limited only by the capacity of
the grand dining hall of the Palace.
The. San Francisco Association of Cali
fornia Pioneers also intend giving. the
General a banGaet ON his return from
Oregon, probably at the Lick House..
A Commercial Bulletin correspondent
declares, after an extended trip through
the State Of New York, that the trans
portation question is the leading issue
with the people of the interior. OPP
pressive railroad freight determinations,
as brought out by legislative investiga-
ton, have astonished thegenerai public.
Ii legislative remedies are not pressed
during the, coming Winter it will not be
the fault Of the people, but VIE rest
solely with the dictatonial caucus nom
mating system.
The Uaited States Consul at Mata-
moros says of the rich mines: IN Mexico
They are. very inaccessible, by roads,
and the danger from Indians in the
mountains makes it hazardous Journey
to reach them. The chances of getting
money there, and of getting it out OF
the country, are, of course, very doubt,
full. Thesadyice of the Consul is, to
wait six months before attempting to
go to the mines; by that time some
definite knowledge on the subject will
be obtained.
Five hundred tenants of the MARQUIS
of Sligo and the Earl of Lucan met
near Westport, County Mayo, yester-
day, and solemnly pledged themselves
to pay no rent until reduction should
be granted proportionate to the great
fall of prices of all kinds of agricultural
products. A notice was posted at War
rem Point, County Down, to the effect
that any man coming into the county to
pay more than pound an acre for land
may bring his coffin with him.
The London Daily News says: If
gold continues to leave England and
France as it has lately, it will soon be-