The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-21
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that the South is not so solid as many
suppose.
Napoleon Bonaparte (colored) was
hanged at Sardis, Mississippi, Saturday,
for the murder of Tom Butler (colorea],
committed last August. The execu-
ton was witnessed by a crowd of 5000,
principally negroes.
Counselor Howe has obtained from
Justice Potter, of the Supreme Court, a
writ OF error and stay of proceedings on
behalf of Chastine Cox, convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Hull. The case is
to be argued in October.
From information obtained from the
Executive Mansion, there is no doubt
of the correctness of the assertion here
tofore published in regard to the sue
cessor of Secretary McCrary. Ex-Sen-
ator Ramsey, of Minnesota, has been
rendered the Office ofSecretary of War,
and has accepted. The change will not
occur, however,. until the present Sec
rotary retires.
Specials report that a large number
of Sisters of Charity arrived at Nash
vile, Tennessee, from Memphis yester-
day. Refugees from that city say the
worst has not been told. and successive
stampedes from Memphis must result
within the next few days. The gloomy
news, from Memphis has occasioned
great uneasiness at Union City, Tennes-
see The Board of Health has ordered
the establishment of most stringent
quarantine toward all railroads. Under
the excitement citizens have packed up
their trunks and are in readiness for
flight at any moment.
A section of the new round house of
the Erie Railroad, at Buffalo, New
York, fell Saturday, injuring number
of workmen. Irving Hall had his back
broken. and will probably die Laban
Sutton had his skull fractured and is
injured internally; he will probably
die Thomas Kirby is seriously injured
internally. Others were badly injured.
The deposit of $50, 900 francs, re-
quired to be made in London under the
Colombian concessions to the Isthmus
Canal Company before the work can be
formally proceeded with, was definitely
paid to banker appointed by the
United States of Colombia to receive it.
A long letter was received several
days ago from General Hazen, com
planning of the order of General Sher-
man promrlgating the proceedings of
the Stanley Court-martial General
Hazen urged. that he had not, been on
trial, and that, under the circumstances,
the reflections contained in the order
were unjust and uucalled for He re-
quested, in conclusion, that his cor
duct at the several engagements men
tioaed, in TIE proceedings of the trial
be made the subject of official inquiry,
General Sherman. has refused the re-
quest, and has ordered General Hazen
to join his regiment in Dakota.
The Times says A number of Yon-
kers' citizens have been victimized by
sharper calling himself Richard or
William sMeGrath, F" late of San Fran
cisco. One of his modes for making a
false reputation as a basis for operation
is new and strikingly bold. He had
his g banker IA confederate, no doubt
at San Francisco telegraphed to in re-
spect of his financial ability to have his
check. honored for $1,000. The wires
replied that the. money was there,
and that McGrath was "good for 500,
000." The information flew far and
wide, ard McGrath had little or no diff
ficulty in securing credit. He hired
two large stores, and began to fit. them
up in style for "jobbing grocery bust
ness" After borrowing all the money
possible of Yonkers tradesman, and
,cashing a. number of checks intrnsted
to him, he disappeared.
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